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UFC Vegas 71 Curtis Blaydes vs. Sergei Pavlovich kicked off with an insane bantamweight scrap between Brady Hiestand and Danaa Batgerel. The first started out a bit slow in the early going but then things picked up with quickness towards the end of the first.  The first round seemed relatively close and was anyone’s round. […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes is finally set as 24 fights took to the scales to weigh in for their respective bouts ahead of Saturday night’s action. The Main Event is headlined by two of the scariest fighters in the division. Sergei Pavlovich is on a destructive path that’s seen him win five fights […]

Ahead of this week’s UFC Fight Night event in Las Vegas headlined by Sergei Pavlovich vs. Curtis Blaydes, UFC President Dana White posted a video to the promotion’s YouTube channel and laid out several fight announcements for the upcoming months. The cards will be labeled as “Fight Nights” and will mostly take place in the […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes we are up to the newly minted co-main event between Brad Tavares and Bruno Silva. Originally slated to be in the co-main slot was a fight between Ricky Simon and Yadong Song but they are now next week’s main event. This is not a bad consolation prize considering both […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes kicks off the main card with an absolute slugfest in the welterweight division when Jeremiah Wells and Matthew Semelsberger go to battle. These two have a very exciting fan-friendly style of fighting that you can expect to be a barn burner. This must-watch TV right here! Check out our […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes keeps on moving on the prelims when bantamweights clash in a fight between Rani Yahya and Montel Jackson. Yahya is a bonafide veteran of the UFC looking to take out rising prospect Montel “Quik” Jackson. Will Yahya’s grappling and Jackson’s power and aggressive fighting style this is going to […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes will keep it moving on the prelims with a heavyweight matchup between The Ultimate Fighter season 30 winner Mohammed Usman and UFC debutant Junior Tafa. Both fighters are essentially making their promotional debuts and each will be looking to make a statement in front of their bosses. You can […]

The time has finally come as UFC Las Vegas draws to a close when two of the scariest fighters in the Heavyweight Division will square off for an opportunity at the title. No. 3 ranked Russian Sergei Pavlovich will take on the division’s best wrestler in No. 4 ranked Curtis “Razor” Blaydes. There’s no way this one is […]

We continue our coverage of UFC’s Fight Night from Las Vegas with a prediction and pick for this next Main Card bout in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Bobby “King” Green will be facing off against Jared “Flash” Gordon in an exciting fight you won’t want to miss! Check out our UFC odds series for our Green-Gordon prediction and […]

UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes will continue with the only women’s fight on the Main Card featuring the Flyweight (125 lb) Division. Top Brazilian prospect Iasmin Lucindo will take on TUF Season 30 finalist Brogan Walker. This fight will featured some high-level women’s MMA! Check out our UFC odds series for our Lucindo-Walker prediction and pick. […]

As the UFC Vegas 71 Prelims draw to a close, we’ll be set to bring you the odds and pick for the Featured Prelim bout of the night in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Ricky Glenn will go to battle against Christos Giagos in a very close fight. Check out our UFC odds series for our Glenn-Giagos prediction and […]

We continue our UFC odds series with an analysis of the next bout on the UFC Las Vegas Prelims between ranked fighters in the Women’s Featherweight (145 lb) Division.  No. 9 ranked Karol Rosa of Brazil will take on her fellow countrywomen No. 13 ranked Norma Dumont. Check out our UFC odds series for our Rosa-Dumont […]

The UFC Las Vegas: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes Prelims will continue as we give you another prediction and pick for this next bout in the Featherweight (145 lb) Division. Both fighters make their second UFC appearance as Francis “Fire” Marshall takes on William Gomis of France. You won’t want to miss this matchup between highly-skilled prospects! Check out our UFC […]

Our coverage of UFC Las Vegas: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes will continue with this next fight in the Women’s Flyweight (125 lb) Division. Dueling Brazilians square off as Priscila Cachoeira takes on Karine Silva.  Check out our UFC odds series for our Cachoeira-Silva prediction and pick. Priscila Cachoeria is 12-4 as a professional fighter and has gone an […]

The time has come and UFC Las Vegas: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes is finally here. The action gets underway from ESPN+ as two prospects will meet in the first bout of the night in the Bantamweight (135 lb) Division. Ultimate Fighter finalistd Brady Hiestand will take on Mongolia’s Batgerel Danaa. This is a great fight to open up […]

Jake Paul finally got his wish. He will be fighting Nate Diaz in a 185-pound boxing match set to take place August 5 in Dallas, Texas. In Diaz, Paul has arguably the biggest opponent he’s faced yet in terms of drawing and star power. However, the YouTuber-turned-boxer made a big mistake in choosing to fight […]

Boxing legend and promoter Floyd Mayweather is willing to work with Francis Ngannou. Ngannou vacated his heavyweight title and departed the UFC earlier this year after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the Las Vegas-based promotion. He has long signaled his desire to compete in boxing and was even in talks […]

It turns out Khabib Nurmagomedov was really worried for Islam Makhachev prior to his UFC 284 fight with Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev earned a razor-thin unanimous decision win over Volkanovski in their lightweight title fight back in February in a contest many observers felt the latter did enough to win. Many had also underestimated Volkanovski going […]

Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor are cool with each other again. Aldo recently made his professional boxing debut when he fought fellow UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens to a split decision draw at Gamebred Boxing 4. McGregor was watching and tweeted that he and Aldo should box in the future — something the latter didn’t respond […]

Curtis Blaydes believes UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones can compete until his late thirties. Jones recently became a two-weight champion last month after easily submitting Ciryl Gane in the first round of their vacant heavyweight title fight at UFC 285. It was notably Jones’ heavyweight debut as well as his first fight since February 2020. […]

