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In a new Instagram post shot during his workout, MMA fighter Michael Chandler broke down his famous UFC 257 knockout against Dan Hooker.

Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion Patricio Pitbull Friere and his coach “Captain” Eric Albarracin joined MMAWeekly’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber for an exclusive interview recently in Scottsdale, Ariz., while training at Fight Ready MMA, home of Olympic Gold Medalist and two-division UFC Champ “Triple C” Henry Cejudo. Pitbull and Captain Eric told Gries about the Bellator Double-Champ’s million-dollar challenge to Dana White to fight and beat any UFC fighter, called out...

An exciting featherweight scrap is on deck for UFC 262 on May 15th.

“I’m just ready to go and fight,” Johnson said on  The Spaniard Show with his former opponent Charlie Brenneman (via MMA Fighting). “I look forward to the competition that’s out there. I think we can compete with the UFC with what we have. A lot of people think that just because the Bellator promotion isn’t what the UFC promotion is that the fighters aren’t the same calibre, and there’s always levels to everything. Every business, every promotion. But Bellator is no joke. “...

MMA Fighting Share this story After taking out Dan Hooker at UFC 257, Michael Chandler became an instant title contender at 155 pounds. Will Brooks, one of the few fighters to definitively have Chandler’s number, was watching that performance. With respect to Chandler, he likes their chances if they fight again. The two former Bellator standouts first met at Bellator 120 on May 17, 2014, and it was Brooks who scored the upset victory via split decision to claim an interim ligh...

UFC 257 confirmed what some more attentive mma fans have been defending for some time, namely that Conor McGregor was no longer as dominant as in the past. The Irishman was brutally knocked out by Dustin Poirier, a match that came to reshape the top of one of the most equipped weight categories in the …

Perennial UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker believes his new “ugly-ass record” will allow him to take risks other guys aren’t willing to take. Hooker (20-10 MMA) suffered his second straight loss at January’s UFC 257 event, this after being knocked out by Michael Chandler in the very first round. Prior to that devastating setback, ‘The Hangman’ was coming off of a unanimous decision loss to Dustin Poirier in a “fight of the year” performance. Now sporting what he deems to be ...

Edson Barboza re-signs with UFC on multi-fight deal Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting UFC veteran Edson Barboza is sticking with the promotion he’s called home for over a decade. Barboza’s management told MMA Fighting that Barboza, a longtime lightweight contender currently competing at 145 pounds, has re-signed with the UFC on a multi-fight deal. The exact terms of the contract were not disclosed. According to Barboza’s manager Alex Davis, Barboza had one fight remaining on his p...

Feb 25, 2021 Longtime UFC lightweight contender and recent featherweight mover, Edson Barboza has put pen to paper on a new multi-fight deal with the UFC — furthering his so far eleven-year stay with the North American-based organization.  A staple of the promotion’s lightweight top-ten and top-five on occasion, the Muay Thai ace recently tested featherweight waters in a somewhat surprising move last May — and has so far established a 1-1 record at 145-pounds, claiming the #14 rank.  De...

MMA Fighting Share this story Bellator MMA Anthony Johnson competed in three divisions for the UFC, so he’s as qualified as anyone to assess its roster even after joining a promotional rival. Across two separate stints with the UFC from 2007-2012 and 2014-2017, Johnson signed on for fights at 170 pounds, 185 pounds, and 205 pounds (the middleweight bout with Vitor Belfort was a one-off that Johnson actually missed weight for by 11 pounds, a UFC record up until this past Saturd...