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01 Jan Israel Adesanya fires back after Jon Jones tweets about Adesanya’s father: ‘Dead or alive, keep my family out of this’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4kRKMkG1aJGZtytkBv_sMTbIR6Q=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67564263/101_Robert_Whittaker_x_Israel_Adesanya.0.jpg"> Israel Adesanya | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4366/israel-adesanya">Israel Adesanya</a> could only let <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/47/jon-jones">Jon Jones</a>’ Twitter fingers go unchecked for so long. Despite competing in different divisions, the two UFC stars have been feuding for months now, with Adesanya teasing...

01 Jan Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Alexander Romanov re-booked for Nov. 7 UFC event

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jllJuH449RT_YN05Mc6ty0ZXAdQ=/0x32:3871x2613/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67564400/FN_Vegas9_WeighIn_2020_09_04_CU_0069_2020090410854454.0.jpg"> Romanox vs. De Lima was originally set for Sept. 5, but “Pezao” tested positive for COVID-19. | Zuffa LLC UFC has decided to re-book a heavyweight fight between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/390/marcos-rogerio-de-lima">Marcos Rogerio de Lima</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5339/alexander-romanov">Alexander Romanov</a> for Nov. 7...

01 Jan Volkan Oezdemir out of Nikita Krylov fight at Oct. 17 UFC event due to knee injury

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mbzetOweJvJeI89tYOQkMY6GK8w=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67564521/099_Daniel_Cormier_vs_Volkan_Oezdemir.0.jpg"> Volkan Oezdemir | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2557/volkan-oezdemir">Volkan Oezdemir</a> won’t be competing on Fight Island. The light heavyweight contender announced Thursday that a knee injury has forced him out of his bout opposite <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2322/nikita-krylov">Nikita Krylov</a>, which was scheduled as...

01 Jan Michael Chandler on Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje: ‘I think I’m a bad matchup for either of them’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/y45WWdgGPVcjvpfe_S8eyMjbmBA=/0x0:3850x2567/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67564676/A41I3191.0.jpg"> Michael Chandler | Bellator MMA <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/455/michael-chandler">Michael Chandler</a> has felt ready to face UFC competition for several years but it wasn’t until recently that the former Bellator lightweight champion finally pulled the trigger on a deal. After reaching free agency following...

01 Jan The A-Side chat: UFC 253 fallout, more

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<img alt="UFC 253 Adesanya v Costa" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WAGVba19SvH9UXsXcJNpT4fr2KM=/0x0:2799x1866/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67557368/1276894587.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC This is The A-Side Live Chat. For this episode, José Youngs, Esther Lin, and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some topics include: the fallout from <a...

01 Jan Conor McGregor releases poster for Dustin Poirier charity match

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jf1Dqx_6R6eVRpje8mMqIjOLJWM=/0x0:2604x1736/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67560371/011_Conor_McGregor.0.jpg"> Conor McGregor | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Your move, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a>. Perhaps in response to the UFC president <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/9/30/21495516/dana-white-claims-offers-out-to-conor-mcgregor-and-dustin-poirier-for-potential-fight">announcing</a> on Wednesday that the UFC is attempting to arrange an official rematch between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/233/dustin-poirier">Dustin Poirier</a>,...

01 Jan UFC champ Israel Adesanya undergoes tests for swollen pec, but denies using steroids

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<img alt="UFC 253 Adesanya v Costa" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WYOFyJGkxiJYUu2F1DdwlEV_IFs=/0x0:4810x3207/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67560789/1276892785.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC UFC middleweight champ <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4366/israel-adesanya">Israel Adesanya</a> on Wednesday took a blood test and did two MRI scans of his pituitary gland to diagnose a swollen and painful right pectoral muscle that...

01 Jan Dana White planned on Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov to relaunch TUF ‘but Conor blew that’

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<img alt="Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TuYKtaC1ukNPtwF9U76Pv1IRU-s=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67561082/026_Khabib_Nurmagomedov_and_Conor_McGregor.0.jpg"> Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting UFC President <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a> had some “fun stuff” planned for <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> in 2021, but it appears those plans are now off the table. While...

01 Jan Alexander Volkanovski talks UFC featherweight landscape, eagerly awaits next No. 1 contender

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QVp6j4c0yTL2z9ZedJSYWN9IPMQ=/0x0:3050x2033/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67561426/164_Alexander_Volkanovski.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting UFC featherweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4234/alexander-volkanovski">Alexander Volkanovski</a> wants one question answered: Who is ready to take the top contender spot? After successfully defending his title at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251 </a>against <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1541/max-holloway">Max Holloway</a>, Volkanovski finds himself in a...

01 Jan Commissioner ‘thoroughly disgusted’ with weight cutting after Paul Daley’s scratch from Bellator 247

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<img alt="MMA: OCT 25 Bellator 232" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2thOczLUorztkJ3w5-LaLMUIy7c=/0x0:5137x3425/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67561818/1178156095.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Bellator’s chief overseas regulator said there was no way <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/107/paul-daley">Paul Daley</a> could have fought <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2425/derek-anderson">Derek Anderson</a> at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1157/bellator-247-daley-vs-anderson">Bellator 247</a> and criticized the veteran welterweight for...