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An injury has forced Holly Holm from her UFC 243 bout with Raquel Pennington. Holm and Pennington were slated to face off at UFC 243 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. The event is Sunday, Oct. 6 local time in Melbourne. UFC officials decided to cancel the bout altogether when Holm was forced to withdraw

The opening round of the Bellator MMA Featherweight Grand Prix kicked off on Saturday at The Forum in Los Angeles, California. The Bellator 228 fight card featured two main events with featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire defending his title and advancing in the tournament and

The Bellator fight league's 'brains trust' had clearly been working overtime at The Forum when its creative minds were plotting intrigue for the draw for its Featherweight Tournament Grand Prix quarter finals – played out during Saturday night's show at the iconic Inglewood venue, in

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)See the highlights from UFC on ESPN+ 18: Jack Hermansson vs Jared Cannonier recap from Denmark, Copenhagen.Cannonier withstood an early takedown onslaught by Hermansson to storm back and upset his higher ranked opponent.* * *TRENDING > UFC on ESPN+ 18 results

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Check out the highlights from Bellator 228. The opening round of the Bellator MMA Featherweight Grand Prix kicked off on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, at The Forum in Los Angeles, California. The Bellator 228 fight card featured two main events with featherweight champion

In upsetting Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jared Cannonier also secured a $ 50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.Though Hermansson started fast, looking to get a quick win in front of the Danish crowd, Cannonier weathered the early takedown storm. Once he settled

Jared Cannonier made his entry into the thick of middleweight title talks on Saturday with his second-round finish of Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 160.

A third title bout has been added to the UFC 245 fight card on Dec. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After extended negotiations, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington are set to meet. ESPN first reported the news on Friday.Usman (15-1) won the welterweight title at UFC 235 in March defeating Tyron Woodley

(Courtesy of Full Reptile)The Ultimate Fighting Championship's first foray into Denmark was green-lighted at Friday's weigh-in in Copenhagen. Every fighter on the UFC on ESPN+ 18: Hermansson vs. Cannonier fight card made weight on Friday. The UFC Copenhagen main event pits welterweight contenders

Some Australian politicians have been calling for the UFC to ban the practice of utilizing Octagon Girls, calling it time to move on. UFC president Dana White characterized such calls as 'ridiculous.'Ahead of UFC 243, Australian politicians tried to pressure the UFC to do away with its Octagon