Jake Paul is not as good as everyone initially thought according to former two-weight UFC champion Daniel Cormier. Paul will face former UFC star Nate Diaz in a 185-pound eight-round boxing match set to take place August 5 in Dallas, Texas. It will be Paul’s first fight since suffering his first professional boxing defeat after […]

At UFC 288 on May 6th in Newark, NJ we have a featherweight matchup between two top-ranked featherweight contenders #11 Bryce Mitchell (15-1) and #10 Movsar Evloev (16-0). Mitchell was initially slated to take on prospect Jonathan Pearce but he, unfortunately, tore his ACL leading up to his fight at UFC 288. Bryce Mitchell is […]

As far as Gilbert Burns is concerned, Jorge Masvidal isn’t fully retired. Burns defeated Masvidal at UFC 287 earlier this month after comprehensively outpointing him over three rounds in the co-main event. Masvidal — who suffered his fourth defeat in a row in the process — would go on to retire in his post-fight interview […]

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya had to change his approach in order to defeat Alex Pereira. Having previously gone 0-3 against Pereira (twice in kickboxing, once in MMA), Adesanya finally conquered his boogeyman with an emphatic second-round knockout win over Pereira in the UFC 287 headliner earlier this month. It was also Adesanya’s first knockout […]

‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung took to twitter to respond to Max Holloway’s call out at the post-fight press conference. These two may have eluded this exciting matchup during their prime years but you can definitely expect a big time fight if they were to go to battle. “If you want to fight me, […]

Max Holloway returned to the win column in a big way at UFC Kansas City — and that’s a problem for featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Holloway outpointed Arnold Allen in the UFC Kansas City headliner this past weekend. It was his first fight since getting outclassed by Volkanovski in their featherweight title trilogy fight back […]

Max Holloway put on a performance for the ages at UFC Kansas City this past weekend. Holloway and Arnold Allen put on an epic war for the fight fans that could be a fight of the year candidate. There were a lot of naysayers out there that were saying that Max Holloway is past his […]

The Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush fight looks set to be rebooked for the UFC 289 pay-per-view event. The highly-anticipated lightweight encounter was originally set to co-headline the upcoming UFC 288 event taking place May 6 in Newark, New Jersey. However, much to the disappointment of fight fans worldwide, it was recently reported that the […]

At the UFC Kansas City Main Event last night, Max Holloway defeated Arnold Allen via unanimous decision on the judges’ scorecards (49-46, 49-46, 48-47). It was a truly masterful performance that Holloway turned in against one of the Featherweight Division’s biggest contenders halting a 10-fight active winning streak. Arnold Allen was awarded rounds two and […]

UFC president Dana White had a surprising reaction to the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz boxing match. It was shockingly announced earlier this week that Paul would box the former UFC star in an eight-round fight taking place August 5 in Dallas, Texas. As we all know, White does not get along with Paul for […]

Twitter blew up last week at UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 when UFC President Dana White was seen sharing his ringside table with Donald Trump, Kid Rock, and Mike Tyson. The former U.S. President, Rock and Roll legend, and Boxing GOAT all received multiple ovations throughout the night and capped off with a “Let’s […]

On Twitter last night, Jon Jones teases Stipe Miocic retirement fight at Madison Square Garden. There were rumors surrounding this potential heavyweight championship fight to happen at UFC 290 at International Fight Week but it ultimately fell through. It is unknown why the fight fell through on the biggest week of the year for fight […]

UFC 288 is set to take place on May 6, 2023 from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as the hometown hero Aljamain Sterling will welcome “Triple C” Henry Cejudo back to the UFC octagon for the Bantamweight Championship. The Co-Main event was also set between No. 2 Lightweight Charles Oliveira and No. 5 […]

We had an absolute barn burner in the main event at UFC Kansas City between Max Holloway and Arnold Allen. These top two featherweight contenders went to war and really put it all on the line to get their hands raised. After the fight was over you can see the damage was done to both […]

UFC Kansas City absolutely delivered for the fight fans. The main event between Max Holloway and Arnold Allen was just absolutely insane from bell to bell. Ultimately, Holloway looked like his vintage self just outworking Allen and showing the naysayers that he’s still got it! https://twitter.com/FireMMAVid/status/1647448896925315072?s=20 Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen Fan Reactions UFC fans […]

UFC Kansas City: Holloway vs. Allen concluded all the formalities Friday when the fighters attended the Ceremonial Weigh-In and faced off with their opponents. Now, there’s just one thing left to do and come Saturday night, a lot of our questions surrounding this card will be answered. Can Arnold Allen stay unbeaten against the biggest […]

We are up to our co-main event at UFC Kansas City between Edson Barboza vs. Billy Quarantillo in a men’s featherweight matchup. These two fighters are never in a boring fight so get your popcorn ready because you will not want to miss this one! Check out our UFC odds series for our Barboza-Quarantillo prediction […]

Continuing on the main card at UFC Kansas City is a fight between Pedro Munhoz vs. Chris Gutierrez in a men’s bantamweight matchup. We have the veteran Pedro Munhoz looking to cool down the hot up-and-coming talent in Chris Gutierrez on Saturday night. Check out our UFC odds series for our Munhoz-Gutierrez prediction and pick. […]

Continuing on the main card at UFC Kansas City is a fight between Dustin Jacoby vs. Azamat Murzakanov in a light heavyweight matchup. Jacoby is looking to continue to climb the rankings against the undefeated standout from Russia Azamat Murzankov. Check out our UFC odds series for our Jacoby-Murzakanov prediction and pick. Dustin Jacoby (18-6-1) […]