Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

The Fighting Nerds became the cool kids in 2024. No MMA team turned heads more than the Nerds over the past 12 months as they exploded into the UFC rankings with impactful wins spread across their professional team. Led by coaches Pablo Sucupira, Flavio Alvaro…

After it was reported Thursday that a potential plan was in place if Julianna Peña can't fight soon, a new hat has been thrown into the proverbial ring. Manager Ali Abdelaziz told MMA Junkie that an interim women's bantamweight title may be on the table soon if Peña (11-5 MMA,

It's been more than a dozen years since UFC legend Georges St-Pierre and Carlos Condit turned in an all-timer. Now you can relive the classic fight from UFC 154 in St-Pierre's home city of Montreal – all 25 minutes of the Fight of the Night winner at Bell…

The debate for 2024 Fighter of the Year was among the most fierce in recent history, with UFC champions Alex Pereira and Ilia Topuria both turning in incredible stretches of results that will be defining points of their respective careers. Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1…

The UFC schedule for 2025 continues to fill out after the calendar turned to a new year, with UFC 313 in par

John McCarthy thinks that one judge having a drastically different scorecard for an MMA fight compared to his colleagues isn't always a bad thing. The original UFC referee and MMA pioneer sees the scenario often, in which two judges agree on one scorecard, but the third…

Daniel Cormier was not swayed by big-star names when making his pick for Fight of the Year. Like many, Dominick Cruz went with Max Holloway vs. Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, which saw Holloway score an iconic last-second knockout. Chael Sonnen picked middleweight cham

With another action-packed year of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie takes a look at the best submissions from January to December. Here are the top five and winner of MMA J

Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't think very highly of the overall quality of Irish fighters in MMA. Ahead of his cousin Usman Nurmagomedov's (18-0) lightweight title defense against Paul Hughes (13-1) at Bellator Champions Series: Road to Dubai on Jan. 25, UFC Hall of F

An interim women's bantamweight title could come into play in the first half of 2025 if Julianna Peña is not ready to defend. After Peña (11-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) reclaimed the 135-pound belt with a split decision win over Raquel Pennington (16-9 MMA, 13-6 UFC) at UFC

Arman Tsarukyan has worked his way back to a rematch with Islam Makhachev, and this time it's for the UFC lightweight title. Javier Mendez is not surprised one bit. Mendez, leading coach at American Kickboxing Academy and Eagles MMA, had a feeling his student Makhachev…

Ahead of his first UFC title shot, Umar Nurmagomedov has named his toughest test at 135 pounds. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-headliner from…

Michael Bisping and Paul Felder would like to see Donald Cerrone rematch a former UFC foe in his return. Cerrone (36-17 MMA, 23-14 UFC), 41, announced that he has re-entered the drug testing pool and plans to come back from retirement for two more UFC fights. His a

Oumar Kane wasn't given the credit or respect many other standouts or champions get when they transition from their respective combat sport to MMA. Fair or not, it didn't matter in the end. 'Reug Reug' was one of the best in his own field prior to taking up MMA in…

Eddie Alvarez doesn't think Michael Chandler has lived up to his potential in the UFC. Chandler has gone 2-4 since debuting in the UFC in early 2021, but has delivered some of the most memorable battles. Having gone to war with Chandler twice during their title…