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The time has come and UFC Vegas 77: Holm vs. Silva is finally here! The fighters are weighed-in and ready to go ahead of Saturday’s fight card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The Main Card action begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT as the fight card will see 13 total […]

The time has come and UFC Vegas 77: Holm vs. Silva is finally here! The fighters are weighed-in and ready to go ahead of Saturday’s fight card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The Main Card action begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT as the fight card will see 13 total […]

The time has come and the Main Event for UFC Vegas 77 is finally here. Two ranked women will square off in the Bantamweight (135 lb) Division to determine the next contender. No.3 ranked UFC veteran Holly Holm will make the walk once again to face off against Brazil’s No.10 Mayra Bueno Silva.  Check out our UFC odds […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva keeps it moving on the prelims with a fight in the welterweight division between Jack Della Maddalena and promotional newcomer Bassil Hafez. This will be Maddalena’s third opponent in the last week meanwhile, Hafez is coming into his short-notice debut off back-to-back wins and capturing the […]

The Main Card of UFC Vegas 77 is finally here and we’ll be bringing you another prediction and pick for this next bout in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Morocco’s own Ottman Azaitar will be taking on Argentina’s young prospect Francisco Prado. This one should be electric! Check out our UFC odds series for our Azaitar-Prado prediction and pick. […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holm vs. Bueno Silva is heating up as the Main Card action continues from the UFC Apex. We’re bringing you another prediction and pick for this next bout in the Middleweight (185 lb) Division. Russia’s Albert Duraev will do battle with South Korea’s Junyong Park as both men look for a spot in the rankings. […]

The Main Card action of UFC Vegas 77 resumes from the Apex as we bring you a prediction and pick for this next bout in the Women’s Featherweight (145 lb) Division between ranked fighters. Brazil’s No. 13 Norma Dumont will take on Stockton’s own No. 15 Chelsea Chandler.  Check out our UFC odds series for our Dumont-Chandler […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva kicks off the main card in the lightweight division with a fight between Terrance McKinney and Nazim Sadykhov. McKinney is coming off a brutal second-round knockout loss meanwhile, Sadykhov is coming off his UFC debut win. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva keeps it moving with the featured bout on the prelims in the featherweight division between Tucker Lutz and Melsik Baghdasaryan. Lutz is coming off back-to-back losses for the first time in his career meanwhile, Baghdasaryan took his first UFC loss his last time out. With that […]

We’re back to bring you another prediction and pick for the UFC Vegas 77 Prelims as our next bout takes place in the Women’s Strawweight (115 lb) Division. Victoria Dudakova will make her UFC debut against Brazil’s Istela Nunes.  Check out our UFC odds series for our Dudakova-Nunes prediction and pick. Victoria Dudakova is undefeated at 6-0 as […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva continues on the prelims in the featherweight division with a fight between Austin Lingo and Melquizael Costa. Both Lingo and Costa are coming off submission losses in their last fight and are looking to get back on track this weekend. With that said, check out our […]

The UFC is back after an eventful weekend to bring yet another slate of fights for Saturday night at UFC Vegas 77. Our predictions and picks continue with this next bout in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Kill Cliff FC’s Evan Elder will take on Mexico’s Genaro Valdez. Check out our UFC odds series for our Elder-Valdez prediction […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva keeps the prelims going with a fight in the men’s flyweight division between Tyson Nam and promotional newcomer Azat Maksum. Nam is coming off a loss where he was finished in the second round meanwhile Maksum is undefeated coming off 16 straight wins into his debut […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva continues on the prelims with a fight in the lightweight division between Carl Deaton III and Alexander Munoz. Deaton III is coming off a short-notice debut loss in his last fight meanwhile, Munoz has lost two straight in the octagon and this is his first fight […]

UFC Vegas 77: Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva kicks off the prelims with a fight in the women’s bantamweight division between Ashlee-Evans Smith and Ailin Perez. This will be Smith’s first fight since 2020 meanwhile, Perez lost her UFC debut in September 2022 on short notice to Stephanie Egger. With that said, check out […]

The UFC light heavyweight division is once again looking for a new champion after Jamahal Hill announced late Thursday night that he is vacating his title after rupturing an Achilles tendon. Hill said he will be out for a while and was promised by the UFC that he’ll get an immediate shot to reclaim his […]

In addition to the ongoing debates about the best pound-for-pound fighter and the greatest fighter of all time, MMA fans also frequently engage in discussions about which division currently reigns supreme. If you were to get a general consensus today, the answer would either be one of lightweight or bantamweight — but we’re going to […]

In MMA, one simple mistake can cause your downfall and that turned out to be the case for Ciryl Gane. With Francis Ngannou departing the promotion earlier this year, Gane was given the opportunity of a lifetime — to only challenge for the heavyweight title a second time at UFC 285, but to face arguably […]

Bo Nickal could be set for a long layoff. The exciting middleweight prospect is coming off arguably his most impressive win yet following a first-round knockout victory over short-notice opponent Val Woodburn at UFC 290 this past weekend. It was also another quick finish for Nickal who is now impressively 5-0 just 13 months into […]

ULTIMATE Fighting Championship (UFC) legend Anderson Silva has joined the fighters union formed by boxer Jake Paul. Paul revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix on Thursday that Silva is now part of the United Fighters Association (UFA). Anderson Silva and Jake Paul have known each other since last year as they disputed […]

