Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

The UFC returns to Southern California on Saturday with a pair of titles on the line. At UFC 311, the protege of one of the best to ever do it will continue his own quest to be an all-time great. And the cousin of that same GOAT candidate will try to win a title of his own…

LOS ANGELES – The UFC 311 fight card now is locked in following Friday's official weigh-ins session, where all 28 fighters successfully hit their marks on the scale. Saturday's event at Intuit Dome (ESPN+ pay-per-view

Check out these photos from the UFC 311 ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs ahead of Saturday pay-per-view event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Photos by Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie)

Karate Combat stacked up the deck for its Miami return. The promotion announced several big names for its Karate Combat 52 event, which is set to go down on Jan. 24. Some of the notables include UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira's sister, Aline…

If all goes to plan, UFC 311 will be a big moment for Ailin Perez's fighting career. The rising UFC women's bantamweight contender faces veteran Karol Rosa in the preliminary card of Saturday's UFC pay-per-view event. It's an opportunity for Perez (11-2 MMA, 4-1 UF

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – UFC 311 ceremonial weigh-ins are complete, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday's event. Friday's ceremonial weigh-ins took place at Intuit Dome, which hosts the promotion's first numbered event of 2025. The…

Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith still has some fight left in him. Smith (38-21 MMA, 13-11 UFC) contemplated retirement after a TKO loss to Dominick Reyes last month at UFC 310. It was an emotional fight for Smith, who had recently lost his longtime friend

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov won't have to wait much longer to put hands on each other after the conclusion of Friday's UFC 311 ceremonial weigh-ins. UFC CEO Dana White kept a close watch as Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Renato Moicano was scheduled to compete at UFC 311, but wasn't a headliner fighting for the lightweight title against Islam Makhachev until a drastic shift after the official morning weigh-ins. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and M

UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov knows a thing or two about last-minute opponent changes. Nurmagomedov, one of the best former lightweight champions in the sport, has become an incredible coach. At UFC 311, he will be in the corner of Islam Makhachev, who will

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev share a common UFC opponent. UFC lightweight champion Makhachev's most recent title defense came in a fifth-round submission of Dustin Poirier at UFC 302. Nurmagomedov also holds a victory over Poirier, whom he sub

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will go for his fourth consecutive title defense against a new opponent on hours' notice when he meets Renato Moicano in the UFC 311 main event. Islam Makhachev vs. Renato Moicano preview Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Moica

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom goes in-depth to break down the biggest fights in the UFC. Today, he takes a closer look at the UFC 311 impromptu main event between Islam Makhachev and Renato Moicano. Islam Makhachev preview

Holly Holm may have opted to leave the UFC, but she's not done fighting. The former UFC women's bantamweight champion and boxing Hall of Famer requested her UFC release, and got her wish. Holm was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017…

Renato Moicano couldn't be any happier right about now. The UFC lightweight veteran weighed in Friday morning for a UFC 311 main card bout against Beneil Dariush, but he ended up getting upgraded to the main event to challenge Islam Makhachev for his undisputed bel