Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria is confident he would knock out lightweight champion Islam Makhachev because he believes a higher power has already determined it. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) is coming off an incredible 2024 campaign. He knocked out two greats…

The second time was not the charm as Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira is off UFC Fight Night 252 on Feb. 22 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, the promotion announced Thursday. The cancellation marks the second time the bout has been scrapped, though

Paul Hughes doesn't expect to reconcile with Conor McGregor anytime soon. Like many Irish fighters, Hughes looked up to the former UFC two-division champion. Up until his title fight against Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov at PFL Champions Series: Road to…

LAS VEGAS – Gregory Rodrigues expects the new wave of talent to pose problems for UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained his middleweight title by defeating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) in this past Saturday'

It hasn't happened often over the course of his lengthy UFC career, but Edson Barboza has been forced out of his next fight with an injury. Barboza is out of his featherweight fight against Steve Garcia next week at UFC Fight Night 252, which is set for Feb.…

Jasmine Jasudavicius would love to think about a UFC title shot, but in lieu of that knows she has some wide-ranging options on the table. Jasudavicius has four straight wins, including three straight at flyweight since she returned there after a one-off…

Colby Covington plans on diving into the entertainment business in the near future. The former three-time UFC welterweight title challenger is already thinking of life after fighting, and hopes he can crossover to professional wrestling and compete for the WWE. "I would…

LAS VEGAS – Jared Cannonier doesn't feel like he's the UFC's middleweight gatekeeper but understands why it may appear as such. In 2022, Cannonier (17-8 MMA, 10-8 UFC) came up short in a title shot against then-champion Israel Adesanya. He has since gone 2-2,…

Oleksandr Usyk is interested in fighting one of the UFC's biggest stars. Usyk retained his WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles when he defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision this past December in Saudi Arabia. The 37-year-old plans on competing two more times b

Sean Strickland knows it will be declared as excuses, but he just wants to explain what happened prior to UFC 312. The first signs Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) might not be in peak condition for this past Saturday's middleweight title rematch with Dricus Du Ples

LAS VEGAS – Calvin Kattar may be in the midst of the worst stretch of his professional MMA career, but it makes no difference to him. Kattar (23-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) returns to action in the featherweight co-feature of UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las…

LAS VEGAS – Youssef Zalal appreciates where he's at. Just like many others, he's baffled by what he's been able to accomplish in the past 12 months. One year ago, Zalal (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) wasn't on the UFC roster. Saturday, he co-headlines UFC Fight Night 251

LAS VEGAS – While many people in the MMA community trip over each other to get a negative word in about Sean Strickland following his title-fight loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, two prominent voices in the space are going the other way. During their…

LAS VEGAS – Aside from a few exceptions (Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler comes to mind), it's long been tradition that opposing coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter" fight each other at the end of their season. With retired UFC Hall of Famers Daniel Cormier and…

Sean Strickland was irked by coach Eric Nicksick's public criticism of his performance in this past Saturday's UFC 312 title-fight rematch with Dricus Du Plessis. Nicksick, the head coach at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, has been the chief cornerman to Strickland…