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01 Jan Video: Colby Covington disregards Khamzat Chimaev, blasts Dustin Poirier, Jorge Masvidal

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UGGpx1ime71b9S1In6smSkRqX2c=/241x0:1861x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70087322/COlby.0.jpg"> </figure> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2975/colby-covington">Colby Covington</a> is quite confident that he’ll beat <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2033/kamaru-usman">Kamaru Usman</a> to become welterweight champion at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1248/ufc-268">UFC 268</a>, but he doesn’t seem to think much about the contenders currently...

01 Jan Jiri Prochazka waiting on UFC to confirm title shot, rips ‘liar’ Aleksandar Rakic

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 267 Weigh-in" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/rCTCcT6L6yUT8Fp-3cbOHZo084o=/0x0:5568x3712/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70088355/1349900922.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> UFC light heavyweight contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3464/jiri-prochazka">Jiri Prochazka</a> hasn’t received official confirmation he’s next in line for a...

01 Jan Watch The MMA Hour with McAfee, Buffer, Prochazka, Gallagher, Garry in studio and Pereira now

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dimAL0uPb1jEn_RKY5KWYtYwG2Q=/147x0:1767x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70085214/site_image_11.3.21.0.jpg"> </figure> The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1...

01 Jan Video: Justin Gaethje explains his issue with Daniel Cormier, promises ‘we riot’ if he doesn’t receive a title shot after UFC 268

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/gZnwHvzCKciIYtrwXCQRVn5LDjg=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70088517/083_Justin_Gaethje_vs_Michael_Johnson.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> When the UFC needed to crown a new lightweight champion following <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a>’s surprise retirement, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1526/justin-gaethje">Justin Gaethje</a> knew...

01 Jan Bruce Buffer details harrowing COVID experience, ‘ready to roar’ at UFC 268

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 265: Lewis v Gane" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JYF4puN1JdR6ypa0ntXRcxg7zqg=/0x0:6345x4230/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70088712/1332969398.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> Bruce Buffer is out of the woods after missing his first numbered UFC event in...

01 Jan Vicente Luque to serve as backup fighter for UFC 268 headliner Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lvhFj4KtksXnNtIBTDPwfNK7_-s=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70088864/135_Vicente_Luque.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Vicente Luque will be the backup fighter for Usman vs. Covington at UFC 268. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3320/vicente-luque">Vicente Luque</a> will be...

01 Jan Video: Zhang Weili: ‘Maybe Rose Namajunas hopes Henry Cejudo is the only one in my team’

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WxzsvMQB-gl-pg2lsBnfeWVp4PA=/142x0:1762x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70088972/weili.0.jpg"> </figure> NEW YORK — At <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1248/ufc-268">UFC 268</a> media day, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4539/zhang-weili">Zhang Weili</a> details her return from a knockout loss to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2024/rose-namajunas">Rose Namajunas</a> in their first fight, the changes she’s made...

01 Jan UFC 268 cold open: Challengers seek ‘vengeance’ in title fights, ‘all-action berserker’ out in Big Apple

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<figure> <img alt="MMA: UFC 245-Usman vs Covington" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YJH669PIroh8LZ0MZsJCuNnT1ZI=/0x0:5177x3451/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70089635/usa_today_13797148.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption> </figure> Twin title rematches take center stage in the cold open for the <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1248/ufc-268">UFC 268</a>...

01 Jan Morning Report: ‘Big’ John McCarthy on Vyacheslav Kiselev, the referee removed from duty at UFC 267: ‘He was in over his head’

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/t2T2Bw4TW2yiOcn0yFp62wv-L00=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70084999/100_john_mccarthy.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> This pas weekend, two new champions were crowned for the UFC and two of the UFC’s most-hyped contenders picked up...

01 Jan MMA Rankings update: Did Khamzat Chimaev just become a top-10 fighter overnight?

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/fG2tauiD_TOBTJPO5BQ1GfS3dVg=/178x0:2136x1305/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70085609/rankings_header_nov_3.0.png"> <figcaption>Photos via Getty and Bellator MMA</figcaption> </figure> Welcome to the latest update to the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, where our esteemed panel of...