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It has been nearly three months since TJ Dillashaw relinquished the UFC bantamweight championship after having tested positive for a banned substance. He finally broke his silence, admitting to having cheated in preparation for his January 2019 bout with Henry Cejudo.Dillashaw held the bantamweight title

The Bellator MMA cage was in New York City on Friday where Madison Square Garden played host to Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie. The 18-fight card featured two title fights with one champion retaining his belt and another relinquishing his. Welterweight titleholder Rory MacDonald put his title on

Fedor Emelianenko has signed a contract extension with Bellator MMA. The fight promotion announced the deal Saturday night.“I am pleased that we were able to sign Fedor, the greatest heavyweight of all time, to a new contract extension,” Bellator President Scott Coker said. “He is someone that I consider

Sonnen shouldn’t be romanticized in retirement as something he was not as an active fighter, but he did a lot more with a lot less than other fighters.

The former UFC bantamweight champ opened up about what led him to cheating before his fight against Henry Cejudo.

Chael Sonnen steps into the cage at Bellator 222 at 42 years of age to face Lyoto Machida. But why? Why at an age that is considered beyond the prime for most athletes is Sonnen continuing to put his health at risk? Sonnen has fought the crème de la crème of the fight world. He has defeated the likes

(Courtesy of BellatorMMA)Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will put his title on the line for the second time in the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix tournament, when he faces undefeated Neiman Gracie in the Bellator 222 main event on Friday in New York City.MacDonald and Gracie both made

UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo Sports.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)It was 10 years ago today – June 13, 2009 – that UFC 99 took place in Cologne, Germany. The UFC's first event in Germany featured Rich Franklin in a 195-pound catchweight bout with Wanderlei Silva at the top of the card. Also on the main card was a pre-heavyweight-champion

Ricardo Lamas not only lost to Calvin Kattar at UFC 238 over the weekend, he revealed on Tuesday that he suffered a broken jaw. Providing an update on his condition following Saturday's fight in Chicago, Lamas said that Kattar broke his jaw in three places and backed it up with photos of the x-rays