Jake Paul is making some progress with his fighter union — but there’s still plenty of roadblocks. Paul takes on Nate Diaz in a 10-round boxing match contested at 185 pounds on Aug. 5 in Dallas, Texas. While he’s preparing for what could be arguably his toughest test yet in the boxing ring — at […]

Once upon a time, the light heavyweight division was regarded as the premier weight class of the UFC. With names like Chuck Liddell, Rampage Jackson, Shogun Rua, Tito Ortiz, Jon Jones and more, it’s easy to see why MMA fans were excited whenever there was a major fight at 205-pounds. Fast forward to 2023 and […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t believe Francis Ngannou will be able to land a power shot on Tyson Fury. It was recently announced that Fury would be boxing the former UFC heavyweight champion on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Although the number of rounds were not known initially, it was later revealed to be 10 rounds. […]

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler couldn’t help but wax lyrical about Alexander Volkanovski. Volkanovski is coming off a dominant third-round TKO win over Yair Rodriguez in the UFC 290 headliner this past weekend. The nature of the win and his overall body of work not only saw him return to the top of the UFC […]

EA Sports UFC 5, The next installment in the mixed martial arts video game franchise has been announced by EA Sports. We don’t have any trailers, gameplay, release date information, or even a release window. However, we do know when we can expect to see the full reveal. According to a tweet from EA Sports, […]

It’s been ages since we’ve seen Khamzat Chimaev in action. After fighting three times in his first two months in the UFC, “Borz” has only been in action twice since the start of 2022, with his last fight coming back in September last year. The good news is he’s all but set to return at […]

Robert Whittaker vows to come back stronger from his latest setback. Whittaker is coming off a second-round TKO defeat to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 290 this past weekend. “The Reaper” was a massive favorite going into the fight and a win would have set up a trilogy with Israel Adesanya at UFC 293. Instead, […]

As the boxing world continues to buzz with excitement, it has been confirmed that Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou will face off in a highly anticipated heavyweight showdown on October 28th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou will take place “under the official rules of professional boxing, with 3 judges ringside adopting […]

Chael Sonnen believes Israel Adesanya is coming for Conor McGregor‘s spot as the top draw in MMA. Adesanya is the current UFC middleweight champion and one of the most popular fighters on the roster. Additionally, “The Last Stylebender” has proven to be one of the top draws in the sport. That was further evident by […]

As has always been the case, there are hype trains in the UFC that the Las Vegas-based promotion is seemingly pushing behind the scenes. In some cases, it is blatant while in others, it is more subtle with favorable matchups for the fighter that is being pushed. Regardless of the case, MMA fans get excited […]

UFC 290 took place last Saturday, July 8th, 2023 live from the T-Mobile Arena with a sold-out crowd during International Fight Week. The fight card delivered a ton of action and was one of the best fight cards in recent memory and was by far the best fight card of 2023 so far as expected. […]

Daniel Cormier broke down the upcoming fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. It was recently made official that Jones would defend his heavyweight title against Miocic in the UFC 295 headliner taking place Nov. 11 in Madison Square Garden, New York. It’s arguably the biggest fight of the year and there’s no better person […]

Dricus Du Plessis is on cloud nine after this weekend’s massive knockout win against the former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 290. He did what most believed was unthinkable and was the first, not named Israel Adesanya, to not only defeat Robert Whittaker but to knock him out. I apologize to the African king […]

UFC 290 was arguably the fight card of the year as it had some of the best fights of 2023. We saw the reigning and defending featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski retain his featherweight championship meanwhile, we saw the men’s flyweight championship change hands as the UFC crowned a new champion and his name is Alexandre […]

Yair Rodriguez is down, but not out. The Mexican striker failed in his attempt to unify the featherweight titles and become the new undisputed champion after suffering a third-round TKO defeat to Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 290 headliner this past weekend. It was just his third loss in the UFC as well as just […]

Alexander Volkanovski is coming off a huge third-round TKO victory against the former Interim Featherweight Champion Yair Rodriguez. He absolutely dominated Rodriguez from the start until the referee waved off the fight as he was raining down vicious ground and pound. https://twitter.com/FireMMAVid/status/1678398573669392384?s=20 Alexander Volkanovski has now run through the best of the featherweight division and […]

Stipe Miocic gave his first reaction after his heavyweight title fight with Jon Jones was made official for UFC 295. In what is a fight that was all but slated to happen since March, it was finally announced by UFC president Dana White that Miocic and Jones would collide for the heavyweight title on Nov. […]

With a spectacular International Fight Week and UFC 290 all wrapped up, MMA fans are still reeling with excitement from the action-packed night of fights. Things weren’t so sweet for UFC Welterweight contender Jack Della Maddalena, however, as his fight with Josiah Harrell was pulled at the last minute. Now, Della Maddalena wants to fight […]

In the co-main event of UFC 290, Brandon Moreno faced off against Alexandre Pantoja in a highly anticipated rematch for the flyweight title. The two fighters had previously faced each other twice, with Pantoja winning both fights. However, Brandon Moreno was determined to come out on top this time around. ALEXANDRE PANTOJA BY SPLIT DECISION!! […]