Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has dug his heels in the sand on the decision to release one of the most promising young fighters in Yair Rodriguez.

Michael Bisping has been teasing retirement for some time and he made it official Monday night on the “Believe You Me” podcast.

Former UFC champion Michael Bisping has decided to call it a career as he announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts on Monday.

Joe Rogan was very critical of CM Punk taking up a UFC 225 main card slot over so many other noted fighters.

Rafael dos Anjos is on the cusp of winning a second UFC belt in a second weight class, something Conor McGregor has already done, but he believes McGregor was given an easy path to two belts.

Former UFC competitor Bec Rawlings is gearing up to make

There was a lot of heat between camps leading up to Jimmie Rivera vs. Marlon Moraes. The friction continued in a backstage altercation after the fight.

Check out highlights from the featherweight bout between Julio Arce and Daniel Teymur at UFC Fight Night 131 on Friday in Utica, New York.

Former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho returned to the cage for the first time in more than four years recently. Watch the bout.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hosted an incredible night of

Hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa has been honing his skills within

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life. Below is a rundown of Tuesday's show: 1:00 p.m. ET -- Our own Petesy Carroll will recap a busy weekend in England. 1:25 p.m. -- Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will discuss what's next for him. 1:45 p.m. -- Gegard Mousasi will talk about becoming the Bellator middleweight champion on Friday. 2:05 p.m. -- Undefeated former PFL featherweight champion Andre Harrison will join us in studio. 2:45 p.m. -- Former UFC fighter Bec Rawlings will discuss her fight on the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship card on Saturday. 3:05 p.m. -- Stephen Thompson will look back on his controversial loss to Darren Till on Sunday. 3:25 p.m. -- Bellator's Aaron Chalmers will discuss his victory at Bellator 200 and what's next for him. 3:45 p.m. -- Michael "Venom" Page will talk about his impressive win over David Rickels at Bellator 200 and his future plans. 4:05 p.m. -- Arnold Allen will talk about his comeback win over Mads Burnell at UFC Liverpool. 4:25 p.m. -- ONE atomweight champion Angela Lee will discuss her recent win and surviving a serious car accident.

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Darren Till walked out to an eruption of cheers and applause from his hometown crowd on Sunday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Before he entered the Octagon to face Stephen Thompson in the UFC Fight Night 130 main event, he was already a star in the eyes of many. Nevertheless, Till refused to buy into the hype and seemed eager to answer questions surrounding whether or not he was a legitimate title contender at 170 pounds. Till and Thompson engaged one another in a hotly contested showdown that played out over five full rounds. Till leaned on his forward pressure and muay Thai-style striking, as he remained the aggressor throughout, attempted to corner Thompson against the cage and looked for a fight-ending strike. “The Gorilla” had his best moment in the fifth round, where he landed an overhand left behind the ear and briefly planted Thompson on the mat. Thompson was content to fight off of his back foot while hunting opportunities to counter. “Wonderboy” was crisp with his strikes and landed a number of hard shots in the 25-minute battle.

After every event, fans wonder whom the winners will be matched up with next. And with another night of UFC action in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward, put on a pair of Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard’s shoes, and play UFC matchmaker for UFC Fight Night 130’s winning fighters.

I’m totally against the idea of Bare Knuckle Fighting System! We are killing the sport! The elbow in MMA is already hard we know it and its allowed. But why allowing without gloves? I dont call that “sport”... They should ban!

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What an impact he’s has had on the sport when former champions and top contenders are sad they never got punched in the face by him. And why does that punch me so hard right in the feels? Haha @bisping is undeniably one of the best to do it

Jay Pettry is an attorney and a statistician. Writing about MMA since he started studying the “Eminem Curse” in 2012, and while writing for Vice Sports and Combat Docket along the way, he put together many UFC fight result and entrance music databases to better study the sport. You can find him on twitter at @jaypettry .

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#happynews @zabit_magomedsharipov Me dirijo todos mis fans, amigos y familiares por su apoyo a mi carrera. También me gustaría agradecer a todas aquellas compañías que han mostrado interés en mi persona y trabajo. – Sean Shelby y yo tenemos un amigo en común, Mario Delgado. Él fue la conexión entre nosotros y ayudó a establecer una reunión entre Sean & yo donde tuvimos una conversación amistosa durante el almuerzo del viernes. Nos dimos cuenta de que lo que sucedió fue una gran falta de comunicación y un mal momento. Después de la conversación estoy feliz de saber que el UFC & yo estamos en los mejores términos y ahora estoy de vuelta en el camino para perseguir mi sueño de convertirme en campeón de UFC. Zabit Magomedsharipov, te veo el 8 de septiembre en Las Vegas. Respetuosamente: Yair Rodriguez. Viva Mexico ! 🇲🇽 . . . I address to all my fans, friends and family for always been supportive of my career. As well I’ll like to thank all of those companies showing interest on my persona and work. – Sean Shelby and I have a friend in common, Mario Delgado, he was the connection between us.

