Speculation is building that Dana White could use Saturday night’s UFC Vegas 117 card in Las Vegas to formally announce Conor McGregor’s (22-6) long-awaited return to the Octagon. White has already laid the groundwork publicly, telling reporters last week that things are “in a great place” with McGregor and confirming the former two-division champion will […]
Francis Ngannou (18-3) says the presence of Jon Jones behind the analyst desk at his fight on Saturday adds another layer to an already intriguing event. Ngannou returns to MMA competition for the first time since stopping Renan Ferreira in October 2024, taking on Philipe Lins on a card headlined by Ronda Rousey vs Gina […]
Mike Perry is set to square off against Nate Diaz this weekend in Inglewood, California, and the BKFC champion feels a return to the UFC could be in the cards if he finds success. Perry and Diaz will meet in the cage inside the Intuit Dome this Saturday evening as the co-main event to the […]
In conjunction with ONE Friday Fights, ONE Championship will also host ‘The Inner Circle’ this Friday from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, and in the headlining bout Oumar Kane will look to defend his heavyweight title in a rematch against Anatoly Malykhin. Kane (7-1) secured the title over Malykhnin (14-1) in 2024 after an impressive 4-0 […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev (15-1) will headline Real America Freestyle Wrestling 10 against Dillon Danis (2-0) on June 13 in St. Louis, Missouri. RAF confirmed the matchup, with the announcement coming just days after Chimaev dropped his UFC middleweight title to Sean Strickland at UFC 328 last weekend. Chimaev lost a split decision […]
While no solid plans are currently in place for the UFC’s first event in Ilia Topuria’s homeland of Spain, Dana White has revealed that the only thought in his mind on the subject is ‘El Matador’ headlining. Topuria is expected to defend his UFC lightweight title against interim champion Justin Gaethje in his return to […]
Josh Hokit (9-0) has had another altercation, this time almost coming to blows with Paulo Costa at the Prudential Center in Newark, which came after Hokit was removed from the UFC White House presser 24 hours before, after an altercation with Ilia Topuria. The two fighters were in attendance at UFC 328, as Sean Strickland […]
Saturday night at UFC 328 from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Sean Strickland utilized a sound game plan to disable to tactics of Khamzat Chimaev, and secured the middleweight title that he once held between 2023 and 2024. Strickland ran into trouble in the first round when Chimaev secured an early, yet expected, […]
UFC CEO Dana White has delivered an update on Conor McGregor’s (22-6) return, confirming the former two-division champion will be back in the Octagon this summer. McGregor has been absent since suffering a broken leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. A planned comeback against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June […]
Khamzat Chimaev (15-0) has hinted that his first UFC middleweight title defense against former champ Sean Strickland on May 9 in Newark, NJ may be his last as he teased a move up in weight following the fight.. Chimaev has competed at both welterweight and middleweight before, and difficulties making the 170-pound limit pushed him […]