As a veteran referee, Marc Goddard has been the third man in the Octagon for some of the most iconic UFC fights of all time. He's seen his fair share of show stealing knockouts, jaw dropping comebacks and epic encounters that fans will talk about for decades to come. During a recent interview with talkSPORT […]
Former UFC interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee is looking to find somewhere that he can truly call home, for the foreseeable future. "Motown Phenom" has been a bit of a gun for hire as of late and after his UFC return didn't pan out the way he hoped it would, Lee is exploring some […]
On a recent episode of Demetrious Johnson's MightyCast, former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling joined him as a guest. As you'd expect, at one point, the conversation turned to Sterling's fight with Sean O'Malley at UFC 292 where he lost the bantamweight title, which he has spoken about a lot since. "Funkmaster" was pretty open […]
In 2012, Kamaru Usman made his pro debut in MMA in what would be the start of an incredibly successful career. Like many martial artists that grew up in the United States, he came to the sport via a wrestling background – but there weren't many role models for him to look up to. Having […]
Eleventh-ranked welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley is usually not too far away from getting into a beef with a fellow fighter. However, this looked to be a difficult task for his next fight, considering the 'nice guy' public perception of Stephen Thompson. "Wonderboy" is widely regarded to be one of the kindest fighters on the roster […]
After vacating his UFC light heavyweight title, Jon Jones was inactive for three years until he finally came back as a heavyweight. He captured the heavyweight belt by submitting Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, but after suffering a significant injury, the champion has been gone for another long stretch of time. During that time, there […]
The PFL has announced the full card for "Battle of the Giants", the promotion's huge event in Riyadh on October 19. We already knew about four fights, which regardless of the rest of the card, were going to make this one of the biggest nights in the history of the promotion. Between Francis Ngannou's MMA […]
A lot of athletes who make their way into combat sports come from rough backgrounds, and Daniel Cormier was no different. Through the success that he has achieved in his career through determination and commitment, his children won't have to battle the same struggles that he faced. In that same vein, "DC" is sure to […]
The sport of MMA moves so fast that even after a major event like UFC 306, there is very little time before everyone has moved on to the next major talking point. Merab Dvalishvili winning the UFC bantamweight title in the main event of the promotion's second annual Noche UFC already feels like it happened […]
Julianna Peña is set to return at UFC 307 after being away from competition for nearly two years. The last time that she stepped inside the Octagon, it was as the women's bantamweight champion. Though she came up short on that night in a rematch with Amanda Nunes at UFC 277, her comeback will see […]
Veteran referee Herb Dean came under some criticism following his role as the official inside the cage during the main event of UFC 306. The fight between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title wasn't exactly a fight of the year contender, but it wasn't dull either. Despite the stakes that were involved […]
After being announced to have signed with the UFC just yesterday, an opponent has already been found for Reinier de Ridder's Octagon debut. The former two-weight world champion in ONE Championship comes in as the MMA leader's latest major signing from another promotion. After losing his titles in back-to-back fights with Anatoly Malykhin, de Ridder […]
To prepare for his long awaited MMA return, Francis Ngannou is doing his training camp out in Paris before October 19. Any heavyweight in the sport will tell you that one of the biggest problems that they encounter is finding suitable training partners to work with. This is even more true when you're preparing to […]
A recent social media post from Conor McGregor on X was yet another example of him stating that he is ready to return to the Octagon. In a since-deleted image, "The Notorious" shared a screenshot from an email that was sent from Drug Free Sport International on September 23. Anyone who has seen a drug […]
In the main event of UFC Paris this weekend, Brazil's Renato Moicano is hoping to enter enemy territory and come away with the win. His bout with fellow top 15 lightweight Benoît Saint Denis is sure to be an exciting clash of styles at the Accor Arena. It's also a big opportunity for Saint Denis, who […]
The main event of UFC 308 is one of the year's biggest and best fights as the featherweight title is on the line in Abu Dhabi. Undefeated champion Ilia Topuria has smashed his way through this division whilst facing very little adversity coming back the other way. After stopping Alexander Volkanovski earlier this year, he […]
BKFC continues to be on the up, no doubt thanks to Conor McGregor, who became a part owner of the promotion earlier this year in April. The UFC superstar certainly brings a lot of eyes and attention to whatever he's doing, which in turn gives the promotion a lot more bargaining power than they once […]
There has been a lot of talk over whether UFC 309 will be the last time that Jon Jones competes inside the Octagon. The heavyweight champion recently said himself that this is looking "more than likely" now that his title defence is official for November 16 in New York. Many expected that his initially planned […]
After what happened at last year's Noche UFC card, Valentina Shevchenko made it perfectly clear that she wanted a trilogy fight with Alexa Grasso on neutral ground. The current UFC flyweight champion failed to reclaim her title in the second fight with Grasso after the bout was controversially scored as a draw. Shevchenko had no […]
Michael Chandler has spent a long time talking about Conor McGregor, his actions outside of the cage and whether their fight was going to happen or not. After the many months of trying to focus on himself, this ended up paying off once it was announced that the fight wouldn't be next for "Iron" Mike. […]
