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01 Jan Jon Anik previews ‘huge’ UFC Fight Island 7 main event between Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar, reacts to ABC debut

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<figure> <img alt="UFC Fight Night: Kattar v Ige" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ptvYL-EDe4nY4CdA1fIuUXLVWHQ=/0x0:5277x3518/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68657208/1256428690.jpg.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> After a short hiatus, the UFC returns to action this weekend...

01 Jan UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich reveals he was fired from commentary job at LFA after participating in Capitol protests

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SoULIGTnfs-CG6yJXFhZjq36kt8=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68657807/006_Pat_Miletich.0.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Pat Miletich and Dana White | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich will no longer be calling fights as a...

01 Jan 2020 Year in Review: The women’s flyweight division

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 247: Shevchenko v Chookagian" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0RWIaclQetf5Qld_8iI60ISqOQ4=/0x0:4903x3269/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68657946/1204961753.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Valentina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> 2020 was a wild year for...

01 Jan Dana White warns ‘don’t even get yourself excited thinking about Jon Jones vs. Israel Adesanya’ yet

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<figure> <img alt="Jon Jones" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/oUWbE1_Y9GbMXJIKD7zHfOVo2dk=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68658364/138_Jon_Jones.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/47/jon-jones">Jon Jones</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4366/israel-adesanya">Israel Adesanya</a> may remain at odds with each other but it seems unlikely that...

01 Jan Two January bouts shifted to UFC Fight Island 8 card

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ncvOe8uJ_fu11C_SqsZIyMKkczw=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68658627/010_Tom_Breese.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Tom Breese (pictured) and opponent Omari Akhmedov will now see their middleweight bout take place on Jan. 20 | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> Next...

01 Jan UFC full fight video: Conor McGregor takes out Eddie Alvarez to become ‘champ-champ’

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<figure> <img alt="Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WnBJ9kw0v0dhKXCa_GDGJ9pCfeI=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68658882/080_Conor_McGregor_vs_Eddie_Alvarez.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> Watch <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> vs. <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/54/eddie-alvarez">Eddie Alvarez</a> full fight video to see how McGregor became...

01 Jan UFC releases hype video for Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar ahead of UFC Fight Island 7

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5r7GfP0SNrT-_0UobLLD3-5BlOM=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68659068/109_Max_Holloway_x_Alexander_Volkanovski.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> The UFC returns to action for the first time in 2021 on Fight Island with a fascinating main event at...

01 Jan Morning Report: Daniel Cormier says UFC 257 ‘will really elevate’ Michael Chandler if he wins, calls out Conor McGregor

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/8Zk10AG8D3tzkwiamdiYN8fswfM=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68654542/005_Michael_Chandler.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> Next weekend at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1179/ufc-257">UFC 257</a>, former three-time Bellator lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/455/michael-chandler">Michael Chandler</a> will finally make his long awaited...

01 Jan Video: What the Heck, Episode 41: Stephen Thompson, Casey Kenney, Tristan Connelly and Lerone Murphy

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NDemyrI6nW5wHqVlbXkS_tMuwI4=/153x0:1773x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68655107/WTH_CLEAN_EP41.0.jpg"> </figure> On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck chats with UFC welterweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1559/stephen-thompson">Stephen Thompson</a> (4:57) to recap his unanimous decision win over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4338/geoff-neal">Geoff Neal</a> in...

01 Jan Corey Anderson believes ‘Bellator has the upper hand’ with a better light heavyweight division than the UFC

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SyN0pk5dyNwsK3bWAgkXJiy7BrE=/0x0:3850x2567/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68649905/C07_7093.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Corey Anderson | Bellator MMA</figcaption> </figure> When <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2846/corey-anderson">Corey Anderson</a> asked for his release from the UFC before eventually signing with Bellator MMA, he had...