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— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 23, 2024

Reigning welterweight champion Leon Edwards and popular lightweight prospect Paddy Pimblett will have a fresh, custom look for their fights at UFC 304 on Saturday.

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Both Edwards and Pimblett will be fighting on home soil at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England. Edwards will defend his 170-pound belt against Belal Muhammad in the main event, while Pimblett will lock horns with Bobby Green on the main card.UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Edwards will wear special green shorts for his bout, while Pimblett will wear custom orange shorts for his fight. The styles were initially revealed by Chris De Santiago on social media. They can also be viewed on website for Venum, which is the official outfitter of the UFC.

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Patrick Mix will defend his bantamweight crown against Leandro Higo in the Bellator Champions Series Paris headliner on Nov. 16.

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The promotion announced the pairing on Tuesday. In the co-main event, Baissangour Chamsoudinov will square off against Oliver Enkamp at welterweight. Bellator Champions Series Paris takes place at the Adidas Arena in the French capital and will air in its entirety on Max in the United States beginning at 11 a.m. ET/ 8 a.m PT.

“Patchy” will take a seven-bout promotional winning streak into his second official title defense. The 30-year-old New Yorker endured some struggles in his last outing but emerged with a split-decision triumph in a rematch against Magomed Magomedov at the most recent Bellator Paris event on May 17. Mix’s record also includes notable triumphs over the likes of Sergio Pettis, Raufeon Stots, Kyoji Horiguchi and James Gallagher.

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Hig…

Sean O'Malley’s went off on Conor McGregor after the Irish star mocked at the bantamweight champion’s explanation for failing a drug test.

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O’Malley has tested positive for the banned substance ostarine more than once in his career. The most recent instance occurred in 2019, which led to a suspension. However, O’Malley has consistently denied having used PEDs, claiming the trace amounts found in his sample must have been due to tainted supplements.

While O’Malley couldn’t pin down the supplements that could have contained ostarine, he has found a new potential explanation for his failed tests. O’Malley claims recent studies suggest that ostarine can be transferred through sweat, possibly through sharing garments or gear. “Sugar” believes Ostarine was transferred to him while he was training at another gym, where ostarine use by athletes was public knowledge. O’Malley believes teammates Kyler Phillips and Augusto Mendes, who both faced suspensions fo…

While Kayla Harrison is irked by Julianna Pena’s accusations of performance enhancing drug use, she is taking it as a compliment.

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Pena is expected to challenge Raquel Pennington for the women’s bantamweight title at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City, Utah in October. Meanwhile, Harrison, who made her promotional debut with a submission win over Holly Holm at UFC 300 this past April, is considered to be the top contender for the next shot at the title.

Pena recently hurled accusations of PED use at Harrison and all female fighters in the ex-PFL champion’s gym, American Top Team. While PED allegations are nothing new for Harrison, the two-time Olympic gold medallist judoka can’t help being annoyed. Harrison claims to have been tested for the first time at 12 years of age and has never since failed a single drug test. Harrison claims Pena’s allegations are a built-in excuse for when she beats “The Venezuelan Vixen” in their potential clash in the future.

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Matchmaker Tai Tuivasa knew the rematch between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad was bound to happen since 2022 😂 #UFC304 pic.twitter.com/krDISwJMao

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 22, 2024

Tai Tuivasa had an idea that Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad would cross paths again long before their rematch was booked.

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Muhammad will challenge Edwards for the welterweight title in the main event at UFC 304 on Saturday at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. The two have unfinished business from their initial encounter in the UFC Fight Night 187 headliner in 2021 that ended in an unfortunate no-contest due to an accidental eye poke from Edwards.

With that being the only blemish in their recent win streaks, Muhammad and Edwards were definitely set on a collision course. Edwards went on to dethrone Kamaru Usman via head kick KO in a shocking upset at UFC 278 in August 2022. Meanwhile, Muhammad dispatched a previously undefeated …

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Belal Muhammad is grateful for the guidance of Khabib Nurmagomedov heading into his first championship opportunity.

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Muhammad will receivs his long-awaited welterweight title shot against Leon Edwards in the main event at UFC 304 in Manchester on Saturday. Muhammad recently visited Dagestan to train with Nurmagomedov for his upcoming fight.

Muhammad claims a bit of advice from the former lightweight champion has proven to be invaluable. Muhammad is glad to have the mentorship of “The Eagle,” who he considers to be the MMA GOAT.

“It benefits me everywhere,” Muhammad told Shakiel Mahjouri. “Physically, mentally, spiritually, it just puts me on another level. I said it before and people were making fun of me like, ‘Oh, get off his jock blah blah blah.’ Training with him and getting advice from him is worth 20-30-40-50 days with anybody else. Just being able to feel his strength, feel his pressure, feel his knowledge too that he …

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You can forgive Doo Ho Choi if he got a little bit caught up in the moment.

