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01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/zLCgf67mrt1FsgvpehEI2VigIDA=/0x0:4305x2870/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67311807/smithrakic.0.jpg"> <small>Zuffa LLC</small> <p>With <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1144/august-29-ufc-event">UFC Vegas 8</a> just hours away, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs and Alex K. Lee break down the top storylines, including the light heavyweight main event between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1091/anthony-smith">Anthony Smith</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4120/aleksandar-rakic">Aleksandar Rakic</a>. </p>...

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Brown v Baeza" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NcH923wdRehRgPoJczEkJwZFXpQ=/0x0:4882x3255/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67312112/1225295093.jpg.0.jpg"> <small>Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images</small> <p>Another welterweight matchup has been added to the UFC’s Sept. 19 fight card. </p> <p>Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TXT7YW4gwTd4HzFkv265IrVqeR4=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67308400/056_Israel_Adesanya.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>Earlier this week in Kenosha, WI, a black man named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by police responding to a domestic incident. The incident, which was caught on camera by bystanders, caught...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IlY-15JMatlexNKWeNXtqceMDoo=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67308605/024_Rashad_Evans_vs_Anthony_Smith.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>Despite appearances, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1091/anthony-smith">Anthony Smith</a> actually didn’t suffer all that much physically in the aftermath of his loss to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/388/glover-teixeira">Glover Teixeira</a> in May.</p> <p>Actually, the former light heavyweight title contender recovered rather quickly from the fifth-round...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Yq2fLsIyEcY2X05lPPUym4qknC4=/0x0:5004x3336/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67308784/UFC_251_017.0.jpg"> <small>Muslim Salikhov won a close decision against Elizeu Zaleski earlier this year in Abu Dhabi. | Photo via Zuffa LLC</small> <p>“Hannibal” and “King of Kung Fu” will meet in the octagon at a UFC Fight Night show on Oct. 17,...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/F8NyKzpZOfWSdVctEhaIg4IcJW0=/0x0:1430x953/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67308867/fightcircus.0.jpg"> <small>A pro fighter battles two brothers at Fight Circus in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 22 | Full Metal Dojo, YouTube</small> <p><em>Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TmCQ8uvejTRtNguHpWGJmNRB5aY=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67309004/010_Tom_Breese.0.0.jpg"> <small>Tom Breese (pictured) fights Roman Kopylov in a middleweight bout on Oct. 3 | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>Veteran <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1195/tom-breese">Tom Breese</a> will try to keep <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5157/roman-kopylov">Roman Kopylov</a> winless inside the octagon.</p> <p>Officials <a href="https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1299300698559975424">announced</a> Friday that Breese (11-2) is...

01 Jan

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<img alt="Anthony Smith" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XPb_jT37hDQlL4PNNRbXPe4VQMY=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67309147/011_Anthony_Pettis.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>At the <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1144/august-29-ufc-event">UFC Vegas 8</a> weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas stepped on the scale Friday morning local time. </p> <p>In the main event, light heavyweights <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight/10500/anthony-smith-vs-aleksandar-rakic">Anthony Smith vs....

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<img alt="Renan Barao Photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/W3O9OxsnMFWBM1W76v7ydiGB0iw=/0x0:1039x693/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67309308/001coleescovedovsrenanbarao-1307126508.1327548753.0.jpg"> <small>Renan Barao will face former UFC featherweight Bobby Moffett in his return to MMA in November. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/506/renan-barao">Renan Barao</a>’s first post-UFC fight will be against fellow octagon veteran <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4635/bobby-moffett">Bobby Moffett</a> in the...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LG3178cvbYnceBN8fGor1lRuVQk=/0x0:3843x2562/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67304298/06___Agapova_v_Dobson_2020_08_22_CU_0170_2020082281409121.0.jpg"> <small>Shana Dobson attacks Mariya Agapova on the ground at UFC on ESPN 15 on Aug. 22 in Las Vegas | Zuffa LLC</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4157/shana-dobson">Shana Dobson</a> picked up one of the biggest wins at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1143/august-22-ufc-event">UFC on ESPN 15</a>, but could...