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01 Jan Video: Dana White announces Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje for Oct. 24 reaction

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6Zrs8RdxLncdD5KvvpkzZ7ADwzY=/153x0:1773x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67123241/khabib_justin_clean.0.jpg"> Moments after UFC president <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a> made the announcement, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jose Youngs react to the lightweight title fight booking between <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> on Oct. 24. ...

01 Jan Alex Perez states case for title fight with Deiveson Figueiredo: ‘I’m finishing guys at 125’

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UNEL68Q_qp46sw8649kEjooWp1U=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67123455/108_Alex_Perez.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/841/alex-perez">Alex Perez</a> believes he should be the first to challenge new flyweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4188/deiveson-figueiredo">Deiveson Figueiredo</a>. Following Figueiredo’s incredible first-round finish of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/285/joseph-benavidez">Joseph Benavidez</a> in the UFC Fight Island 2 headliner, the conversations began throughout...

01 Jan ‘Bigfoot’ Silva returns to MMA after three-year absence

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ihD8am9TC75xy8RR2LC4mP3U8KQ=/0x0:2040x1360/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67123883/Antonio_Silva.0.1504809058.0.jpg"> Wagner Carmo, Inovafoto One-time UFC heavyweight title challenger <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/35/antonio-silva">Antonio Silva</a> will return to the cage this fall after a three-year absence from MMA. “Bigfoot” Silva, 40, signed a contract with Taura MMA to face former LFA heavyweight tournament champ...

01 Jan Khabib Nurmagomedov opens as sizable betting favorite in potential fight with Georges St-Pierre

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/il8fy9cTY0GjfgKrhzXWj8nmLms=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67124205/203_Khabib_Nurmagomedov_x_Dustin_Poirier.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting It’s rare that <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/123/georges-st-pierre">Georges St-Pierre</a> has been an underdog during his career. But if he decides to come back, that’s exactly the role he’ll play for a fight against reigning UFC lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib...

01 Jan Thiago Alves draws Phil Baroni in bare-knuckle debut, Hector Lombard vs. Kendall Grove on tap for BKFC 13

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<img alt="Gallery Photo: UFC on FOX 11 weigh-in photos" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TMsqACm56cHdx_mqyMV4GFtNa4M=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67124339/025_Thiago_Alves.0.jpg"> Former UFC title contender <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/104/thiago-alves">Thiago Alves</a> has booked his first fight in bare-knuckle boxing competition. He’s scheduled to face fellow UFC veteran <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/347/phil-baroni">Phil Baroni</a> at the upcoming Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships card on...

01 Jan Dan Hardy responds to Herb Dean’s defense of stoppage: ‘accountability needs to be taken’

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<img alt="UFC Fight Night: Trinaldo v Herbert" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NnRgStZGSQwF1axGqyXgvbvr3hI=/0x0:3925x2617/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67124614/1258248639.jpg.0.jpg"> Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC commentator <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/111/dan-hardy">Dan Hardy</a> called for greater accountability among referees and a new system for preventing late stoppages in a video response to veteran official Herb...

01 Jan Morning Report: Dana White open to the idea of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s final fight being against Georges St-Pierre

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<img alt="Khabib Nurmagomedov" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/rvlmtU0nboJ7XUB1fGryW6dpT-M=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67119892/057_Khabib_Nurmagomedov.0.0.jpg"> Khabib Nurmagomedov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> may get his wish after all. The UFC lightweight champion has not said much since his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, passed away recently. Speculation has ranged widely, from him never fighting...

01 Jan Video: Roy Jones Jr. talks ‘hammers and nails’ boxing match with Mike Tyson; still open to Anderson Silva fight

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QwoQ9PiESNaiGgeJLs8RVrKID0M=/224x0:1844x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120231/Roy_Jones.0.jpg"> If you asked <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1133/roy-jones">Roy Jones</a> Jr. five years ago if he would fight Mike Tyson in 2020, he’d compare it to asking him if he would become heavyweight champion in 1988 – he would never have believed it to be...

01 Jan Video: Between the Links, Episode 9: Robert Whittaker’s victorious return, Dan Hardy vs. Herb Dean, Bellator 242

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-7s96Y9NDyAoL00sa5wPUOcVlLA=/300x0:1920x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120605/btl_ep9_CLEAN.0.jpg"> Check out episode 9 of Between the Links as Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting’s Alex K. Lee and Jed Meshew discussing <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1900/robert-whittaker">Robert Whittaker</a>’s win over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3278/darren-till">Darren Till</a> in the UFC on ESPN 14 main event. In...

01 Jan Dana White: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje lightweight title bout set for Oct. 24

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<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NXJLqu2W6zVUePww8Hi9JOosmJc=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67120846/141_Khabib_Nurmagomedov.0.jpg"> Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The highly anticipated UFC lightweight title unification bout is set to go down in the fall, according to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white">Dana White</a>. The UFC president <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/sport/khabib-nurmagomedov-gaethje-ufc-white-spt-intl/index.html">told CNN’s Don Riddell</a> that lightweight champion <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1480/khabib-nurmagomedov">Khabib Nurmagomedov</a> will...