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Shortly after he scored a second-round TKO of Bill Algeo at UFC on ESPN 60, Doo Ho Choi gave an emotional post-fight interview to Daniel Cormier in the Octagon on Saturday night.

“This win was a long time coming, and I’ve let a lot of people down. It’s been a while,” Choi said. “But I kept believing in myself. I knew I could do it tonight. I wanted to prove it to people who still believe in me.”

It was Choi’s first promotional triumph since a first-round knockout of Thiago Tavares at “The Ultimate Fighter 23” finale in July 2016. Once regarded as a prospect to watch, “The Korean Superboy” went winless in his next four bouts, though one of those was an all-time classic against Cub Swanson that was eventually inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! During a post-fight media scrum, Choi expla…

After two impressive first-round knockout wins in January and June, Brunno Ferreira was excited to return to the Octagon against Roman Kopylov at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 24.

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On Monday, however, “Hulk” was informed that his Russian opponent has withdrawn from the fight.

"Once again I received not so good news,” Ferreira said in a video on Instagram. “My fight with Roman Kopylov is off. When I say the Russians don’t want to fight me, that’s the truth. Actually that's the second [time]. [Sharabutdin Magomedov] did the same. Curiously both are strikers.”

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Ferreira ended the video with a question for his followers.

"Why do you think the Russians don’t want to fight me?” he asked. “Maybe because they know how tough I am in grappling and also because I have knockout power. What you guys think?"

Shortly after the video was posted, Sherdog.com spoke to Ferreira, who re…

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Jake Paul believes UFC CEO Dana White won’t let Alex Pereira compete in a boxing match against him.

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Paul knocked down Mike Perry for the third and final time to earn a technical knockout victory in the sixth round of their boxing match at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday night. Paul issued an immediate callout to UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, who then FaceTimed “The Problem Child” expressing interest in the matchup.

Alex Pereira has posted his full FaceTime call with Jake Paul after Paul’s win over Mike Perry last night 📱

Pereira seems eager to make a fight with Paul happen whilst Paul asks if Dana White will let Pereira out of his contract.

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— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) July 21, 2024

While Pereira is seemingly interested in the offer, Paul doubts White will allow it. Paul claims Pereira had to hesitate and look at his manager when he mentioned…

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While Stipe Miocic empathizes with Tom Aspinall’s situation, he isn’t taking the blame for holding up the heavyweight division.

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Miocic was originally scheduled to challenge Jon Jones for the heavyweight title at UFC 295 in November 2023 before “Bones” pulled out of the event due to an injury. A last-minute interim title fight between Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich was booked to help save the card, and Aspinall knocked out his Russian foe in the opening stanza.

With no timeline in sight for Jones’ return, Aspinall initially called for the champ to be stripped off his title. While Aspinall later called for a title unification clash against Jones, “Bones” remains adamant on fighting Miocic when he returns. Both Miocic and Jones have hinted that they might ride off into the sunset after their potential fight, robbing Aspinall of the chance to fighting “Bones” for undisputed gold. Meanwhile, Aspinall is now slated to defend his interim …

Shavkat Rakhmonov was blatantly dismissive while responding to a callout from Ian Garry.

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Garry recently took to social media to suggest a matchup between the undefeated welterweight contenders at the end of 2024.

“December 2024, undefeated vs. undefeated, Garry wrote on Instagram. “Let’s make this happen! [Shavkat Rakhmonov].”

While Rakhmonov did not shut down a potential clash, he mocked Garry’s finishing rate in comparison to his own. The Kazakh contender believes Garry will be no match for him if the fight comes to fruition.UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! “100% finish rate VS 53% finish rate,” Rakhmonov wrote on X. “It won’t even be close if it happens [Ian Garry].”

100% finish rate VS 53% finish rate. It won’t even be close if it happens @iangarryMMA https://t.co/nJaglUmnBp

— Shavkat “Nomad” Rakhmonov (@Rakhmonov1994) July 21, 2024

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At the very least, flyweight Nathan Maness wants an explanation if his contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship isn’t renewed.

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Maness completed his UFC contract with a unanimous decision win over Jimmy Flick last month. While “Mayhem” was expecting to hear from the UFC about a renewal, there has been radio silence since then.

“Honestly, we haven’t really heard anything,” Maness told MMAjunkie.com. “We sent out a couple of different messages. We gave them a couple of weeks after the fight and then we sent out a couple feelers, but we can’t even really get a response. Your guess is as good as mine.”

