Following his decisive win over Brian Ortega at UFC 306, Diego Lopes called to be the backup fighter in Abu Dhabi this weekend. In the main event, Ilia Topuria puts his featherweight title on the line for the first time at UFC 308 when he takes on the former champion, Max Holloway. It's undoubtedly one […]
It's safe to say that interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is not too confident that the winner of Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will face him to unify the belts following UFC 309. The two veterans are set to collide at Madison Square Garden where it's expected that both men will retire after the […]
Yair Rodríguez revealed in a recent interview with MMA Junkie that despite his hopes of returning before the end of the year, it looks like the UFC has plans for him in the first quarter of 2025. "El Pantera" last competed in February where he was submitted by Brian Ortega in Mexico City. According to […]
Former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos is back up at welterweight this weekend when he faces Geoff Neal at UFC 308. After initially making the move up to 170-pounds back in 2017, "RDA" has returned to 155 on several occasions but that appears to have come to an end. At UFC 299 earlier this year, […]
Fight fans all around the world will be eagerly waiting the main event of UFC 308 this Saturday when Ilia Topuria looks to defend the featherweight belt against Max Holloway. One man that will be paying especially close attention is Alexander Volkanovski who will be in attendance at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The […]
Since Ilia Topuria arrived in the UFC, he's become a somewhat divisive character despite the fact that he backs up what he says inside the Octagon. The current featherweight champion has always carried himself with supreme self confidence. Though it's clearly a major asset of his, it does lead to some fans reading this as […]
In the biggest fight of his career to date, Ciryl Gane suffered his biggest setback when he was submitted by Jon Jones at UFC 285. "Bon Gamin" has come back from adversity in the past but he recently revealed how this one defeat affected him. Gane's only other loss came to Francis Ngannou in a […]
The UFC 308 main event is one of the biggest fights of the year between featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and his first challenger, Max Holloway. As is often the case with a fight of this magnitude, there is a backup fighter on standby in case either man is unable to compete on Saturday night. #3-ranked […]
In the co-main event of UFC 307, Raquel Pennington narrowly lost the bantamweight title to Julianna Peña via split decision. A lot of people had "Rocky" winning the fight at the end of the fifth round, including the media scores and the commentators. Not to mention the fact that Pennington said the UFC had already gathered […]
Undefeated welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry has spent a lot of this year campaigning for a fight with former interim champion Colby Covington. Given the build up alone, the fight would be huge but it seems unlikely that we will see it happen. The Irishman wanted the match-up at UFC 303 in June but ended […]
Despite having fought seven times inside the Octagon, the potential of Khamzat Chimaev still has some question marks hanging over it. Listen to anyone that trains with the middleweight contender and they will tell you that he's the champion in waiting. However, his recent performances and issues with staying active have significantly pumped the breaks […]
UFC fans have watched Max Holloway grow up in the promotion and evolve into the elite level competitor that we now see today. The incredible success that he has achieved hasn't been without some adjustments along the way and a former opponent of his found that out first hand. At UFC 308 this Saturday, Holloway […]
Muhammad Mokaev was set to make his competition return this weekend at the ADXC 6 grappling event in Abu Dhabi. "The Punisher" was announced last week to be headlining the card against UFC bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr. The contest certainly would have attracted lots of attention with Mokaev returning for the first time since his […]
After everything that he has been through this year, Francis Ngannou's MMA return was a triumphant one as he stopped Renan Ferreira in the first round. The main event of PFL Battle Of The Giants ended up on the ground early on after the former UFC champion secured the takedown. His Brazilian opponent was able […]
Johnny Eblen retained the Bellator middleweight title at PFL's Battle Of The Giants pay-per-view by beating Fabian Edwards via unanimous decision. The champion was largely dominant throughout the first four rounds, consistently landing his takedowns without landing too much significant damage. Edwards tried to turn the tide in the fifth frame, which was by far […]
Brazilian MMA promotion Nacão Cyborg has revealed on social media that a fighter formerly on its roster is currently in a coma after a botched weigh-in attempt for her Bellator debut last month Daiana Silva was set to compete against Eman Almudhaf at the Bellator Champions Series event that took place at the OVO Arena […]
Dustin Poirier recently confirmed that he will indeed fight in the UFC again despite contemplating retirement after his loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302. "The Diamond" wants to plan his exit from the sport by going out in front of his home fans in Louisiana. MMA retirements never tend to last too long, just […]
With how long fight fans have been watching Max Holloway compete at the highest level, it can be easy to forget that he's still only 32-years old. "Blessed" is looking to reclaim the featherweight title later this month at UFC 308 when he faces Ilia Topuria in Abu Dhabi. The first time that he got […]
Anthony Pettis achieved a lot in his career and despite becoming a UFC champion, for many fans, what made him immortal was the iconic showtime kick that he produced in the WEC against Benson Henderson. Many years down the line in his career, towards the end of his UFC tenure, "Showtime" would produce another instant […]
UFC commentator Jon Anik recently graced the Pound 4 Pound podcast with his presence as the modern day voice of the MMA leader covered a whole host of topics alongside former champion Henry Cejudo and Kamaru Usman. At one point in the episode, the topic of Anik's top three knockouts that he has called in […]
