Kamaru Usman (21-4) says he wants a title shot if he defeats Dricus du Plessis (23-3) in Saturday’s five-round middleweight headliner at UFC Oklahoma City. The 39-year-old former welterweight champion is returning to the middleweight division after earning a unanimous decision victory over Joaquin Buckley last June. Strickland (31-7) is the current UFC middleweight champion […]
Conor McGregor’s return to the Octagon after a five-year hiatus at UFC 329 against Max Holloway proved to be a massive ratings hit. According to viewership data released by Paramount+, UFC 329 reached 15.9 million total viewers across the United States and Latin America. That fell just short of the 17 million viewers who tuned […]
In what was considered one of the most anticipated returns in recent UFC history, Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2 was unable to live up to the hype, with the Irishman suffering a leg injury in the very first round. Not only was it the first round of the fight when McGregor was forced to […]
UFC 329 is set to headline International Fight Week 2026 in Las Vegas come Saturday night, and earlier on Friday all 28 competitors successfully weighed in to compete, making the card official. Following the success of the weigh-ins earlier in the day was the spectacle of the ceremonial weigh-in show, where the competitors came face […]
Less than one month removed from his lightweight title win over Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250, new 155-pound champion Justin Gaethje made his White House return during his Fourth of July weekend celebrations. In the main event of UFC Freedom 250 back in June, Gaethje earned the lightweight title with a brutal stoppage at […]
Conor McGregor (22-6) says he has spent his UFC 329 camp working in silence — and insists he cannot wait to show the improvements when he rematches Max Holloway (27-9) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 11th. The former two-division champion has been notably subdued in the build-up to his first fight […]
Former bantamweight title challenger and number 2 ranked Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) will headline UFC Shanghai on August 29th against No. 5-ranked bantamweight and China’s own Song Yadong (23-9-1), with the main event set for the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. Nurmagomedov had been linked to a fight with David Martinez at UFC Abu Dhabi before Martinez […]
After Monday’s hearing, the suspected ringleader of the group that was planning an attack at the White House during UFC Freedom 250 is expected to remain in federal custody. UFC Freedom 250 took place earlier this month on the South Lawn of the White House and featured Justin Gaethje achieving the upset victory and dethroning […]
Rafael Fiziev needed a bounce-back win badly after the knockout loss he suffered earlier this year, and he found it in his home country of Azerbaijani on Saturday at UFC Fight Night Baku. In the main event of the evening, Fiziev squared off with Manuel Torres, who was looking to continue his two fight win […]
The UFC has announced that the promotion’s June 14 event at The White House reached an estimated 34 million viewers globally, with audiences in Australia, China, India, South Korea, New Zealand and the UK doubling the figures already reported by Paramount+ in the US and Latin America. The card was confirmed by Paramount+ on June […]