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Earlier this year, Jon Jones shocked the MMA world by vacating his light heavyweight title to move up to the heavyweight ranks. As a result, the UFC set up a fight between Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz for the vacant belt, and this past weekend, at UFC 253, Blachowicz knocked out Reyes to become the […]

Leon Edwards is looking for a fight. The top-five ranked welterweight contender has anxiously awaited a UFC booking ever since his main event showdown against former champion Tyron Woodley fell apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the weeks and months following the cancellation of UFC London, Edwards hoped to get booked against an opponent […]

heck out episode 18 of Between the Links as Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and UFC bantamweight Brian Kelleher as they give their takes on Israel Adesanya’s second-round finish of Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC 253, his celebration, and how close “The Last Stylebender” is to becoming […]

Ciryl Gane is trading one veteran opponent for another. The UFC announced Tuesday that Gane (6-0) will fight Croatia’s Ante Delija (17-3) at a UFC event on Oct. 17 in Abu Dhabi. Delija steps in for Shamil Abdurakhimov, who withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons. Russian reporter Igor Lazarin was first to report Abdurakhimov’s […]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones may or may not be headed to heavyweight – but he’s already a big favorite if he winds up tussling with Israel Adesanya. Betting lines released on Monday by online sportsbook Bovada have Jones the -375 favorite over middleweight champ Adesanya, who defended his belt in dominant fashion […]

If Jan Blachowicz can’t get his hands on Jon Jones, he has another former UFC champion in mind for a future title defense. Blachowicz won the undisputed light heavyweight championship at UFC 253 this past Saturday with a second-round TKO of Dominick Reyes. The title had been vacated by Jones, and Blachowicz’s win made him […]

In the prime of his fighting career, Dan Hardy didn’t shy away from hyping a matchup, but even he was slightly taken aback by Israel Adesanya’s celebration this past weekend. Adesanya needed less than two rounds to dispose of Paulo Costa and successfully defend his middleweight title at UFC 253 on Saturday, but he wasn’t […]