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Lando Vannata will look back his exhilarating UFC debut against Tony Ferguson last week.

Our own Marc Raimondi will recap another newsworthy week in MMA.

UFC co-founder and current Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren will talk about the recent sale of the promotion and more.

Irish rising star James Gallagher will look back at his successful Bellator debut.

Ariel Helwani and Eric Jackman answer fan questions.

A year removed from a lackluster win over Masanori Kanehara, Rani Yahya wanted to impress UFC president Dana White against undefeated prospect Matthew Lopez at UFC Fight Night 91. Not only the fight delivered Wednesday night, Yahya pulled out his seventh submission victory under the Zuffa banner.

LOS ANGELES — Holly Holm chose not to wait for Ronda Rousey, perhaps passing up a huge payday in what would have been a mega rematch. She was criticized for that, especially after Holm lost the UFC women's bantamweight title to Miesha Tate at UFC 196 in March.

Conventional wisdom held that Urijah Faber's loss to Dominick Cruz at UFC 199 marked the end of Faber's days as a championship competitor.

Jon Jones' current fight is taking place inside laboratories and administrative buildings.

A couple of veteran strawweights will do battle in Germany later this year.

After fracturing his skull against Michael Page last weekend, Evangelista Santos remains in good spirits, telling his ex-wife Cris Cyborg that he can fight again in 3 months.

In this week's episode of the podcast, we take a look at UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. McDonald and Bellator 158. We also do a deep dive into the incredible ability of UFC flyweight Louis Smolka to never get out of 'position'.

Attention Sports fans! Can you smell what the UFC is cooking?

While the UFC 200 stench is growing, what can be said of today's modern fans? Have we learned from history and evolved beyond the old generations who bristled with outrage at the suggestion that pro-wrestling was scripted entertainment?

Well, let's start by wrapping our heads around the various forms of fight fixing.

There's a very rudimentary understanding among many sports fans that "fixing" simply means a "pre-arranged outcome."

Yet tampering... Читать дальше...

Fresh off a pair of first-round knockout wins, Jim Miller and Joe Lauzon are set to reprise one of the most exciting fights in UFC history.

Jon Jones said adamantly in a press conference two weeks ago that he never knowingly took any performance-enhancing drugs. The interim UFC light heavyweight champion doubled down on that sentiment Monday on Twitter.

On Monday, the Nevada Athletic Commission revealed the banned substances for which former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones tested positive in a USADA test.

LOS ANGELES -- Before UFC on FOX 20, Holly Holm discusses her upcoming opponent, Ronda Rousey, Tate vs. Nunes, her last loss to Miesha Tate, Jon Jones, and more during a media lunch Monday afternoon.

Again, Wilson Reis has a new opponent for UFC 201. The UFC announced on Monday that promotional newcomer Hector Sandoval will be taking on the flyweight contender.