Category: UFC / MMA

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bernardo Sopaj beat Ricky Turcios with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Sopaj, who was supposed to fight Turcios this past November…

Tom Aspinall is surprised to see Dana White now call Islam Makhachev pound-for-pound No. 1 after UFC 311. Lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) accepted a 24 hour opponent change, switching from Arman Tsarukyan to Renato Moicano in Saturday's…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Muin Gafurov beat Rinya Nakamura with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Gafurov, a former LFA bantamweight champion who has…

Merab Dvalishvili was dealing with quite a bit of adversity leading into UFC 311. Bantamweight champion Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) rallied to defeat Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) by unanimous decision this past Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Ca

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bogdan Guskov beat Billy Elekana with a second-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Guskov, who got Elekana as a late replacement when Johnny…

Tim Welch is still confident Sean O'Malley can beat UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) dethroned O'Malley to become champion at UFC 306, and successfully defended his title in a unanimous decision win over Umar

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Ailin Perez beat Karol Rosa with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Perez, who won for the fifth straight time and called for…

UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira clarifies that he was never ducking Magomed Ankalaev. Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) has been heavily campaigning to fight Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC), but was passed up for a title fight on several occasions. He was convinced that…

Renato Moicano was heartbroken after UFC 311. Moicano (20-6-1 MMA, 12-6 UFC) was quickly submitted by UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in Saturday's main event. He stepped in on 24 hour' notice to replace Arman Tsarukyan after initially being scheduled to f

Monday's episode of MMA Junkie Radio with "Gorgeous" George and "Goze" is here. On Episode 3,533, the boys looked back at UFC 311 and discussed the fal

Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration has a heavy combat sports presence. Notables from the UFC, boxing and WWE have flocked to Washington ahead of Trump's inauguration Monday, which officially marks the beginning of his second term as U.S. president. Dana White, Joe…

Beneil Dariush thought he was fighting Islam Makhachev at UFC 311 – or at least he hoped so. When Arman Tsarukyan pulled out of Saturday's main event against lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), the UFC needed a replacement opponent. The…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Grant Dawson beat Diego Ferreira with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Dawson, who beat Ferreira more than three years after the first…

Umar Nurmagomedov's manager revealed that he suffered an injury early at UFC 311. Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) got off to a good start against bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) in Saturday's co-main event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood,…

The UFC has its first 2025 inductee into its Hall of Fame, and the honoree will go into the Contributor Wing. Craig Piligian, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer, will be a member of the UFC's 2025 HOF class and will go into the Hall at an induction…