Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

The African bond between former UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Francis Ngannou remains strong. Despite not being under the same banner anymore, Ngannou, ex-UFC heavyweight champion, showed up to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to support his friend Adesanya ahead of his main…

Sean Strickland sends Dricus Du Plessis a warning ahead of UFC 312. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) runs things back with middleweight champion Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the Feb. 8 main event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (ESPN+

Israel Adesanya finds himself in a tricky spot. The former UFC middleweight champion is coming off back-to-back defeats for the first time in his MMA career. Saturday at UFC Fight Night 250, Adesanya takes on top contender Nassourdine Imavov in the main event of t

Being on a losing skid has Sergei Pavlovich sensing a sway in support heading into UFC Fight Night 250. Once a destructive force at heavyweight with six straight first-round knockout wins, Pavlovich (18-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) now finds himself on the first losing streak of…

Sergei Pavlovich is considered one of the biggest hitters in a heavyweight division full of them, but Jairzinho Rozenstruik has an advantage going into Saturday's UFC Fight Night 250 showdown. Rozenstruik (15-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) meets Pavlovich (17-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) at R

Kevin Holland will look to rebound when he drops back down to welterweight. Holland takes on Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 255 on March 22 from The O2 in London (ESPN+). A person with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of

James Gallagher is the latest Bellator fighter to request his PFL release. Gallagher (12-3 MMA, 9-3 BMMA) has parted ways with PFL, the 28-year-old Irishman revealed Wednesday morning in an Instagram post. He joins the likes of Patric

The UFC's Instagram account has been hacked. Wednesday evening, the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion's Instagram account displayed a bizzare cryptocurrency post, suggesting the UFC was launching a new coin. A promotion official quickly confirmed to MMA Junkie that the post is…

The UFC's official rankings are sometimes unfairly criticized. But what transpired following UFC 311 earlier this month, is objectively bizarre and head-scratching. Somehow, rising contender Ailin Perez ended up ranked below Karol Rosa

Sean Strickland will have multiple big-fight options on the table if he regains the middleweight title from Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, but there's one he wants above all. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) will rematch Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the main eve

Shara Magomedov has one of the biggest superstars on the planet on his side for his UFC return this Saturday. The rising middleweight contender met with Cristiano Ronaldo, ex-Real Madrid star and current AlNassr FC player, ahead of his co-main event clash with Michael Page…

Be careful who you troll in online gaming because you might just end up getting choked out by a UFC fighter. Brian Ortega, a multiple-time UFC title challenger, flew all the way from California to North Carolina to put a fan in his place for talking smack online during…

With a featherweight title rematch heavily rumored for later in 2025, Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski will indirectly face off Feb. 8 at UFC 312. One fighter's loss is another's gain. After Cody Haddon suffered a bro

Monday's episode of MMA Junkie Radio with "Gorgeous" George and "Goze" is here. On Episode 3,535, the guys welcomed in guest UFC vete

Are we sure Jake Paul still has a vested interest in the PFL? You might be hard-pressed to believe so after he shared some unflattering thoughts about mixed martial arts as a sport compared to boxing. In an interview with All the Smoke Fi