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Another one of Saturday’s fights has been saved. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Damon Martin confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Zviad Lazishvili will step in on three days’ notice as a replacement for Aaron Phillips to fight Jonathan Martinez (13-4) at UFC Vegas 41. The change was first reported by mma.ideas. …

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Saturday’s UFC Vegas 40 event may have been lackluster, but there was still one lone bright spot for longtime fans of the sport: Jim Miller. At the age of 38, Miller stole the show with his highlight-reel knockout of Erick Gonzalez just 14 seconds into the second round. The win capped off Miller’s 38th appearance …

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Longtime Holly Holm coach Mike Winkeljohn is certain the former UFC bantamweight champion will return before the end of the year. Finding a suitable opponent remains the bigger challenge. According to Winkeljohn, a laundry list of top-tier opponents at 135 pounds have turned down Holm, the most recent of which was Miesha Tate, who defeated …

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Francis Ngannou has his first title defense lined up, but it’s not with the name he was originally hoping for. It’s no secret that Ngannou has long sought a megafight with UFC star Jon Jones, with a discussion around the two brewing for the past two years and coming to a boil with Ngannou claiming …

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What happens in training, stays in training is the typical approach in the MMA landscape, but Corey Anderson has a method to his madness ahead of his bout with Ryan Bader at Bellator 268. The matchup between the former UFC contenders finally takes place inside the Bellator cage in the co-main event of Saturday’s event …

Corey Anderson on discussing past training sessions with Ryan Bader: ‘It’s gonna give everybody the fight they want’ Read More »

It wasn’t enough for Superbon to claim ONE Championship gold. He had to do it by taking out one of the world’s best kickboxers in spectacular fashion. Superbon became ONE’s inaugural 145-pound kickboxing championship Friday at ONE Championship: First Strike in Kallang, Singapore, on Friday, nailing a sniper head kick on Giorgio Petrosyan in the …

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On the fourth episode of We Got Next, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks with BKFC’s Taylor Starling (3:08) to get her side of why her BKFC Fight Night Montana fight with Randine Eckholm was scratched hours before the event, Eckholm being “unprofessional” during the two-day stretch, what she said to Eckholm’s face on Saturday when …

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Fast-rising bantamweight Kyler Phillips has his next assignment. MMA Fighting has confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Phillips (9-2) will fight Marcelo Rojo (16-7) at UFC 271 on Feb. 12, with a location still to be determined. The bout was first reported by ESPN Deportes. After a 3-0 start to his UFC …

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Welterweights Santiago Ponzinibbio and Geoff Neal have agreed to meet at the upcoming UFC 269 card on Dec. 11. Muliple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from ESPN. With an 8-1 record in his past nine fights, Ponzinibbio has proven to be one of the top fighters in …

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