Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby's Shoes: What's next for Renato Moicano, Umar Nurmagomedov after UFC 311 title losses?) After a 2024 that featured many UFC title challenges, the first champions to put their belt up for grabs this year were successful in defending t

The first numbered UFC event of 2025 proved to be a memorable one with UFC 311 on Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., delivering the goods.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jailton Almeida knows what he wants, and he knows how to ask for it. The problem has been, he just hasn't gotten the right answer on that request yet. Still, after a bonus-winning knockout at UFC 311 on Saturday, the Brazilian decided he…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Merab Dvalishvili thinks he's running out of opponents at 135 pounds. After completing his first title defense, the UFC bantamweight champion had a tough time seeing a clear next challenger for him. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2…

Charles Oliveira is eager to run it back with Islam Makhachev after seeing what unfolded in the UFC 311 main event. Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) easily dispatched of replacement opponent Renato Moicano by first-round submission on Saturday at Intui

What mattered most at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.? Here are a few post-fight musings …

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Plenty of fighters like to say they will fight anyone, anytime, anywhere. UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev actually did it. Under less-than-ideal circumstances, Makhachev retained his title after submitting Renato Moicano in the f

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Arman Tsarukyan won't be fighting for the UFC lightweight title anytime soon. Tsarukyan hast lost his opportunity to rematch champion Islam Makhachev following his late-notice withdrawal from the main event of UFC 311 at Intuit

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Move over, Jon Jones: There's a new UFC pound-for-pound No. 1 in Dana White's book. While lightweight champion Islam Makhachev officially has been ranked as the promotion's pound-for-pound best for quite some time, White has spent the past…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 311 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $306,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code…

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card, including one to a former champion looking for another crack at the belt. After UFC 311, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances in Los Angeles. Check out the winners below. Performance…

Islam Makhachev's reign of terror over lightweight continue Saturday when he retained gold over replacement opponent Renato Moicano at UFC 311. After Arman Tsarukyan fell out of the main event rematch with injury on one days' notice, Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Is Islam Makhachev the greatest lightweight fighter in UFC history? After UFC 311, he's got one record working in his favor. Makhachev needed a quick wakeup call, but once it happened, it didn't take long for him to dispose of Renato Moicano…

Merab Dvalishvili ended the undefeated run of Umar Nurmagomedov for his first bantamweight title defense on Saturday at UFC 311. Entering as the betting underdog, Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) pulled off the METHOD upset over Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) to

Merab Dvalishvili is inevitable. Despite Umar Nurmagomedov's best efforts in his first crack at UFC gold, Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) proved his championship metal by getting better as the fight reached deep waters. The UFC bantamweight championship remained around…