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Maness’ win over Flick put him on a two-fight winning streak, improving his overall promotional record to 5-2. Maness’ only two losses in the UFC have come against elite Dagestani prospects Tagir Ulanbekov and Umar Nurmagomedov. While Maness believes he has done enough to get…

Steve Garcia is doing everything he can to ensure all of his fights are appointment viewing.

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The Jackson-Wink MMA product dispatched Seung Woo Choi via first-round technical knockout in the UFC on ESPN 60 co-main event at the UFC Apex on Saturday nght, his fourth consecutive triumph via KO or TKO. It’s nothing new for “Mean Machine,” who has finished 13 of his 16 career triumphs in that same fashion.

“It’s just another one on my cap. It’s another [notch],” Garcia said at the post-fight press conference. “I’m blessed. I’m just trying to get more. Every single time I come in there, I want you guys to tune in. I want you guys to see Steve Garcia and just be like, ‘This guy’s bringing it, so let’s watch.’”

Garcia entered Saturday’s fight with a lot on his mind, so it was something of a relief to perform the way he did.

“It’s been a great ending to a long camp,” he said. “It’s my brother’s birthday so I got to get a ‘W’ on his birthday. I want to…

After an uneven beginning to her Ultimate Fighting Championship tenure, Virna Jandiroba has emerged as a serious title contender over the course of the past two years.

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The former Invicta FC strawweight queen earned her fourth straight victory on Saturday night, as she submitted ex-title challenger Amanda Lemos with an armbar in the second round of the UFC on ESPN 60 main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Jandiroba outgrappled and outscrambled her opponent for the majority of the contest before securing the fight-ending maneuver late in Round 2.

“She’s a fantastic striker. But on top of just being very technical and very good striker, she’s a knockout artist. So I had to be extremely careful with that because I know that any wrong movement could be the end,” Jandiroba said through a translator at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “Luckily we were able to put everything in place, get the fight to the ground and work the way it did. She’s a …

Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight prospect Hyder Amil did not always plan on becoming a fighter.

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Amil scored his second UFC win on Saturday, besting Jeong Yeong Lee via first-round TKO at UFC on ESPN 60. “The Hurricane” subsequently shared how he got into combat sports after being raised to become an “intellectual” and an artist.

The only male in the family growing up, Amil initially started training martial arts to protect his sisters and mother. Amil’s natural athletic abilities soon attracted people’s attention, who then introduced him to several sports. Amil, who claims to have a knack for anything art related, “blames” his friends for getting him into sports and MMA.

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! “I was just myself, my two sisters and my mom. So, I wanted to learn martial arts originally, what motivated me to stay in it was to protect them,” Amil said during a post-fight media scrum. “Becau…

Trey Ogden has called for an “easy” opponent in Chase Hooper after his win over Loik Radzhabov atUFC on ESPN 60.

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Ogden dominated Radzhabov on the ground for three rounds to earn a unanimous decision victory at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Ogden subsequently called out Hooper, who “Shamurai” believes is overrated. According to the Marathon MMA head coach, Hooper is not a “scary” opponent.

“I want to fight Chase Hooper. I keep calling this dude out. I’ve been calling him out for three fights,” Ogden said during a post-fight media scrum. “I think he is overrated. I don’t think he’s that good. And I want to pick some of that low-hanging fruit… I’ll smash him easily. He’s not a scary dude, for a change.”

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now! Hooper has scored seven of 14 career wins via submission so far in addition to making a name for himself by competing in UFC Fight Pass Invitational grappling tourn…

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Tom Aspinall believes he can get the better the Alexander Volkov yet again in a potential rematch.

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Aspinall is slated to defend his interim heavyweight title in a rematch against Curtis Blaydes in the main event at UFC 304 on Saturday in Manchester, England. Meanwhile, Volkov is fresh off a unanimous decision win over Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Abu Dhabi last month. While a clash between Volkov and Ciryl Gane is reportedly in the works for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi in October, “Drago” claimed to have not received a contract for the bout a week ago.

Meanwhile, lineal champ Jon Jones is currently sidelined with injury and slated to fight former champ Stipe Miocic upon his return. With Miocic having not fought in over three years, Volkov considers the Jones vs. Miocic matchup more of a fantasy fight rather than a real title fight. Volkov recently called for rematch against Aspinall, with a potential win putting him in a title unification bou…

Hyder Amil’s furious offensive onslaught paid off handsomely at UFC on ESPN 60.

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The El Nino Training Center export earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus for overwhelming Jeong Yeong Lee in a featured featherweight contest at the UFC Apex on Saturday night. Amil managed to land a total of 42 significant strikes en route to a stoppage victory just 65 seconds into the opening stanza. It was one of four performance bonuses handed out by the promotion after the event.

