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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stipe Miocic waited over a year to face Daniel Cormier again, and his plan for the rematch didn’t start to work until they were deep in the fourth round.

Mike Perry lost a fight on Saturday night, he may have also lost all functionality of his nose for the foreseeable future.

UFC champ Kamaru Usman says his fans hate Colby Covington so much, they are urging him to “kill” the welterweight.

Former NFL player Greg Hardy, who was chased out of the league over domestic violence charges, won his latest UFC fight in just 45 seconds, downing Juan Adams on Saturday.

Everyone takes their own unique path to the bright lights and big stage of legendary sports arenas such as Madison Square Garden.

MMA Fighter Valentina Shevchenko ended her first flyweight title defense in short order, with a devastating kick to opponent Jessica Eye’s head that was a brutal as it was efficient.

Mike Tyson once famously said, that everyone has a plan, until someone punches you in the face. It’s safe to assume that getting punched in the face and knocked out in 29 seconds of the first round, was not in Sage Northcutt’s plans for his ONE Championship debut.

It’s unlikely that Brazilian MMA fighter Joyce Vieira thought she would have to showcase her fighting skills when she showed up to the beach for a photoshoot. However, when an unwelcome onlooker began pleasuring himself right in front of her, Vieira easily snapped out of modeling mode and into fighting mode.

Conor McGregor outraged many for mocking fellow UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Muslim marriage ceremony, calling the fighter’s wife a “towel.”

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Justin Gaethje knocked out Edson Barboza in one of the more electric first-round finishes in recent UFC history to win a pivotal lightweight bout on Saturday night.

UFC star Conor McGregor is being investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place in Ireland in December of 2018, the New York Times reports.

March 26 (UPI) — UFC athlete Conor McGregor announced Tuesday he is retiring from mixed martial arts and will not fight at a planned event in July.

MIAMI (AP) — Mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor has been arrested in South Florida for stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo, authorities said.

Fighters are known for making dramatic, attention grabbing entrances when they enter the arena. Though, not as many are known for making dramatic workout session entrances.

MMA fighter Josh Copeland has been arrested and charged with domestic abuse in Colorado, for allegedly striking his wife in front of their child.

It was expected to be the most difficult challenge Ryan Bader would face on his seemingly unstoppable quest to clinch the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix championship. However, it ended up just being another short day at the office for “Darth Bader.”

A female UFC fighter proved herself to be too much to handle for a would-be armed robber in Rio de Janeiro, who ended up with a face full of bruises instead of a pocket full of cash.

It took lees than a minute for Amanda Nunes to answer the question that UFC fans have been asking for years: Who is the greatest female MMA fighter of all time?

They call her the Baddest Woman On The Planet. Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey has taken the WWE by storm since making her professional wrestling debut earlier this year.

Democrat Sharice Davids won her election on Tuesday night, defeating Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder in Kansas’ 3rd District.

UFC Champion Conor McGregor has gifted ten World Series tickets to members of the Boston Fire Department.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Mixed martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has taken a page out of Conor McGregor’s playbook and issued a challenge to undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather.

Possible 2020 Democrat candidate for president Michael Avenatti has been ridiculed for offering to engage in a Mixed Martial Arts fight with Donald Trump, Jr.

Former Cowboy Greg Hardy needed only 17 seconds to defeat his opponent and earn his second UFC victory.

Colby Covington, the UFC’s interim welterweight champion, said he would be proud to visit the White House and celebrate his win. Now it looks like he got that chance.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Sergio Hernandez chased the suspect, took him to the ground, and held him for police in City Heights, San Diego.

Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy knocked out former NFL defensive end Austen Lane, in the very first minute of their UFC fight on Tuesday night.

Former Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy will soon have his first professional MMA fight. Facing him on the other side of the Octagon will be someone with a very familiar background. That’s because Hardy will be facing another former NFL player.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Ryan Bader’s first punch as a heavyweight was enough to put the rest of the division on notice – and moved the 34-year-old fighter one step closer to getting a second championship belt wrapped around his waist.

Former Panthers and Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy, whose NFL career fizzled after a domestic violence incident involving his girlfriend, is now poised to advance in the world of the UFC.

New York (AFP) – Irish Mixed Martial Arts superstar Conor McGregor was released on $50,000 bail Friday after being hauled before a US judge on assault and criminal charges over a frenzied attack on a bus of rival fighters that injured two athletes.

MMA Fighter Drew Chatman was immediately disqualified after winning his first ever fight due to the disrespectful way he chose to celebrate the victory, a report says.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Former welterweight boxing king Floyd Mayweather has teased the possibility he may come out of retirement for a mixed martial arts bout, revealing that he plans to start training for the octagon later this year.

Francis Ngannou, who is getting set to take on UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 220 in Boston on Saturday, slammed President Donald Trump as a “the shame for America” for his purported comments about “sh**hole nations.”

Conor McGregor made the jump to boxing, in order to take on Floyd Mayweather. After reports that UFC President Dana White wanted to explore having Mayweather reciprocate, by making the jump to the “Octagon,” Mayweather said he had no interest in doing so.

The team sport thing clearly didn’t work for former NFL player Greg Hardy. His issues with violence against women are well-documented as well.