Dana White expects Ilia Topuria to face either Islam Makhachev or Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 on June 28. Topuria vacated his featherweight belt after defeating Max Holloway at UFC 308. During an interview on Spanish TV, Topuria named Makhachev and Oliveira as his potential opponents. The future may depend on Makhachev’s friend Belal Muhammad’s […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Azamat Murzakanov now faces Brendson Ribeiro at UFC 316 after Brazilian light heavyweight Johnny Walker was forced off the June 7 pay-per-view event in Newark, N.J., MMA Fighting confirmed following a report from Super Lutas. It’s still unclear what led to Walker’s removal from the bout. Murzakanov […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images What’s better than having hands like Canelo Alvarez? Having defense like Floyd Mayweather Jr., which is why “Money” was able to defeat the Mexican slugger back in late 2013. What does that have to do with cage fighting? Reigning UFC welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, promised to outbox […]
UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis says he and Khamzat Chimaev have verbally agreed to fight, with two potential dates in mind. Du Plessis is coming off a win over Sean Strickland at UFC 312. The win took his record to 9-0. The fight had been in doubt after reports suggested Du Plessis was injured, […]
Belal Muhammad | Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images The UFC is back in Montreal. This Saturday, the UFC is headed back to the 514 for UFC 315 which goes down at the Bell Centre and is headlined by a pair of title fights. In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko puts her newly reclaimed flyweight […]
Bo Nickal has responded after suffering the first defeat of his professional MMA career at a UFC Fight Night Event on May 6. Former ONE double-champ Reinier de Ridder stopped him in the second round with knees to the body in a one-sided result. The loss took Nichol’s record to 7-1. It was also a […]
Valentina Shevchenko | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Valentina Shevchenko begins her new title reign with some new swag at UFC 315. On Saturday, Shevchenko makes the first defense of her newly reclaimed women’s flyweight title against Manon Fiorot in the co-main event. When she does so, Shevchenko will be rocking a custom uniform for […]
Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “Montreal, we are SO back!!” —UFC on X We’re just a couple of days away from the upcoming UFC 315 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (May 10, 2025) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Topping the card is the welterweight title fight pitting […]
Rashad Evans wants to see Jon Jones retire rather than fighting Tom Aspinall. Jones returned in 2023 to capture the vacant UFC heavyweight title with a dominant submission win over Ciryl Gane. He has only fought once since then, stopping Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. While there has been growing anticipation for a clash with […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Benoit Saint Denis is still set to fight at UFC 315 on Saturday despite losing his original opponent when Joel Alvarez suffered a hand injury that knocked him off the card. On Monday, the UFC officials announced that Saint Denis is now scheduled to face returning lightweight Kyle Prepolec, who […]