UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has questioned which areas Amanda Nunes believes she has the edge over her in. At UFC 269, the final pay-per-view event of 2021, Nunes' seemingly unstoppable two-division rule was brought to a crashing halt. Having remained unbeaten since 2014, had her hand raised in 12 consecutive Octagon outings, and […]
UFC middleweight contender Darren Till is hoping to avoid the main event spotlight when he returns to the Octagon later this year. Since falling short of middleweight gold in 2018, Till has had a tough time in the UFC. In his last five fights, the Liverpudlian has gone 1-4, a record that includes a brutal […]
Extended footage is now available of UFC middleweight contender Darren Till training alongside rising welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev. Following Till's latest setback in the Octagon, Chimaev, whose form and unbeaten UFC record have set him on the opposite trajectory to the Liverpudlian, invited "The Gorilla" to the Allstar Training Center in Stockholm. “If he wanna […]
UFC welterweight prospect Shavkat Rakhmonov has admitted that comparisons between himself and fellow rising star Khamzat Chimaev frustrate him. When Chimaev returned from a lengthy year-plus layoff at UFC 267 last October, most discussions about future champions, future stars, and the most promising prospects in the promotion were directed towards "Borz." Given the way he […]
Former UFC women's bantamweight champion and reigning featherweight titleholder Amanda Nunes says losing the 135-pound belt to Julianna Peña has brought her "fire" back. At UFC 269 in December, Nunes saw her 12-fight win streak and three-year two-division rule collapse at the hands of an unlikely character. Like many before her, Peña's chances of dethroning […]
UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell has detailed facing a "drugged out" amateur fighter during his first experience inside an MMA gym at the age of 16. Mitchell is as tough as they come. From backyard boxing matches to professional fights, "Thug Nasty" has seen and faced it all on his journey to the Octagon. That journey […]
While she certainly has undeniable talent inside the Octagon, UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña hopes to one day try her hand in the art of stand-up comedy. The past few months have seen Peña rise from an unlikely contender to one of the most prominent names in MMA. While her title-winning performance against Amanda […]
Two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison has given her thoughts on the departure of consensus female MMA GOAT Amanda Nunes from the American Top Team gym. At the start of 2022, Nunes made wholesale changes to her team, preparation, and future camps. With the goal of opening her own personal training space, the former two-division titleholder […]
It appears the UFC's long-awaited return to London, England may have hit another roadblock in the form of Britain's worst storm in decades. On March 19, MMA's premier promotion is set to host a card in England's capital for the first time since 2019. After an attempt to cross the Atlantic proved unsuccessful last September, […]
Israel Adesanya has slammed Ali Abdelaziz for comments he recently made about a superfight between the UFC Middleweight Champion and the reigning welterweight king, Kamaru Usman. Adesanya and Usman are currently two of the most dominant champions in MMA's premier promotion. The pair have enjoyed a similar rise up the ladder of their respective divisions, […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is raring to go and targeting a return to the Octagon this summer. Rockhold hasn't been in action since a brutal 2019 knockout loss to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239. With consecutive devastating losses to the Polish powerhouse and Cuban destroyer Yoel Romero, it's understandable why the 37-year-old has […]
Despite falling to defeat against Francis Ngannou, Ciryl Gane believes he displayed better striking and groundwork than "The Predator" at UFC 270. In the opening pay-per-view main event of 2022, then-interim titleholder Gane and reigning heavyweight king Ngannou met for a blockbuster unification showdown. As well as their own brief history training together at Paris' […]
UFC featherweight contender "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung has questioned Max Holloway's fast recovery from injury, which has seen the former champion pursue backup status for UFC 273. In the pay-per-view's main event, reigning 145-pound king Alexander Volkanovski will hope to successfully defend his gold for the third time. In his way of doing […]
A lightweight scrap between Ilia Topuria and Jai Herbert has reportedly been added to the UFC's return to London on March 19. In one of many matchups featuring British fighters, Herbert (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) will have a huge opportunity in front of a home crowd when he welcomes Topuria (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) to […]
Khamzat Chimaev has fired back after former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier doubted the welterweight's chances of defeating middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya. In last weekend's pay-per-view main event, Adesanya extended his rule over the 185-pound weight class with a unanimous decision victory over Robert Whittaker. With the triumph, "The Last Stylebender" improved his unbeaten middleweight […]
Kevin Holland has fired back after middleweight contender Sean Strickland detailed an altercation they had at the UFC Performance Institute earlier this month. If there's one man who doesn't struggle to ruffle feathers and form feuds outside the Octagon, it's Strickland. If there's a second, it's Holland. With that in mind and with both men's […]
UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Amanda Nunes has further explained her decision to part ways with the American Top Team gym. Before December 2021, it was perhaps difficult to imagine Nunes, the then-two-division champion, being in a position to make changes to her preparation outside the Octagon in order to rebound from a crushing loss. The […]
UFC light heavyweight contender Johnny Walker is expecting to deliver an "explosive" and "unpredictable" performance against Jamahal Hill this weekend. Throughout his UFC career so far, we've pretty much come to expect those words to be incorporated into Walker's game plan. From his brutal elbows against Khalil Rountree to his flying knee against Misha Cirkunov, […]
Two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison has admitted she's saddened by her broken relationship with former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. While Rousey has left the sport after holding gold on its biggest stage and pioneering the rise of female MMA into the mainstream, Harrison is currently forging her own legacy inside the cage. After […]
UFC President Dana White has assessed where heavyweight contender Tai Tuivasa sits in the division following his knockout victory over Derrick Lewis. At UFC 271 this past weekend, two of the UFC's hardest hitters and most prolific KO artists collided. On one side was "The Black Beast" Lewis, the promotion's KO record holder, who was […]
