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Angela Hill suffered a tough loss to Mackenzie Dern at UFC Vegas 73, but the “Overkill” fighter is not one to back down from a challenge. Hill has been a staple in the UFC’s strawweight division for years, and despite the setback, she remains one of the most exciting fighters in the division. So what’s […]

Mackenzie Dern put on a dominant performance against Angela Hill at UFC Vegas 73, winning via unanimous decision. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt showcased her grappling skills, taking Hill down multiple times and controlling the fight on the ground. Dern looked like a fighter that was possessed as she came in there with a ton […]

Recent footage of Nate Diaz preparing for Jake Paul emerged on social media and it’s safe to say it wasn’t received well by Twitter. Diaz makes his professional boxing debut when he takes on the YouTuber-turned-boxer in an eight-round match set for Aug. 5 in Dallas, Texas. For some, they believe Diaz — despite being […]

There is still no official confirmation, but we finally have some clarity on Conor McGregor and his UFC return. McGregor is expected to return to action later this year against Michael Chandler. The pair were coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 31 which premieres May 30 on ESPN with the finale set to take place Aug. […]

UFC President Dana White had an interesting post-fight press conference following the Dern vs. Hill card on May 20, to which he spent a decent amount of time answering questions regarding UFC 292 and the main event between ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley and defending Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling. Sterling defended his belt against Henry Cejudo earlier […]

Dana White, has criticized the Professional Fighters League (PFL) for signing Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion. White expressed his disappointment in a tweet, stating that the PFL is “trying to be like Bellator,” another mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. White’s criticism comes after Ngannou’s contract with the UFC expired, and he chose to […]

UFC Vegas 73 took place on May 20, 2023, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event featured a total of 12 fights, with four fighters earning $50,000 bonuses for their performances. Diego Ferreira’s crushing KO of Michael Johnson was among the highlights of the night. DIEGO FERREIRA PUT MICHAEL JOHNSON TO SLEEP 😱 […]

UFC Vegas 73 kicked off the prelims with a welterweight matchup between Themba Gorimbo and Takashi Sato. Gorimbo was out working Sato early in the fight and then dropped him in the second round almost getting the finish. He seemed winded as the fight progressed into the later rounds but he was able to outlast […]

UFC viral sensation Joaquin Buckley notched one of the most impressive knockouts we’ve ever seen in the octagon with his spinning-kick knockout of Impa Kasanganay in 2020. Since, he’s lost a few fights against top-level Middleweight competition and decided to make the weight cut and move to Welterweight. For his first fight in the new […]

The UFC kicks off today’s fight night card UFC Vegas 73 with some fireworks, especially in the women’s flyweight division with a fight between Natalia Silva and Victoria Leonardo. It wasn’t a fight that lasted long as Silva dispatched her in 2:58 of the first round via a standing TKO finish. https://twitter.com/bjpenndotcom/status/1660024906883518464?s=20 Natalia Silva has […]

Conor McGregor has been the face of the UFC even though he has not been active. The two-division champion carried the sport to elevated audiences. He is now a businessman and has moved on from what have been the best fights of his career. Two of those came against Nate Diaz, who is fighting YouTube […]

The stage is finally set for UFC Las Vegas: Dern vs. Hill as 24 fighters took the the scales Friday morning to weigh in for their respective bouts Saturday night from the UFC Apex. Originally slated to be held last week, the main event will feature a pair of ranked Strawweight contenders looking to make […]

The time has finally come and UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill will conclude with a five-round main event in the Women’s Strawweight (115 lb) Division between two ranked fighters. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion and No. 8 ranked Mackenzie Dern will take on a veteran in the sport in No. 14 ranked Angela ‘Overkill’ Hill. Originally scheduled […]

UFC Las Vegas: Dern vs. Hill is live on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex as we bring you our prediction and pick for the Co-Main Event of the evening, taking place in the Middleweight (185 lb) Division. Xtreme Couture’s Edmen Shahbazyan will take on California’s Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez in a can’t-miss scrap! Check out our UFC odds series for […]

We’re back with another prediction and pick for the main card of UFC Las Vegas: Dern vs. Hill. Halfway through the Main Card, we’ll see the featured fight in a Women’s catchweight bout (120 lb) between two fighters looking to break into the top-15. Repping Oklahoma City, Emily Ducote will face off against Mexico’s own Loopy Godinez who steps […]

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill will continue with its Main Card action from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas as we give you another prediction and pick for this Welterweight (170 lb) bout. Portugal’s Andre Fialho will square off against Joaquin “New Mansa” Buckley as both fighters look to make a statement to the rest of the division. […]

UFC Las Vegas: Dern vs. Hill will begin it’s Main Card action as we bring you a prediction and pick for the opener in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. China’s newest prospect Maheshate will meet with Russia’s Viacheslav Borshchev. Both fighters are capable of exciting finishes, check out our UFC odds series for our Maheshate-Borshchev prediction and pick. […]

The UFC Las Vegas Main Card rolls on as we bring you another prediction and pick for this matchup between two of the sport’s veterans in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Fan-favorite and MMA O.G. Michael Johnson will welcome another veteran in Diego Ferreira as the two square off for their combined 40th fight in the UFC. Check out […]

