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2024 PFL Championship ceremonial fighter weigh-ins take place Thursday, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMA Junkie at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Friday's event goes down from King

This year's PFL season will come to its conclusion on Friday with 2024 PFL Championship, which takes place at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and streams on ESPN+. As has become tradition for the o

In 2018, an unprecedented trade in MMA took place between the UFC and ONE Championship, but who won? Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson was traded for ex-ONE Championship title holder Ben Askren. Johnson went onto capture the ONE flyweight title, capp

Jon Jones may have sparked all sorts of valid debates about pound-for-pound rankings and legacy after beating Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, but one thing will always remain true: facts are facts. Jones, 37, returned to the octagon on Nov. 16 at Madison Square…

Robert Whittaker acknowledges that there wasn't much he could do to stop Khamzat Chimaev from taking him down. Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) ran through Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) for a first-round submission in their middleweight bout at UFC 308. The face-crank

Michael Chandler still thinks he's superior to Charles Oliveira, despite the results between them showing otherwise. After Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered a second-round TKO loss to Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) in a vacant lightweight title bout at UFC 262

Quiet down, everyone. Class is back in session. The guest speaker today will be professor Merab Dvalishvili, who will be teaching a virtual lesson in titleshotology. In the video below, Prof. Dvalishvili explains the different elements of the periodic table of bantamweights…

(Editor's note: This story first was published June 1, 2023. Some information may have been updated.) Whether we're talking about mainstream sports, combat sports or sports entertainment, the spectacle of large athletes long has been a promotional tool to help draw in…

"LokDog" is ready to go on another walk to the UFC cage. Vinicius Oliveira will battle Said Nurmagomedov at the UFC Fight Night event Feb. 1 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both fighters recently confirmed the booking on social media after an initial report b

Michael Bisping sees Kai Asakura facing a potential hurdle at UFC 310. Former RIZIN bantamweight champion Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) challenges UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (

Jiri Prochazka sent a stern warning to both Jamahal Hill and Magomed Ankalaev. Former light heavyweight champions Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) meet Jan. 18 at UFC 311 from Inuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Both fighters are coming off…

Cory Sandhagen has his sights set on Petr Yan after UFC Fight Night 248. Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) picked up his second consecutive win when he defeated Deiveison Figueiredo (24-4-1 MMA, 13-4-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in this past Saturday's headliner in Macau. S

Robert Whittaker opened up on the extent of the damage he suffered in his loss to Khamzat Chimaev. Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) was submitted by Chimaev in the first round of their middleweight bout at UFC 308. As soon as Chimaev secured a face crank on Whittaker

Two heavyweight fights scheduled for UFC 310 have been impacted by withdrawals. With Tallison Teixeira off the Dec. 10 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas due to injury, Kennedy Nzechukwu has stepped into the lineup opposite Lukasz Brzeski. Additionally, after…

This week, the UFC is idle following UFC Fight Night 248 in Macau. Elsewhere, many other combat sport