Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Rico Verhoeven is amused at the idea of Conor McGregor or anyone else trying to use his sparring footage with interim UFC champion Tom Aspinall as analysis for a potential title unifier with Jon Jones. Verhoeven, the current GLORY Kickboxing heavyweight champion, is a…

Dan Hardy wants to see Francis Ngannou focus on MMA. Ngannou (18-3) claimed the inaugural superfight heavyweight title by knocking out Renan Ferreira (13-4) in the first round of the PFL: Battle of the Giants main event in October. "The Predator" is still seeking

UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja is excited to defend his title against Kai Asakura. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defends his 125-pound belt against former RIZIN bantamweight champ Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the UFC 310 headliner on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile…

Michael Chandler refutes claims that he struck Charles Oliveira with illegal blows at UFC 309. Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) managed to fend off Chandler's (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) late rally to win a unanimous decision in their rematch less than two weeks ago at Madi

Check out these photos from the 2024 PFL Championship ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs ahead of the event (ESPN+) at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Photos courtesy of PFL)

The 2024 PFL finals take place Friday in Saudi Arabia, and Thursday, the fighters had one last chance to size each other up with $1 million on the line. After the ceremonial weigh-ins, the fighters competing for this season's six $1 million final prizes came…

Joe Rogan was worried about Mike Tyson's health going up against Jake Paul. 58-year-old Tyson appeared to suffer little to no damage against Paul, but lost a unanimous decision in their Netflix boxing match headliner less than two weeks ago at AT&T Stadium. Aft

The 2024 PFL Championship $1 million matchups are set now that the fighters have made weight. The 2024 PFL Championship (ESPN+) event takes place Friday at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Brendan Loughnane (30-5), the 2022 season winner,…

Rafael Fiziev would love to run things back with Mateusz Gamrot. Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) hasn't competed since tearing his ACL in a second-round TKO loss to Gamrot in the UFC Fight Night 228 headliner in September 2023. The lightweight contender r

2024 PFL Championship ceremonial fighter weigh-ins take place Thursday, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMA Junkie at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Friday's event goes down from King

This year's PFL season will come to its conclusion on Friday with 2024 PFL Championship, which takes place at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and streams on ESPN+. As has become tradition for the o

In 2018, an unprecedented trade in MMA took place between the UFC and ONE Championship, but who won? Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson was traded for ex-ONE Championship title holder Ben Askren. Johnson went onto capture the ONE flyweight title, capp

Jon Jones may have sparked all sorts of valid debates about pound-for-pound rankings and legacy after beating Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, but one thing will always remain true: facts are facts. Jones, 37, returned to the octagon on Nov. 16 at Madison Square…

Robert Whittaker acknowledges that there wasn't much he could do to stop Khamzat Chimaev from taking him down. Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) ran through Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) for a first-round submission in their middleweight bout at UFC 308. The face-crank

Michael Chandler still thinks he's superior to Charles Oliveira, despite the results between them showing otherwise. After Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered a second-round TKO loss to Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) in a vacant lightweight title bout at UFC 262