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Conor McGregor and Petr Yan have traded a few shots online over the years, and on Saturday, they got a chance to face off. Although the ex-UFC champs are probably separated by no less than three weight divisions at this point, they engaged in a friendly staredown following an IBA boxing event in Dubai. Standing in between Yan and McGregor was the president of the IBA, who held up the sanctioning org’s belt for the fight that almost certainly will never happen. Yan and McGregor were intense during the faceoff but later shook hands and hugged it out. Check out…
Lightweights Renato Moicano and Drew Dober are set to clash at the upcoming UFC Fight Night event scheduled on Feb. 3 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Saturday after Moicano initially revealed the news on his YouTube channel. According to Moicano, he was originally slated to face Jalin Turner on the same card but that matchup was scrapped after Turner accepted a short-notice fight against Bobby Green instead. Turner won that fight by knockout, but the UFC moved forward to find Moicano a new…
As Regis Prograis prepares for what could be the biggest boxing match of his career on Saturday, a different path could have led him to MMA instead. The reigning WBC light welterweight champion, who faces Devin Haney in his next fight, revealed that he actually loves MMA and keeps a photo of ex-UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor up on the wall in his gym. Not only that, but Prograis actually cross-trains in MMA in his spare time, and there’s an alternate universe where he could have chosen that sport if there were more opportunities available when he was looking towards…
Anthony Pettis scored an upset victory over Roy Jones Jr. in boxing in April and now returns to face Benson Henderson at Karate Combat 43 in Las Vegas on Dec. 15. From MMA to boxing to Karate Combat to bare-knuckle boxing, “Showtime” likes to keep his options open for whatever is most profitable in 2024. Pettis told MMA Fighting that his Karate Combat pay is “very similar” to what he’s made in previous bouts in MMA and boxing, and the possibility of signing with BKFC after getting called out by fellow UFC fighter Mike Perry depends on the offer that’s…
Ian Machado Garry can’t wait to get UFC 296 fight week started even if he’s got a lot on his mind right now that has nothing to do with beating Vicente Luque on Dec. 16. Most notably, the 26-year-old Irish prospect raised concerns over possible danger awaiting his wife and child due to recent drama that has mainly stemmed from a war of words with UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland. The situation centers around Strickland taking shots at the relationship Machado Garry shares with his wife, Layla Machado Garry, and a series of direct messages allegedly from the welterweight prospect…
The Haney vs. Prograis start time and TV schedule for the Devin Haney vs. Regis Prograis fight card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is here ahead of Saturday night. This post will help explain the Haney vs. Prograis fight card and at which time the headliners are expected to make their ring walks. The event is split into two broadcast, the first of which kicks off at 5 p.m. ET and features a three-bout preliminary card headlined by Amari Jones vs. Quilisto Madera. That portion of the card will broadcast here on MMA Fighting and its lineup can…
Leon Edwards really doesn’t understand all the drama surrounding Ian Machado Garry being kicked out of his gym ahead of UFC 296. The reigning UFC welterweight champion and the fast rising Irish prospect briefly trained together in England but ultimately it was like mixing oil and water. Machado Garry eventually exited and moved his training camp down to Brazil with Edwards and his coaches pointing towards a culture clash that led to the split. While Machado Garry claimed he presented “insecurities” and “doubts” as a top level contender fighting out of the same division, Edwards says that couldn’t be further…
Song Yadong should be starring in Shanghai, but he’ll just have to settle for Vegas. Saturday’s latest UFC APEX offering was supposed to take place in China, but for whatever reason (my guess is they worried about selling tickets with a Zhang Weili vs. Yan Xiaonan headliner failing to materialize), the MMA world once again turns its eyes to everyone’s favorite crowd-free venue for what is now UFC Vegas 83. That probably doesn’t matter much to Song, who hopes to move up the bantamweight rankings when he takes on Chris Gutierrez. Just a few days removed from his 26th birthday,…
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 83 results for the Song vs. Gutierrez fight card, a live blog of the top two fights, and more from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, Song Yadong and Chris Gutierrez square off in a bantamweight contest. Song has won four of his past five fights, while Gutierrez has won five of his past six. Anthony Smith and Khalil Rountree collide in a light heavyweight bout in the co-main event. Check out the UFC Vegas 83 results below. Bantamweight Battle In Las Vegas! Song Yadong and Chris Gutierrez…
MMA Fighting has Haney vs. Prograis results for the Devin Haney vs. Regis Prograis event on Saturday night from the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. When the main event begins around 11:30 p.m. ET, check out our Haney vs. Prograis live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Devin Haney (30-0, 15 KOs), already a lightweight champion, seeks greatness in his second weight class when he moves up to challenge for the WBC super lightweight title. Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) looks for his sixth straight win and second of 2023 after defending his WBC belt…