Category: UFC / MMA

The UFC is back in New York for UFC 309, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes. UFC 309 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New Yo

Tom Aspinall is in New York this week for the UFC 309 title fight. He has plenty of reasons to be there. Officially, the UFC tapped the interim champion as a backup fighter for the heavyweight title bout between champion Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC), who hasn't f

NEW YORK – The UFC 309 fight card now is set following Friday’s official weigh-ins session, where all 28 fighters successfully hit their marks on the scale. Saturday’s event at Madison Square Garden (ESPN+ pay-per

Sean Strickland does not approve of Jake Paul's boxing match with Mike Tyson. Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) takes on 58-year-old boxing legend Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) in a Netflix special event Friday at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Former UFC middle

NEW YORK – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday's official UFC 309 fighter weigh-ins, where all but one fighter hit their marks on the scale. In the main event, heavyweight champion Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) takes on former champ Stipe Mio

NEW YORK – Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic completed the final hurdle to lock in their UFC 309 heavyweight title headliner at Friday's official weigh-ins. Reigning champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) and former titleholder Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) will finally…

Check out the photos from the UFC 309 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in New York (Images by Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie)

NEW YORK – Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler made their high-stakes lightweight rematch official at Friday's UFC 309 official weigh-ins. Former champion Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) will attempt to rebound from a UFC 300 loss to Arman Tsarukyan when…

Curtis Millender would love to still call the UFC his home. Millender kicked off his UFC tenure in February 2018 with a Performance of the Night knockout of Thiago Alves. He followed that up with two more wins, before dropping back-to-back to Elizeu Zaleski dos…

Kamaru Usman admits UFC 310 may be too soon for him to compete. Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) was scheduled to challenge welterweight champion Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the Dec. 7 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but Muhammad was…

ARLINGTON, Texas – MMA Junkie is on the scene and reporting live from Friday's Netflix boxing event headlined by Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. In one of the unlikeliest of matchups, Tyson, a 58-year-old legend of the ring, will return to…

Like it or not, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is happening, folks. After one cancellation and several months of buildup, Paul and Tyson will step into the ring Friday night at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as they headline the first boxing ev

NEW YORK – UFC 309 ceremonial fighter weigh-ins take place Friday, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMA Junkie at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at The Theater at MSG. The attached Madison Square Garden hosts Sa

The unlikeliest of boxing matchups is here as Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will throw down in the ring. This heavyweight bout is taking place Friday, November 15 at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Who could've seen this coming? Tyson, a 58-year-old legend…

Ever since Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson was announced the first time early this year, there have been plenty of questions surrounding this fight on Friday at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium that also serves as streaming giant Netflix's first foray into combat sports. Chief among