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Thor Silva has taken the first step to following in his father’s legendary footsteps. Silva, the 19-year-old son of MMA icon Wanderlei Silva, won his amateur MMA debut on Sunday at Fight Music Show 2, which took place at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. With his father cageside in his corner, Silva came

MMA Fighting has Fight Music Show 2 results for the Cyborg vs. Silva event Sunday evening from the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. In the main event, Bellator featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will make her professional boxing debut against Simone Silva. Silva is 17-21 overall and has lost eight straight fights. Cyborg is one

Jose Aldo will always have a home with the UFC. Speaking to the media after the UFC’s latest Contender Series event, UFC President Dana White was asked for his thoughts on Aldo’s recent retirement and he had nothing but wholehearted praise for the longtime featherweight champion. “We love him,” White said. “This will always be

Watch Shakur Stevenson vs. Robson Conceicao full fight video highlights from their main event showdown Saturday night, courtesy of multiple outlets. Stevenson vs. Conceicao took place Sept. 23 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Shakur Stevenson (19-0) and Robson Conceicao (17-2) collided in the main event. The fight aired live on ESPN. Shakur Stevenson

Klidson Abreu’s unanimous decision victory over Renan Ferreira has been overturned by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission due to a failed drug test, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. The former UFC fighter confirmed the news to MMA Fighting, saying he suffered a bad cut one week before his bout

MMA Fighting has Bellator Dublin results for the Henderson vs. Queally fight card from the 3Arena in Dublin on Friday. In the main event, Benson Henderson and Peter Queally will square off in a lightweight contest. Henderson, a former UFC lightweight champ, has won one of his past four MMA fights, while Queally is 2-2

Win or lose, Melvin Manhoef has always gone out with a bang, and the situation is no different as he prepares to compete in MMA for the final time. Manhoef, 46, takes on Yoel Romero this Friday in the co-main event of Bellator 285 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, a bout that is being billed

Jaqueline Amorim is the newest addition to the UFC strawweight division, the fighter announced on social media. The UFC has yet to announce a date and opponent for Amorim’s octagon debut. The 27-year-old Brazilian joins the promotion less than a week after defending the LFA strawweight championship in Minnesota, tapping Ashley Nichols with an armbar

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: I discuss all the latest MMA news. 1:30 p.m.: Former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva joins the show to talk

Eddie Alvarez is a free agent again. The former UFC lightweight champion has officially parted ways with ONE Championship after signing a lucrative multi-fight deal with the promotion back in 2018. Alvarez confirmed the news via Twitter following an initial report from the South China Morning Post. “Confirmed, I am no longer with ONE,” Alvarez

Fighters often talk about the wild sparring sessions in the gym that help prepare them for wars in the cage. That’s exactly what Alex Pereira appears to be doing as he gets ready to clash with Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 281. As he anxiously awaits his chance to become UFC middleweight

The road to this past weekend’s UFC debut was anything but easy for Joe Pyfer. A 26-year-old middleweight prospect, Pyfer introduced himself in thunderous fashion with a first-round knockout of Alen Amedovski at UFC Vegas 60. To call the moment long in the making would be an understatement. In 2020, Pyfer was on the precipice

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Ariel Helwani looks back at a busy combat sports weekend and Jose Aldo’s retirement. 1:10 p.m.: Maxwell Jacob Friedman will

Raush Manfio is out of the race for the 2022 PFL lightweight championship and the million-dollar prize after a “horrible” decision defeat to Olivier Aubin-Mercier this past June, but wants to end 2021 on a high note with two more victories. Manfio, who claimed the PFL belt in 2021 after collecting wins over the likes

Jose Aldo’s impact on the MMA world will be felt for ages. Following the news that Aldo has retired from MMA competition after a legendary 18-year fighting career, the MMA community took to social media to pay respects to the Brazilian legend. Aldo, 36, is widely regarded as the best featherweight of all time, a

The Canelo vs. GGG 3 official scorecard reveals how the judges scored the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin trilogy fight Saturday in Las Vegas. In a bout that saw Canelo clearly leading on the scorecards early on, the final verdict turned out to be close as he won the bout 116-112 on one judges’

Nikolas Motta wasn’t getting paid by the hour for his appearance at UFC Vegas 60. The Brazilian made that clear with his first-round knockout against Cameron VanCamp after the lightweights kicked off the night on the prelims. The end came after Motta blasted VanZamp with a huge left hook that sent him crashing to the

MMA Fighting has Canelo vs. GGG 3 results live for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin 3 fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Canelo vs. GGG 3 live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main