Category: UFC / MMA

The UFC is back in Southern California for UFC 311, its first pay-per-view of the calendar. year, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes. UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place S

UFC 311 is undergoing a fight-week change. With Sedriques Dumas out of his preliminary fight against Zach Reese, LFA middleweight champion Azamat Bekoev has been tabbed to step in on five days' notice. X user Octagon Update

Colby Covington won't be deterred by his recent UFC results. Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) dropped his second consecutive fight, a doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley last month at UFC on ESPN 63. The former interim welterweight champion is 0-3 in undisput

John McCarthy believes Chris Curtis has a right to be upset about his loss at UFC Fight Night 249. Curtis (31-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was outraged by referee Mark Smith's stoppage of his fight against Roman Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) on Saturday at the UFC Apex, where he…

Frontier Airlines rejects the notion that UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov was removed from a flight for any reason other than not being compliant with Federal Aviation Administration requirements. Nurmagomedov confirmed Sunday that he was escorted off a Frontier

It’s hard to make it to the UFC. Thousands of professional fighters try every year – and most fail. For a small

Khabib Nurmagomedov has Michael Chandler's support after he was abruptly removed from a flight. Nurmagomedov, who was sitting by the window in an exit row, was escorted out of a Frontier Airlines flight Saturday after he was given a choice to move to a new seat or

Check out this week's "Spinning Back Clique," MMA Junkie's weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week's panel of Brian "Goze" Garcia, Dan Tom and Danny Seg

Arman Tsarukyan has put in the work unlike ever before going into his first opportunity at gold on Saturday in the UFC 311 headliner. Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) is set to rematch lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in the main event at Intui

In the wake of a second loss to Oleksandr Usyk, British boxer Tyson Fury has announced his retirement. This isn't the first time Fury, 36, has said he's stepping away from the sport. However, it comes this time after the former unified heavyweight champion lost his…

Former champion Leon Edwards will test rising welterweight contender Jack Della Maddalena in the UFC Fight Night 255 main event. After losing the title to Belal Muhammad in July, Edwards (21-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) will have a chance to rebound on home soil

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili can't wait to shut down Umar Nurmagomedov's hype. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) on Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (

Did you miss the debut of UFC 311 "Countdown" or just want to watch it again? Check out the main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the lightweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) and challenger Arman Tsarukyan

Did you miss the debut of UFC 311 "Countdown" or just want to watch it again? Check out the co-main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the bantamweight title fight between champion Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and challenger Umar Nurm