Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Islam Makhachev defeated Alexander Volkanovski in the UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Perth (highlights here), retaining his lightweight title and sending “The Great” back down to featherweight to unify the belts against Yair Rodriguez. “El Pantera” defeated Josh Emmett to win the interim […]
Poliana Botelho | @polianabotelho_mma, Instagram Poliana Botelho revealed on social media that she underwent surgery Friday to remove a lymph node after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The MMA fighter was already cleared from the hospital and has returned home to Rio de Janeiro. “Thank you for all the positive energies,” Botelho wrote on Instagram. […]
Saturday night at UFC 284, inside the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Islam Makhachev successfully defended his lightweight title for the first time against featherweight titleholder Alexander Volkanovski. The featherweight titleholder moved up in weight to challenge himself versus the current lightweight champion, and a challenge is exactly what he found. As the fight […]
Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski will clash in the UFC 284 main event Saturday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images MMA Fighting has UFC 284 results for the Makhachev vs. Volkanovski fight card, live blogs for all the main card fights, and more from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia on Saturday night. […]
Live from the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, UFC 284 will get started with four early prelim matchups at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass. Following, on ESPN+, The preliminary card will kick off at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The card will consist of four fights, […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It’s a battle for interim supremacy as No. 2-ranked Yair Rodriguez and No. 5-ranked Josh Emmett collide in the upcoming UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 11, 2023) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. Whoever gets the job done this weekend “Down Under” […]
ONE Championship has once again brought combat sports fans an evening of exciting matchups in Bangkok this past Friday evening. The historic Lumpinee Stadium was the home for the fourth edition of their Friday Fights series, which featured seven elite Muay Thai matchups, two MMA fights, and one Kickboxing bout. Keep an eye on the […]
Alexander Volkanvoski will step on the scales at the UFC 284 weigh-ins Friday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC At the UFC 284 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale Friday evening, and MMA Fighting will have live video of it above. In the main event, UFC lightweight […]
In a surprising turn of events, Uzbek Fighter, Saidyokub Kakhramonov, has announced that he has been dropped from the UFC roster on Twitter, despite having a solid record of 2 wins and 1 loss. Kakhramonov expressed his disbelief at the decision in a now-deleted tweet. American fans were left stunned by the unexpected move from […]
UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alex Volkanovski is just days away and six of the main card fighters appeared at the official pre-fight press conference in Perth, Australia. Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski, Yair Rodríguez, Josh Emmett, Jack Della Maddalena, and Randy Brown all appeared alongside Jon Anik to pump the fans […]