Rakhmonov Vs. Barberena? ‘Why Not?’

The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2023 took a serious hit yesterday with the news that Geoff Neal was injured and out of a highly anticipated fight against Shavkat Rakhmonov. Rakhmonov is undefeated (16-0) and dominated the extremely tough Neil Magny en route to a second round submission win in June. He’s another…

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UFC 252: Fighters You Should Know

Herbert Burns, Virna Jandiroba and Marlon “Chito” Vera are just three fighters we think you need to know more about heading into UFC 252: Miocic vs Cormier 3 this weekend. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/…

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The MMA Beat: Episode 194

On this week’s show the panel will discuss UFC signing exclusively with ESPN in the United States, the end of the FOX era, a busy weekend in England, Ian McCall’s retirement and more. Watch “The MMA Beat” live today at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT / 5 p.m. GMT. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out…

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Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN weigh-in video, results

MMA Fighting has Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN weigh-in video for Saturday’s event at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The cross-promotional event pairs some of the companies’ champions and top contenders against one another will be headlined by former Bellator featherweight champion A.J. McKee and RIZIN lightweight champ Roberto de Souza. Patricio Pitbull and Kleber Koike…

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Fighters On The Rise | 2023, Part 2

In last year’s edition of this two-part series, I included Mokaev despite the fact that he had yet to step into the Octagon. One of the most decorated amateur competitors in MMA history and unbeaten as a pro, he profiled as a can’t-miss prospect who was destined to make waves in the UFC. A year…

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UFC & LVMPD 2022 “Holiday Shopping Event”

“It was interesting to see the dynamic of the older kids and the younger kids,” Osbourne said. “The younger kids go for toys and candy, but the older kids looked for pants and shirts.” In addition to toys, kids spent the time to buy essential goods like clothes. The biggest thing the athletes and Sgt….

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Injured ‘Handz’ Cancels ‘Nomad’ Fight

Geoff Neal promised to ruin your parlay … though I’m not sure this is what he had in mind. “Handz of Steal” suffered a late injury and was forced to withdraw from his upcoming welterweight bout against Shavkat Rakhmonov, according to an update from MMA reporter Igor Lazorin, previously scheduled for UFC Vegas 67 on…

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UFC 257: Conor McGregor Octagon Interview

Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor shares his thoughts with Jon Anik after being defeated by Dustin Poirier in the UFC 257 main event. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views…

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‘Please don’t kill me’: Khabib says Conor McGregor begged for mercy at UFC 229

‘Please don’t kill me’: Khabib says Conor McGregor begged for mercy at UFC 229 For more MMA news: http://www.mmajunkie.com Upcoming events: http://mmajunkie.com/rumors Fighter rankings: http://mmajunkie.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA news and…

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