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Check out highlights from the flyweight fight between Jose Torres and Jarred Brooks at UFC Fight Night 131 on Friday in Utica, New York.

A rematch between two of the world’s top female atomweights is set for Rizin Fighting Federation 11 , as Kanna Asakura and Rena Kubota will square off for a second time on July 29 in Saitama, Japan. The promotion announced the matchup at a press conference on Tuesday. Additionally, Jiri Prochazka will clash with Bruno Henrique Cappelozza , while Saori Ishioka will meet Miyuu Yamamoto. Rizin 11 takes place at Saitama Super Arena and will feature a showdown pitting Kyoji Horiguchi against Hiromasa Ogikubo . Asakura and Kubota initially fought in the finals on Rizin’s super atomweight grand prix on New Year’s Eve, with Asakura emerging victorious via first-round submission. The 20-year-old Paraestra Matsudo representative returned to action on May 6, as she outpointed Melissa Sophia Karagianis at Rizin 10. “I think we have both evolved in the past six months since our last fight, and I believe that it will be a totally different fight,” Asakura said in a release. “I know how good of a fighter Rena is, and I know it’s always going to be a tough fight against her.

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“My contract is with the UFC and I was never working for FOX,” Rogan said on his Fight Companion podcast for UFC Fight Night 130 on Sunday. “That was one of the stipulations of my newer contract (with the UFC), was I said I didn’t want to do the FOX events anymore. This year, I don’t do any of the FOX events. You’ll notice when there’s big fights on FOX, I don’t do any of them – none of them. Zero. Stopped doing it – didn’t want to do it anymore. Too much work, too much travel. (Wearing a) suit is not a big deal because they have the suit there for me, but my issue was FOX actually paid me less money – less money to do the events on FOX. I was like, ‘You guys are high.'”

Agree with the verdict or not, it can only be a boon for Darren Till ’s career. “The Gorilla” remained undefeated and continued his climb on the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight ladder with a contentious unanimous decision over two-time title contender Stephen Thompson in the UFC Fight Night 130 main event before 8,520 fans on Sunday at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. All three cageside judges saw it for Till: 48-47, 49-46 and 49-46. Of the 25 media members sampled by MMADecisions.com, 22 scored it for Thompson. The two men finished in a statistical dead heat. According to FightMetric data, Till outlanded “Wonderboy” by narrow margins in significant strikes (38-30) and total strikes (40-31) in the competitive five-round affair. However, he accounted for the only knockdown of the fight and did so when the spotlight was brightest, bringing the crowd to a boil with an overhand left in the fifth round. In the aftermath of UFC Fight Night “Thompson vs. Till,” here are five matches that ought to be made: Related » UFC Liverpool: By the Numbers Darren Till vs.

They were supposed to have sitdown this past weekend in Liverpool, while White was there for UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till, but for whatever reason, it didn’t happen.

Thompson’s style often seems to depend on winning by the smallest of margins. It’s more about stifling someone else’s attacks than it is about overwhelming them with offense. You spend that much time circling with your back nearly touching the fence, you’re not always going to win over the judges. And when the other guy can get a loud pop with a grazing left hand, it almost can’t help but influence the outcome. If you don’t like it, you have to do more.

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Jimmie Rivera never saw it coming. Former World Series of Fighting titlist Marlon Moraes put an emphatic end to Rivera’s 20-fight winning streak, as he knocked out the Team Tiger Schulmann representative with a head kick just 33 seconds into the opening round of their headlining encounter at UFC Fight Night 131 in Utica, N.Y., on Friday night. Moraes is now undoubtedly on the short list of top contenders to challenger the winner of the T.J. Dillashaw - Cody Garbrandt bantamweight title rematch at UFC 227 in August. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 131, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. Related » UFC Utica Highlight Video: Marlon Moraes Ices Jimmie Rivera 33: Seconds needed by Moraes to finish Rivera, making it the sixth-fastest knockout in Ultimate Fighting Championship / World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight history. The five men ahead of him: Erik Perez (0:17), Damacio Page (0:18), Francisco Rivera (0:21), Nick Denis (0:22) and Iuri Alcantara (0:25). 0: Significant strikes landed by Rivera, who went 0-for-3 before the devastating knockout defeat.

MMA legend @ChuckLiddell stopped by this week to train with our players pic.twitter.com/1muf0nEmnD — Cleveland Browns (@Browns) May 31, 2018 Not only is Chuck Liddell planning a mixed martial arts comeback, but he’s also been offering training tips to members of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. The former UFC light heavyweight champion recently visited Browns practice (via footballscoop.com ) to impart some wisdom from his years of fighting. “The biggest thing that we try to work with them, technically on is just body-on-body contact, and wrestling guys and getting their balance,” Liddell said. “The bigger thing that we work on is mindset. Trying to get these guys to treat it like a fight. You’re fighting the guy in front of you and trying to break him mentally and physically.” Liddell put Browns players various drills during a week-long visit to the team’s offseason camp. Cleveland fullback Danny Vitale explained the benefits of “The Iceman’s” presence. If you're wondering how this translates to the field ...@RealDannyVitale explained on IG pic.twitter.

