Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Chael Sonnen believes Stipe Miocic has a couple of advantages over UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) challenges Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) in the UFC 309 main event Nov. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Miocic, a former…

Michael Chandler promises fireworks at UFC 309. Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) runs things back with Charles Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) in the Nov. 16 co-main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Chandler's five UFC appearances have included four bonuses,…

Former WEC title challenger Hiromitsu Miura has died. He was 43. In a statement shared on social media, Miura's family announced Tuesday that he "passed away suddenly" on Oct. 26 after battling acute leukemia since mid-September. Miura doubled as both…

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Shavkat Rakhmonov is willing to save UFC 310, preferably by fighting for the interim welterweight title. Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) was scheduled to challenge champion Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the Dec. 7 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las…

The UFC continues its October schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 247, which goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

We want your predictions for Saturday's UFC Fight Night 247. 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…

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Brendson Ribeiro beat Caio Machado with a split decision Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Take a look inside the fight with Ribeiro, who snapped a two-fight skid and won by…

Two days later, Erin Blanchfield is wearing the biggest fight of her career. Despite the bumps and bruises and ballooning foot, Blanchfield (13-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) is overall content with her UFC Fight Night 246 unanimous decision victory over Rose Namajunas

Bad news: Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad is out of UFC 310, and that leaves the division in a bit of a quandary. Muhammad suffered a nasty toe infection that left him no cho

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Alexandr Romanov beat Rodrigo Nascimento with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 246 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Take a look inside the fight with Romanov, who got back in the…

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Daniel Cormier implores Magomed Ankalaev to mix things up against Alex Pereira. Ankalaev (19-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) appears to have finally cemented himself as No. 1 light heavyweight contender when he extended his unbeaten streak to 13 with…

Tyron Woodley is not ruling out Mike Tyson's chances against Jake Paul. Paul (10-1) takes on 58-year-old boxing legend Tyson (50-6-2) on Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Due to Tyson's age, many professionals and pundits have had an issue with his fight against Paul being s

Javier Mendez had high praise for Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. Like former undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, current UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev, and No. 1 UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov, Usman is…