Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir was expected to make his combat sports comeback against grappling deity Fabricio Werdum, no stranger to UFC gold, as part of the upcoming GFL MMA launch later this year. That fight has now been canceled. “Recently, I faced a significant […]
Tom Aspinall is hopeful that a Jon Jones fight is close to being made. Aspinall reacted to Alex Pereira’s defeat to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313, which can only help his cause in getting the Jones fight. Pereira lost his UFC Light Heavyweight Title, reducing the Brazilian’s chances of facing Jones at heavyweight. Pereira was […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Magomed Ankalaev is the man to beat at light heavyweight, whether people like it or not. It’s unlikely Ankalaev reaches the same level stardom as Alex Pereira, the man he just outworked to become champion in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event, but the reality is that Ankalaev is yet to […]
Tonight under the lights of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Magomed Ankalaev has dethroned Alex Pereira as the 205-pound titleholder, after a 25-minute stand-up match at UFC 313. Despite Pereira finding success in multiple areas in each round of the bout, Ankalaev displayed a level of octagon control that no one until now has […]
Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev will square off for UFC gold at UFC 313. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC 313 main event will be a showdown between UFC champion Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev. MMA Fighting has UFC 313 results for the Pereira vs. Ankalaev fight card, live blogs of the main […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight sluggers Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev will clash TONIGHT (Sat., March 8, 2025) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at UFC 313. It’s hard to believe “Poatan” has only been on UFC’s roster for about 3.5 years … and he’s already risen to […]
Dan Hooker has moved on from his cancelled bout versus Justin Gaethje at UFC 313, and now has his mind on Arman Tsarukyan for a match during International Fight Week 2025. ‘The Hangman’ was scheduled to face Gaethje this Saturday in the evening’s co-main event, but due to an injury, he was forced to withdraw. […]
Alex Pereira is set for — what many believe is — his toughest defense of his UFC light heavyweight title as he’ll face No. 1 contender Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC 313. With an incredible run in 2024, and the possibility of history in front of him, could Pereira be heading into […]
UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad is asking the UFC to add the Palestine flag next to his name on the promotion’s website. Muhammad called out the UFC after noticing the flag was missing from his profile. The UFC introduced a flag ban in 2022 during the Russia-Ukraine war but lifted it in October 2023, raising […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Song Yadong scored the biggest win of his career with a technical decision over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo at UFC Seattle, and he also went home with the biggest payday of anybody competing on the card. The Washington State Department of Licensing released the salaries from the UFC Seattle […]