Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

LAS VEGAS – Alexandre Pantoja remembers hearing the name Kai Askaura for the first time. It was 2019, and Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) suddenly was interested to learn more. Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) had just knocked out Kyoji Horiguchi, a teammate Pantoja…

LAS VEGAS – Kai Asakura feels the UFC flyweight division is in need of a change, and he promises to be just that. The former RIZIN FF bantamweight champion debuts in the octagon this Saturday in the main event of UFC 310 (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu,

LAS VEGAS – Movsar Evloev appreciates his fans but thinks the criticism of his UFC 310 card placement is a bit silly. Saturday, Evloev (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) takes on Aljamain Sterling (24-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena, in a bout many thought could solidify a…

Kai Kara-France likes his chances against either UFC 310 headliner. Flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defends his title against former RIZIN champion Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in Saturday's main event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) at…

Islam Makhachev doesn't see much to gain from fighting fellow UFC champion Ilia Topuria. Featherweight champ Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and his head coach expressed interest in moving up a weight class to challenge lightweight champ Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC)

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, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) takes pl

Vicente Luque has some training insight into Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry. Luque has trained with both Rakhmonov and Machado Garry at Kill Cliff FC. Machado Garry has since left the Florida-based gym and recently spent time training at Chute Boxe Diego Lima in…

Less than two weeks out from its original date at UFC on ESPN 63, the rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas has been rescheduled. Although it will no longer take place in front of a crowd, the strawweight contenders will instead get two more rounds and a

One of the most exciting rising featherweights is set to return in February. Jean Silva (14-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) takes on Melsik Baghdasaryan (8-2 MMA) 3-1 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night event Feb. 22 from a location and venue that has yet to be announced. Silva confirmed the…

Ian Machado Garry will have a fan favorite assisting him at UFC 310. Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) takes on former Kill Cliff FC teammate Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in Saturday's co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Veg

According to Shavkat Rakhmonov, he's already gotten the best of Ian Machado Garry. Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on former teammate Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout on Saturday in the UFC 310 co-main event (pay-per-view,…

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones' coach Brandon Gibson is confident his fighter would take care of business inside the octagon against interim champ Tom Aspinall. Gibson has been alongside Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) for the entirety of Jones' run atop two divisions in…

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If he's not granted a title shot next, Petr Yan would like to avenge one of his most notable losses. Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) picked up his second-straight win when he earned a unanimous decision over former flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo in the UFC Fight Nigh

LAS VEGAS – The UFC 310, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena with a main card that airs on