UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad will seemingly have to spring an upset if he's to stall Shavkat Rakhmonov's title ambitions. The schedule for the last quarter of 2024 is beginning to be finalized, and UFC CEO Dana White recently took to social media to reveal two championship headliners for the final pay-per-view of the year, […]
UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov has sent some advice the way of newly crowned champion Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili achieved his title ambitions on mixed martial arts' biggest stage inside the unique surroundings of the Sphere last month, closing out the UFC 306 (Noche UFC) pay-per-view with a dominant display to dethrone Sean O'Malley. With the […]
When it comes to her desire to avoid Kayla Harrison and run it back with the retired Amanda Nunes, UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña claims to have the support of the masses. Peña recently commenced the start of a second stint with UFC gold in her possession, having fallen on the right side of […]
UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria has plenty of foes in MMA's leading promotion, and it appears another titleholder in Belal Muhammad just joined the list. Topuria completed his ascent to the mountaintop at 145 pounds this past March, knocking out all-time great Alexander Volkanovski to extend his perfect promotional and professional records in violent fashion. […]
Tatsuro Taira has released his first statement on social media after suffering the first loss of his career in Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event. After winning his first six outings on mixed martial arts' biggest stage, Taira had the opportunity to impress opposite the #1-ranked contender at 125 pounds on Saturday night inside the […]
MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to upcoming cards. With UFC 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, October 7, and […]
The UFC will close out its pay-per-view schedule for 2024 with two major championship fights in Las Vegas on December 7. With the final quarter of this year well underway, mixed martial arts' leading promotion is beginning to fill the remaining slots on its fight schedule. And in two of the most prominent ones now […]
UFC Fight Night: Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After returning to Salt Lake City, Utah for its latest numbered event, mixed martial arts' leading promotion is back at its home base to stage another card at the Apex. Topping […]
Bantamweight contender Mario Bautista believes the criticism of how his fight with José Aldo unfolded at UFC 307 should be directed at the Brazilian. The pair collided on the main card of this past weekend's pay-per-view event in Salt Lake City, with Bautista looking to replace Aldo inside the top 10 at 135 pounds. Across […]
While Francis Ngannou respects the threat that upcoming PFL foe Renan Ferreira brings to the table, he doesn't see where the Brazilian is superior. Ngannou is set to make the walk for an MMA fight for the first time since a successful UFC title defense against Ciryl Gane in January 2022. Following that, "The Predator" […]
UFC flyweight contender Brandon Royval returns to action on Saturday night at the Apex, but he nearly had a much different assignment a couple of months ago. Royval last competed in Mexico City this past February, where he exacted revenge on Brandon Moreno in their headlining rematch. With that result, "Raw Dawg" is ranked #1 […]
Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw doesn't have much sympathy for José Aldo after he came up short in Salt Lake City this past weekend. Aldo returned on the main card of the UFC 307 pay-per-view on Oct. 5, making his second appearance inside the Octagon since bringing his short-lived retirement to an end in […]
The build-up to the UFC's annual October pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi has picked up with a face-to-face interview between its two headliners. The promotion will be back in the Middle East for the third time this year, and back inside the Etihad Arena just over two months on from UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. […]
UFC middleweight Antonio Trócoli was arrested in California last Friday on misdemeanor battery charges. The Brazilian was apprehended following an incident in Huntington Beach, which allegedly involved the ex-husband of UFC strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern, to whom Trócoli is now married. The arrest was confirmed by police in an email to MMA Fighting this week. […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has committed to one final night in the cage before hanging up his gloves, and he's got a unique idea in mind for his farewell. Poirier initially appeared set to call time on is career following a failed title bid opposite Islam Makhachev this past June. But while […]
Newly crowned UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña may have a challenge from below to be concerned about. Over two years on from having her reign ended at the first hurdle by Amanda Nunes, Peña returned to the throne by way of a controversial decision win over Raquel Pennington in this past weekend's UFC 307 […]
It wasn't just those outside of the PFL that took issue with the promotion's decision to fire shots at Kayla Harrison on the day of her second UFC fight. Harrison, who achieved lightweight title glory twice under the PFL banner, made the switch to MMA's leading promotion this year, making a successful bantamweight and promotional […]
The pain for UFC light heavyweight Khalil Rountree did not end with his failed title challenge in Salt Lake City this past weekend. Rountree received a surprise opportunity to unseat Alex Pereira from the 205-pound throne in the main event of Saturday's UFC 307 pay-per-view, and he was on track to do so through two […]
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is still not giving up hope of sharing the Octagon with Conor McGregor down the line. Chandler was initially announced as the former two-division UFC champion's comeback opponent toward the start of 2023, with the pair first coaching opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter. Since the show's conclusion, multiple […]
The latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series continued with some memorable highlights on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. DWCS, the inaugural season of which took place back in 2017, sees some of the top prospects in mixed martial arts enter the cage in front of White and the matchmakers, looking to put in a performance worthy […]
