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Usman Nurmagomedov admits Paul Hughes' pre-fight accusation was accurate. He underestimated the Irishman ahead of their bout Saturday, but left the matchup with a completely different attitude. In the PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai main event, Nurmagomedov (19

Check out these photos from Usman Nurmagomedov's majority decision title defense against Paul Hughes in the PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series main event at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. (Photos courtesy of PFL MMA.)

BKFC: KnuckleMania 5 took place Saturday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in what the promotion announced as the biggest attendance for a combat sports event ever at the venue at more than 17,000. In the main event, former UFC and Bellator…

Usman Nurmagomedov is still Bellator lightweight champion after an early Fight of the Year candidate against Paul Hughes. One of the best fights PFL could put together on paper delivered a thrilling five-round affair in the main event of PFL Road to Dubai Champions Ser

Usman Nurmagomedov's undefeated record was put under threat unlike ever before against Paul Hughes in Saturday's PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai, but escaped with the belt. Nurmagomedov (19-0) narrowly retained his lightweight championship as an extremely game

Heavyweight Vadim Nemkov is a problem. At PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series, Nemkov (19-2) made quick work of UFC veteran Tim Johnson with a submission just 3:08 into the first round. The fight served as the co-main event at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. From the mome

Check out these photos from PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series, which took place at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, featuring a lightweight title fight between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes. (Photos courtesy of PFL MMA.) (The gallery will be updated throughout the event.)

Islam Makhachev wants multi-division UFC championship glory, but analyst Alan Jouban would prefer to see him stick in his own lane. After setting the record for consecutive lightweight title defenses with a first-round submission of Renato Moicano at

MIAMI – UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is unfazed by Magomed Ankalaev's trash talk. Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) defends his title against Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) in the UFC 313 main event March 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (

Song Yadong is confident that his ground game will hold up against Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night 252. Song (21-8-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) meets former bantamweight champion Cejudo (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in the Feb. 22 headliner at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. The Team Alpha…

This one is not for the squeamish, as the first fight at PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series ended in the first round due to a nasty injury. Haider Khan squared off with Mostafa Nada in a middleweight bout to start the 10-fight card at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Howe

PFL returns to action Saturday with PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series, and MMA Junkie has you covered with live and official results throughout the event. PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series takes place Saturday at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The card streams on MAX and…

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady thinks Bolaji Oki will make for an exciting fight at UFC Fight Night 250. Originally scheduled to face Jordan Leavitt, Al-Selwady (15-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will now face Oki (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in a lightweight bout Feb. 1 at ANB Arena in…

How's this for an "overreaction"? There’s no way the UFC pays Jon Jones $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall. Jones made it clear after UFC 309 that he needed "f*ck you money" in order to unify the heavyweight championship with Aspinall, otherwise he might

Their first fight is in the UFC Hall of Fame, but the rematch was a little bit of fun, too. The UFC 139 fight between ex-PRIDE champions Dan Henderson and Mauricio Rua went into the Fight Wing of the Hall in 2018. Henderson eked out a Fight of the Year decision in…