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UFC on FOX 18 has three new match-ups, and one of them was made after an injury.

Is this Jon Jones’ Legendary ‘Break’?

A strange phenomenon has occurred in the careers of a handful of the greatest champions the world has ever known. Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson all had their careers interrupted by an outside influence. Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali both became bigger than boxing when war struck and forced them to the sidelines. Mike Tyson ended up behind bars when he should have been building his resume inside the ropes of a boxing ring. All three of these great... Читать дальше...

ONE Championship will hold 24 events in 2016, and has announced some changes before the first card of the year in January.

Holly Holm wants to fight as soon as possible. The UFC is hoping to save her for a big money rematch with Ronda Rousey in July.

Conor McGregor stopped Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to become the new undisputed UFC featherweight champion, but a former MMA champion is still upset with him.

This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

The year in MMA is basically over and it ended with Saturday's UFC on FOX 17 event. Despite self-appointed internet sleuths determining there was a clear difference between the physiques of Rafael dos Anjos since USADA testing began (there wasn't), the UFC lightweight champion couldn't have looked better as he dispatched Donald Cerrone in just 66 seconds. The question is now what happens to him, whether he faces Conor McGregor or some other lightweight challenger. Читать дальше...

The UFC has officially announced another match-up for its return to London on Feb. 27, featuring light heavyweights Jimi Manuwa and Nikita Krylov.

Nick Diaz isn't happy.

Rather than see his brother Nate making headlines for his resurgent performance over Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 17, much of the post-fight chatter has centered around his paycheck.

Speaking with Chael Sonnen on his podcast, Diaz said he'd rather see his brother retire than fight for a fight purse of $20,000 to show and $20,000 to win.

"It makes me sick," Diaz said his brother's disclosed salary. "It makes me sick what I get paid. It makes me sick for what I've done in the past. Читать дальше...

Kelvin Gastelum is out of his UFC 195 welterweight bout against Kyle Noke after suffering an undisclosed injury, according to the UFC on Tuesday.

Former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Lance Palmer was one of four fighters to receive extended medical suspensions in the aftermath of WSOF 26, the Nevada Athletic Commission announced on Tuesday.

Hello mmafighting.com community, among those of you who are even vaguely familiar with who I am, 2 things are to be known.

Emanuel Yarbrough, who was on the wrong end of the most famous knockdowns in early UFC history, passed away on Monday at the age of 51.

Yarbrough, who fought once in the UFC, and three times overall, was the largest MMA fighter in its history. At one time, he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest athlete.

At 6-foot-7, he was billed at 616 pounds for a fight against 195-pound Keith Hackney on the third UFC event, held on Sept. 9, 1994, at the Grady Cole Center... Читать дальше...

This found footage surfaced of Smile n' Sam Alvey training like a beast. Is this one of Sam's funny posts? Or crazy strength! WTF?

A Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone lightweight title match main event on Saturday night led to UFC's final show of the year doing virtually identical numbers as the past two Decembers.

The show did a final rating of 2,781,000 viewers. The number was exactly what the FOX show had been doing the past two years in December, with 2.8 million viewers for a 2014 show headlined by Junior Dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic,, and a 2013 show headlined by Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez for the flyweight title. Читать дальше...

Lance Palmer may have lost his featherweight title at World Series of Fighting 26, but he still carried the show's payroll sheet.

Though a headliner for the card is still to be determined, two more fights have been announced for the UFC's return to London, England on February 27.