Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Islam Makhachev gave Arman Tsarukyan some words of encouragement after their first UFC fight. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) welcomed Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) to the UFC in April 2019, defeating the then-22-year-old by unanimous decision. It was a short-notice fight…

Youssef Zalal has a three-pronged philosophy about how to stay grounded. A fourth unofficial philosophy might be to make sure his impression game is strong. It not only could be a hit at parties, but who knows what it could lead to? It turns out Zalal's impression of…

With three losses in his past four fights, and three setbacks in title fights, it's likely Colby Covington's welterweight championship quest has come to the end of the line. And even though Covington, who will turn 37 next month, has talked about a move to 155…

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

The UFC is back in its Las Vegas home base to kick off the calendar year with a pair of strawweight contenders at the top of the bill. Here's how to watch UFC Fight Night 249 with 115-pounders in the headlining spot, plus a potential welterweight slobberknocker in…

PFL chairman and founder Donn Davis announced Monday that elbows will be legal in all fights, a major change for the promotion heading into 2025. Since its inception in 2018, the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were…

Check out this week's "Spinning Back Clique," MMA Junkie's weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week's panel of Brian "Goze" Garcia, Nolan King and Danny

It's MMA, so anything can happen, Ali Abdelaziz acknowledged. But absent some fluke, he says the next UFC light heavyweight title fight is all but locked up. It's been the consensus, anyway, that 205-pound champ Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will take on Abdelaziz…

Youssef Zalal has seen his career do a pretty major 180-degree turnaround the past few years. The 36-year-old Moroccan featherweight won his first three fights in the UFC by decision, but then had three straight decisions losses and a draw and found himself on the outs…

Despite fighting some of the world's best under the UFC banner for well over a decade, Jeremy Stephens feels he hasn't exactly gotten the respect he deserves from the combat sports world. Stephens, a former UFC featherweight veteran, believes he has the perfect opportunity…

The good news is, ex-rivals Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold are on decent terms now. Maybe they aren't sharing a table at Friendsgiving, but they're probably not putting sugar in the other guy's gas tank, either. So when they got together on fellow former UFC…

Merab Dvalishvili has been very vocal about his thoughts on the merit of Umar Nurmagomedov's title shot. The UFC bantamweight champion doesn't see Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) deserving of the title opportunity, which is set to play out in the co-main event of UFC

Matheus Camilo entered in adversity, but exited in a dream. As Camilo (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) boarded a plane back home to Las Vegas from South Korea, he did so with a new job title: UFC fighter. His performance on "Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight" was enough to get a…

Damon Jackson may be retired – kinda/sorta. Or, maybe like in "Friends," he's just on a break. Let's go with that. Jackson recently told MMA Junkie Radio the word of his retirement from the UFC may have been a little premature. He's on a planned hiatus away from things,…

(This story was updated to add new information.) The new GFL will hold its inaugural draft Friday, and hundreds of fighters will be on the list of eligible fighters. The GFL will be a team-based promotion that kicks off in April. Teams will be made up of both female and