Ryan Garcia | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images Ryan Garcia won’t be fighting again in 2024. FANMIO, the organization promoting the event alongside RIZIN, announced Sunday via press release that Garcia’s upcoming exhibition boxing bout against Rukiya Anpo has been postponed from its Dec. 30 date. According to the announcement, Garcia suffered a wrist […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC *** BLOODBATH – BUCKLEY DOMINATES, STOPS COVINGTON – HIGHLIGHTS!!! *** Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) headed east this weekend (Sat., Dec., 14, 2024) with UFC Tampa inside Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The mixed martial arts (MMA) event was streamed LIVE on ESPN+, featuring former interim Welterweight champion, Colby Covington, taking […]
Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley will clash in the UFC Tampa main event Saturday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has UFC Tampa results for the Covington vs. Buckley fight card, a live blog for the main event, and more from Amalie Arena in Tampa on Saturday night. In the main event, former […]
Israel Adesanya will headline against Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia on February 1 from the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Adesanya is coming off a fourth-round submission defeat against Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305. It was his second consecutive defeat, the first time he had been through that, missing out on the […]
UFC Tampa Preview Show UFC Tampa goes down this Saturday at Amalie Arena in the final UFC fight card of 2024. Headlined by a five-round welterweight matchup between Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley, the event is stacked with 12 other big matchups to end the year on a strong note. It’s the final UFC fight […]
In a press conference segment earlier this week, Colby Covington sounded off on Jon Jones and the current heavyweight title picture. This Saturday, the former welterweight title challenger will face Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Fight Night Tampa. Jones, who was a wrestling teammate of Covington’s back in college, is most recently […]
There has been much speculation that Michael Chandler’s extended time off may have played a factor is his match versus Charles Oliveira at UFC 309. Chandler and Oliveira went the full 5 round distance in last Saturday’s co-main event, but despite a valiant effort, the Brazilian’s hand was raised after the final bell. This was […]
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! Ilia Topuria isn’t abandoning the 145-pound division just yet. Earlier this week, an interview clip circulated of Topuria explaining that his recent title defense against Max Holloway (watch it) would be […]
Ilia Topuria | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ilia Topuria has a message for all his fellow featherweights. Earlier this week, the UFC featherweight champion suggested that his time at 145 pounds may be at an end, saying he is considering vacating the title to move up to the lightweight division. In response, Diego Lopes […]
Mark Shapiro, the President and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, says the UFC is open to exploring boxing in the Middle East. Speculation over the UFC’s involvement started after Dana White said a big announcement about boxing was coming. White helped organize Conor McGregor’s bout with Floyd Mayweather in 2017. It was one of the […]