Colby Covington | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington sees plenty of big fights ahead when he returns to action. December will mark a year since Covington’s most recent fight, a loss to then-welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 296. Since then, Covington has been relatively quiet, […]
Dustin Poirier is willing to step in and fight Charles Oliveira at UFC 309 after rumors emerged that Michael Chandler could pull out. Poirier has not fought since his UFC 302 defeat against Islam Makhachev. The Diamond lost via a fifth-round submission. The defeat meant that he missed out on the lightweight title for the […]
Chris Weidman has no plans to retire as he will decide his future on a fight-by-fight basis. The former UFC Middleweight Champion is 40 years old as he prepares for his next fight at UFC 309 against Eryk Anders. He arrives into the fight with a victory against Bruno Silva in March. It was the […]
And if you go sparring rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall… I don’t understand the fascination with getting folded by UFC champs, like the cocky fan who tried to absorb a liver shot from featherweight titleholder Ilia Topuria. At least the Podpah host had enough sense to wear protection. Didn’t take away the […]
Cody Garbrandt | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Cody Garbrandt and Miles Johns should hope the third time is a charm if they’re ever going to fight. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Garbrandt has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bantamweight bout against Johns, which […]
Alexander Romanov | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alexandr Romanov’s UFC future is up in the air despite coming off of a win in his most recent fight. At this past Saturday’s UFC Edmonton event, Romanov scored a unanimous decision win over Rodrigo Nascimento. The bout was the last of the heavyweight veteran’s UFC contract […]
UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev will rematch Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311 from Los Angeles in January. Makhachev is coming off a successful defense of his title against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 in June. He submitted Poirier in the last round for the third successful defense of his title. He was linked with a […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Stipe Miocic is preparing for his final fight at UFC 309. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the former heavyweight champion is calling it quits after the Nov. 16 pay-per-view (PPV) event. That’s because Miocic believes every fight has the potential to be his last. In addition, the part-time firefighter turned […]
Jon Jones‘ coach, Brandon Gibson, says that his fighter’s retirement should be on his own terms. Jones defends his UFC Heavyweight Title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on November 16. It is his first defense of the title after he picked up the belt by submitting Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 last year. Dana […]
Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is almost upon us, and the takes are starting to fly. On Nov. 15, Tyson and Paul face off in an eight-round boxing match broadcast live on Netflix that figures to be one of the biggest combat sports events […]