Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Bo Nickal is taking a step up to fight ranked competition. At the promotion's UFC Fight Night event May 3 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, Nickal (7-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) will take on former ONE Championship champion Reinier de Ridder (19-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in…

Jeremy Stephens is back in the UFC. Yes, you read that correctly. The 34-promotional fight veteran has reunited with the UFC for a home city bout May 3 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa against another returning promotional alumnus, Mason Jones. The UFC…

LAS VEGAS – Ryan Spann knows more time will be required before his complete heavyweight transformation is complete, but he is excited to take the first step Saturday at UFC Fight Night 254. After spending the entirety of his promotional tenure at light…

LAS VEGAS – Former UFC title challenger Marvin Vettori returns to the octagon this Saturday after almost two years away from competition. The last time Vettori (19-7-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) was seen in the cage was back in June 2023 when he lost a unanimous decision to…

Andrei Arlovski has booked his first fight since exiting the UFC in July. The former UFC heavyweight champion will compete against Terrance Hodges, debuting under the Dirty Boxing banner at DBX 1 on March 22. The event takes place at The Hangar at Regatta Harbour…

LAS VEGAS – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos is eager to celebrate his 10th year as a UFC fights with a big win over Chidi Njokuani's in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 254 co-headliner. After making his promotional debut in May 2015, dos Santos (25-8-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC) has

Ranked light heavyweights will collide on May 17. At a UFC Fight Night event, Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov will square off in a three-round battle. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain ano

LAS VEGAS – Keep calm and fight on. That's Roman Dolidze's mindset as he enters his UFC Fight Night 254 (ESPN+) main event Saturday vs. Marvin Vettori at the UFC Apex. The key to victory, as Dolidze (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) sees it, is to not let emotio

Beneil Dariush gives Paddy Pimblett the ground advantage over Michael Chandler at UFC 314. Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on former UFC title challenger Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in a five-round lightweight co-main event April 12 at Kaseya Center in Miami (

Josh Thomson worries about the state of PFL, and there's one recent moment he experienced with PFL co-found Donn Davis that understates why. "Let me give you an example," Thomson told MMA Junkie Radio. "I worked the (Battle of the Giants) Riyadh show for them. Donn…

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 254 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex with a full card on

Jamahal Hill is excited about the stylistic matchup against Khalil Rountree. Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will look to rebound when he takes on Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in a UFC Fight Night main event April 26 from T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. Rountree's stock…

Jon Anik vouches for Justin Gaethje getting the next UFC lightweight title shot. Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) returned to the win column when he defeated Rafael Fiziev by unanimous decision in Saturday's UFC 303 co-main event. With UFC lightweight champion Islam Ma

The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) on Wednesday issued a statement in which it expressed being "concerned with the definition of a boxing match," specifically the difference between professional and exhibition fights. In a day and age…

Michael Chandler won't be seeking a fight with Patricio Freire now that they're in the same promotion again. Freire signed with the UFC and will debut on the same card as his former rival. Freire (36-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets former interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez…