Max Holloway will step on the scales at UFC Vegas 42 weigh-ins Friday. | Adam Hagy-USA TODAY Sports At the UFC Vegas 42 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday night’s fight card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday afternoon, and MMA Fighting will have the live […]
Young Irish fighter Ian Garry made an amazing debut when he earned a first-round knockout of Jordan Williams at UFC 268. He mentioned many times that Conor McGregor was his hero, and now it is time for him to do what McGregor did years ago. Even McGregor, the former two-division UFC champion, reacted to the […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Nobody is particularly happy with Jorge Masvidal at the moment. The longtime veteran was forced to withdrawal from a scheduled bout vs. Leon Edwards due to injury, and as a result, […]
As Conor McGregor nears his octagon return, UFC President Dana White already has plans for the Irish sensation. White plans to make McGregor a “headliner” in his return and, despite the fighter’s four-month leave, he’s still naming him as “one of the top 10 guys in the world.” “He’s still one of the top 10 […]
Ronnie Lawrence | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC An exciting bantamweight bout is being targeted for the UFC’s February pay-per-view event. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Ronnie Lawrence and Mana Martinez is in the works for UFC 271. The event takes place Feb. 12 […]
Five weeks before the fight, former Invicta FC champion Miranda Maverick has stepped in to fight with Erin Blanchfield at UFC 269. Nothing is official yet, but sources say that the UFC is working on it. Maverick signed in the UFC just a year ago and will hold her fourth fight. She debuted against Liana […]
Jose Aldo is coming off bantamweight wins over Marlon Vera and Pedro Munhoz. | Zuffa LLC Jose Aldo is paying no mind to the words of Khabib Nurmagomedov. A retired former UFC lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov downplayed Aldo’s recent success as a bantamweight while taking a shot at his longtime rival Conor McGregor. When asked about […]
Frankie Edgar suffered his second loss in a row. Edgar (23-10) was defeated via KO/TKO by Marlon Vera (18-7) in the third round. UFC President Dana White said he is unsure what will be next for Edgar. “I love Frankie Edgar. He’s wrong,” White said during the UFC 268 post-fight presser. “It was a great […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Having successfully recovered from a long battle with COVID-19 and returned to the Octagon in stellar fashion vs. Li Jingliang just a couple weeks ago at UFC 267 (HIGHLIGHTS!), “Borz” is […]
Israel Adesanya will step on the scales Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Israel Adesanya is not at all worried about Alex Pereira joining the UFC. In fact, he welcomes the challenge. This past Saturday at UFC 268, Pereira made his promotional debut, knocking out Andreas Michailidis with a jumping knee […]