UFC 305 headliner Dricus Du Plessis achieved his title ambitions on mixed martial arts’ biggest stage this past January. The middleweight champion will return in the main event of this weekend’s pay-per-view card at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, where he’s tasked with defending his belt in a grudge match against Israel Adesanya. The South African's […]
UFC middleweight contender Brendan Allen is not impressed by Nassourdine Imavov's alleged decision not to share the cage over 25 minutes next month. Allen will head to enemy territory to throw down with a fellow up-and-comer at 185 pounds in Imavov at the Paris-held UFC Fight Night on September 28. The pair will co-headline the […]
Former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya remains motivated to make Dricus Du Plessis pay for some of his remarks at UFC 305. Having not competed since losing the title in shocking fashion against Sean Strickland last September, Adesanya will make his return to action opposite the man against whom "Tarzan" fell off the throne […]
Fight week for the UFC 305 pay-per-view this Saturday night has kicked off with the release of the promotion’s latest Countdown episode. Under the spotlight in this edition is the headliner between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. Saturday’s lineup is topped by a championship clash, with middleweight kingpin Du Plessis (21-2) looking to add a first […]
Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier doesn't think the idea of an interim lightweight title should be entertained while Islam Makhachev recovers. Makhachev cemented his grip on the crown earlier this summer when he put a stop to the late-career title ambitions of fan favorite Dustin Poirier at the UFC 302 pay-per-view in Newark. But […]
UFC heavyweight contender Serghei Spivac doesn't seem interested in pushing for a specific name following his win this past weekend. Spivac headlined a low-key card at the Apex on Saturday night, getting his chance for redemption opposite fellow European Marcin Tybura. The Polish fighter defeated his Moldovan peer on the scorecards back in 2020. But […]
Unlike UFC CEO Dana White, Jon Anik isn't confident that Jon Jones sticks around to fight interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. Not many topics have remained at the surface of the mixed martial arts community in 2024 quite like the UFC's heavyweight title picture, which currently boasts two champions but uncertainty regarding whether they will […]
UFC Fight Night: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac 2 takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! After back-to-back events in Manchester, England, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, mixed martial arts' leading promotion is back on home soil to stage another card at the Apex facility […]
Transgender mixed martial arts fighter Alana McLaughlin will be the subject of an upcoming Fuse Media documentary titled Unfightable. McLaughlin, a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, became only the second openly trans woman to compete in MMA. She followed in the footsteps of Fallon Fox, who went 5-1 in the cage between […]
Should his expected shot at Islam Makhachev's UFC lightweight title be delayed until 2025, Arman Tsarukyan is open to facing another contender for interim status. Tsarukyan secured his first opportunity at gold on MMA's biggest stage by recording his biggest win to date at the expense of former champion Charles Oliveira on the milestone UFC […]
Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier believes Umar Nurmagomedov's latest performance might have made Sean O'Malley breathe a little easier on the bantamweight throne. Nurmagomedov kept his unblemished professional and UFC records intact at this past weekend's UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi, where he got the better of Cory Sandhagen in his maiden main […]
UFC welterweight veteran Neil Magny still has his eyes on the ultimate prize, and he's being spurred on by similar late-career success stories. Magny has long had the largely unwanted 'gatekeeper' label attached to him at 170 pounds, a weight class in which he holds the records for most wins, most fights, and most Octagon […]
UFC flyweight Amir Albazi is frustrated not to have had the chance to face Muhammad Mokaev inside the Octagon, believing he would comfortably get the better of the 24-year-old. Albazi and Mokaev have long been two of the top prospects surging toward contention at 125 pounds and both found themselves inside the top five this […]
Oddsmakers are seeing one of the two blockbuster matchups announced for the next PFL pay-per-view as a lot closer than the other… This week, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) confirmed its expected second Super Fight PPV card of 2024, the first of which pitted its champions against Bellator titleholders in Saudi Arabia this past February. […]
UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov has an idea of who could inherit the promotion's lightweight crown from Islam Makhachev upon the conclusion of his career. Makhachev has occupied the throne at 155 pounds since UFC 280 in 2022, where he emphatically got the better of former champ Charles Oliveira, first dropping "Do Bronx" and then […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman looks set for another fight close to home later this year when the promotion returns to Madison Square Garden. Weidman has gone 1-1 since making his comeback from a devastating leg break in 2023, most recently getting the better of Bruno Silva via a controversial TKO stoppage in the […]
Mixed martial arts enthusiasts had plenty of thoughts after former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou's MMA comeback was made official. Fans of the Cameroonian powerhouse have had to wait over two years for an announcement regarding his next outing in the sport, having not competed since a successful UFC title defense against Ciryl Gane in […]
Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier doesn't appear pleased with one upcoming change to the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) held its annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, late last month. During it, a rule vote resulted in the approval of two long-awaited changes. In addition […]
Former UFC champions Francis Ngannou and Cris Cyborg both have their mixed martial arts returns and PFL debuts in the calendar. Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight kingpin, hasn’t competed in MMA since his successful title defense against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in January 2022. Since then, he’s departed the MMA leader off the back […]
UFC middleweight contender Caio Borralho believes his youth will play a major factor against Jared Cannonier in their upcoming main event. The promotion recently announced a late-notice headliner for the UFC Fight Night at the Apex on August 24, with former 185-pound title challenger and top-five contender Cannonier defending his position on the ladder against […]
