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01 Jan On To the Next One: Top five title and non-title fights we need to see in 2021

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<figure> <img alt="Conor McGregor" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/7y9KzlK78l5IN56HD9vQu0Z3CiU=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68649213/002_Conor_McGregor_2.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> On the 26th episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee list...

01 Jan Trevin Giles vs. Dricus Du Plessis targeted for UFC event on March 20

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/R4AEHnnV0fyT5Pn6Jba7kE_fzsM=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68649519/119_ceremonial_Trevin_Giles.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> Middleweights will battle it out inside the octagon in March. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA...

01 Jan Etihad Arena lists official COVID-19 safety measures for fans at January UFC Fight Island shows

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3cLYBjfXoQkBltBqju92pvWZlzk=/0x3:7360x4910/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68645967/fightislandcage.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Kirsty O’Connor, UFC</figcaption> </figure> The UFC is welcoming fans back to their events soon, but not without plenty of precautions. Beginning on Jan. 16, three events...

01 Jan Michael Chiesa thought fight with Neil Magny wouldn’t happen at UFC Fight Island 8 after Khamzat Chimaev scratch

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<figure> <img alt="UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos v Chiesa" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UsMOXSXK15PqreG7yW71mjD1nJk=/0x0:4778x3185/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68646030/1201971447.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> When <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1643/michael-chiesa">Michael Chiesa</a> woke up a little over a...

01 Jan 2020 Year in Review: The heavyweight division

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XQ9UWvYtlRHrss-FEL6eNTSHkJ0=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68646425/316_Daniel_Cormier_x_Stipe_Miocic.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> 2020 was a wild year for MMA, that feels like it lasted a lifetime....

01 Jan With Mike Grundy out, Nik Lentz now meets Movsar Evloev at UFC 257

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-jDswT72EbFOxeGofOZKl9T1OsY=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68646566/110_Nik_Lentz.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Nik Lentz | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/69/nik-lentz">Nik Lentz</a> has a new date and a new opponent for his first fight in 2021. Multiple...

01 Jan Dana White determined to book another Khabib Nurmagomedov fight: ‘I’m gonna press him as hard as I can for one more’

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/h9Fg_mQMJRrQ6fd5OLKDNhS6K2s=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68646591/203_Khabib_Nurmagomedov_x_Dustin_Poirier.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Khabib Nurmagomedov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> If UFC President <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a> has his way, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> will get his chance to...

01 Jan Amanda Ribas reflects on breakout 2020 campaign, Paige VanZant going from opponent to training partner

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 251 Usman v Masvidal: Weigh-Ins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/gmaGhtudOiyTseDYlHdMSg6PxOI=/0x0:3825x2550/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68646765/1226031021.jpg.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> While 2020 brought a lot of negativity to the world, the...

01 Jan Video: UFC chronicles Cage Warriors wins that led to ‘Rise of Conor McGregor’

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Ora7aPoYNIXdV4OxU2VJOcb4HI8=/260x0:1693x955/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68647317/mcgregoryoung.0.jpg"> <figcaption>UFC, YouTube</figcaption> </figure> Before <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> became the UFC’s biggest star, he was an up-and-coming fighter just like the rest of them. Ahead of McGregor’s...

01 Jan Francis Ngannou: Everyone would love to see me fight Jon Jones, but I’m ‘not worried’ he’ll take my title shot

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/K96Ym1B1ein5p7_W_9gj70SszhY=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68645721/096_Francis_Ngannou_x_Cain_Velasquez.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Francis Ngannou | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> As <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3362/francis-ngannou">Francis Ngannou</a> anxiously awaited <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/775/stipe-miocic">Stipe Miocic</a>’s return after a trilogy against <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/373/daniel-cormier">Daniel Cormier</a>,...