Category: UFC / MMA

Two veteran bantamweights will throw down at the UFC Apex. At UFC Fight Night 254 on March 15, Da'Mon Blackshear and Cody Gibson will aim to build off recent wins when they fight each other in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed…

Coach Tim Welch doubts Umar Nurmagomedov would fight UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili severely injured. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-headliner at Intuit Dome from Inglewood,…

Movsar Evloev is trying to stay patient in his pursuit of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) remained unbeaten when he edged out former champ Aljamain Sterling this past December at UFC 310. But with Topuria recently hint

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was recently involved in an altercation with Nate Diaz, but assures he did not instigate the incident. He doesn't even know what set Diaz off. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Diaz were under the same roof at MGM Grand Garden Arena…

After a one-month hiatus, the UFC opens its 2025 event schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 249, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and str

2024 is over, and with it, some great moments in MMA that should not be forgotten. Last week, on the final episode of 2024 of "Spinning Back Clique," we reviewed our MMA Junkie awards for Male and Female Fighter of the Year. Although those are considered by many…

Chris Curtis considers himself to be a fighter's fighter who will test his talents against any UFC opponent. However, there has been an exception. Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC), who returns from an injury layoff on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 249 for a middleweight b

Many see Tom Aspinall as the guy to beat Jon Jones in MMA. However, a man who knows a thing or two about being "The Baddest Man on the Planet" thinks otherwise. Cain Velasquez, former UFC heavyweight champion, doesn't see Jones losing to Aspinall should they meet in a…

Amanda Ribas took a self-imposed break from competition following her loss to Rose Namajunas and feels rejuvenated going into 2025. In what has been a rarity for her UFC tenure, Ribas fought just once in a calendar year during 2024. She was supposed to rematch…

2024 was another year of challenge and change in mixed martial arts, but with that chapter expired, there’s a chance to start brand new in 2025.

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is confident that his grit will help him prevail at UFC 311. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the Jan. 18 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (

Despite the UFC’s reach and schedule feeling suffocating at times, there’s a ton of worthwhile talent that resides outside of the umbrella of the world’s leader w

One of the more intriguing matchups scheduled for BKFC: KnuckleMania 5 will no longer go down. The showdown between social media influencer Bryce Hall and Kevin Ferguson Jr., also known as "Baby Slice" as the son of the late Kimbo Slice, is off the Jan. 25 lineup…

Michael Bisping praises UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones' negotiation tactics before he potentially fights Tom Aspinall. Jones has been dismissive of interim champ Aspinall and wants to be paid handsomely for a title-unification bout. Despite his reluctance to fi

(Editor's note: This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy and an inaccurate headline.) Longtime UFC featherweight Kyung-ho Kang has announced he is no longer with the UFC after a dozen years in the promotion. Kang