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01 Jan Thiago Alves draws Phil Baroni in bare-knuckle debut, Hector Lombard vs. Kendall Grove on tap for BKFC 13

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<img alt="Gallery Photo: UFC on FOX 11 weigh-in photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TMsqACm56cHdx_mqyMV4GFtNa4M=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67124339/025_Thiago_Alves.0.jpg"> Former UFC title contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/104/thiago-alves">Thiago Alves</a> has booked his first fight in bare-knuckle boxing competition. He’s scheduled to face fellow UFC veteran <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/347/phil-baroni">Phil Baroni</a> at the upcoming Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships card on...

01 Jan Dan Hardy responds to Herb Dean’s defense of stoppage: ‘accountability needs to be taken’

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Trinaldo v Herbert" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NnRgStZGSQwF1axGqyXgvbvr3hI=/0x0:3925x2617/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67124614/1258248639.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC commentator <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/111/dan-hardy">Dan Hardy</a> called for greater accountability among referees and a new system for preventing late stoppages in a video response to veteran official Herb...

01 Jan Morning Report: Dana White open to the idea of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s final fight being against Georges St-Pierre

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<img alt="Khabib Nurmagomedov" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/rvlmtU0nboJ7XUB1fGryW6dpT-M=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67119892/057_Khabib_Nurmagomedov.0.0.jpg"> Khabib Nurmagomedov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> may get his wish after all. The UFC lightweight champion has not said much since his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, passed away recently. Speculation has ranged widely, from him never fighting...

01 Jan Video: Roy Jones Jr. talks ‘hammers and nails’ boxing match with Mike Tyson; still open to Anderson Silva fight

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QwoQ9PiESNaiGgeJLs8RVrKID0M=/224x0:1844x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120231/Roy_Jones.0.jpg"> If you asked <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1133/roy-jones">Roy Jones</a> Jr. five years ago if he would fight Mike Tyson in 2020, he’d compare it to asking him if he would become heavyweight champion in 1988 – he would never have believed it to be...

01 Jan Video: Between the Links, Episode 9: Robert Whittaker’s victorious return, Dan Hardy vs. Herb Dean, Bellator 242

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-7s96Y9NDyAoL00sa5wPUOcVlLA=/300x0:1920x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120605/btl_ep9_CLEAN.0.jpg"> Check out episode 9 of Between the Links as Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting’s Alex K. Lee and Jed Meshew discussing <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1900/robert-whittaker">Robert Whittaker</a>’s win over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3278/darren-till">Darren Till</a> in the UFC on ESPN 14 main event. In...

01 Jan Dana White: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje lightweight title bout set for Oct. 24

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NXJLqu2W6zVUePww8Hi9JOosmJc=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120846/141_Khabib_Nurmagomedov.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The highly anticipated UFC lightweight title unification bout is set to go down in the fall, according to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a>. The UFC president <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/sport/khabib-nurmagomedov-gaethje-ufc-white-spt-intl/index.html">told CNN’s Don Riddell</a> that lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> will...

01 Jan Gilbert Melendez suspended two years by USADA after independent arbitrator issues ruling

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<img alt="Gallery Photo: UFC 166 photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-My9gcnEM9S92Yqv-3l52IZN0rI=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67115160/120_Diego_Sanchez_vs_Gilbert_Melendez.0.jpg"> Former title contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/71/gilbert-melendez">Gilbert Melendez</a> was released from the UFC last year, but he will still face a two-year suspension as a result of a drug test taken prior to his exit from the promotion. On Monday,...

01 Jan Mike Rodriguez vs. Marcin Prachnio targeted for UFC event on Aug. 22

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Weigh-Ins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FbKsJKO7B40eaRAYfzfb8PA2-bs=/0x0:4929x3286/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67115377/1189650598.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images A light heavyweight matchup is heading to Las Vegas next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4167/mike-rodriguez">Mike Rodriguez</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4342/marcin-prachnio">Marcin...

01 Jan Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz pushed back to UFC event on Aug. 22

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YG4qy7dgBuyG9M9iheavWMly2iw=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67115438/133_Frankie_Edgar.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The bantamweight fight between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/60/frankie-edgar">Frankie Edgar</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1534/pedro-munhoz">Pedro Munhoz</a> has been pushed back from Aug. 15 to Aug. 22. It’s unknown why the fight was ultimately moved one week later but multiple sources confirmed the...

01 Jan Video: Tanner Boser doubles down on callout of Maurice Greene following second straight finish

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mYjVFX7v1-0ctZUtChHGrZdFlI0=/120x0:1740x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67116165/POST_Boser_scrum.00_03_19_21.Still001.0.jpg"> ABU DHABI — <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/weight-class/heavyweight">Heavyweight</a> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5030/tanner-boser">Tanner Boser</a> spoke with the media backstage following his second-round TKO win over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5038/raphael-pessoa-nunes">Raphael Pessoa</a> at UFC on ESPN 14. Boser discussed the short notice win, missing his shorts, gaining social media followers, wanting...