Damon Martin
News Editor at MMA Fighting
Editor in Chief at Nerdcore Movement
Senior Reporter at @MMAFighting. Covering MMA since 2003. Horror podcast host https://t.co/sizx17WlEf
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4 days ago |
mmafighting.com | Alexander Lee |Mike Heck |Damon Martin
Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images Ilia Topuria has the golden opportunity he wanted, but UFC 317 could turn out to be a case of being careful what you wish for. The former featherweight champion seeks to add the UFC lightweight title to his collection when he fights Charles Oliveira in Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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2 weeks ago |
mmafighting.com | Jed Meshew |Alexander Lee |Mike Heck |Damon Martin
Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC UFC 316 is in the books, and we have one new champion and one champion making a claim for all-time greatness. On Saturday in Newark, N.J., Merab Dvalishvili successfully defended his men’s bantamweight title at UFC 316, submitting Sean O’Malley in their rematch in the main event. Now with two title defenses to his name, Dvalishvili is rapidly rising in the ranks of all-time great status, but just how far along is he?
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3 weeks ago |
mmafighting.com | Damon Martin
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Former Bellator lightweight title challenger Alexander Shabliy has accepted a six-month suspension handed down by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after he tested positive for a banned substance from an out-of-competition drug test. USADA officials announced the suspension on Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago |
mmafighting.com | Damon Martin
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Maycee Barber is still searching for answers after she suffered a medical emergency that forced her to drop out of a main event fight against Erin Blanchfield just moments before walking to the octagon at UFC Vegas 107 this past Saturday.
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3 weeks ago |
mmafighting.com | Damon Martin
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Fan favorite fighter Kris Moutinho is getting a second shot at the UFC. Following a brief two-fight stint with the promotion between 2021 and 2022 that included a memorable scrap with Sean O’Malley, the now 32-year-old bantamweight returns to compete at UFC Atlanta on June 14 when he takes on local favorite Malcolm Wellmaker.
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Artem Vakhitov admits "disappointment" when it came to the UFC's offer after he won on The Contender Series but he's happy to return to GLORY where he faces Rico Verhoeven on Saturday #UFC #Glory100 https://t.co/dHLv0ibGHg
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