The action continues from Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill as we make a prediction and pick for the featured Preliminary fight of the night in the Women’s Strawweight (115 lb) Division. Former title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz will take on former LFA star Vanessa Demopoulos. Don’t miss this fight as the Main Card follows immediately after! […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps it moving up the prelims with a fight between Orion Cosce and Gilbert Urbina in the welterweight division. Cosce is coming off his first win his UFC career with a dominant performance against Blood Diamond. Urbina is making his return after almost a two-year layoff after […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps it moving on the prelims with a fight between Ilir Latifi and Rodrigo Nascimento in the heavyweight division. Latifi is coming off back-to-back wins for the first time since 2018 but has only fought twice over the last two years and is now 40 years old. […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: continues on the prelims with a fight in the lightweight division between Chase Hooper and Nick Fiore. Hooper will be making his lightweight debut on the heels of a brutal knockout loss to Steve Garcia his last time out. Fiore is looking to put his short-notice debut […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps the prelims moving with a fight in the women’s flyweight division between Victoria Leonardo and Natalia Silva. Leonardo has had a rough stretch in her first three fights with the promotion but is coming off her first UFC win. Meanwhile, Silva has looked sensational in her […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: kicks off the prelims with a welterweight showdown between Takashi Sato and Themba Gorimbo. This should be a fun one to kick off the prelims as these two fighters all action all the time and being that both need a bad we can expect fireworks in this […]

Jon “Bones” Jones is the 35-year-old heavyweight champion of the UFC, and a lightning rod for controversy who never seems to shy away from a good verbal battle on social media. On Thursday night, Jones took to his Twitter account to address a recent NSFW rant by heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury against longtime UFC […]

Unified lightweight champion Devin Haney believes boxers should follow the example of MMA fighters like UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Haney defends his lightweight titles against former pound-for-pound great Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday in what is a pretty much a super fight between two of the best boxers in the world. Last month, Ryan Garcia […]

Tyson Fury ripped into UFC commentator Joe Rogan over his comments on how a fight between himself and Jon Jones would go. Last month, Rogan stated how if there was a no rules barred fight between Jones — the current UFC heavyweight champion — and Fury, the reigning, undefeated WBC boxing heavyweight champion in a […]

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya dropped his prediction for the upcoming light heavyweight fight between Jan Blachowicz and Alex Pereira. Pereira will make his light heavyweight debut when he takes on former 205-pound champion Blachowicz in the co-main event of UFC 291 which takes place July 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Adesanya is uniquely […]

The UFC is returning to Sydney later this year for a pay-per-view event set to be headlined by middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday that UFC 293 would be taking place in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 10 (Sept. 9 in the United States). It will be the first of three pay-per-view […]

Despite their regular back-and-forth, Francis Ngannou does regret not being able to fight Jon Jones. Ngannou recently made headlines in the MMA world by signing a lucrative deal with PFL that lets him box on the side among many other perks. Many were pleased for Ngannou for sticking to his demands while others felt he […]

Conor McGregor shares similarities to top sporting stars like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Tom Brady according to his documentarian Gotham Chopra. McGregor Forever, a four-part series debuts Wednesday on Netflix on Wednesday and explores the Irishman’s recent setbacks in the UFC as well as life behind the scenes. And for Chopra, director of the […]

With the big news of Francis Ngannou signing with PFL, everyone in the combat sports world was eagerly awaiting to see how UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones would respond. Ngannou signed a lucrative deal with PFL on Tuesday where he’ll not only be allowed to box on the side, but also receive a number of […]

The Francis Ngannou sweepstakes has finally come to an end and he has signed with the PFL for one of the most lucrative deals in MMA history. Many believed that Ngannou fumbled the bag so to speak when he declined one of the biggest contracts in UFC history. As the reports have come out, it […]

It’s fair to say Twitter is divided on Francis Ngannou and his latest move. On Tuesday, it was revealed that the former UFC heavyweight champion had signed a blockbuster deal with PFL. He will not only get paid an extremely lucrative figure when he makes his debut in 2024, but also receive a number of […]

The waiting is finally over as the biggest free agent in combat sports, Francis Ngannou has a new home. He has officially signed with the Professional Fighters League and as the kids say “got the bag”. This was by far the most lucrative contract for any MMA fighter out there and he got more than […]

Former Glory kickboxing world champion Cedric Doumbe was a hot commodity when he turned to MMA after his kickboxing career was finished. He finished his Glory career as the 2-time welterweight champion with a professional kickboxing record of 75-6-1 (45 KO). "CÉDRIC DOUMBÉ PROMISED US A KNOCKOUT AND IT ONLY TOOK SECONDS TO DELIVER IT" […]

At UFC 288 we saw the return of Kron Gracie after on the shelf for over 3 years. Normally when a fighter takes a long extended period of time off they come back a better version of themselves but that wasn’t the case with Gracie. Dana White reacts to Kron Gracie’s UFC 288 performance: ‘It […]

The UFC are in the works to book the next headlining fight in the Bantamweight Division. No. 6 ranked Cory Sandhagen will be set to take on the undefeated prospect out of Dagestan, No. 12 ranked Umar Nurmagomedov. First reported by Twitter user @judobetter995, the news was later confirmed on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on […]

UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski could have fought Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title in a rematch later this year — but he chose to remain active. Makhachev just about outpointed Volkanovski when they met in the UFC 284 headliner in February in a fight many believe the latter edged. Both fighters, especially Volkanovski, called […]