Jan Blachowicz has a new problem to solve in Belgrade, and it's an undefeated one. The former UFC light heavyweight champion was set to rematch Bogdan Guskov on August 1 at Belgrade Arena, but Guskov got pulled to replace Khalil Rountree against Magomed Ankalaev in the UFC Fight Night 282 headliner on July 25 in […]
Volkan Oezdemir got caught, and he isn't hiding from it. The former UFC light heavyweight title challenger revealed Friday in an Instagram statement that Combat Sports Anti-Doping, the UFC's anti-doping program, has suspended him 16 months after he tested positive for EPO. The UFC confirmed the suspension shortly after. The positive test came in February, […]
Jon Jones still isn't saying he's done. The former two-division champion hasn't fought since beating Stipe Miocic in November 2024, choosing retirement over a unification bout with Tom Aspinall, who was then promoted to undisputed heavyweight champion. Jones re-entered the drug-testing pool when the UFC announced its White House card, only for Dana White to […]
Paddy Pimblett may want another crack at Justin Gaethje. Gaethje isn't thinking about him at all. Pimblett looked sharp at UFC 329, submitting Benoit Saint Denis in a hurry in Saturday's co-main event, bouncing back from the interim lightweight title loss he suffered against Gaethje in January. Gaethje went on to shock Ilia Topuria at […]
Chael Sonnen isn't just picking Kamaru Usman to beat Dricus du Plessis. He thinks Usman beats the whole division. Du Plessis welcomes the former welterweight champion back to 185 pounds in Saturday's UFC Oklahoma City main event at Paycom Center. Sonnen sees a bad stylistic night for the South African, and he can't look past […]
Dricus du Plessis has heard the Khamzat Chimaev rematch talk, and he isn't having it. The middleweight picture is a mess. Sean Strickland took a hard-fought decision over Chimaev at UFC 328 to become a two-time champion, and Chimaev immediately demanded a do-over. Du Plessis, who holds two wins over Strickland but lost his own […]
UFC Oklahoma City just added two unbeaten prospects to the mix. The promotion lands at Paycom Center on Saturday behind a middleweight main event between former champion Dricus du Plessis and former welterweight king Kamaru Usman. On Tuesday, MMA Fighting confirmed a late undercard addition: Damien Anderson meets Ezra Elliott at featherweight, with both men […]
Watching Ilia Topuria get broken apart changed how Anthony Joshua looks at his own career. Justin Gaethje's demolition of Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn ranks among the biggest upsets in UFC history. Topuria lost his undefeated record and a whole lot of aura. Joshua was watching, and he told Combat […]
A year ago, Ben Askren was comatose, fighting for his life. On Saturday, he wrestles Belal Muhammad. The former Olympian and UFC welterweight nearly died in June 2025, hospitalized and unconscious for days before doctors saved him with a double-lung transplant. He was barely recognizable when he woke up. Now he's days from the RAF […]
Israel Adesanya already has Conor McGregor's next fight picked out, and he says McGregor owes it. McGregor wants one more UFC bout after his UFC 329 injury. Adesanya says it can only be Michael Chandler. He made the case on the Precision podcast with Demetrious Johnson. "I say, if he does decide to come back […]
Ben Askren is fighting again, and Chael Sonnen isn't sure how to feel about it. A year after a double lung transplant nearly killed him, Askren returns Saturday to wrestle former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in the co-main event of RAF 11 in Milwaukee. While speaking with MMA Fighting, Sonnen, calling the action for […]
Even Khabib Nurmagomedov's corner couldn't take any joy in this one. Javier Mendez has no love for Conor McGregor. But watching him blow out his right knee 69 seconds into UFC 329, the American Kickboxing Academy coach felt only sympathy, and he said so on Submission Radio. "To have a warrior like him train as […]
Gable Steveson is already chasing his next fight, and he wants a big stage for it. The Olympic gold medalist smashed Elisha Ellison in the first round of his UFC debut at UFC 329, with mentor Jon Jones in his corner. Minutes later, he was talking about November and Madison Square Garden. "Today I'm going […]
Matt Brown doesn't think Conor McGregor was secretly injured heading into UFC 329. He thinks McGregor was nervous. McGregor blew out his knee on the first kick he threw against Max Holloway, and the abrupt ending fueled speculation that he was already compromised. Speaking on The Fighter vs. The Writer, the retired welterweight offered a […]
Michael Chandler has come to Conor McGregor's defense. With speculation swirling that McGregor entered his UFC 329 loss to Max Holloway carrying an injury, or that he looked for a way out once the fight started to go wrong, Chandler pushed back on X. "One thing [Conor] is not, he's not a quitter, he's not […]
Justin Gaethje's first title defense won't be a rematch, according to his manager. Gaethje pulled off one of the biggest upsets in combat sports history in June, stopping Ilia Topuria to claim the undisputed lightweight title in the main event of UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. With the champion weighing his options, manager […]
Gina Carano has pushed back on the idea that Conor McGregor's UFC 329 loss was somehow rigged. McGregor's first fight in five years ended in a 69-second TKO loss to Max Holloway on Saturday after he injured his knee in the opening moments, and some disappointed fans floated conspiracy theories online. Carano responded by sharing […]
Daniel Cormier doesn't think Conor McGregor deserves to be roasted for the flying kick that led to his UFC 329 injury. Cormier was on the call when McGregor opened his long-awaited return against Max Holloway with an early blitz and appeared to blow out his right knee within seconds, prompting referee Mike Beltran to wave […]
Sean O'Malley took Conor McGregor's UFC 329 loss hard. The former bantamweight champion posted an emotional live YouTube reaction to Saturday's main event, where McGregor bowed out in just 69 seconds after injuring his leg in a loss to Max Holloway. O'Malley, who counts McGregor among his idols, was adamant that the flashy opening proved […]
Dustin Poirier didn't hold back on Conor McGregor after his old rival's UFC 329 injury, but he also refused to buy the theory that McGregor faked or fought through a bad knee. McGregor's first fight in five years ended with a leg injury 69 seconds into his loss to Max Holloway. Asked about it on […]
