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01 Jan

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<img alt="Gesias Cavalcante" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YxUf6qdANwmUcOokplD6F4hyNms=/0x0:2048x1365/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66768468/13350393_10156915611530447_338556969026543670_o.0.0.jpg"> <p>The UFC will not be the only promotion putting on a combat sports event in the month of May. </p> <p>Titan Fighting Championship officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Titan FC 60 will take place on May 29. The event, according...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KtCaKZVg0CoYNS_YxpqyMKfZE3I=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66763182/141_Khabib_Nurmagomedov.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>UFC lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> may be ready to return sooner than most people anticipated. </p> <p>Nurmagomedov was originally supposed to defend his lightweight title against number-one contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/538/anthony-ferguson">Tony Ferguson</a> at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-ferguson-vs-gaethje">UFC 249</a> in...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NBOrx5GqLz1LE7xXc041hNpL71I=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66763429/130_Henry_Cejudo.0.jpg"> <small>Henry Cejudo | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2186/henry-cejudo">Henry Cejudo</a> has ambitious plans in mind if he gets through <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/328/dominick-cruz">Dominick Cruz</a> at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1094/ufc-249-ferguson-vs-gaethje">UFC 249</a>.</p> <p>The reigning UFC bantamweight champion was originally scheduled to face <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/7/jose-aldo">Jose Aldo</a> before the...

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<img alt="UFC 160 weigh-in photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wbHqrMdq4E4BpJk85_oum17Rl2s=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66763612/001_Dana_White_and_Mike_Tyson.1369442263.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>At 53, Mike Tyson can still throw heavy hands and now Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships is ready to offer him a lot of money to see the former boxing champion return to the...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ggE-_k7mLiyOOgQOQqoSol97idI=/120x0:1740x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66763781/wth_ep6_16x9_clean.0.png"> <p>On this week’s episode of <em>What the Heck</em>, UFC middleweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3878/eryk-anders">Eryk Anders</a> (4:58) talks his upcoming fight with <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2506/krzysztof-jotko">Krzysztof Jotko</a> on May 16, trying to prepare during the COVID-19 pandemic, getting snitched on in his gym during a training...

01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2tFuXWnOPn149XoRhiNBh8O3kYQ=/0x0:2000x1333/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66764189/Carla_Esparza_Test_Twitter.0.jpg"> <p>The UFC will be conducting extensive coronavirus testing for athletes and personnel attending the three shows scheduled in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 9, May 13 and May 16.</p> <p>UFC COO Lawrence Epstein revealed in an interview with <a href="https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Media/2020/05/06.aspx">Sports Business Daily</a> on...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qf3YIG_oILeNhT_WP504p3t35q4=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66764304/045_Sergio_Pettis_x_Jussier_Formiga.0.jpg"> <small>Experienced Brazilian Jussier Formiga (left) will meet rising 125-pound Alex Perez in June. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/841/alex-perez">Alex Perez</a> will have another test against a high-ranked flyweight when he meets <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/472/jussier-da-silva">Jussier Formiga</a> at the June 6 UFC...

01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/PmSVq-4rHrUjFhO16lnxNk2xpyA=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66760437/329_Daniel_Cormier_x_Stipe_Miocic.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/775/stipe-miocic">Stipe Miocic</a> has made it clear he’s not planning on fighting during the COVID-19 outbreak. But the heavyweight division won’t wait on him forever.</p> <p>That’s according to UFC president <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a>, who addressed the champ’s...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/K6CxOtqKK3seTWD2tzoUjFdkfkU=/0x288:1184x1077/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66760639/Captura_de_Tela_2020_05_06__s_16.14.29.0.png"> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/101/anderson-silva">Anderson Silva</a> finally went under the knife almost a year after his last UFC appearance.</p> <p>The former UFC middleweight champion posted a video on social media announcing he had knee surgery, saying that “now my knee will be 100 percent.” Silva...

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<img alt="UFC 229 - Khabib v McGregor" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qwjv8PUGElu-VZqzFWmX5juRlJ4=/0x0:5568x3712/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66760664/1046746260.jpg.0.jpg"> <small>Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images</small> <p>Jacksonville, Fla., was the reported host of the UFC’s fourth event since pausing its live event schedule. But according to UFC President <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a>, the promotion is...