Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Michael Bisping says he would come out of retirement to cap off his trilogy with Luke Rockhold. Rockhold recently knocked out Joe Schilling in the third round at Karate Combat 45, which Bisping was doing a livestream event for on his YouTube channel. A few days later, Bisping addressed some fans asking him about doing a third fight with Rockhold to figure out who the better man is, once and for all. “Luke Rockhold, I was doing a live to [his fight], and everyone was like, ‘You’ve got to do the trilogy,’” Bisping said on Believe You Me. “I’ll do Karate Co ..read more

Photos by Phil Lambert Mike Perry returns to bare-knuckle fist-fight another man on Saturday when he takes on fellow UFC veteran and former bare-knuckle boxing champion Thiago Alves inside Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater in the main event of BKFC KnuckleMania 4. Ahead of what’s sure to be a gruesome affair, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti, Damon Martin, and Mike Heck sidle up to the roundtable to preview the return of the bare-knuckle king. 1. Is BKFC Mike Perry one of the 10 biggest draws in combat sports? Al-Shatti: Can you imagine hearing this question in 2021 after the platinum one dropped out ..read more

Mike Perry makes his return at BKFC KnuckleMania 4 on Saturday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has the BKFC KnuckleMania 4 fight card for the Perry vs. Alves event from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday night. In the main event, Mike Perry tries to keep his perfect BKFC record intact when he squares off against Thiago Alves in a light heavyweight contest. BKFC cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion Lorenzo Hunt tries to earn his third BKFC belt when he faces BKFC heavyweight champion Mick Terrill in the co-main event. UFC heavyweight veterans Ben Rothwell and ..read more

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Joaquin Buckley is getting his wish. Sort of. UFC CEO Dana White announced Wednesday that Buckley is set to face Nursulton Ruziboev on May 11 in the welterweight co-main event of UFC St. Louis. A streaking welterweight contender and native of St. Louis, Buckley repeatedly asked to compete in the main event of his hometown card following his March 30 win over Vicente Luque, even doing so at UFC 300’s pre-fight press conference. Buckley (18-6) has won three consecutive UFC bouts since moving from middleweight back down to the 170-pound division, s ..read more

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is set to go to court with his attempted murder trial on Sept. 9. in Santa Clara County, Calif. The trial date was set on Wednesday by Judge Elizabeth Peterson, with Velasquez appearing in court alongside his attorney Renee Hessling. At the latest hearing, Hessling requested another continuance, but prosecutor Aaron French, who represented the District Attorney’s office, argued against another delay, complaining that the trial setting had already been pushed back several times. A continuance for the ..read more

Conor McGregor Conor McGregor makes his long awaited return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the card is quickly filling up. On Wednesday, the UFC formally confirmed seven total fights for the event so far. McGregor fights for the first time in nearly three years after suffering a gruesome broken leg against Dustin Poirier in 2021. It’s been a long road back for the Irish superstar, but he’ll get the chance to return to the win column facing Chandler, who coached against him on the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter before finally ..read more

Caio Borralho | Photo by Pedro Vilela/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images When Paulo Costa lost a unanimous decision to Robert Whittaker in the co-main event of UFC 298, fellow middleweight Caio Borralho couldn’t help but be baffled at how “Borrachinha” doesn’t seem to correct mistakes he’s made in multiple losses. Borralho told MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast that he likes Costa as an entertaining athlete, but advised him to go back to the drawing board to fix his game. “What worries me the most is that [Costa] ate the same calf kicks [Israel] Adesanya landed,” Borralho said. “The same kicks. A ..read more

Belal Muhammad | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad have unfinished business, but it’s not personal according to Edwards’ coach Dave Lovell. The first fight between Edwards and Muhammad took place in the main event of a March 2021 card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the bout ended in a no-contest after an eye poke early in the second round left Muhammad unable to continue. As rumors of a rematch continue to swirl, this time with Edwards entering the contest as UFC welterweight champion, Lovell recalled how his team viewed Muhammad bowing ..read more

Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images Cedric Doumbe didn’t have to wait long to find a new dance partner. The French superstar now faces Jaleel Willis at Bellator Paris on May 17 at Accor Arena in Paris. Doumbé was initially scheduled to face Derek Anderson, but the longtime Bellator veteran was forced to withdraw Tuesday after suffering a nasty foot injury. Willis makes his eighth Bellator appearance, and first under the PFL umbrella. The 32-year-old looks to bounce back from a first-round TKO loss to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator 297 this past June, and enters the bout having dropped ..read more

Jon Jones | Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jon Jones is on the road back to the octagon. This past November, Jones suffered an ill-timed pectoral injury that forced him out of a heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 295. The setback has left “Bones” sidelined with the expectation that the Miocic matchup will eventually be re-booked. Jones posted to social media on Wednesday that he has returned to training for the first time since suffering his injury. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bony (@jonnybones) “First day back in the g ..read more