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Brazilian heavyweight Renan Ferreira is one win away from fighting for a million-dollar check, facing Maurice Greene in the main event of Friday’s PFL 8 in New York, and he’s gotten the attention of PFL signee Francis Ngannou.

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Sean O’Malley will enter Boston’s TD Garden on Saturday to dethrone Aljamain Sterling, and his jiu-jitsu coach knows a thing or two about the UFC bantamweight king.

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Larissa Pacheco sits two wins away from making history as the first fighter to ever claim titles in two different weight classes in the PFL but she’s also looking for bigger and bigger ways to build onto her legacy starting in 2024.

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BOSTON — UFC play-by-play voice Jon Anik joins MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck immediately following the UFC 292 official weigh-ins to preview Saturday’s card, the main event between Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley, Zhang Weili vs. Amanda Lemos, the heat behind the Ian Machado Garry vs. Neil Magny fight, Chris Weidman’s return, and more.

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If there’s a UFC event with a welterweight fight on the card, there’s a good chance Neil Magny will get mentioned by somebody during the broadcast.

BOSTON — Cody Gibson, a bantamweight finalist for season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter, previews his matchup with Brad Katona this Saturday at UFC 292 at Wednesday’s media day. Gibson talks his time on the show, not liking Katona very much and his opponent being “boring,” his impressions of Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler, and more.

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The UFC keeps rolling on, but unlike UFC Vegas 78, this week’s card is as good as things get. Headlined by the bantamweight title fight between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley, with the co-main event strawweight title fight between Zhang Weili and Amanda Lemos, UFC 292 also features a pair of key top 15 matchups, two Ultimate Fighter 31 finales, and the return of future UFC Hall of Famer Chris Weidman. Читать дальше...

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At first, Demetrious Johnson figured he’d educate Bradley Martyn when the influencer and 240-pound personal trainer scoffed at the idea of getting beaten up by a 125-pound MMA fighter in a street fight.

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Jack Della Maddalena and Kevin Holland is official for the upcoming Noche UFC card scheduled for T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 16.

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Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley made weight for one of the most highly anticipated title fights of the year.

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On Saturday, in the main event of UFC 292, Sean O’Malley takes on long-reigning bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, looking to complete a quest that began in 2017... Читать дальше...

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Colby Covington doesn’t see himself competing in Madison Square Garden at UFC 295 in November.

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At the UFC 292 official weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale early Friday morning, and MMA Fighting will have live video.

MMA Fighting has PFL 8 results for the Ferreira vs. Greene fight card from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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UFC welterweight Daniel Rodriguez announced he has failed a drug test and won’t be able to fight Santiago Ponzinibbio on Sept. 16 in Las Vegas.

Ian Machado Garry promised he would be the biggest show in town ahead of UFC 292. But at the pre-fight press conference, he decided to get into an ugly war of words with opponent Neil Magny just two days before they are set to square off in the octagon.

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Merab Dvalishvili isn’t fighting at UFC 292 on Saturday, but he managed to steal the spotlight at the pre-fight press conference after he arrived wearing a jacket he took from Sean O’Malley back in May.

After a raucous press conference in support of UFC 292, Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley finally faced off for cameras.

In the fourth installment of UFC 292 Embedded, Chito Vera gets his fancy sunglasses replaced, Theo Von drops by Sean O’Malley’s room, Chris Weidman does a workout, Zhang Weili drops by the Sityodtong Gym, Vera tours the Boston Celtics’ training facility, Aljamain Sterling gets in 10 rounds, and more.

BOSTON — Marlon Vera, Demetrious Johnson, Pedro Munhoz, Ian Machado Garry, Zhang Weili, and other stars of UFC 292 predict the bantamweight championship main event between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley.

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The UFC 292 press conference will feature some of Saturday’s biggest stars for the pay-per-view event from Boston.