The UFC has just dealt with one champion retiring when Jon Jones seemed to hang up the gloves a few weeks ago (only to seemingly unretire in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump teasing a UFC card at the White House). But could the UFC lose a second champion to retirement during the summer? […]
In about a month's time, the UFC will arrive in Chicago with a middleweight championship main event for UFC 319 that features Dricus Du Plessis defending the title against Khamzat Chimaev. Both men in their own right have been seemingly unbeatable, as both men will enter unbeaten in their UFC tenures — and just two […]
The Professional Fighters League has announced former Turner and Time Warner executive John Martin is joining the organization as its new Chief Executive Officer. The PFL confirmed the news on the morning of Thursday, July 10, with a press release. This followed an initial hinting of a move in PFL's management by longtime boxing promoter […]
The biggest talking point in the MMA world at the moment is not one that involves a particular fighter, but one that involves the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, and the potential of something historic that 30 years ago would have been a crazy pipedream. The U.S.' Fourth of July celebrations […]
Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, often regarded as one of the most decorated fighters with military experience, has admitted that he never actually received a Bronze Star with Valor. "I want to take full and unequivocal responsibility for a serious mistake," Kennedy posted to social media. "Over the years, I made public statements and gave […]
UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture was airlifted to a burn center on Tuesday, July 9, after getting injured in a single-car accident while at a professional stock car racetrack. According to initial reports from TMZ, Couture was making practice runs at a Kansas City racetrack when he was involved in an accident. Couture reportedly […]
Next Saturday, July 19, is shaping up to be a memorable day filled with fights for combat sports fans everywhere. It sometimes can happen where fight cards will be stacked on top of one another on the same day, or even go head-to-head with each other. But only every so often do we get a […]
Welcome, everyone, to the seventh edition of The TUF Stuff! Each week, I'll be guiding you through a recap of this season's edition of The Ultimate Fighter, providing updates on what happens in each episode — from the drama and storylines out of the Octagon, to the looks into who the competing fighters are, to […]
Patrick Habirora is slowly making a name for himself in the PFL with his young career, and he may have just taken himself to a new level of status with his performance in front of his home country. Habirora scored a first-round knockout over UFC veteran Danny Roberts in the main event of PFL Brussels, […]
The second PFL Europe event of the 2025 season took place on Saturday, July 5, with the PFL's first venture to Brussels, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! PFL Europe was the initial expansion effort of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), an effort that has since grown out to MENA in […]
One week after Gregory "Robocop" Rodrigues made a strong case for Knockout of the Year, Gustavo Oliveira made a case of his own in his knockout win over Anas Azizoun at PFL Brussels. As a result of his win, Oliveira moves on in this year's PFL Europe bantamweight tournament. Oliveira and Azizoun both came out […]
In what would be an insane plot twist to recent UFC events, former UFC two-division champion Jon Jones — just two weeks after announcing his official retirement from MMA — has announced he is coming out of retirement and re-entering the UFC's drug testing pool. Jones announced the move himself on social media, stating "figured […]
The PFL MENA season continued on Friday, July 4, and we have all the results and highlights from the action here at MMA News! PFL MENA was set up last year as part of the promotion's expansion efforts, and alongside the already-established PFL Europe and soon-to-debut PFL Africa and PFL Pacific, PFL MENA has ventured […]
July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the United States declaring independence from Great Britain. That particular date also falls on a Saturday, and while the UFC typically takes off for American Independence Day weekend, could a chance to be involved in Washington D.C.'s events alongside U.S. President Donald Trump cause a one-time change? […]
Welcome, everyone, to the sixth edition of The TUF Stuff! Each week, I'll be guiding you through a recap of this season's edition of The Ultimate Fighter, providing updates on what happens in each episode — from the drama and storylines out of the Octagon, to the looks into who the competing fighters are, to […]
The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away. And in the aftermath of Saturday’s UFC 317 in Las Vegas, MMA News has you covered with this week’s complete updates. Men’s Pound-For-Pound: Ilia Topuria has moved up two spots and is the new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Islam […]
UFC 317 is in the books, meaning attention will soon turn to the mixed martial arts leader’s next pay-per-view offering, UFC 318 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The promotion was in Las Vegas last week, where the T-Mobile Arena played host to a number of intriguing matchups for its sixth numbered event of the year. Of note were […]
Sean Strickland got into a cage and threw, and he wasn't even at a UFC event — he wasn't even in a match at all. Strickland, along with Chris Curtis, was in the corner for a teammate's fight at Tuff-N-Uff 145 on June 29, held at The Theatre at The Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]
UFC International Fight Week usually brings alongside it a card with a highly-anticipated championship showdown, and that's what we got with this year's edition, UFC 317. The main event saw the vacant UFC lightweight championship on the line as Ilia Topuria took on Charles Oliveira. Topuria won the featherweight title at UFC 298 last year […]
In what many people will justifiably consider to be a farce of a fight, Jake Paul scored a win in his return to the boxing ring, defeating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in their bout at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Paul was the only one doing any activity in the opening pair of rounds, […]
