Hyun Sung Park may have sent a message to the flyweight division by barely breaking a sweat in a quick outing against Carlos Hernandez during the UFC Vegas 106 prelims. Park took the lead early with leg kicks, trying to set the pace and control the cage. After some exchanging, Park landed a solid one-two […]
UFC 315 is in the books, meaning attention will soon turn to the mixed martial arts leader’s next pay-per-view offering, UFC 316 in Newark, New Jersey. The promotion was in Montreal last week, where the Bell Centre played host to a number of intriguing matchups for its fifth numbered event of the year. Of note were headline […]
For the first time in a decade, the UFC arrived to Montreal, looking to bring the Bell Centre a night of memorable action with two title fights and some rising stars to watch out for. It was the UFC's first visit to the biggest city in the Canadian province of Quebec since UFC 186 in […]
One day removed from UFC 315, in spite of promises made in the days leading up to the event, there is still no announced main event for UFC 317 on June 28 in Las Vegas — as part of the UFC's annual International Fight Week. The expectation had been (and still is) that Ilia Topuria […]
After coming out of retirement almost exactly one year ago, UFC Hall of Famer Jose Aldo hung up the gloves again at UFC 315, following a loss in a highly competitive battle with Aiemann Zahabi. During his Octagon interview, Aldo reflected on how he didn't have the heart for competing in MMA anymore. He reiterated […]
At the end of 2024, the expectation was Shavkat Rakhmonov would be the first challenger for UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad. But injury to Rakhmonov led to opportunity for Jack Della Maddalena, who was thrusted from planned Fight Night London main event to a title shot. And JDM has made the most of his sudden […]
Coming into this fight as the underdog, Valentina Shevchenko had one of the toughest and closest fights of her career. But she ultimately came out on top against Manon Fiorot in the co-main event of UFC 315 to retain the UFC women's flyweight championship. Shevchenko got off to a strong start in the opening frame, […]
Jose Aldo's UFC comeback ends at three fights, but he gets to go out after an entertaining battle with Aiemann Zahabi — albeit one he came up short in controversially — in a featured contest at UFC 315. Zahabi was slow to come out of the gate, and Aldo took advantage of that. Aldo worked […]
One of the greatest and longest-tenured fighters in the history of MMA, let alone the UFC, will finally get his rightful spot in the UFC Hall of Fame. The UFC announced that former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort is the latest name to join the UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Belfort will […]
The next challenger for the UFC women's flyweight championship could very well be Natália Silva, as she took care of business against former champion Alexa Grasso at UFC 315. Silva looked to get to a fast start, mixing up her shots and moving around the cage in a speedy fashion. She also took control in […]
Though it wasn't the originally scheduled opponent for him in Joel Alvarez, Benoît Saint Denis made it a successful night against short-notice opponent Kyle Prepolec, scoring a submission in the opening bout of the UFC 315 pay-per-view. Saint Denis scored a takedown almost right away, using his pressure against the fence on Prepolec, who looked […]
Feeling he had to defend his home country after comments made by Charles Radtke earlier during UFC 315 media week, Mike Malott performed in a big way, earning the finish of Radtke in their UFC 315 preliminary card featured bout. Radtke came out pressing, but Malott found his rhythm early by utilizing crisp boxing combinations […]
Jasmine Jasudavicius can certainly say she is one step closer to a title shot after scoring a victory over former strawweight queen Jéssica Andrade in a key women's flyweight fight during the UFC 315 preliminary card. The fight was certainly not a close one. Jasudavicius used her height and reach advantages to connect multiple times […]
The only way to make a fight with a disappointing amount of activity worse is with baffling judges' scorecards. And it appears that's what we got with the judges' totals in the victory Modestas Bukauskas got over Ion Cutelaba during the preliminary card of UFC 315. Cutelaba took control of the fight early with heavy […]
In front of his home province of Quebec, and potentially fighting for his job, Marc-André Barriault delivered in a big way, scoring a powerful first-round knockout of Bruno Silva in the featured bout of the UFC 315 early preliminary card. Barriault seemed to get the better of Silva from the get-go, landing a right hand. […]
Bekzat Almakhan got the action started at UFC 315 in a quick way, needing little time to finish off Brad Katona in the first early prelim bout of the night. Almakhan got off a few strikes to start things off, feeling out Katona while taking the center of the cage. As Katona goes in about […]
"Big News" is the big news coming out of PFL Europe's event in Belfast. Paul Hughes fulfilled his dream of competing at the SSE Arena in Belfast and made an impact while doing so, finishing Bruno Miranda in less than a minute in the evening's featured bout. Miranda opened the fight with a series of […]
While it's Paul Hughes who is competing in the headline slot of PFL Belfast, another Hughes, Connor, may have stolen the show with a brutal finish. Hughes scored a second-round knockout of Sebastien Di Franco in a featured bout of the event, which featured the first round of the PFL Europe lightweight tournament. Hughes busted […]
The PFL World Tournament has produced a number of upsets in its first-round events already, and now PFL Europe's 2025 season — with only its lightweight fights at tonight's PFL Belfast card — is not an exception. Alex Chizov did not need long to put away Mark Ewen and secure a semifinal spot in the […]
After pulling off a major finish over the rising Bo Nickal in the co-main event of UFC Des Moines last weekend, Reinier de Ridder now has a major opportunity in front of him. De Ridder, the former ONE middleweight and light heavyweight champion, will meet former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in the headline bout […]
