Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

TAMPA, Fla. – Vitor Petrino is no longer an undefeated fighter, but that fact hasn't shaken his confidence ahead of UFC on ESPN 63. The fight at Amalie Arena will be the third of the year for Petrino (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and it's against Dustin Jacoby, a member…

Check out these photos from the UFC on ESPN 63 aceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs, ahead of the pay-per-view event taking place at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (Photos by Danny Segura of MMA Junkie).

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom goes in-depth to break down the biggest fights in the UFC. Today, he takes a closer look at the UFC on ESPN 63 main event between Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley. Colby Covington

Former UFC fighter and ex-NFL star Greg Hardy ended up on the wrong side of a boxing highlight reel again. At Fight Club REN TV Super Series in Moscow, Russia, Hardy took on Aleksei Papin. The fight was scheduled for six three-minute rounds, but it didn't last that long.…

TAMPA, Fla. – UFC on ESPN 63 ceremonial weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday's event. The weigh-ins took place at Amalie Arena, which hosts Saturday's event (ESPN2,

Tom Aspinall was caught off guard by his post-UFC 309 meeting with promotion president Dana White in New York. Recently a guest on "Piers Morgan Uncensored," Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) revealed he spoke with White fol

TAMPA, Fla. – Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley finally crossed paths ahead of what will be the final UFC fight of 2024 on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 63. After making weight on Friday morning, Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) and Buckley (21-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) came…

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis isn't fond of Sean Strickland's fight style. Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will run things back with Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) in a title-fight rematch which headlines UFC 312 on Feb. 8 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydn

Muhammad Mokaev was a top UFC contender when he was unceremoniously axed from the promotion – and he looked every bit of that in his first fight since. At BRAVE CF 91 on Friday, Mokaev (13-0) made quick work of short-notice replacem

TAMPA, Fla. – It looks like Joel Alvarez's days as a lightweight will soon come to an end. Although competing in a 155-pound bout at Saturday's UFC on ESPN 63, "El Fenomeno" doesn't see himself doing more future cuts to his long-time division. Alvarez (21-3…

Sean O'Malley was a little surprised to see Merab Dvalishvili booked vs. Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. Bantamweight champion Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the Jan. 18 co-main event (

Curtis Blaydes is going from fighting for an interim heavyweight title to facing a UFC newcomer. After suffering a quick TKO loss in his rematch with Tom Aspinall in July, Blaydes will attempt to get back track in a high-risk matchup with Dana White's Contender Ser

2024 PFL season winner Gadzhi Rabadanov completed the lightweight champion trifecta for his team, and he certainly felt pressured to make it happen. Rabadanov (24-4-2) trains alongside UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and Bellator lightweight champion…

Michael Chandler welcomes a fight with UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington. Former three-time UFC welterweight title challenger Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) returns against Joaquin Buckley (20-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in

TAMPA, Fla. – The UFC on ESPN 63 fight card now is set following Friday’s official weigh-ins session, where all 26 fighters successfully hit their marks on the scale. Saturday’s event at Amalie Arena (ESPN2,