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01 Jan Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya targeted for UFC 264 in July

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<figure> <img alt="UFC Fight Night Holm v Aldana" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2Bk5pnshA1JZBTbxiyj7au24h20=/0x0:3629x2419/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69237938/1278356031.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> A top-five matchup in the women’s bantamweight division is heading to the UFC’s July...

01 Jan Video: Diego Sanchez fears UFC will kill him for speaking out against promotion

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 253 Adesanya v Costa" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hbi3vChprBCnkcvd-gyDDj8Xi9E=/0x0:2622x1748/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69238467/1276867024.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> Former UFC welterweight and The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/121/diego-sanchez">Diego Sanchez</a>...

01 Jan Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz rescheduled from UFC 262 in May to UFC 263 in June

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6zOc-kEp-nwwarP1sN4JXYd-KBg=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69232130/410_Nate_Diaz_.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Nate Diaz | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> The highly anticipated fight between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3026/leon-edwards">Leon Edwards</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/365/nate-diaz">Nate Diaz</a> will no longer take place...

01 Jan Morning Report: Chris Weidman gives update on his leg after surgery: ‘It is definitely brutal’

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 196 Media Day" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/n1MLzeMOx2dGBJPnuglwRh9HxOc=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69233352/280_Chris_Weidman.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Chris Weidman in the shadow of Luke Rockhold’s champion banner | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> At <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1198/ufc-261-usman-vs-masvidal-2">UFC 261</a>, former middleweight...

01 Jan Chuck Liddell recounts the time a nightclub DJ believed he could take a body shot from a UFC legend

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<figure> <img alt="Chuck Liddell Photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/oiXfu6cd-XCv_dWqfDohIQOWreM=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69233580/008chuckliddelllaughing.1327563155.0.jpg"> </figure> It’s hard to imagine anyone volunteering for <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/489/chuck-liddell">Chuck Liddell</a> to hit them but back in 2009 that’s exactly what happened when the UFC Hall of Famer visited a...

01 Jan Video: What the Heck, Episode 57: Josh Thomson, Shane Burgos and T.J. Brown

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<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/43Q2sddLEkM65U_suEVg99KPWS4=/87x0:1707x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69234511/WTH_EP57_CLEAN.0.jpg"> </figure> On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks to Bellator broadcaster and former UFC, Bellator and Strikeforce competitor <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/79/josh-thomson">Josh Thomson</a> (6:25) to preview this Friday’s...

01 Jan CSAC aims to add MMA fighters to boxer’s pension fund

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 241 Anthony Pettis v Nate Diaz" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-MhYsyVXAkpAhYIiP36Z2p9bl58=/0x0:4938x3292/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69234929/1162237538.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> The California State Athletic Commission will hold a stakeholders meeting on May...

01 Jan Valentina Shevchenko believes Amanda Nunes trilogy is inevitable: ‘I just feel it’s going to happen’

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 261: Usman v Masvidal 2" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Z4rylbcjQt8i2Pn7K6kWh0c-mdo=/0x0:3600x2400/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69228127/1232508980.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3494/valentina-shevchenko">Valentina Shevchenko</a> can rarely escape an interview or press conference without hearing <a...

01 Jan UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended 2 years by USADA for second doping violation

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<figure> <img alt="UFC Fight Night: Boser v Pessoa" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/7drL8LXMWo8fJP6aYuUHDOmRhY8=/0x0:3301x2201/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69228824/1258186069.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> Brazilian heavyweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5038/raphael-pessoa-nunes">Raphael Pessoa</a> has accepted a two-year suspension handed...

01 Jan Sean O’Malley vs. Louis Smolka targeted for UFC 264

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<figure> <img alt="UFC 260: O’Malley v Almeida" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XAizfF0AR2ZeEguGOAvg3108uZM=/0x0:4191x2794/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69229380/1309509539.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> A bantamweight matchup between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4140/sean-o-malley">Sean O’Malley</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2680/louis-smolka">Louis Smolka</a> is in the works...