It's not every day there's an MMA draft, but Friday there was The 2025 GFL Draft took place virtually with a live stream on MMA Junkie. Six teams, each representing a major city, drafted from a pool of approximately 500 fighters, including big-name free…
BKFC will kick off its 2025 schedule in stellar fashion with its fifth annual KnuckleMania event. BKFC: KnuckleMania 5 takes place Saturday in Philadelphia inside Wells Fargo Center, and the promotion claims it will set a gate and attendance record for combat…
Dricus Du Plessis is solely focused on defending his title against Sean Strickland at UFC 312, so he "did make much" of Islam Makhachev's comments about a potential move to middleweight. Following this past weekend's lightweight title defense against Renato Moicano
Jiri Prochazka, sometimes, it's best to just leave things up to the collective imagination of the audience. Under most circumstances, we'd use TBC to be snarky and spunky. It's the one space we give ourselves the leeway to feed ya a load, so to speak – the…
After nearly 14 years in the UFC, Tony Ferguson is moving on. The former interim UFC lightweight champion and winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series Ferguson (25-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC) has parted ways with the UFC following a lengthy tenure, and has already found…
An all-violence lightweight matchup will co-headline UFC 313. Justin Gaethje vs. Dan Hooker preview After knocking out Dustin Poirier with a head kick to claim the BMF title at UFC 291, Justin Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) lost his belt to Max Holloway by knockout…
Marvin Vettori will return after nearly two years away from the octagon to give Roman Dolidze a shot at redemption. Former UFC title challenger Vettori (19-7-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) will rematch Dolidze (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 254 main event March 15 a
Two of the most violent fighters in the light heavyweight division will clash at UFC 314 when Nikita Krylov meets Dominick Reyes. Krylov (29-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Reyes (14-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) have agreed to meet on the April 12 card, which is expected to take place…
Reinier de Ridder sees options. They're all tough, but they all interest him. Fresh off his UFC 311 win over Kevin Holland last Saturday, de Ridder (19-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) feels good and healthy. Mentally, he's ready for the next challenge, which will, regardless of op
T.J. Dillashaw guarantees Kevin Holland will never touch UFC gold. Dillashaw was critical of the lack of urgency Holland (26-13 MMA, 13-10 UFC) showed in his first-round submission loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC 311 this past Saturday. Holland, who was crowned
Jack Della Maddalena was angling for Carlos Prates before he was offered Leon Edwards. Della Maddalena hasn't competed since rallying to knock out Gilbert Burns at UFC 299 last March. Due to complications from his arm surgery, the Aussie missed out on his hometown
Nassourdine Imavov hopes to leapfrog Khamzat Chimaev as No. 1 contender after UFC Fight Night 250. Imavov (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) in the Feb. 1 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi…
The weigh-ins are in the books in Dubai, and the fights are official for the PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series. In the main event, Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov puts that former promotion's title on the line under the PFL banner against challenger…