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01 Jan

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Valiev v Jones" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mwvwZOdpASgDcYf6bP8e9fYAyUE=/0x0:3974x2649/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67597472/1267739225.jpg.0.jpg"> <small>Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/weight-class/bantamweight">Bantamweight</a> <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5422/trevin-jones">Trevin Jones</a> pulled off a sensational comeback at UFC on ESPN 15 in his octagon debut against <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2900/timur-valiev">Timur Valiev</a>. But he won’t get credit for it...

01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Uea80lEZys1pW5QvorkS0Wk_AIY=/76x0:1696x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67597657/Marlon_Moraes_Thumb.0.jpg"> <p>ABU DHABI — <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/weight-class/bantamweight">Bantamweight</a> contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1463/marlon-moraes">Marlon Moraes</a> spoke with reporters at the <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1163/ufc-fight-island-5-moraes-vs-sandhagen">UFC Fight Island 5</a> media day ahead of his main event bout with <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4356/cory-sandhagen">Cory Sandhagen</a> this Saturday. “Magic” discusses knowing he’ll need to make a...

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night Covington v Woodley: Press Conference" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LDsfDHbfJNWVuWUK-oZfLaUsERg=/0x0:4269x2846/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67598081/1273202479.jpg.0.jpg"> <small>Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC</small> <p>A Clark County (Nev.) judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against UFC President <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a> after a Las Vegas man convicted of extorting him over a sex...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Ey0rmjik1vMtUzobgJwLwzJgRHg=/0x0:2440x1627/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67598196/069_Corey_Anderson_x_Johnny_Walker.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>Former UFC light heavyweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2846/corey-anderson">Corey Anderson</a> will make his Bellator MMA debut on Nov. 5 when he faces off with noted striker <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/485/melvin-manhoef">Melvin Manhoef</a> at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.</p> <p>Bellator officials announced...

01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/casXLYgv5DL3it3V8U8L2PfS2zA=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67598401/054_Alex_Oliveira.0.jpg"> <small>Alex Oliveira will replace Elizeu Zaleski against Shavkat Rakhmonov on Fight Island. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5322/shavkat-rakhmonov">Shavkat Rakhmonov</a> has a new opponent for his octagon debut at UFC 254.</p> <p>The Uzbek welterweight, who was originally booked to face <a...

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<img alt="Antonio Silva (Wagner Carmo, Inovafoto)" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/12hbD3UFPr5zHoGSuPAIsAHmgCo=/0x0:2040x1360/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67598630/Antonio_Silva.0.jpg"> <small>Former UFC heavyweight title contender Antonio Silva is set to fight at Taura MMA 11 in Florida. | Wagner Carmo, Inovafoto</small> <p>Taura MMA has a home in the United States.</p> <p>The Brazilian-based promotion kicked off a new...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/354_C3d3reEjndcCa-0LC5cUlwI=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67598842/010_Khabib_Nurmagomedov_x_Tony_Ferguson.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>The UFC uses social media metrics to predict the buyrate of its pay-per-views. If YouTube views equal buys, the promotion is going to do pretty well when <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1526/justin-gaethje">Justin Gaethje</a> unify the...

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<img alt="Michael Chandler and Brent Primus" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_Gg6rYWnM0WkSF_CB5eYFp16dB4=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67593767/135_Michael_Chandler_and_Brent_Primus.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>In August, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/455/michael-chandler">Michael Chandler</a> fought the last fight of his Bellator MMA contract, knocking out former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson at Bellator 243. After the win, Chandler entered free agency,...

01 Jan

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XsAfBmZWDw9q81f81nTPdGwCPws=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67594077/002_Bec_Rawlings.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>Thanks to the global coronavirus pandemic, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2017/bec-hyatt">Bec Rawlings</a> has only fought one time in 2020, and while she’s holding out hope to book another matchup before the end of the year, nothing is guaranteed right...

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/O-bIuNX3DbxFYxmJTMbt7U141Fo=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67594252/044_Cory_Sandhagen_x_Raphael_Assuncao.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>At <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1163/ufc-fight-island-5-moraes-vs-sandhagen">UFC Fight Island 5</a> media day, check out all the stars from the main card Wednesday morning in Abu Dhabi.</p> <p>The schedule is as follows:</p> <p>10 a.m. ET <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4356/cory-sandhagen">Cory Sandhagen</a></p> <p>10:15 a.m. <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3132/makwan-amirkhani">Makwan Amirkhani</a></p> <p>10:30 a.m....