UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili (20-4-0), who defends his title against Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320 on October 4, is eying a rematch against Petr Yan (19-5-0) before the year is out. Dvalishvili enters his title defense vs Sandhagen with a win over Sean O’Malley at UFC 316 in June, which was his second win […]
Despite his knockout loss to Ilia Topuria at UFC 317 in June, Charles Oliveira’s (35-11-0 (1 NC) coach, Diego Lima, says his fighter has no plans to retire. Oliveira will face Rafael Fiziev on October 11 in his next fight in October. The fight has received some criticism, given the quick turnaround Oliveira will have. […]
Erin Blanchfield (13-2-0) and Tracy Cortez (12-2-0) will reportedly rematch at UFC 322 on November 15 from Madison Square Garden in New York. Their first encounter took place at Invicta FC 34 in 2019, where Cortez defeated Blanchfield by a split decision. Following the loss to Cortez, Blanchfield went on a nine-fight winning streak, before […]
Following his upset victory over Roman Kopylov at UFC 318 last month, Paulo Costa has set his sights on Dricus du Plessis for his next fight, which he’s targeting by years’ end. The number-13 ranked Costa got back to winning ways following back to back losses to Robert Whittaker and Sean Strickland in 2024. Meanwhile, […]
Conor McGregor was pictured alongside soccer icon David Beckham, as he praised the latter. The former two-division UFC champion has not had a UFC fight since his defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. However, McGregor has reentered the testing pool, with an eye on the UFC White House card next July. […]
Rampage Jackson has issued a statement regarding his son, Raja Jackson, assaulting wrestler Syko Stu at a Knokx Pro Wrestling show. Footage from the event shows Raja confronting Stu based on an alleged prior altercation after which he slammed him to the ground. The wrestler was apparently unconscious. While Stu was defenseless, Raja continued to […]
Islam Makhachev has expressed his interest in a fight against Ilia Topuria. The former lightweight champion is currently preparing to face welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena, with reports the fight will happen in November. Topuria, meanwhile, became a two-weight world champion after stopping Charles Oliveira to secure the vacant lightweight belt at UFC 317 in […]
Leon Edwards hopes to return to the octagon before the end of the year. The former UFC Welterweight Champion has not been in the best form. After winning the title from Kamaru Usman in August 2022 at UFC 278 and defending it twice, he lost his title to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in July […]
BKFC President David Feldman says Conor McGregor is training to make his BKFC debut with an eye on the winner of Mike Perry vs. Jeremy Stephens, who face off at BKFC 82 on October 4. The news comes just as McGregor was a no-show at the press conference for the event, but Feldman explained the […]
Bryan Battle has been released from the rankings of the UFC following the competitor coming in heavy on the scales prior to his UFC 319 bout this past weekend. Due to coming in at 190 pounds, 4 over the allowed maximum for a standard middleweight match, Battle’s contest with Nursulton Ruziboev was cancelled. But, this […]