Category: UFC / MMA

In recent weeks, UFC CEO Dana White has gone out of his way to recognize heavyweight champion Jon Jones as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the promotion. White became very critical of media members who dropped Jones a few spots on the P4P rankings due to inactivity…

The 100th Fight Night event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas goes down Saturday with UFC Fight Night 247, and the seminal card has generated a lot of retrospective from within the MMA community. UFC play-by-play commentator Brendan Fitzgerald has been the voice of the

UFC Fight Night 247 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results beginning at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 247 (ESPN+) takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Welterweights Neil Magny (29-12 MMA,…

Check out these photos from "Reug Reug" Oumar Kane's split decision heavyweight title-claiming victory over Anatoly Malykhin in the ONE 169 main event at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photos courtesy of ONE Championship.)

"Reug Reug" reigns supreme. In the ONE 169 main event Friday at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Oumar Kane took one of then-triple champion Anatoly Malykhin's titles away. Kane (7-1) defeated Malykhin (14-1) by split decision after five rounds…

Check out these photos from ONE 169, which took place at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, and featured three title fights across MMA, muay Thai and kickboxing. (Photos courtesy of ONE Championship.) (The gallery will be updated throughout the event.)

Former ONE Championship titleholder Adriano Moraes made a statement in his return to the win column. At ONE 169, which took place at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, former ONE Championship flyweight champion Moraes (21-5) returned to action for his…

Kade Ruotolo has the grappling skills, yes – but he also has power. At ONE 169 on Friday, Rutolo (2-0) needed only 64 seconds to club-and-sub opponent Ahmed Mujtaba (10-5) for a finish at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Ruotolo dropped…

UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko issued a retirement challenge in response to Manon Fiorot's recent call for a title fight. She also added a snarky dig. Friday, Fiorot (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) expressed her frustration with waiting for a title shot in

"Buchecha" is back. For the first time since 2023, Marcus Almeida stepped into the cage Friday at ONE 169. For the first time since 2022, he won. Almeida (5-1) handled opponent Amir Aliakbari (14-4) with relative ease as he secured a fight-ending rear-naked…

What at one point seemed like a possibility, now seems like a mismatch, at least according to Ilia Topuria's coach Jorge Climent. Just two years ago, there was plenty of talk of a potential fight between Topuria, who now holds the UFC featherweight title, and lightweight…

Charles Oliveira gave some insight on Islam Makhachev's projected title defense vs. Arman Tsarukyan. Lightweight champion Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) is expected to make his next title defense against Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) on Jan. 18 at UFC 311,…

Daniel Cormier explained what makes Jon Jones' wrestling so good. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) defends his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in the UFC 309 main event Nov. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Having fought both…

Ahead of his first heavyweight title defense at UFC 309, Jon Jones justifies Stipe Miocic as his worthy opponent because he believes legacy trumps activity. Former heavyweight champ Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) has not won a UFC fight since defeating Daniel Cormier

Just like Alex Pereira did, Max Holloway hopes he can turn things around after getting knocked out in the octagon. Former champion Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) suffered his first-career knockout loss when he was stopped by featherweight champ Ilia Topuria (16-0 MM