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#4 ranked Welterweight Leon Edwards was on MMAFighting’s EuroBash podcast where he spoke about the clash between Covington and Lawler and how it would impact his future. Edwards backed Covington to go over Lawler as that would enable UFC to book him against his arch-rival, Jorge Masvidal. In case you didn’t know… Mutual respect is necessary for MMA, but if there is one fighter who Leon Edwards would legitimately want to kill inside the Octagon, that man would be Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal....

Adesanya is coming off of a chapter-closing decision victory over Robert Whittaker while Cannonier punched his ticket to his first crack at UFC gold by stopping Derek Brunson with a second-round knockout in February. Cannonier has been in Adesanya’s sights for some time as “The Killa Gorilla” remains one of the heaviest punchers in the middleweight division, with four of his last five wins coming by way of stoppage. Adesanya remains perfect at 185 pounds with eleven consecutive wins and is now in the hunt to catch Anderson Silva as the greatest middleweight in UFC history....

UFC 282 takes place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The original main event was changed when champion Jiri Prochazka injured his shoulder wrestling. Relinquishing the belt, his UFC 275 rematch with Glover Teixeira was nixed. A three-time WMMAA World Championships gold medalist, Ankalaev made his pro debut in 2014. Joining the UFC in 2018, he lost his first fight against Paul Craig. Since then, Ankalaev has won nine in a row....

At the media day event ahead of his fight against Bobby Green that’ll headline the UFC Fight Night card on February 26th, Makhachev suggested that he’s the one who’ll dethrone Oliveira to win the lightweight belt. When asked whether he believes defeating Green would earn him a lightweight title shot, Makhachev stated: Additionally, Makhachev was asked if he felt Oliveira was the most dangerous opponent due to his fighting style....

The first round saw a good back-and-forth exchange, with Paul Craig doing a good job of holding his own. The Brazillian’s skill level difference, however, was evident in the second round as Craig was in a compromising position in the ground most of the time. However, credit where it’s due to Craig, who managed to survive the onslaught of round 2. With that said, the feeling heading into the third round was that it could be anyone’s fight....

Both fighters exchanged leg kicks to open the fight. Rua went for an overhand right and missed. St. Preux slipped the overhand right and threw a left hook that dropped the Brazilian. St.Preux pounced on a fallen Rua with ground and pound punches and referee Mario Yamasaki gave Rua a chance to defend himself. Rua wasn’t able to intelligently defend himself and Yamasaki stopped the fight. “I’m still going to be a big ‘Shogun’ fan, but it’s one of those things, in order to become a legend, you’ve got to beat a legend, so that’s what I did that tonight,” St....

A rematch against Conor McGregor? Duffy, from Donegal, wants to face the champ from Dublin. MORE: 30 days of Ronda Rousey | Jon ‘Bones’ Jones reinstated | Daniel Cormier responds | UFC odds “Naturally because everyone is speaking about it,” Duffy told Sporting News. “The thought has crossed my mind. It’s a fight I feel that can fill Croke Park. So for that motivation yeah I want to fight him....

The fight will be to determine a new No.1 contender for the Light Heavyweight title and it could headline the event scheduled to take place in New Mexico on February 15th. Anderson and Blachowicz have already faced each other back in in 2015 at UFC 191. ‘Overtime’ came out on top during their first meeting with a unanimous decision victory. Blachowicz, who got off to a slow start in the UFC, has just lost once in his last seven fights and currently sits at No....

In recent days all that seems to have changed. Ever since Dana White suggested he would like to see the pair square off one last time, Cormier and Jones haven’t been able to resist reigniting their old rivalry. In case you didn’t know… Jones and Cormier first crossed paths at UFC 182 in 2015 - with both fighters undefeated and believing themselves to be the light-heavyweight King, it didn’t take long for tensions to boil over....

