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Kelvin Gastelum is out of his upcoming welterweight fight against Shavkat Rakhmonov. It was announced in late June that the pair would co-headline the upcoming Noche UFC event taking place taking place Sept. 16 in Las Vegas during Mexican Independence Day. However, that will no longer be the case after Gastelum announced Tuesday he is […]

A pivotal light heavyweight encounter is set for the UFC 294 pay-per-view event taking place Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi. According to an initial report from Vestnik MMA that was later confirmed by MMA Junkie, former light heavyweight title challenger Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker will collide on the main card. Ankalaev is coming off […]

Tony Ferguson believes Bobby Green knew exactly what he was doing with his eye poke during their UFC 291 contest. Ferguson suffered his sixth straight loss following a third-round submission defeat to Green on the UFC 291 main card this past weekend. “El Cucuy” looked promising early on and even managed to drop an out-of-position […]

Justin Gaethje earned redemption at UFC 291, became the BMF champion, and also all but guaranteed himself the next lightweight title shot with his second-round knockout win over Dustin Poirier. In the process, he was also called out by Conor McGregor who stated that if Gaethje really wanted to fight him, all he had to […]

UFC 291 is in the books and it was an eventful pay-per-view event to say the least. The headliner saw a rare Justin Gaethje head kick that knocked Dustin Poirier out cold in their BMF title fight. The co-main event, meanwhile, saw Alex Pereira emerge victorious in his light heavyweight debut against former champion Jan […]

Justin Gaethje has no interest in fighting Conor McGregor. Gaethje is coming off a second-round knockout win over Dustin Poirier to win the BMF title in the UFC 291 headliner last night in Salt Lake City, Utah. Soon after, “The Highlight” was called out by McGregor on social media who stated he would slap him […]

Dustin Poirier was understandably dejected following his defeat to Justin Gaethje at UFC 291. Poirier was finished by knockout for the first time since 2016 after a Gaethje head kick put him out cold in the second round of their BMF title fight. “The Diamond” is no stranger to setbacks in big fights. After all, […]

Justin Gaethje became the BMF champion at UFC 291 — but more than anything, he earned redemption. Gaethje became the first person to stop Dustin Poirier by strikes since 2016 when he knocked him out cold with a head kick in the second round of the UFC 291 headliner last night in Salt Lake City, […]

Derrick Lewis had the night of his life after taking down his UFC 291 opponent Marcos Rogerio de Lima in incredible fashion. The heavyweight mixed martial artist needed just 33 seconds to beat de Lima after his flying knee to start the fight sent his opponent to the canvas. Lewis then took the opportunity to […]

Bellator Odds Patricky Pitbull vs Roberto de Souza continues on the main card with a main event fight in the lightweight division in a quarterfinal fight in Bellator’s Lightweight Grand Prix between former Bellator lightweight champion Patricky Pitbull and Roberto de Souza. Pitbull was originally scheduled to fight AJ McKee but unfortunately, McKee had to […]

Patricky Pitbull vs. Roberto de Souza continues on the main card with a co-main event fight in the newly minted Bellator men’s flyweight division for the inaugural flyweight championship between former Bellator bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi and RIZIN’s No. 1 flyweight Makoto Shinryu. Horiguchi has won back-to-back fights coming into this title fight meanwhile, Shinryu […]

Bellator Odds: Patricky Pitbull vs. Roberto de Souza continues on the main card with the featured bout in the women’s flyweight division between Kana Watanabe and former title challenger Veta Arteaga. Watanabe lost a very controversial split decision to Ilima-Lei MacFarlane in her last fight meanwhile, has won his first two fights in Bellator’s lightweight […]

Bellator continues on the main card with a fight in the bantamweight division in a quarterfinal between former Danny Sabatello and Magomed Magomedov. Sabatello is coming off a dominant submission victory in his last fight meanwhile, Magomedov is coming off a submission loss to the current interim bantamweight champion Patchy Mix. With that said, check […]

Patricky Pitbull vs. Roberto de Souza continues on the main card with a fight in the welterweight division between former Andrey Koreshkov and Lorenz Larkin. Since their last encounter back in 2019, both Koreshkov and Larkin haven’t lost a fight as their win streaks combine for 11 straight wins. With that said, check out our […]

The UFC have added two big fights for their upcoming Sept. 23 Fight Night event. As per UFC president Dana White on ESPN (via SpinninBackfist), a lightweight encounter between Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot will headline the Sept. 23 Fight Night card. White also announced a featherweight encounter between Bryce Mitchell and Dan Ige that […]

The clock is ticking for Israel Adesanya and UFC 293. Adesanya is expected to headline the UFC 293 pay-per-view event taking place Sept. 9 in Sydney, Australia. He was initially slated to defend his middleweight title against Dricus du Plessis, who defeated Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 earlier this month. However, the turnaround is too […]

Tony Ferguson competes in his 22nd UFC fight when he takes on Bobby Green on the UFC 291 main card this weekend. A couple of years ago, the idea of him facing an unranked lightweight like Green would have been unthinkable, especially considering his impressive 12-fight winning streak from 2012 to 2020. Yet, the harsh […]

Respected MMA coach Ray Longo isn’t exactly excited about the upcoming rematch between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira. It was recently announced that Makhachev would defend his lightweight title against Oliveira in the UFC 294 headliner taking place Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi. Makhachev won the title by defeating Oliveira in Abu Dhabi last year […]

Former UFC double-champion Conor McGregor paid tribute to Irish singer Sinead O’Connor. O’Connor passed away at the age of 56 on Wednesday. Her family announced her death without revealing the cause or any further details. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead,” the statement read. “Her family and […]

