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Jan Blachowicz is receiving a lot of love from the UFC’s first Polish champion.
Following Blachowicz claiming the light heavyweight title with a second-round TKO of Dominick Reyes in Saturday’s UFC 253 co-main event,…
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A “BMF” rematch between champ Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz was on the table before Colby Covington returned to the octagon this past Saturday.
UFC President Dana White indicated Covington became the priority after his win over…
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Jon Jones recently gave up his UFC light heavyweight title. But now that there’s a new champion in the division, he’s already contemplating a comeback.
After defeating Dominick Reyes in February and then engaging in a public…
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Israel Adesanya heard all the stories about Paulo Costa’s ferocious power and how the Brazilian was allegedly going to take his head off at UFC 253.
Instead, “The Last Stylebender” put on a masterful performance, chopping…
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It might be a while before Dana White slides into Conor McGregor’s DM’s again.
This past Friday, McGregor took to Twitter to share a series of private messages he exchanged with the UFC president while talking about…
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RIZIN bantamweight champion Kai Asakura made short work of another opponent in the Japanese ring in 2020. The 26-year-old star headlined Sunday’s RIZIN 24 show in…
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With UFC 253 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alex K. Lee, and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines from Saturday night’s event in Abu Dhabi, which includes Israel Adesanya’s incredible finish of…
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The highly anticipated – and highly significant - middleweight title fight between champ Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa was certainly exciting – but not anywhere near as competitive as expected.
Adesanya delivered a master class in striking performance,…
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The UFC 253 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
UFC officials will announce…
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Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz shined brightly on Saturday and their championship performances did not go unnoticed.
The two title fight winners at UFC 253 were both awarded $50,000 Performance of the Night…