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The UFC Nashville event featured a highly anticipated matchup between Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font. However, the fight was marred by an incident involving UFC President Dana White, who walked out of the arena during the bout due to the lack of interest in the fight. Dana White walked out during the 4th round. #UFCNashville […]

In a featherweight matchup at UFC Nashville, Diego Lopes secured an armbar submission victory over Gavin Tucker. The fight showcased Lopes’ grappling skills and ability to capitalize on his opponent’s mistakes. DIEGO LOPES IS FOR REAL!!!!! 🤯 #UFCNashville pic.twitter.com/Y9vEW8tNF7 — UFC (@ufc) August 6, 2023 Leading up to the fight, many experts predicted that the […]

In a thrilling welterweight matchup at UFC Nashville, Carlston Harris secured a comeback victory over Jeremiah Wells with a submission in the third round. The fight showcased Harris’ resilience and grappling skills as he overcame adversity to secure the win. Carlston Harris put him to sleep 😴 #UFCNashville pic.twitter.com/sgbVNwmczR — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 6, […]

Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz is almost here. The prefight drama, spectacle and weigh-in are nearly done, with only Saturday night’s fight remaining. But how did Jake Paul get here, and how does his fighting record stack up to Nate Diaz’s? 185 on the money. See you tomorrow. #pauldiaz pic.twitter.com/MjQ4Exwz6E — Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August […]

It’s finally time for the UFC Nashville Main Event prediction and pick as we’ll see two ranked Bantamweights square off in a last-minute bout at Catchweight (140 lbs). No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen will take on No. 7 ranked Rob Font, who steps in on short notice to replace Umar Nurmagomedov. Don’t miss a second of this electric headliner! […]

UFC Nashville is finally here and fans will be treated to two stacked fights at the top of the Main Card. We’ll turn our attention towards the Co-Main Event for this prediction and pick in the Women’s Strawweight (115 lb) Division. No. 5 ranked Jessica Andrade will take on No. 10 ranked Tatiana Suarez in a great stylistic matchup […]

UFC Nashville rolls on with its Main Card action as we’re set to bring you a prediction and pick for this next bout in the Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Division. No. 15 ranked Dustin Jacoby will take on Fortis MMA’s Kennedy Nzechukwu in a close fight. Check out our UFC odds series for our Jacoby-Nzechukwu prediction and pick. […]

UFC Nashville: Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font continues on the main card with a fight in the featherweight division between Diego Lopes and Gavin Tucker. Lopes is coming off a hard-fought loss in his short-notice UFC debut meanwhile, Tucker is coming off a lengthy 29-month after getting knocked out by Dan Ige in his last […]

We’re back with another prediction and pick as the UFC Nashville Main Card begins to heat up. This next bout takes place in the Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Division as Tanner Boser faces Aleksa Camur. Both guys are in desperate need of a win. Check out our UFC odds series for our Boser-Camur prediction and pick. Tanner Boser […]

UFC Nashville: Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font kicks off the main card with a fight in the lightweight division between Ignacio Bahamondes and L’udovit Klein. Bahamondes is coming off three straight wins meanwhile, L’udovit Klein is coming off a split draw in his last fight. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for […]

The action continues from UFC Nashville as we bring you a prediction and pick for this next Prelim bout taking place in the Bantamweight (135 lb) Division. Kyler Phillips will make his return to face Brazil’s Raoni Barcelos in an electric matchup. Check out our UFC odds series for our Phillips-Barcelos prediction and pick. Kyler Phillips (10-2) has gone 4-1 […]

We’re back with our weekly fight picks as the UFC heads to Nashville this week for a sneaky-good fight card. This next Prelim takes place in the Welterweight (170 lb) Division and could easily be featured on the Main Card. Philly’s own Jeremiah Wells will take on Guyana’s Carlston Harris in a very competitive fight. Check out our UFC […]

UFC Nashville continues on the prelims with a fight between Billy Quarantillo and Damon Jackson. Check out our UFC odds series for our Quarantillo-Jackson prediction and pick. Billy Quarantillo (17-5) is just 2-3 over his last five fights and is coming off the first knockout loss of his career at the hands of Edson Barboza. […]

UFC Nashville: Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font continues on the prelims with a fight in the flyweight division between Cody Durden and Jake Hadley. Durden is coming off three straight wins into this short-notice fight meanwhile, Hadley has won two in a row coming into this fight. With that said, check out our UFC odds […]

