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01 Jan Report: Nick Diaz targeting return in early 2021

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<img alt="Nick Diaz weigh-in" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/W7lnD77HeN6dY4nMMvnxhR4ViOM=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67365976/032_Nick_Diaz.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Fans could be seeing <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/108/nick-diaz">Nick Diaz</a> make the walk to the octagon very soon. Diaz’s manager, Kevin Mubenga, on Sunday revealed to ESPN that Diaz has gone through a 14-week diet and training...

01 Jan One-time UFC title challenger, WEC veteran Ricardo Lamas officially retires

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qQbpmdQ7ZWabL54USHQfeOnu468=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67366414/153_Ricardo_Lamas.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting One-time UFC featherweight title challenger and WEC veteran <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/821/ricardo-lamas">Ricardo Lamas</a> has officially retired. Lamas, 38, announced the news Monday on <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/09/ricardo-lamas-explains-how-anniversary-of-brothers-death-helped-him-double-down-on-retirement">MMA Junkie Radio</a> and later confirmed it to MMA Fighting. He leaves the sport...

01 Jan Alistair Overeem has ‘no problem’ running it back with Jairzinho Rozenstruik: ‘I destroyed that man’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HvJ_ppXWuW3yBTS_WdzqQjgBsD4=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67366572/131_Alistair_Overeem_x_Jairzinho_Rozenstruik.0.jpg"> Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Alistair Overeem | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/32/alistair-overeem">Alistair Overeem</a> knows he would probably be knocking on the door of title contention right now if not for the result in his fight against <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5156/jairzinho-rozenstruik">Jairzinho Rozenstruik</a>. On that...

01 Jan Bethe Correia announces retirement bout with Yanan Wu for Dec. 5 UFC event

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hLCwstfD_n6mrAPw-3xht786MGo=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67366795/012_Bethe_Correia.0.0.0.0.jpg"> Bethe Correia announced she will enter the octagon one last time in December. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting It appears <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2392/bethe-correia">Bethe Correia</a> is not done with the UFC just yet. The UFC <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/8/12/21365751/former-title-contender-bethe-correia-veteran-lightweight-evan-dunham-released-from-ufc">parted ways with the bantamweight veteran</a> following...

01 Jan Alain Ngalani responds to critics that call him ‘gimme fight’ for Vitor Belfort

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yWQqOooMgc1f3fPm-VLZKWHHzJ0=/0x0:1029x686/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67367061/Alain_Ngalani_ADUX80991.0.jpg"> Alain Ngalani (pictured) will face former UFC titleholder Vitor Belfort in a heavyweight bout. | ONE Championship Former UFC champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/83/vitor-belfort">Vitor Belfort</a> will be welcomed by Cameroonian heavyweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2658/alain-ngalani">Alain Ngalani</a> in his first fight under the ONE Championship...

01 Jan Paige VanZant announces ‘my husband gave me COVID,’ asks for fans’ help

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<img alt="Paige VanZant" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/S7N7gG-pt3DWlBZDKejRhE_vNZA=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67367319/20161215_0011_Paige_VanZant.0.0.jpeg"> Paige VanZant | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting UFC veteran and BKFC fighter <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2025/paige-vanzant">Paige VanZant</a> believes she may have been infected with the COVID-19 virus shortly after her husband, Bellator fighter <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4793/austin-vanderford">Austin Vanderford</a>, was scratched from an upcoming...

01 Jan After earning first UFC finish, Sean Brady ‘would love’ to fight Robbie Lawler

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/We-gvzM613_IVa3o-7xCWKU1lcI=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67367604/007_Sean_Brady.0.jpg"> Thomas Lakes, MMA Fighting After securing his first UFC finish and performance bonus, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4850/sean-brady">Sean Brady</a> has earned quite a bit of buzz in the 170-pound division. The undefeated prospect improved to 3-0 in the octagon with an impressive second-round...

01 Jan On to the Next One, Episode 8: Matches to make after UFC Vegas 9

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Overeem v Sakai" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/MaBeiDFewmaaAsE8jzOa2_cirRU=/0x0:3878x2585/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67365351/1270880571.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC In the seventh episode of On to the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alex K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday night’s <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1144/august-29-ufc-event">UFC Vegas 8</a>...

01 Jan Kamaru Usman: Colby Covington fight could be ‘best and possibly worst-case scenario’ for Tyron Woodley

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Lby_gKPXTNf3UY4PjuLONyE7Of4=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67365514/110_Kamaru_Usman.0.jpg"> Kamaru Usman | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting A welterweight grudge match for the ages will headline the UFC’s upcoming card on Sept. 19 when former teammates <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2975/colby-covington">Colby Covington</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/221/tyron-woodley">Tyron Woodley</a> finally square off after spending years taking...

01 Jan Hot Tweets: Anthony Smith’s future, Tony Ferguson vs. Dustin Poirier, and the ‘BMF’ rematch

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SUemwY_TpbB7rPHjq73IYkfwGfQ=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67362748/002_bmf_belt.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1091/anthony-smith">Anthony Smith</a> continued his career slide, losing to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4120/aleksandar-rakic">Aleksandar Rakic</a>. But that wasn’t all that happened in the world of MMA. <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/538/anthony-ferguson">Tony Ferguson</a> vs. <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/233/dustin-poirier">Dustin Poirier</a> was confirmed as...