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping had quite the take on Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. Aspinall recently returned to action with an emphatic first-round TKO win over Marcin Tybura at UFC London this past weekend. Following the win, the Briton set his sights on facing and beating Jones down the line and as far […]

Chael Sonnen is not slowing down with his controversial takes regarding LeBron James and his family one bit. Earlier this week, Bronny James had a scary incident where he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the court. The USC All-American was later rushed to the hospital and the good news is he is now […]

Sean O’Malley believes there hasn’t been a UFC champion quite like Israel Adesanya. Adesanya is currently in his second reign as middleweight champion after regaining the strap from Alex Pereira and is set to defend his title next at UFC 293 on Sept. 9 in Sydney, Australia. In his first reign as 185-pound champion, “The […]

Colby Covington is manifesting a fight with Conor McGregor in the near future. Although not official, it’s looking very likely that Covington will challenge Leon Edwards for the welterweight title at UFC 295 which takes place Nov. 10 in Madison Square Garden, New York. In what will be Covington’s third attempt at becoming welterweight champion, […]

Ben Askren is only interested in fighting Jorge Masvidal again under MMA rules. Masvidal, who like Askren, is now retired, recently revealed he would come out of retirement to face the latter, but only in a boxing match. “I heard Ben Askren said he’d come out of retirement to fight me,” Masvidal told TMZ Sports […]

It looks like Jon Jones has had enough of the Tom Aspinall praise. Aspinall returned to the win column in style with an impressive first-round TKO win over Marcin Tybura at UFC London this past weekend. Afterward, he detailed his long-term plan to not only convince Jones to remain in MMA, but also beat him […]

UFC 291 takes place Saturday night in Salt Lake City, Utah, and features a BMF title fight as well as rematch between former title challengers Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. The co-main event, meanwhile, features a light heavyweight encounter as former champion Jan Blachowicz welcomes Alex Pereira to the 205-pound division. Elsewhere, former interim lightweight […]

Alex Pereira makes his highly-anticipated light heavyweight debut when he faces former 205-pound champion Jan Blachowicz in the UFC 291 co-headliner this Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Will Pereira benefit from the weight and deliver another highlight reel knockout? Or will Blachowicz spoil his divisional debut and reinsert himself into the light heavyweight title […]

Justin Gaethje is looking to prove a point against UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Gaethje returns to the Octagon when he faces Dustin Poirier in a rematch for the BMF title that will headline the UFC 291 pay-per-view event this Saturday in Salt Lake City. The winner will most likely fight the winner of the […]

UFC 291 takes place Saturday night in Salt Lake City and it’s only fair to say it’s stacked beyond belief. In the headliner, we have Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje competing in a rematch for the BMF title. The co-main event, meanwhile, features the light heavyweight debut of former middleweight champion Alex Pereira as he […]

It looks like we could be seeing Michael Page in the UFC after all. It was revealed earlier this week that the former Bellator welterweight star, 36, was no longer contracted with the Santa Monica-based promotion and was effectively MMA’s hottest free agent. As fate would have it, UFC London took place last night and […]

Tom Aspinall believes he matches up well with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Aspinall returned to the win column in emphatic fashion after a first-round TKO victory over Marcin Tybura in the UFC London headliner last night. The Englishman would make his future plans very clear after the win — be in attendance for the […]

The UFC returns to Salt Lake City for the UFC 291 pay-per-view event on July 29. It’s a stacked card to say the least, and that’s further evident by the headliner which is a BMF title fight and a rematch between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. Will it be a repeat of their first encounter […]

Tom Aspinall is one of the most dangerous and talented heavyweights in recent UFC history, but the rising British contender admitted Saturday afternoon that he hasn’t felt like himself lately. A TKO win and cheers from his hometown fans proved to be just what the doctor ordered. Aspinall defeated Marcin Tybura with a vicious hailstorm […]

It’s now official. Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight title against Charles Oliveira in a rematch that will headline the upcoming UFC 294 pay-per-view event taking place Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi. It was a bit of a surprise given that we were led to believe Oliveira was unavailable for that date. However, where there’s […]

UFC Nashville took a major hit last night as it was revealed that Umar Nurmagomedov would be out of his bantamweight headliner against Cory Sandhagen after suffering an injury during training. However, the show must go on and with Sandhagen currently without an opponent, here’s a look at three alternate fighters he could face on […]

There were some big fight announcements from UFC president Dana White last night. White announced the first three fights for UFC 294 with the headliner being a lightweight title rematch between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira. The announcement came out of left field as it was previously believed that Oliveira wasn’t available to make the […]

Unfortunately, it looks like we won’t be getting Israel Adesanya vs. Dricus du Plessis at UFC 293. Following Du Plessis’ win over Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 earlier this month, Adesanya squared off with him to build anticipation for their now seemingly planned fight at UFC 293 which takes place Sept. 9 in Sydney, Australia. […]

UFC Nashville took a major hit, and Conor McGregor didn’t miss his opportunity to take a dig at the Nurmagomedovs. Umar Nurmagomedov was set for his toughest task yet as he was to headline UFC Nashville against bantamweight veteran Cory Sandhagen. That won’t be the case anymore as it was reported that the Dagestan native […]

Leon Edwards will definitely be fighting before the end of the year. Edwards is coming off his first welterweight title defense after a majority decision victory over former champion Kamaru Usman in their trilogy fight at UFC 286 back in March. Right from the get-go, UFC president Dana White revealed Colby Covington would be next […]