Elsewhere, Virna Jandiroba garnered a $50,000 check for her victory over former title challenger Amanda Lemos in the evening’s strawweight headliner. Jandiroba outgrappled her opponent throughout the fight before eliciting a tap with an armbar at the 4:48 mark of Round 2.

Meanwhile, Steve Garcia took home an additional $50,000 by adding Seung Woo Choi to his list of recent victims in the featherweight co-main event. “Mean Machine” stopped his foe at the 1:36 mark of Round…

Virna Jandiroba is becoming impossible to ignore in the Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight title picture.

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In the main event of UFC on ESPN 60, Jandiroba (21-3, 7-3 UFC) soundly outgrappled Amanda Lemos (14-4-1, 8-4 UFC) for just under two rounds before cinching up the fight-ending armbar. The former Invicta Fighting Championships strawweight titleholder wasted little time in bringing the fight into her wheelhouse, shooting a double-leg takedown early in Round 1. Aided by Lemos jumping on a guillotine attempt, “Carcara” extracted her head from the choke, then settled into Lemos’s half guard, where “Amandinha” bucked and swept to top position. Jandiroba countered with a kneebar attempt, which Lemos escaped, but the resulting scramble ended with the jiu-jitsu ace in back control, where she rode out the rest of the frame. Round 2 got off to a better start for Lemos, who kept her countrywoman at arm’s length and touched her with clean punches fo…

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Cody Gibson may have placed his job as a history teacher on hold for now, but he clearly isn’t done schooling people.

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In the top prelim of UFC on ESPN 60 on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Gibson (20-10) overwhelmed Brian Kelleher (24-16) on the feet as well as on the canvas on his way to a first-round submission win. Gibson jumped on “Boom” right away, rocking him with a right hand in the opening seconds of the fight, and never let up. Kelleher tried valiantly to rally, but Gibson never gave him a moment’s peace, hurting him with punches and long kicks at range and mugging him up close with knees. Kelleher jumped on a guillotine attempt late in the round, but Gibson kicked out of it immediately, moved to half guard and locked up an arm-triangle choke. Kelleher tapped out in seconds, putting the stamp on a dominant performance for Gibson. The win brought Gibson’s record in the organization to 2-5 across multiple s…

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It appears that Nick Diaz’s Ultimate Fighting Championship return has run into some complications.

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During the UFC on ESPN 60 broadcast on Saturday night, it was announced the Diaz vs. Vicente Luque bout that was scheduled for Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3 has been postponed due to “travel issues.” As a result, a middleweight clash between Sharabutdin Magomedov and Michal Oleksiejczuk has been added to the UFC on ABC 7 lineup and will serve as the card’s new main event. It was also revealed that the promotion hopes to reschedule Diaz vs. Luque, but a date for that is currently unknown.

Commonly known as “Shara Bullet,” Magomedov is undefeated in 13 professional outings. The 30-year-old Dagestani has kicked off his promotional tenure with a unanimous decision win over Bruno Silva at UFC 294 and a third-round TKO of Antonio Trocoli at UFC on ABC 6.

Poland’s Oleksiejczuk has dropped three of his las…

While his fighting career has been dormant for the past three years, Conor McGregor continues to find other endeavors to keep him occupied.

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According to a report from Sunday World, the former UFC two-division champion will launch a record label, entitled Greenback Records, in his native Ireland. McGregor will partner with Richard Buck, will serve as CEO, and Julian O’Brien, who is creative director and head of A&R, for what is the first major record label based in Dublin. Greenback Records has reportedly signed several artists, who will be officially announced in the coming weeks.

“I am excited to create Ireland’s first major record label in an industry that I have had great interest in for some time,” McGregor said. "To be able to come in and offer music artists a fair deal and properly reward them for their talent.

"This industry, like others, has needed an overhaul for a long time. I am excited for myself, McGregor Sports & Entert…

Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Irina Alekseeva has been suspended for one year after testing positive for testosterone more than a year ago.

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Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced the sanction while taking a shot at the UFC’s previous anti-doping partner, USADA, in a statement on Friday:

Alekseeva tested positive for values consistent with the administration of testosterone of exogenous origin in a urine sample collected by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on June 21, 2023, while USADA was still the independent administrator of the UFC’s Anti-Doping Program (UFC ADP). However, USADA failed to report the results of this sample to her and to UFC until October 31, 2023, more than four (4) months after the sample was collected and AFTER Alekseeva was allowed to compete in a UFC event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 14, 2023. USADA collected two additional samples from Alekseeva BEFORE her October 14, 2023, fight, (August …