It has been a long, steady climb for Neil Magny to the top 10 of the welterweight division.
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Tony Ferguson has pulled out of a scheduled main event bout on the UFC on Fox 19 card on April 16 in Tampa, Florida. No replacement opponent will be named for Nurmagomedov, who has not fought since April 2014 when he won a unanimous decision over current lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos.
Las Vegan Chidi Njokuani will fight former welterweight champion Douglas Lima in the co-main event of a Bellator MMA card in Fresno, California, on June 17, sources close to the organization confirmed to the Review-Journal.
Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight contender Yoel Romero has accepted a 6-month sanction stemming from a violation of the organization’s anti-doping policy.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champ Jon Jones spent what could have been two valuable days of the training camp for his return fight locked up in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, jail last week.
At the UFC fighter summit, mental and motivational coach to star athletes like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Trevor Moawad spoke to up-and-comers about owning the right mindset.
In a mixed martial arts card stacked with Las Vegas fighters, Jon Fitch had the best night among the locals competing Saturday in the World Series of Fighting 30 at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champ Jon Jones will remain on the UFC 197 card after all.
World Series of Fighting will almost certainly never supplant the Ultimate Fighting Championship in terms of market share in the world of professional mixed martial arts.
The blockbuster UFC rematch between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former champ Jon Jones will not take place at UFC 197 on April 23 at the MGM Grand after Cormier suffered an injury and pulled out of the fight.
Cody “No Love” Garbrandt talks about headlining a UFC card for the first time. He’ll clash with Thomas Almeida in Las Vegas at UFC Fight Night 88 on May 29th.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones will have to take anger management and driver improvement classes and do more community service for violating his probation from a previous hit-and-run crash.
UFC 200 officially has a main event. Conor McGregor will get a rematch against Nate Diaz in the main event of the historic card July 9 at T-Mobile Arena.
Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens, who will welcome Renan Barao to the UFC’s featherweight division, believes the former champ is “broken.”
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested Tuesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for violating his probation after he was cited for allegedly drag racing Friday morning, TMZ reported.