Former interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje expects to be back in action before quarter one of 2025 comes to a close. Gaethje, who currently occupies the #3 ranking at 155 pounds, hasn't competed since his BMF title defense at UFC 300 last April. "The Highlight" was on the receiving end of the year's consensus […]
The upcoming UFC 311 pay-per-view event has lost another fight days on from Johnny Walker's forced withdrawal. Walker was scheduled to figure in the featured preliminary bout of Saturday's card opposite Bogdan Guskov in a clash of ranked light heavyweights. But with the Brazilian ruled out, the Hungarian will now face UFC newcomer Billy Elekana. […]
UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili has provided insight into the approach he plans to take when sharing the cage with Umar Nurmagomedov this weekend. Dvalishvili is days out from his first title defense at UFC 311, which comes four months on from his capturing of the crown at the expense of Sean O'Malley last September. […]
Fight week for the UFC 311 pay-per-view this Saturday has kicked off with the release of the promotion’s latest Countdown episode. Under the spotlight in this edition is the headline rematch between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan and the co-main event between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov. Saturday’s UFC 311 lineup is topped by a championship clash, with lightweight […]
Abdul Razak Alhassan has made his first public remarks following a brutal defeat at this past weekend's UFC Vegas 101 event. The promotion's first card of 2025 wasn't short on memorable moments and brutal finishes. Unfortunately for Alhassan, he was on the wrong end of arguably the top one. In his main card clash with […]
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has spoken publicly after footage of his removal from a flight before takeoff went viral this weekend. Khabib will be in Los Angeles next week as two of his team's star fighters compete with gold on the line at the UFC 311 pay-per-view. Inside the Intuit Dome, Islam Makhachev […]
UFC welterweight veteran Santiago Ponzinibbio is looking to make a late-career surge up the ladder on mixed martial arts' biggest stage. Ponzinibbio, who formerly had a number next to his name at 170 pounds, showed that he's got plenty left in the tank at 38 years old in the co-main event of this past weekend's […]
One of the biggest winners from this past weekend's UFC Vegas 101 event is being tipped for greatness by a former champion. Among the top talking points to emerge from the UFC's very first event of 2025 was the performance of featherweight Christian Rodriguez, who further enhanced his reputation as a prospect killer by defeating […]
UFC middleweight Chris Curtis could be committing to a major change following his latest setback. Curtis was among the fighters tasked with kicking things off for the mixed martial arts leader in 2025, as he got his campaign for the year underway Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas. After narrowly falling short in 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, January 6, and […]
UFC Fight Night: Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas 2 takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! Before heading to Los Angeles to stage its first pay-per-view of 2025 next weekend, the mixed martial arts leader has Fight Night business to attend to at the Apex to kick […]
Sean O'Malley's coach is confident of seeing an improved iteration of the former UFC bantamweight champion following a change to his approach in 2025. Not many fighters have been able to accumulate the kind of social media following and presence that O'Malley has since rising to prominent on mixed martial arts' biggest stage. From YouTube […]
The manager of UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev has a firm take on Jon Jones' pound-for-pound worthiness. Debates over the P4P rankings don't appear to have been left in 2024, with the discussion over who deserves top spot continuing to rage on into the new year. The conversation picked up when Dana White rejected the […]
UFC lightweight contender Renato Moicano has little doubt that featherweight champion Ilia Topuria would thrive up at 155 pounds. While Topuria has competed as a lightweight in his career, he's gained major prominence down at 145 pounds, where he occupies the throne on mixed martial arts' biggest stage. 2024 marked his best year to date, […]
UFC newcomer Reinier de Ridder may not have majorly impressed in his debut, but he's confident of leaving a mark when he makes his sophomore walk to the Octagon this month. De Ridder, a former two-division ONE Championship titleholder, arrived on MMA's biggest stage in 2024 following a shock departure from the Asia-based organization. After […]
Donn Davis, founder and chairman of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), continues to dismiss any suggestion that his promotion hasn't done right by fighters it acquired through the Bellator acquisition. Davis and the PFL have come under heavy scrutiny in recent weeks after a number of fighters went public with their complaints about management. Most […]
UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev got his shot at gold in 2022, but he wasn't pleased to have been usurped by a promotional newcomer the year before. Makhachev long complained of those highly ranked at 155 pounds avoiding him amid the win streak that ultimately catapulted him to the top. And his frustration was compounded […]
UFC middleweight contender Chris Curtis has no issue proclaiming his decision to turn down an offer to share the cage with Alex Pereira a number of years ago. Pereira has carved a path of destruction to championship gold since debuting on mixed martial arts' biggest stage in 2021, leaving a number of unconscious bodies in […]
Legendary former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov looks to have caused quite the stir with his recent suggestion of Dagestani dominance in mixed martial arts. Khabib is currently gearing up for a busy month as a coach. In addition to having two assignments next weekend at UFC 311, where both Islam Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Błachowicz believes an element of fear is playing into heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones' apparent preference for his next fight. Considerable uncertainty surrounds Jones entering 2025, with the next step in his career yet to be decided following his controversial decision to face Stipe Miocic last November instead of the […]