Originally scheduled to fight Claudia Gadelha, but now faces Rodriguez who has quite a different style than Gadelha. However, Calvillo has enough faith in her grappling and submission skills to predict the outcome of the bout, as she shared with MMA Junkie. Calvillo: If it hits the ground, it’s game over Calvillo believes that once they hit the canvas inside the cage, the fight is going to be over for Rodriguez, and that is exactly what she has in mind for her latest rival....

When Covington expertly dismantled Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5 in August, it seemed set in stone that a fight between Covington and Usman would be made - White even publicly announced his intention to book the fight for UFC 244. The Blame Game It has now become clear that UFC 244 is to be headlined by Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal, in a bout that seems to have seriously struck a chord with fight fans around the world....

Having not taken a fight since capturing the UFC middleweight title from Michael Bisping back in 2017, GSP publicly removed himself from the USADA testing pool and retired from active competition earlier this year. However, that hasn’t stopped regular calls from the Diaz brothers, who seem intent on setting up a rematch between St-Pierre and Nick Diaz. In case you didn’t know… GSP and Diaz first faced off back in 2013 in the main event of UFC 158 with GSP earning a decision victory on the night....

During a live Q&A session on the online video platform Rumble, Masvidal shared that he’s confident he would destroy ‘The Notorious’ if the two superstars ever locked horns in the octagon. Explaining how a fight against the former two-division UFC champion would unfold, ‘Gamebred’ said: Later on in the Q&A session, Masvidal was asked if he would accept a fight against the Irishman. The BMF title-holder responded, saying: The MMA community was buzzing about a potential bout between Masvidal and McGregor back in 2019 and 2020....

Originally, rumors about the alleged incident emerged on Friday, but now it has been confirmed by the eyewitnesses. MMA Junkie reported on the matter. What happened between Abdelaziz and Abe Kawa? According to the police report, the two officers who were working the event witnessed the Dominance MMA CEO Abdelaziz ‘willfully and unlawfully use force and violence’ and striking Kawa in the face. Kawa is a fellow MMA manager, who is the vice president of First Round Management....

Randy Costa, a protege of UFC Lightweight veteran Joe Lauzon, made his UFC debut in April. Having competed in four pro bouts prior to his UFC debut, Costa went head-to-head against Brandon Davis in his Octagon debut. Despite landing more significant strikes, The Zohan was eventually submitted in the second round. Salmon, on the other hand, competed for Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) on six different occasions from 2014-2016 prior to his UFC debut....

In case you didn’t know… On September 30th, the popular bantamweight announced on his Instagram feed that he was under investigation for a possible violation of the USADA program. O’ Malley was set to fight Jose Quiñonez at UFC 229 in Las Vegas but was unable to do so due to failing the USADA drug test. The bantamweight fighter penned that, “I have no intention and am fully confident that the results of this case will show that....

UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn made his return to the Octagon to face the up-and-coming Yair ‘El Pantera’ Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 103. The legend had surrounded himself with top coaches and elite training partners in preparation for this showdown. But, in spite of all the training, El Pantera proved too much for the 38-year old fighter on his comeback fight. Rodriguez set the pace from opening bell in the first round and hammered Penn with all the moves in his arsenal....

Now months following the loss, Belfort is looking to get back inside the Octagon to get back to his winning ways, and he thinks that UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping and former welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz were perfect opponents for him to do just that: Diaz has not fought since main eventing UFC 183 against Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva in a five round war. “I would love to fight him....

Burgos defeated Quarantillo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in Madison Square Garden, New York, on Saturday after an intense battle. Several MMA fans and pundits called the bout a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender. However, Atlas feels that since it followed the barn burner between lightweight contenders Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler, the Billy Quarantillo-Shane Burgos outing was overshadowed. During a conversation with co-host Ken Rideout on a recent edition of ‘The Fight’ podcast, Atlas lauded Burgos and Quarantillo for putting on a great show....

Jones spoke to Fox Sports reporter Charissa Thompson on ‘Fox Sports Live’ about the situation. The New York native said in the interview that he knew he was going to fail the drug test that was administered to him on Dec. 4. “I knew the test would come out positive," Jones told Thompson. “I knew there was nothing I could do about it. I was stressed out about it.”...