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MMA Fighting has PFL 5 results for the Cappelozza vs. Scheffel fight card on Friday night at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. In the heavyweight main event, Season 3 champ Bruno Cappelozza and Matheus Scheffel face off in regular season fight as both try to stack points for the postseason. Cappelozza is unbeaten in five

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will fight sooner rather than later after all. After his UFC Austin bout against Joe Lauzon was scrapped just hours before the event, Cerrone is now expected to clash in a rematch with Jim Miller at UFC 276. His original opponent, Bobby Green, was forced off the card due to undisclosed reasons.

It’s an MMA triple-header this weekend, with the sport’s biggest promotions all hosting events. On Friday, the PFL returns with PFL 5, featuring a continuation of its heavyweight and lightweight seasons, while Bellator puts on Bellator 282, headlined by a middleweight title fight between Gegard Mousasi and Johnny Eblen. Then, on Saturday, the UFC keeps

Israel Adesanya feels there’s no need for a third fight with Robert Whittaker. In February, Adensanya rematched Whittaker at UFC 271, winning a unanimous decision and moving to 2-0 over the former middleweight champion. For “The Last Stylebender,” that settled the matter. “He’s a great fighter,” Adesanya said at a press conference for 276 and

Brogan Walker survived a late charge to claim the last spot in The Ultimate Fighter 30 semifinals. The Invicta FC vet won a majority decision over Hannah Guy (4-1) in the last quarterfinal flyweight bout of the season, earning the victory with a pair of knockdowns in each round that helped to overcome Guy —

Anthony Smith stands behind his recent comments about an unsavory interaction between his supporters at a UFC event and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian. He just regrets that Donald Cerrone got caught in the crossfire. In May, Smith recounted a story on his Believe You Me podcast with co-host Michael Bisping that stemmed from an

Troy Isley had Donte Stubbs right where he wanted him. At Saturday’s Beterbiev vs. Smith boxing event at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Isley scored the biggest highlight of the undercard with an explosive counter-punch knockout of Stubbs at the :38 mark of Round 3. Watch the highlight-reel knockout shot above.

Kamaru Usman puts his welterweight title up for grabs when he rematches Leon Edwards at UFC 278 from Salt Lake City on Aug. 20. On Monday, the UFC officially announced the upcoming pay-per-view card with 12 fights currently booked for the event, which takes place at the Vivint Arena, the home of the NBA’s Utah

Jeff Molina isn’t letting a close call discourage him. This past Saturday at UFC Vegas 56, Molina won a narrow split decision over Zhalgas Zhumagulov to improve to 3-0 in the UFC since joining the promotion in April 2021. The outcome was in doubt after 15 minutes of action, with even Molina appearing unsure of

With most of the bantamweight division’s top-ranked contenders already paired off, Petr Yan has his sights set on a fellow former world champion in Henry Cejudo. Yan is looking for a big fight following his UFC 273 title unification loss to Aljamain Sterling in April. With Sterling targeted to defend against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC

Following Josh Emmett’s split decision win over Calvin Kattar in the main event of UFC Austin, it seemed pretty clear that calling the close fight “a robbery” would be highly egregious. However, after looking at the judges’ scorecards more in-depth, maybe there is a case to be made. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, and

UFC fans will have to wait a little longer to see the matchup between Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that due to health issues, Lauzon will no longer be able to compete in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Austin fight card. Ariel

As the PFL postseason rapidly approaches, it was all or nothing for Alexander Martinez and Clay Collard at PFL 4, with the winner advancing to the playoffs and the loser going home. In the end, it was Martinez who kept his dreams of winning the $1 million grand prize alive. Martinez (10-2) eked out a

Kevin Holland has seen the future and there’s not a doubt in his mind that he’ll become a UFC champion at welterweight. Now that information didn’t happen after the always outspoken Holland took a trip on a DeLorean to see where he’d be over the next few years but he definitely went on a journey

MMA Fighting has PFL 4 results for the Collard vs. Martinez fight card Friday night at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. In the lightweight main event, veterans Clay Collard and Alexander Martinez square off in a regular season fight as both try to stack points for the postseason. Collard has won five of his

Jeremy Stephens had a close shave at the PFL 4 weigh-ins. Literally. At the official weigh-ins for Friday’s PFL event in Atlanta, Stephens was the last fighter to step to the scale, arriving with less than 10 minutes remaining in the weigh-in window. Not only did he require a towel so that he could strip

Aljamain Sterling has his next assignment as the bantamweight champion is expected to face T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 279, which is expected to take place on Sept. 10 at a location still to be determined. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the fight was in the works when speaking to MMA Fighting

Dominick Reyes tries not to think about the controversial decision that went against him over two years ago in what was seemingly the final fight of Jon Jones’ light heavyweight career. Reyes, the fighter who most recently faced Jones inside the octagon, gave the now-former chaamp a big scare in the main event of UFC