Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

An important lightweight contender fight has been added to the first UFC pay-per-view event of 2025. Beneil Dariush and Renato Moicano will collide in a three-round bout Jan. 18 at UFC 311 from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., the promotion announced…

LAS VEGAS – With the help of the UFC, Mikey Musumeci wants grappling to become a cleaner sport. Musumeci spent years competing for ONE Championship, before signing an exclusive deal to compete under the UFC banner. His first match takes place Thursday in the UFC Fight…

Khamzat Chimaev and Arman Tsarukyan are unlikely foes in mixed martial arts given their gap in divisions. However, that's not so much the case in grappling. The two UFC contenders went head to head in a recent grappling match for Hype Fighting Championship. Although…

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will go for his fourth consecutive title defense against a familiar foe when he rematches Arman Tsarukyan in the UFC 311 main event. Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan preview Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA,…

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will kick off his title reign when he meets undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov in the UFC 311 main event, but could it last only one fight? Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov preview Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 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, 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…