UFC Nashville: Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font keep it moving on the prelims with a fight in the featherweight division between Sean Woodson and Dennis Buzukja. Woodson is coming off a split draw in his last fight meanwhile, Buzukja has won seven straight which includes a win on the Contender Series as he takes this […]

UFC Nashville: Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font kicks off the prelims with a fight in the flyweight division between Ode’ Osbourne and Assu Almabayev. Osbourne is coming off a win in his last fight meanwhile, Almabayev is coming into his UFC debut on a 13-fight win streak. With that said, check out our UFC odds […]

Former UFC Lightweight Champion and current contender Charles Oliveira is not exactly known as a trash-talker. On Wednesday afternoon, the man known as ‘DoBronxs’ decided to take a risk on his Twitter account, calling out UFC legend Conor McGregor. McGregor, a former two weight class UFC champion, hasn’t fought since July 2021, when he suffered […]

When it comes to UFC fighter pay, Jake Paul genuinely cares about the issue at hand. Paul is set to return to boxing action when he takes on Nate Diaz in an 10-round, 185-pound matchup taking place Saturday night in Dallas, Texas. One person who will more than likely be cheering Diaz on is UFC […]

The wait is finally over. After the fight was first announced back in April, Jake Paul and Nate Diaz are finally set to lock horns when they face each other in a 10-round, 185-pound boxing match Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It will be Paul’s first boxing match since suffering […]

Jake Paul returns to boxing action when he faces former UFC star Nate Diaz in a 10-round, 185-pound boxing match taking place this Saturday in Dallas, Texas. While most would assume the result would go the same way as other Paul fights when he faces an MMA fighter past their prime, Diaz is different in […]

Daniel Cormier believes it’s time Tony Ferguson had a step down in competition. Ferguson, 39, suffered yet another defeat after getting submitted by Bobby Green in their lightweight encounter at UFC 291 this past weekend. It marked his sixth defeat in a row — including his third consecutive by stoppage — with one more potential […]

Paulo Costa sees no chance whatsoever for Khamzat Chimaev to beat him. Both Costa and Chimaev return to action for the first time in over a year when they collide in a mouthwatering middleweight encounter on the UFC 294 main card taking place Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi. The wheels were in motion for the […]

It’s time Dustin Poirier moved up to 170 pounds. Poirier revealed he was heartbroken following his UFC 291 defeat to Justin Gaethje this past weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. The pair of exciting lightweights brawlers collided for the second time in five years in a rematch for the BMF title. The winner of the […]

Demetrious Johnson is still not sure where his future lies when it comes to MMA. Johnson last competed in May where he successfully defended his ONE Championship flyweight title against Adriano Moraes with a unanimous decision win in their trilogy fight. Leading up the contest, all the speculation was on whether it would be the […]

Rose Namajunas seriously considered retirement following UFC 274 back in May 2022. Namajunas lost her women’s strawweight title to Carla Esparza after a drab display from both competitors with little to no activity. Many in the combat sports world have labeled the contest as one of the worst title fights in UFC history. Little was […]

Conor McGregor doesn’t believe Dustin Poirier has a Hall of Fame worthy career. Poirier is coming off a second-round knockout defeat to Justin Gaethje in their BMF title fight in the UFC 291 headliner this past weekend. It was a brutal loss for Poirier who was finished by knockout for the first time since 2016 […]

Dustin Poirier believes Justin Gaethje has a legitimate chance of defeating UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Gaethje earned redemption after knocking Poirier out with a head kick in the second round of their BMF title fight (and rematch) in the UFC 291 headliner this past weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the process, “The […]

UFC lightweight Bobby Green fired back at Tony Ferguson over his eye poke comments. Green earned arguably the biggest win of his career after submitting Ferguson in the third round of their lightweight encounter at UFC 291 this past weekend. However, it was not without incident as Ferguson was eye poked by Green in the […]

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 […]

Justin Gaethje knocked out Dustin Poirier with a head kick in the second round to win the BMF title at UFC 291 on Saturday night. The fight was a rematch of their 2018 bout, which Poirier won by TKO in the fourth round. This angle of Justin Gaethje’s KO is incredible 😍 pic.twitter.com/TLlg7pQ7Ph — MMA […]

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 knocked out Dustin Poirier with a brutal head kick at UFC 291, causing none other than the notorious Conor McGregor to chime in with a challenge for the winner. “Justin, I’ll slap you around,” McGregor tweeted after the fight. McGregor continued to call out other rivals, including Michael Chandler who he is supposed […]

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 […]