Firas Zahabi watched Khamzat Chimaev lose the UFC middleweight title at UFC 328 and immediately went public with an offer to help, delivering a direct plea on his YouTube channel for Chimaev to bring his career to Tristar Gym in Montreal. Zahabi, who guided Georges St-Pierre through the peak of one of the greatest careers […]
Josh Hokit has added another altercation to what is becoming a notable collection, getting into a confrontation with Paulo Costa in the crowd at UFC 328 on Saturday night, just one day after being ejected from the UFC White House press conference following his standoff with Ilia Topuria. The exchange between Hokit and Costa began […]
Paddy Pimblett says he will never fight in New Jersey again due to the state's athletic commission enforcing outdated MMA rules at UFC 328.
Arman Tsarukyan publicly backed Khamzat Chimaev after a controversial split decision loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 328, suggesting the scorecard was disputed.
Sean Strickland reclaimed the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 328 while dealing with a separated shoulder he sustained just four days before the fight, an injury he revealed in characteristically dramatic fashion at the post-fight press conference in Newark. Strickland, who is famously committed to sparring regardless of the timing, was working at Plinio Cruz's […]
Dana White has pushed back firmly against theories that Khamzat Chimaev did not legitimately make the 185-pound middleweight limit for UFC 328, while Sean Strickland is equally firm in the opposite direction. The controversy arose after a video of Chimaev's weigh-in showed the needle on the manual scale still moving as it was read at […]
Sean Strickland has offered a remarkably candid post-fight assessment of the feud that consumed the sport's attention for weeks, admitting that much of the hatred he felt toward Khamzat Chimaev may have originated entirely within his own mind. Speaking to the media after reclaiming the UFC middleweight title at UFC 328, Strickland reflected on the […]
Khamzat Chimaev has sent a cryptic message to Sean Strickland on X following his split decision defeat at UFC 328, complicating the narrative around his reported move to light heavyweight. "See you again soon." The post came after what appeared to be a surprisingly cordial conclusion to one of the most heated feuds in recent […]
Khamzat Chimaev wasted no time making his intentions known after suffering the first loss of his professional career at UFC 328, walking straight up to Dana White after the split decision defeat to Sean Strickland and delivering a clear message about his future. White revealed the conversation at the UFC 328 post-fight press conference. "He […]
Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira flyweight title fight earned Fight of the Night honors at UFC 328. Jim Miller and Yaroslav Amosov collected Performance bonuses.
The UFC held its first press conference for UFC Freedom 250 on Friday in Newark, New Jersey, with all 14 fighters on the June 14 White House card in attendance and face-offs between the main and co-main event competitors taking center stage. Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria and interim titleholder Justin Gaethje headlined the staredowns as […]
Ilia Topuria is not losing any sleep over Arman Tsarukyan's role as the official backup fighter for UFC Freedom 250, and he made his feelings about the situation abundantly clear at Friday's press conference in Newark. Speaking during a media scrum, Topuria was asked about Tsarukyan's presence and whether the rivalry between the two makes […]
Josh Hokit was escorted out of the UFC Freedom 250 press conference after a verbal altercation with Ilia Topuria, who threw an object at the heavyweight fighter.
Dana White has placed the Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland rivalry among the worst cases of bad blood in UFC history, ranking it third on his all-time list after an extraordinary press conference on Thursday in Newark that ended with Chimaev kicking Strickland during their faceoff. Speaking on Nina Drama's Kick stream following the press […]
Joaquin Buckley has spent 11 months away from the Octagon, reflecting, growing, and preparing for what he views as a statement moment, and he is arriving at UFC 328 with the conviction that Saturday night's bout against Sean Brady marks the beginning of a world title run. Speaking with MMA Fighting ahead of the Newark […]
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is returning at International Fight Week, with multiple sources confirming to MMA Fighting that he will face Adrian Yanez at UFC 329 on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Garbrandt most recently defeated Xiao Long by unanimous decision at UFC 326 in March, getting back in the […]
Alexander Volkov is not buying the UFC White House interim heavyweight title fight as a legitimate championship matchup, and he is equally confused about where his own career stands within the promotion despite a winning streak he views as one of the most overlooked in the division. Speaking with MMA Fighting, Volkov addressed both the […]
Ilia Topuria has one eye on Justin Gaethje and another on Islam Makhachev, and he is not hiding which fight excites him more in the long run. Speaking with ESPN ahead of UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, Topuria explained that the Gaethje matchup was not his first preference when the interim title picture was […]
TKO Group Holdings President and COO Mark Shapiro has firmly pushed back against the growing narrative that the UFC's card quality has declined, arguing that the criticism misunderstands how professional sports actually work and ignores the genuine strength of the current product. Speaking on a TKO financial call on Wednesday, Shapiro rejected the premise that […]
Dana White has laid out the full scope of UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, and the event extends well beyond the intimate White House South Lawn setup most fans have been picturing. Speaking with Lara Trump on Fox News, White explained that while the arena beside the White House will hold only 4,300 people […]
