Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

LAS VEGAS – Jacqueline Cavalcanti beat Julia Avila with a unanimous decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Cavalcanti, whose win sent Avila into…

LAS VEGAS – Rafael Estevam beat Jesus Aguilar with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Estevam, who stayed unbeaten and won at flyweight without a weight issue…

We want your predictions for Saturday's UFC Fight Night 252. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we'll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9…

Monday's episode of MMA Junkie Radio with "Gorgeous" George and "Goze" is here. On Episode 3,541, the guys welcomed in a pair o

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili has been giving people hell in combat sports for a very long time. Today, everyone knows Dvalisvhili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) as a non-stop force in the UFC's octagon, who outworks and borderline toys with elite fighters on the…

LAS VEGAS – Julia Avila knew going into her fight against Jacqueline Cavalcanti at UFC Fight Night 251 this past Saturday it was going to be her final fight. But that didn't make things any less emotional in the aftermath. Cavalcanti (9-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) beat…

Have we seen the last of Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick in former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland's corner? Sure seems like it. After Strickland's lackluster performance in his UFC 312 title-fight loss to Dricus Du Plessis, Nicksick didn't hold b

LAS VEGAS – Andre Petroski beat Rodolfo Vieira with a unanimous decision Saturday to open up the main card at UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Petroski, who made a big callout of Bo Nickal in the…

UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad insists he'd rather not fight Islam Makhachev. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) values his relationship with lightweight champion Makhachev too much after training with him and team Khabib Nurmagomedov numerous times. Nurmagomedov…

LAS VEGAS – Elijah Smith beat Vince Morales with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Smith, the son of former UFC fighter Gilbert Smith, who won…

Daniel Cormier isn't confident in the idea of Francis Ngannou taking on another former champion in boxing. Ngannou's boxing debut surprised many when he lost a controversial decision to Tyson Fury in October 2023. His performance had many predicting that he would b

LAS VEGAS – Jose Delgado beat Connor Matthews with a first-round knockout Saturday to close out the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Delgado, who picked up a vicious finish in his UFC debut,…

Former UFC women's bantamweight champ Miesha Tate has her next fight lined up. Tate (20-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) will face Yana Santos at a UFC Fight Night event on May 3. The event is expected to take place in Des Moines, Iowa, although the location and venue has not yet b

Chael Sonnen doesn't see Alex Pereira sticking around at light heavyweight after UFC 313. Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) defends his light heavyweight title against Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) in the March 8 headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (

Check out these photos of Miesha Tate through the years.