Aljamain Sterling is not ready to hand Khamzat Chimaev an easy night against Sean Strickland, and he believes the champion is walking into UFC 328 with a strategic dilemma. Speaking with Home of Fight, the former UFC bantamweight champion took a different view on a fight most analysts have leaning heavily toward Chimaev, arguing the […]
Jake Paul has laid out his vision for MVP MMA's future in the sport, and it is built around one core idea: paying fighters what the UFC will not. Speaking in a recent interview with Complex, Paul framed MVP MMA's entry into the MMA landscape as a structural disruption that benefits fighters and fans equally, […]
Darren Till is backing his close friend Khamzat Chimaev to defend the middleweight title at UFC 328, but he is not doing so without a candid warning about the risk of playing into Strickland's hands. Speaking with MMA Junkie, Till acknowledged the genuine difficulty of the matchup while ultimately siding with the champion, drawing on […]
Jorge Masvidal likes Justin Gaethje as a person and as a fighter, but he does not like his chances against Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Speaking during a YouTube appearance, Masvidal opened by establishing his genuine respect for Gaethje before turning to his honest assessment of the matchup. "I'll tell you […]
Carlos Prates is walking into UFC Perth with a clear vision of where a win over Jack Della Maddalena will take him, and he is not shy about stating it. Speaking with MMA Junkie ahead of the fight, Prates expressed comfort with the setting, noting he already has a performance bonus from the same arena […]
Jake Paul dismissed a potential boxing match with Ilia Topuria as 'a warmup' while calling fights with Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov 'massive' opportun
Sean Strickland escalated tensions with Khamzat Chimaev ahead of UFC 328, threatening to pull a gun if confronted outside the cage. The two meet for the middlew
Paddy Pimblett has admitted that his ego cost him in his interim lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 in January, acknowledging that a desire to prove something led him away from the game plan that gave him his best chance of winning. Pimblett was dropped twice and lost a unanimous decision in […]
Matt Brown has a very specific reason for criticizing Dana White's description of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting as "f***ing awesome," and it stems from direct personal experience. White attended the dinner as a guest of President Donald Trump and was present when a gunman breached a security checkpoint and opened fire before being […]
Francis Ngannou believes the UFC heavyweight division is suffering from mismanagement, and he pointed to Tom Aspinall's ongoing situation with the promotion as a prime example of what has gone wrong. Ngannou departed the UFC in 2023 as heavyweight champion following a contentious split and has since fought twice in boxing against Tyson Fury and […]
Jorge Masvidal wants eye pokes treated like financial crimes, and he has a specific penalty structure in mind that he believes would eliminate the problem almost overnight. Speaking on Deep Waters, Masvidal drew on personal experience with two severe eye pokes during his career to make the case for immediate point deductions combined with purse […]
Jiri Prochazka is done talking about the mercy controversy and has his eyes on an October return, with Paulo Costa and Magomed Ankalaev the two names he is targeting. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Prochazka pushed back against comments from new light heavyweight champion Carlos Ulberg, who had labeled him a pretender over his […]
Francis Ngannou revealed that a backstage meeting with Jake Paul at their Los Angeles press conference nearly turned physical, despite the two presenting a friendly face in public. Ngannou is set to fight Philipe Lins on May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on the first-ever Most Valuable Promotions MMA card on Netflix. Paul […]
Jorge Masvidal still has a sharp eye for star power, and his list of the UFC's five biggest names right now contains at least one pick that will generate debate. Speaking on Deep Waters, Masvidal was asked to rank the fighters he considers the promotion's biggest current stars. His answers reflected a mix of global […]
Conor McGregor posted training photos and declared his UFC comeback is imminent. The former two-division champion hasn't fought since his 2021 leg injury agains
Paulo Costa is not done pursuing a fight with Khamzat Chimaev, and he has a very specific vision for how it should happen. Costa moved up to light heavyweight and knocked out the previously undefeated Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 327, establishing himself as a genuine presence at 205 pounds while keeping his eyes on the […]
Carlos Prates says he never believed reports that Conor McGregor accepted a fight with him. The UFC welterweight contender faces Jack Della Maddalena at UFC Per
Tom Aspinall insists he has no plans to move to boxing despite signing with Eddie Hearn. The UFC heavyweight champion says he has "more stuff to do with the UFC
Conor McGregor appears to have landed a significant body shot on former UFC welterweight contender Dong Hyun Kim during a sparring session at SBG Ireland in Dublin, with footage of the exchange making its way onto social media buried within a series of clips. Kim visited SBG Ireland while traveling through Ireland and the UK, […]
Tom Aspinall is showing signs of a genuine return to form, sharing brief pad work footage in a new YouTube video that represents one of the most encouraging updates yet from the UFC heavyweight champion during his recovery. The footage, filmed during a visit to Croatia, shows Aspinall hitting mitts with a coach. While only […]