In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez took on longtime MMA vet and onetime Bellator fighter Lewis Rumsey. However, they weren’t the only MMA notables on the card, which also featured recent UFC competitor Bec Rawlings vs. fellow combat-sports vet Alma Garcia in the flyweight co-headliner.

Wow. Great read man, well done. Couple things: 1) I think the cane fighting society was directly because of the popularity of Sherlock Holmes novels, might’ve been called “bartisu?” 2) We need to start calling the action in Wonderman fights “angel visits” or something as cool

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@FloydMayweather used the High Guard against @TheNotoriousMMA because he knew that conor did not know what to do. Even Conor admit that. This is why Floyd was not elusive. he didn't need it. Borrow from boxing is to use more of the elusive footwork style Ali @VasylLomachenko

UFC Fight Night 130 and Bellator 200 were not the only shows taking place May 25-27. Legacy Fighting Alliance 40 on Friday in Dallas played host to a number of highly anticipated fights, as did Fight Exclusive Night 21 in Wroclaw, Poland. Here are five of the highlights: Kevin "The Angel of Death" Aguilar makes Thanh Le pay hard for a missed spinning kick, starches him in R1. Brutal follow ups. Aguilar improves to 14-1. His third defense of the LFA FW title. #LFA40 pic.twitter.com/uSD5g1TOlR — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) May 26, 2018 TITLE FIGHT … The LFA 40 main event saw Kevin Aguilar retain his featherweight championship with a first-round knockout of Thanh Le . The challenger threw a couple of flashy kicks early on, but the champion responded by utilizing crisp boxing combinations. A right hook to the head felled Le, the referee stepping in to prevent further punishment . The end came at the 2:44 mark. With the victory, “The Angel of Death” improved to 14-1. His opponent slipped to 8-2. Damon "The Leech" Jackson taps out Jeremy Spoon in R2. Third RNC of the main card.

Officers from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department responded to a call last Thursday and were dispatched to a residence at approximately 7:20 p.m. PT. A person with knowledge of the case told MMAjunkie that 12 units arrived, the alleged victim was transported to a local hospital, and Diaz was combative with officers during his arrest.

“I don’t have any respect for him and especially who he has that manages him. No respect as a fighter. That’s even why when we got up there at the press conference, he was saying something and I couldn’t understand him cause he always mumbles his words. I’m going to go in there fight and do what I have to do.”

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I want to take a moment & remember all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice on this Memorial Day. Thank you all for your service, & thoughts also with their family members who remember their heroes today.

It wasn’t the most definitive of triumphs, but Darren Till nonetheless has the biggest win of his Ultimate Fighting Championship career to date. Till edged two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson in the UFC Fight Night 130 headliner in Liverpool, England, on Sunday, taking a narrow unanimous decision punctuated by a knockdown in the final stanza. The scorecards figure to be a topic for debate in the days to come, but Till has moved into a new category of 170-pound contenders regardless. However, Till’s victory was also marred by his badly missing weight one day prior. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 130, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. Related » UFC Liverpool Round-by-Round Scoring 4: Consecutive wins for Till, the sixth-longest active winning streak in the UFC welterweight division behind Kamaru Usman (eight), Santiago Ponzinibbio (six), Colby Covington (five), Leon Edwards (five) and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (five). 22: Media scorecards, of the 24 tracked by MMADecisions.

MMA without gloves would be much more realistic to a real fight. Basic rules, maybe a 30 min time limit with a ref to enforce basic rules. Only a finish wins the fight. If it goes the full 30, call it a draw.

If I had to guess it's a deep sea creature (that died and washed up on shore), in a state of decomposition (body is ballooned with gases). Probably pretty thin, when it's alive.

Former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko has taken to the internet to share a new photo with her fight fans. This time around, the mixed martial artist has decided to show off her fighting form from poolside.

On June 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada, DiSciullo (9-1) will get the biggest opportunity of his career when he faces Montel Jackson (5-0) in a 135-pound bout in Dana White’s Contender Series.

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UFC flyweight Jarred Brooks was involved in one of the most bizarre knockouts in mixed martial arts history at last night’s UFC Fight Night 131 event in Utica, New York. Brooks squared off with UFC...

Andrea Lee earned a unanimous decision over Veronica Macedo in her big octagon debut back at UFC Fight Night 129. That being said, the former LFA women’s flyweight champion is now making headlines for something outside of the cage.

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