Category: UFC / MMA

Ranked light heavyweights will collide on May 17. At a UFC Fight Night event, Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov will square off in a three-round battle. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain ano

LAS VEGAS – Keep calm and fight on. That's Roman Dolidze's mindset as he enters his UFC Fight Night 254 (ESPN+) main event Saturday vs. Marvin Vettori at the UFC Apex. The key to victory, as Dolidze (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) sees it, is to not let emotio

Beneil Dariush gives Paddy Pimblett the ground advantage over Michael Chandler at UFC 314. Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on former UFC title challenger Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in a five-round lightweight co-main event April 12 at Kaseya Center in Miami (

Josh Thomson worries about the state of PFL, and there's one recent moment he experienced with PFL co-found Donn Davis that understates why. "Let me give you an example," Thomson told MMA Junkie Radio. "I worked the (Battle of the Giants) Riyadh show for them. Donn…

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 254 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex with a full card on

Jamahal Hill is excited about the stylistic matchup against Khalil Rountree. Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will look to rebound when he takes on Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in a UFC Fight Night main event April 26 from T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. Rountree's stock…

Jon Anik vouches for Justin Gaethje getting the next UFC lightweight title shot. Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) returned to the win column when he defeated Rafael Fiziev by unanimous decision in Saturday's UFC 303 co-main event. With UFC lightweight champion Islam Ma

The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) on Wednesday issued a statement in which it expressed being "concerned with the definition of a boxing match," specifically the difference between professional and exhibition fights. In a day and age…

Michael Chandler won't be seeking a fight with Patricio Freire now that they're in the same promotion again. Freire signed with the UFC and will debut on the same card as his former rival. Freire (36-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets former interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez…

Demetrious Johnson can't consider UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones undefeated. Outside of a 2009 disqualification loss to Matt Hamill for using then-illegal 12-6 elbows, Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) has never lost in MMA. He dominated generations of light heavyweig

Dana White is finally stepping into the boxing world. After years of teasing a move into boxing promoting, the UFC CEO announced last week that TKO Group, the UFC's parent company, will start a boxing promotion in partnership with Turki Alalshikh

Justin Gaethje is back in the win column and on the hunt for another crack at the UFC lightweight title. Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) defeated Rafael Fiziev (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) this past Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 313 in Las Vegas, putting b

PFL standout Paul Hughes will return to home soil for his next fight. Hughes (13-2) takes on Bruno Miranda (17-5) in the PFL Belfast main event May 10 at SSE Arena, promotion officials announced Wednesday morning.

Aljamain Sterling thinks Alex Pereira's active UFC schedule took a toll on him. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in Saturday's UFC 313 headliner at T-Mobile Arena in L

There's no question who sits atop the light heavyweight rankings after UFC 313. Magomed Ankalaev elevated himself to No. 1 at light heavyweight and No. 7 pound-for-pound in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings through his unanimous decision win o