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A former UFC women’s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is targeting a return to MMA later this year after giving birth. Last September, De Randamie (10-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC), along with her partner Samantha, announced she was pregnant and would naturally take time away from fighting. De Randamie gave birth to their son Isaiah on March 20. After enjoying the beginning of motherhood, the former champion is training for a comeback to the cage. “We are full in training and I don’t have a date yet, but we are going for November or October, end of October or November,” De Randamie told UFC Eurosport (translated by YouTube). “I’m feeling good, I’m waiting for the call right now. My manager is negotiating, so we’ll see, but 2023 it will be anyway.” De Randamie, 39, was last in action at UFC on ESPN 16 in October 2020, when she submitted Julianna Pena in the third round of their bantamweight bout. She earned the second Performance of the Night bonus of her career for the finish, which...

Sean O'Malley and Ilia Topuria have plenty of work to do in their respective divisions, but they’re already angling a potential fight down the line. O’Malley just won the UFC bantamweight title earlier this month at UFC 292 and Topuria is in contention, and likely the next in line, for Alexander Volkanovski’s UFC featherweight belt. Although in different situations, the two are young, elite talent in their respective weight classes, and if all goes to plan, both O’Malley and Topuria see themselves crossing paths in the future. Check out below to see their back-and-forth interactions on Twitter. from MMA Junkie https://ift.tt/uVIQPmi via IFTTT

Max Holloway can’t say enough good things about ‘The Korean Zombie.’ Despite being brief rivals in the cage this past Saturday, Holloway (25-7 MMA, 21-7 UFC) has nothing but respect for Chan Sung Jung , who closed out a 16-year career as a professional MMA fighter. Jung (17-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) announced his retirement from the sport after his knockout loss to Holloway in the main event of  UFC Fight Night 225 , which went down at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Although he came up short, Holloway has respect for Jung and what he was able to accomplish in MMA. “Legend, legend,” Holloway told reporters at the UFC Fight Night 225 post-fight press conference. “The dude is a zombie. I hit him in the second and thought I had him out, but he kept coming back. I was like, ‘Oh my God. What is going on? Next thing I know, he’s in the third round. I hit him with that in the third round and I got it, but he got up pretty fast too after that. He’s just a legend. He’s just a legend. T...

What mattered most at UFC Fight Night 225 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore? Here are a few post-fight musings … * * * * from MMA Junkie https://ift.tt/Ql1E6mD via IFTTT

Conor McGregor , once again, is teasing a return to MMA in 2023. In his latest post hinting that he’s fighting this year, McGregor shared what appears to be a screenshot from UFC Fight Pass showing that he’s set to headline UFC 296 on Dec. 16 against Michael Chandler. The image McGregor shared was originally posted to Reddit by user “Arq4427_.” The event page does not currently appear on UFC Fight Pass, but that didn’t stop McGregor from stirring the pot by sharing the image with his 10.1 million followers on his X (formerly Twitter) account. This is the latest development of what seems to be an endless saga between McGregor’s desire to return and his requirement to be in the testing pool of the UFC’s anti-doping partner – U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Below is McGregor’s tweet teasing a return for the end of the year: pic.twitter.com/AnLTLfM8Ha — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) August 27, 2023 Related Logan Paul vows to 'beat the sh*t' out of 'average MMA fight...

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 225 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $196,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC Fight Night 225 took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The entire card streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC Fight Night 225 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: * * * * Max Holloway : $21,000 Chan Sung Jung : $11,000 Anthony Smith : $21,000 Ryan Spann : $11,000 Giga Chikadze : $6,000 Alex Caceres : $21,000 Rinya Nakamura : $4,000 Fernie Garcia : $4,000 Erin Blanchfield : $6,000 Taila Santos : $6,000 Junior Tafa : $4,000 def. Parker Porter : $6,000 Waldo Cortes-Acosta : $4,500 def. Lukasz Brzeski : $4,000 Garrett Armfield : $4,000 def. Toshiomi Kazama : $4,000 Michal Oleksiejczuk : $11,000 def. Chi...

Marlon Vera doesn’t think he really needs to make a push to get the next title shot at 135 pounds. The work is already done. The UFC bantamweight contender thinks a rematch against Sean O'Malley is the obvious next move for everyone –  himself, O’Malley, fans and the UFC. Vera (21-8-1 MMA, 15-7 UFC) defeated Pedro Munhoz at this past Saturday’s UFC 292 in Boston. O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) stopped Aljamain Sterling to become champion. After the bout, the new champ expressed interest in fighting Vera for his first title defense. With history between the two, big fan bases and aligned schedules, “Chito” is confident he’s the fight to make. “After the fight, I just texted Dana (White) and Hunter (Campbell): ‘You guys know where I am. I’m ready to go. If there’s something to talk, let’s talk it out, but I’m all in for (O’Malley),'” Vera told Morning Kombat . “I’m sure they’ll come with something. To me, it just seems like, how do you not do it right now? There’s no way th...