Ahead of his return to action at this weekend's UFC Fight Night, flyweight Charles Johnson has one question — when is it going to be the turn of "InnerG?" Johnson will enter the cage inside the Apex Saturday night riding momentum from four straight wins, including a vicious knockout of dangerous prospect Joshua Van last […]
In the aftermath of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Seattle, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings. Men’s Pound-For-Pound: There's been one change to the P4P list, with former welterweight champ Leon Edwards getting a one-place boost to now share #9 with flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja. Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes. Women’s […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has updated fans on when his final farewell inside the Octagon is likely to take place. It initially appeared as though MMA enthusiasts had seen Poirier make the walk for the final time last summer. After a vintage knockout of Benoît Saint Denis in March, "The Diamond" had one […]
UFC Vegas 103 is almost upon us, and MMA News is here to keep you updated with the current odds for this weekend’s lineup. The upcoming event takes place Saturday, March 1, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada. The main card begins at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT, with the preliminary card starting at […]
UFC lightweight veteran Jim Miller has chimed in with his thoughts on how to eliminate eye-poking in mixed martial arts following another instance of the foul halting a fight this past weekend. While MMA has grown to no end since its inception and has seen its legitimacy widely accepted in the sporting world, one issue […]
The coach of former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley has become the latest to accuse Henry Cejudo of looking for a way out of his fight with Song Yadong on Saturday night. Inside Climate Pledge Arena, Cejudo fell to a third straight loss since returning from retirement. His latest setback came at the hands of […]
Plenty of prominent names were left stunned by how Joseph Parker dispatched of Martin Bakole in their interim WBO heavyweight title fight this weekend. Parker arrived in Saudi Arabia last week anticipating to challenge for Daniel Dubois' IBF championship. But just days out from their showdown in the co-main event of a stacked Riyadh lineup, […]
It would seem that Nikolay Veretennikov isn't getting the kind of heat from the promotion that he is from the fanbase after his actions at UFC Seattle on Saturday night. This weekend, the Kazakh-born fighter fell to a second straight loss since joining the UFC. That was courtesy of former Bellator title challenger Austin Vanderford, […]
Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo has pushed back on claims he was looking for a way out of Saturday's main event against Song Yadong. Cejudo's wait for a first victory since returning from retirement in 2023 goes on after this weekend's UFC Fight Night in Seattle, Washington, which he headlined in defense of his […]
UFC middleweight contender Brendan Allen isn't getting any sympathy from his division's champion after a tough night at the office this past Saturday night. Allen returned to action on Feb. 22, co-headlining the UFC Fight Night event in Seattle opposite a former adversary in fan favorite Anthony Hernandez. While "All In" targeted redemption for a […]
MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to upcoming fight cards. With events being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new bouts are confirmed each and every week. Between Monday, February 17, and Sunday, […]
The "fight card of the century" went down today in Riyadh, topped by Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol's undisputed championship rematch. MMA News has you covered with all the action! A stacked lineup took place in Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Arena on Saturday, February 22. In the headlining act, Beterbiev and Bivol ran back their undisputed […]
UFC Fight Night: Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results. After events in Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Las Vegas, the mixed martial arts leader is on the road to close out its February schedule with a card inside Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena. […]
The stacked ONE 171 event took place on Thursday, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! ONE Championship was back in Qatar this week, where the Lusail Sports Arena played host to a number of intriguing battles across four different sports. Asia's premier martial arts organization brought with it to the Middle […]
Let it be known — Roberto "Robocop" Soldic is back. Prior to today's event, it had remarkably been over three years since Soldic last had his hand raised. Following a defense of the KSW middleweight title in 2021, the Croatian power puncher signed with ONE Championship but went winless across his first two bouts. A […]
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler has his first assignment of 2025 in the calendar, and it unsurprisingly won't see the promotion revisiting plans for him to face Conor McGregor. After waiting a considerable time for a showdown with the Irishman, Chandler finally moved on by rematching Charles Oliveira at UFC 309 last November. A second […]
Ilia Topuria is officially moving up to the lightweight division, and a fight for his newly vacated UFC featherweight title is already set. Topuria outlined his intentions to achieve two-division glory soon after capturing the 145-pound crown at the expense of Alexander Volkanovski last February. And after just one successful defense opposite Max Holloway, the […]
A new main event is set to go down in London next month after Jack Della Maddalena was announced as the next challenger to UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad's reign. Della Maddalena was originally set to headline on March 22 in England's capital in a likely title eliminator opposite Leon Edwards. But among a slew […]
While initially surprised by the matchup chosen to be his last, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith says he now understands it. Smith announced his plans for one final farewell fight on mixed martial arts' biggest stage after falling to a third loss in his last four fights in December 2024. He was knocked out by […]
Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall expects one of his teammates to put on a show at Saturday's UFC Seattle event. Mixed martial arts' leading promotion is back in the state of Washington this week, where top 10 flyweights Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong will top an intriguing-looking UFC Fight Night lineup. Among the notable […]
