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At the UFC Vegas 67 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday. MMA Fighting will have highlights of the official weigh-ins when available. The UFC Vegas 67 weigh-ins begin at 12 p.m. ET. Watch a live stream above courtesy of MMA Underground. In the main

Sean Strickland was the bigger man at Friday’s official UFC Vegas 67 weigh-ins. Stepping in on less than a week’s notice for an injured Kelvin Gastelum, the middleweight contender was required to hit the 206-pound limit for a non-title light heavyweight main event against remaining headliner Nassourdine Imavov. Strickland hit the mark at 204 pounds,

We are less than two months away from the UFC’s first U.S. pay-per-view of the year, and as of now, there has not been a main event, or any title fight announced. While the clock is certainly ticking, will the UFC pull a big rabbit out of their hats? On an all-new edition of Heck

Umar Nurmagomedov will seek to remain undefeated when he returns at UFC Vegas 67 on Saturday but he’ll also be competing without his cousin and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov in his corner. After making the transition from fighter to coach and watching his teammates pick up several major championships — including Islam Makhachev claiming the UFC

We’re back, baby! Hello you wonderful people, it is so good to once again have fights to bet on. The UFC returns from its one month layoff to kickstart the 2023 campaign and while UFC Vegas 67 might not be the best card, it’s still the first fights in weeks and that means it’s time

Welterweights Gunnar Nelson and Daniel Rodriguez have agreed to meet at the upcoming UFC 286 card scheduled in London on March 18. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting. Rodriguez initially announced the bout via his Instagram. Nelson makes his long-awaited return almost exactly one year after his

Sean Strickland is stepping in on less than a week’s notice to compete in his second straight main event in as many UFC cards when he faces the surging Nassourdine Imavov in the light heavyweight main event of UFC Vegas 67. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee, and Jed Meshew discuss the late-changing headliner

Garry Tonon is back on the winning track. The multi-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion steamrolled through Johnny Nunez on Friday, tapping out the TUF and Bellator veteran with a nasty kimura submission early in their featherweight bout at ONE on Prime Video 6, which took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Nunez came out

Alexander Volkanovski is on the mend. The reigning UFC featherweight champion announced on Thursday that he is set to undergo surgery to repair a broken thumb he suffered in his trilogy match against Max Holloway at UFC 276. Volkanovski posted an x-ray of the injury to social media and explained that he suffered the broken

RIZIN Fighting Federation returns July 31 to the Saitama Super Arena with an atomweight grand prix as one of the attractions, and the tournament includes UFC and Bellator veteran Jessica Aguilar. A former champion in WSOF, Aguilar returns to action nearly two years after her most recent bout, a split decision setback to Danielle Taylor

A little over a year after announcing his retirement, up-and-coming flyweight contender Jimmy Flick is getting ready to launch his comeback. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting that Flick is expected to end his retirement and begin the process of returning to the UFC. The 31-year-old Flick could re-enter the

Rafael Fiziev wants to remind Conor McGregor that real life striking is a lot different than the movies. Ahead of his headlining bout with Rafael dos Anjos on Saturday at UFC Vegas 58, Fiziev found himself in a lively Twitter discussion with “The Notorious” after McGregor commented on a tweet that featured Fiziev in action.

Brogan Walker started her journey on The Ultimate Fighter 30 with some bad news, but now she’s one win away from winning the season. The Invicta FC veteran won a unanimous decision over Laura Gallardo (4-1) on this week’s episode of TUF 30 to advance to the flyweight tournament final. Earlier this season, Walker (7-2)*

Juliana Velasquez’s championship loss to Liz Carmouche at Bellator 278 will stand after the Hawaii State Boxing Commission officially denied her appeal of the decision, MMA Fighting has learned. Velasquez was ahead in the scorecards for the April 22 title fight when Carmouche got her trapped in a crucifix position in the fourth round. Carmouche

It’s July 4 weekend, which means it’s time for MMA fighters born and bred in the United States and those who have come to call the country their adopted home to celebrate. Coming off of the UFC’s massive UFC International Fight Week, you can bet that plenty of fighters were looking forward to resting and

Khabib Nurmagomedov is campaigning for Islam Makhachev to face Charles Oliveira next for the vacant UFC lightweight championship, and said his longtime friend is open to traveling to Oliveira’s home country for the opportunity. Oliveira was stripped of the 155-pound title after a missing weight ahead of his first-round victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC

Max Holloway is handling his championship loss about as well as a fighter possibly can. Holloway challenged Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 276 event in Las Vegas, and looked to get one back after dropping a pair of competitive decisions in their previous meetings. The third —

UFC bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark anticipates surgery to repair her damaged elbow following a brutal armbar loss to Julija Stoliarenko at UFC 276. Clark, who said she spent three hours in a Las Vegas hospital with her coach, indicated her opponent was to blame for the extent of the damage, telling fans “she did a really