Category: UFC / MMA

Take a look at the 2025 betting upsets in the UFC. For an underdog to be included on this list, the favorite had to be a consensus minimum of -150 across major sportsbooks. That will keep the list from being populated with truly minor upsets from betting lines that…

Umar Nurmagomedov is tasked with being the opener in a month of three major championship fights for his team. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is set to challenge Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) for the bantamweight title in Saturday's UFC 311 co-main event

LAS VEGAS – Marco Tulio beat Ihor Potieria with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Tulio, whose UFC debut included 20 percent of Potieria's…

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov confirmed Sunday he was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight Saturday. Video surfaced Sunday that showed Nurmagomedov sitting in a seat next to a window in a conversation with a crew member. The crew member appears to…

LAS VEGAS – Roman Kopylov doesn't really get all the hubbub. While opponent Chris Curtis and many viewers didn't agree with Mark Smith's stoppage of their fight Saturday at UFC Fight Night 249, Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) doesn't see the ending as all

Usman Nurmagomedov doesn't think Paul Hughes is a viable threat to his Bellator lightweight title. With Nurmagomedov (18-0) short on fresh contenders, however, he accepts Hughes (13-1) as the challenger to his throne when they meet in the main event of PFL's Road to Du

The UFC's in-cage product got off to a strong start in 2025 on Saturday, with UFC Fight Night 249 seeing nine of 14 fights end inside the distance, inclu

LAS VEGAS – Eleven days into 2025, predictions were already being made that Cesar Almeida's UFC Fight Night 249 finish of Abdul Razak Alhassan could end up on the Knockout of the Year candidates list in a little less than 12 months. Almeida (7-1 MMA,…

Mackenzie Dern holds claim to the first UFC main event win of 2025 after emerging triumphant from her rematch with Amanda Ribas at UFC Fight Night 249. Dern (15-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) avenged the first loss of her career to Ribas (12-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) from O

Abdul Razak Alhassan exited the cage at UFC Fight Night 249 still a bit woozy Saturday after he suffered a scary knockout loss to Cesar Almeida. The knockout sequence, which is already being billed as a potential Knockout of the Year contender just o

LAS VEGAS – Punahele Soriano beat Uros Medic with a first-round knockout Saturday to open up the main card at UFC Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Soriano, who picked up his second straight win and got his…

The UFC typically gives out four bonuses after each event. Barring special occasions, and unless otherwise noted, the bonuses are $50,000 each. Check out all the 2025 bonus winners below. Fighters are listed alphabetically. The list will be updated following…

LAS VEGAS – The UFC is rumored to head back to Miami this Spring and Santiago Ponzinibbio wants in. Following his UFC Fight Night 249 win, Ponzinibbio (30-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) called for a spot on the card expected for April 12 in his current

After a couple hours for the result to sink in, Chris Curtis said he's not hurting, at least physically, after his last-second TKO loss to Roman Kopylov. Kopylov (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) finished Curtis (31-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) literally with one second left in their middleweight…

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 249 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $173,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter…