Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Did you miss the debut of UFC 310 "Countdown" or just want to watch it again? Check out the main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the flyweight main event title fight between champ Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and debuting challenger

Ciryl Gane admits he wasn't himself when he fought Jon Jones last March for the vacant UFC heavyweight title. The only time Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) has been finished in his pro career was against Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC). Gane tapped from a guillotine choke just

There's more PFL on the way. According to company CEO Peter Murray, the promotion plans to increase the number of events from 2024 to 2025 and then again from 2025 to 2026. "We have a regular cadence for every property," Murray told talkS

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will see each other in the ring soon – but then again, they see each other everywhere. That's at least the way things were portrayed in an insane new trailer released Sunday by Turki Alalshikh. The heavyweight boxers rematch Dec.…

Austin Bashi isn't getting a layup for his UFC debut. One of the most highly-touted prospects from the most recent season of Dana White's Contender Series, the 23-year-old Bashi (13-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will face Anthony Pettis protege Christian Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in…

Jon Jones, Mike Perry and Yoel Romero walk into a bar... OK, so they didn't walk into a bar, but while you're imagining the wild scenarios that hypothetical situation would produce, those three unique personalities popularized in MMA were all present for the inaugural Dirty…

"Arms aren't supposed to bend that way." It's a phrase uttered by MMA onlookers at least a handful of instances per year – and it's never good. In a bout Nov. 24 between amateur atomweights Galina Maltseva and Ekaterina Demina, the MMA gods claimed another limb at

The Bonfim brothers will once again compete on the same UFC card. At a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Feb. 15 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Gabriel Bonfim and Ismael Bonfim will look to repeat the success they found at UFC 283 in January 2023. G

Alexandre Pantoja is cementing himself as one of the best champions in UFC flyweight history. The Brazilian veteran has defended his 125-pound belt twice, defeating Brandon Royval and, most recently, Steve Erceg. Back in May, Pantoja went to war with Erceg in a very…

What happens when a world heavyweight MMA champion takes on a world-class goalkeeper in a fight? It's a question that doesn't really need an answer, and luckily, Francis Ngannou was just play fighting with Manchester United's André Onana. Ngannou linked up with…

Dakota Ditcheva is unsure what lies ahead after winning the PFL women's flyweight championship. At 2024 PFL Championship, Ditcheva (14-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) picked former UFC title challenger Taila Santos apart to win the title and a $1 million prize. On paper,…

UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja contemplated a move to bantamweight, but since Sean O'Malley is no longer the champion, he wants to continue his reign at 125 pounds. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and former bantamweight champ O'Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC)…

Payton Talbott has a name and date for his return to the octagon. The undefeated UFC bantamweight prospect takes on veteran Raoni Barcelos at UFC 311 – the promotion's first pay-per-view of 2025, which is set to go down on Jan. 18 at Intuit…

A two-time winner of the PFL welterweight season, Magomed Magomedkerimov, is reportedly eyeing a move to the UFC. Magomedkerimov (34-6) has spent nearly half his professional fighting career under the PFL banner. He's found plenty of success by winning the PFL's…

Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones may never actually cross paths inside the cage, but that hasn't "The Predator" from hyping up the fantasy match. PFL heavyweight superfights champ Ngannou (18-3) was once in a position to be able to face Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) when they…