Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

It would be hard to draw up a more significant start to the year than what Usman Nurmagomedov and his teammates have lined up to begin 2025. The Dagestan takeover in MMA could reach its peak this month with Nurmagomedov (18-0) set to put his Bellator lightweight title…

Michael Bisping believes moving to middleweight would be a bad idea for Colby Covington. After suffering his second-straight loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN 63, Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) recently revealed that he's intrigued by the idea of mo

Daniel Cormier thinks UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones making $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall would be a stretch. UFC commentator and popular podcaster Joe Rogan said he heard that Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) is asking for $30 million to take on interim…

Reinier de Ridder is eager to build upon his UFC debut performance by taking out Kevin Holland. On the fist numbered event of the year, de Ridder (18-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) meets Holland (26-12 MMA, 13-9 MMA) in a middleweight bout on the main card of UFC 311 at Intuit Do

The UFC opens it 2025 schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 249, which goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 249 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex with a full card on ESPN+.

Two veteran bantamweights will throw down at the UFC Apex. At UFC Fight Night 254 on March 15, Da'Mon Blackshear and Cody Gibson will aim to build off recent wins when they fight each other in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed…

Coach Tim Welch doubts Umar Nurmagomedov would fight UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili severely injured. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-headliner at Intuit Dome from Inglewood,…

Movsar Evloev is trying to stay patient in his pursuit of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) remained unbeaten when he edged out former champ Aljamain Sterling this past December at UFC 310. But with Topuria recently hint

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was recently involved in an altercation with Nate Diaz, but assures he did not instigate the incident. He doesn't even know what set Diaz off. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Diaz were under the same roof at MGM Grand Garden Arena…

After a one-month hiatus, the UFC opens its 2025 event schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 249, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and str

2024 is over, and with it, some great moments in MMA that should not be forgotten. Last week, on the final episode of 2024 of "Spinning Back Clique," we reviewed our MMA Junkie awards for Male and Female Fighter of the Year. Although those are considered by many…

Chris Curtis considers himself to be a fighter's fighter who will test his talents against any UFC opponent. However, there has been an exception. Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC), who returns from an injury layoff on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 249 for a middleweight b

Many see Tom Aspinall as the guy to beat Jon Jones in MMA. However, a man who knows a thing or two about being "The Baddest Man on the Planet" thinks otherwise. Cain Velasquez, former UFC heavyweight champion, doesn't see Jones losing to Aspinall should they meet in a…

Amanda Ribas took a self-imposed break from competition following her loss to Rose Namajunas and feels rejuvenated going into 2025. In what has been a rarity for her UFC tenure, Ribas fought just once in a calendar year during 2024. She was supposed to rematch…