Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega will clash in the UFC 266 main event Saturday. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has UFC 266 results for the Volkanovski vs. Ortega event, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 266 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski […]
Though there is still plenty of time left in 2021, the world’s premier MMA organization UFC has already started to schedule its events for the upcoming year. 2022’s first event already has a fight booked. First up is a featherweight bout between Bill Algeo and recent Dana White’s Contender series acquisition Joanderson Brito. The fight […]
Israel Adesanya won’t be fighting in his home country anymore. Adesanya, the current UFC middleweight champion, wanted his next title defense to be in Auckland, New Zealand, but he’s become frustrated as the country tightens on restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand has shutdown gyms like City Kickboxing and made it difficult for […]
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! The Heavyweight division is in an odd place currently. Because Francis Ngannou refused to fight just about four months after winning his title, UFC promptly moved on from the knockout artist, […]
Between the Links returns with a special live edition ahead of the UFC’s next big pay-per-view event. Host Mike Heck is joined by MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and UFC bantamweight Cody Stamann this week as they discuss the top stories in the sport of mixed martial arts. This week, the panel previews this Saturday’s UFC […]
A seasoned referee has finally reached Hall of Fame status. Marc Ratner is being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame today, September 23, after decades of officiating combat sports from high school and college and becoming a major leading figure in the UFC. “The guy’s a f—ing legend,” UFC President Dana White said. “He’s […]
The beginning of James Yang’s path to mixed martial arts starts with his grandma throwing her shoes to fend off two male attackers. The unidentified men were following four-year-old Yang, his cousins and grandma as they walked on a school track field near their home in Seattle. The men began throwing stuff and cursing at […]
UFC and ONE Championship veteran James McSweeney has joined the roster at GLORY kickboxing with his debut set on Oct. 23 but his new fighting home will also signal the end of his mixed martial arts career. According to McSweeney, the chance to return to his roots in kickboxing was a dream come true but […]
Anthony Smith talked about his emotional reaction after defeating Ryan Spann in the first round of UFC Fight Night 192. Smith defeated Spann four minutes into the first round of the light heavyweight clash via submission rear-naked choke. As soon as the referee stopped the fight, Smith started talking aggressively to his rival, forcing ESPN […]
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight’s headline is a reminder to play to one’s strengths. Look at Conor McGregor — rarely does one find an athlete more suited to combat sports. McGregor’s frame is perfectly built […]