Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes are meeting in the octagon once again. Pena defends her bantamweight title against Nunes – who she won it from in December – on Saturday in the main event of UFC 277. At UFC 269, Pena pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted Nunes […]
Julianna Pena is going to do whatever it takes to keep her title. Even if it’s against Amanda Nunes for the second time. The two will meet again at UFC 277 on Saturday in Dallas, Texas. Pena won the belt from Nunes seven months prior, and she has no plans of giving it back soon. […]
Rumors have been circulating that Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are closing in on a rematch. UFC President Dana White used a couple of words to describe the reports. “All bullsh—t,” White said at the post press conference at his Contender Series. “Those guys are just talking on social media like they do. Whatever the […]
UFC London was a lucrative night for rap superstar Drake, who laid down a cool $2 million in a “Scouser’s parlay” that required both Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett to get their hands raised at the end of their respective bouts. McCann came through on her end of the wager first, earning a first-round TKO […]
Another UFC main event ended abruptly. Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall were supposed to battle to find out who the next title challenger was, but Aspinall suffered a knee injury under 15 seconds of the first round. It is the second main event in a row that ended up via accidental injury. Blaydes won by […]
Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall met face-to-face one last time on Friday. The two heavyweights will fight in a five-round heavyweight main event at UFC Fight Night 208, which takes center stage at The O2 Arena in London. Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall face off for the final time ahead of what should be a […]
On ESPN’s DC & RC, Sean O’Malley announced that he will compete against former bantamweight champion Petr Yan on October 22 at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. “I’m getting the fight that I wanted, and the fight that people want,” O’Malley said. “I’m so excited for this. I almost can’t even believe it’s real, it’s […]
Kayla Harrison says she wants big fights for 2023. Harrison is now preparing for the fight against Martina Jindrova, which will be held on August 20, but she mentioned several times that she is open to fighting with Bellator legend and former UFC champion Cris Cyborg or former double champion Amanda Nunes. “I think that […]
Nate Diaz has his final fight. Diaz has verbally agreed to meet Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279 on September 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. ESPN reported the news and a source confirmed it to MMA Fighting Tuesday afternoon. Chimaev told ESPN through his rep Majdi Shammas, “I am going to handle Nate […]
Both Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez are looking for their next title shot. Ortega meets Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Long Island. Both fighters are coming off of losses against their toughest competition yet. Ortega lost to featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and Rodriguez fell short against top contender Max Holloway. Here’s the fight […]