Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

The UFC is back in Las Vegas for UFC 310, its final pay-per-view of the calendar. year, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes. UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at…

Along with damages he's been ordered to pay after a verdict in a sexual assault case, Conor McGregor now will have to cover his victim's legal costs, as well. McGregor, a former UFC two-division champion who hasn't fought in three-and-a-half years, was found liable for

LAS VEGAS – Heading into UFC 310, it's not lost on Themba Gorimbo how fortunate he is. Gorimbo is replacing Nick Diaz on late notice to fight Vicente Luque on the prelims of Saturday's event at T-Mobile Arena (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+). It's one

LAS VEGAS – Dominick Reyes knows his UFC 310 opponent Anthony Smith has been going through some personal struggles, but his sympathy stops when the cage door closes. Reyes (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) meets Smith (37-20 MMA, 13-10 UFC) on the prelims of the final pay-per

LAS VEGAS – Randy Brown, for a proverbial minute, thought he had a dance date with Carlos Prates. It was, he surmised, a chance to see what all the hype was about. The way Brown told it Wednesday at a media day for UFC 310, he was asked if he wanted to fight…

LAS VEGAS – Vicente Luque is done with pursuing a possible fight with Nick Diaz. Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) was initially scheduled to fight Diaz at UFC on ABC 7 August in Abu Dhabi, but the bout was scrapped after Diaz pulled out due to travel issues. The…

Amir Albazi will jump right back into competition – but in a grappling match.

The UFC's 2024 pay-per-view schedule comes to a conclusion on Saturday with UFC 310, which goes down at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+). Although it doesn't feature the biggest stars on th

The UFC 310 pre-fight press conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the event in the video above. The press conference takes place at MGM Grant Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which is nearby the T-Mobile Arena, which hosts Saturday's fight c

Patchy Mix just wants to be where he can regularly compete. Mix (20-1), the current Bellator bantamweight champion, has grown frustrated with his recent lack of activity since the PFL's acquisition of Bellator. He's only competed once in 2024 and doesn't know when…

LAS VEGAS – Despite landing on the prelims, Aljamain Sterling feels he has a very consequential fight at UFC 310. The former UFC bantamweight champion takes on undefeated featherweight contender Movsar Evloev in what many have labeled an under-the-radar fight…

LAS VEGAS – Ian Machado Garry is not in a sane state of mind, at least that's what his opponent Shavkat Rakhmonov thinks. Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a No. 1 contender fight at welterweight in the co-main event…

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is set for his first title defense, and it's against an undefeated opponent. At UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) will put his title on the line against Umar…

Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan will rematch with the biggest stakes possible when they clash for the lightweight title in the UFC 311 main event. After Makhachev spoiled Tsarukyan's short-notice promotional debut in April 2023 with a unanimous decision win…

LAS VEGAS – Kron Gracie enters his UFC 310 matchup against Bryce Mitchell with a renewed mindset. After taking more than a year away from competition following his unanimous decision loss to Charles Jourdain at UFC 288, where he was criticized for