Roosevelt Roberts | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Roosevelt Roberts is back in the UFC. Stepping in on just days’ notice for Nurullo Aliev, Roberts now fights Mateusz Rebecki in a lightweight bout this Saturday at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The change was first reported by […]
Despite reports that we could be seeing a lightweight title rematch between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira early into the new year, it now seems that Makhachev will not be fighting until March, at the earliest. Following his first round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski last month at UFC 294, the MMA community has been excited […]
Dana White has credited Vince McMahon for the UFC’s first-ever event in Saudi Arabia, which is expected to take place in March 2024. As we have reported previously, a fight has been agreed for March 2nd, 2024. An opponent has yet to be confirmed, but the news follows in the footsteps of Tyson Fury vs. […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Sean O’Malley is happy to finally have the Marlon Vera rematch on the books. “I don’t get much more excited about a fight than that,” O’Malley said Monday on The MMA Hour shortly after UFC CEO Dana White announced the bout for UFC 299. “I want that fight. It’s just […]
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Conor McGregor is always one fight away from a title shot. As the biggest star in mixed martial arts (MMA) history, McGregor finds himself privileged to some special treatments. For example, “The Notorious” is done with the days of any fights that aren’t headlining pay-per-views (PPV). Upon his eventual return […]
UFC Veteran “The Immortal” Matt Brown has given his thoughts on what he feels the most important heavyweight matchup for the UFC to make is. Francis Ngannou massively outperformed the expectations of the masses in his heavyweight boxing debut last month versus WBC champion Tyson Fury, and because of this his stock is seeing a […]
MMA fighter Javier Baez wrestles with a knife-wielding attacker in a parking lot | @twrecks155, Twitter Javier Baez doesn’t compete in MMA anymore, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t ready for a fight. This past Wednesday, Baez found himself unexpectedly having to employ his skills in self-defense when he was attacked by a knife-wielding stranger […]
Photo by Pedro Vilela/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jailton Almeida dominated Derrick Lewis over 25 minutes in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Sao Paulo card. And yet, a lot of people seem to have left the event with far more questions than answers. They found Almeida’s performance as somewhat of a letdown. What grade […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jon Jones suffered a serious enough injury to his pectoral muscle that will not only sideline him well into 2024, but the UFC heavyweight champion may need to “adjust” his training moving forward if he wants to come back in full health. This is according to former […]
Jailton Almeida faces Derrick Lewis in UFC Sao Paulo’s main event. | Photo by Pedro Vilela/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images MMA Fighting has UFC Sao Paulo results for the Almeida vs. Lewis fight card, a live blog of the main event, and more from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Saturday. In […]