Oct 11, 2022 Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araújo meet in a matchup of top-10 women’s flyweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. You can stream the fights here. Grasso (14-3), a
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Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has revealed that discussions have taken place over a potential megafight with UFC titleholder Francis Ngannou. Talk of a boxing appearance for “The Predator,” who’s held gold inside the Octagon since March 2021, has long existed. Having aspired to enter the ring early in his combat sports career, the
UFC star Conor McGregor looks to be in great shape as he posts training footage of him sparring at a UFC gym. Ever since breaking his leg last summer against Dustin Poirier, fans have been watching and waiting to see when Conor McGregor would finally make his mixed martial arts comeback. The Irishman has slowly
Charles Oliveira is currently in Dubai preparing for his upcoming UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) title fight against top lightweight contender Islam Makhachev, scheduled for Sat., Oct. 22, 2022 inside Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Oliveira appears to be making the most of his trip, though I’m not sure who thought it
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has legions of fans and those that can’t stand her. No. 7-ranked middleweight Sean Strickland falls into the second category. Rousey was the first UFC women’s champion. Although many female fighters came before Rousey, no one drew the attention and admiration that “Rowdy” did. Rousey held the UFC
7:04 PM ET The UFC has added a light heavyweight matchup between former champion Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev to its final pay-per-view of 2022, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The 205-pound contest will take place at UFC 282 on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas. Blachowicz (29-9) will look to solidify his case for another
Former MMA fighter Jeff Monson doesn’t want the Russia/Ukraine war to escalate to the point where he could be drafted to serve. Monson, who became a Russian citizen in 2018, has been a supporter of the Russian government for years. He has been critical of Ukranian leadership and has called for Russia’s victory in the
Beneil Dariush is confused that he won’t be the UFC 280 backup fighter after all. In the main event of UFC 280, the vacant lightweight title is up for grabs as Charles Oliveira is set to take on Islam Makhachev. Also on the card is a lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot which
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Beneil Dariush is currently ranked as the sixth best Lightweight in the world. He’s won seven in a row, defeating a former interim champion in Tony Ferguson and several other established veterans to prove himself among the best in the world. At 33 years of age, the Southpaw is in his
Bantamweight Sean O’Malley takes on the toughest opponent of his career at UFC 280 when he faces former champion and No. 1-ranked contender Petr Yan. The fight with Yan is a major step up in competition for the No. 12-ranked O’Malley, but O’Malley’s coach believes ‘Sugar’ could make the former champ ‘look stupid.’ “We train
10:16 PM ET The UFC has confirmed its return to Australia for the first time since 2019, with the promotion heading back to Perth, Western Australia, in February next year. UFC 284 will be staged at Perth’s RAC Arena on Sunday Feb 12. [Saturday Feb. 11, ET] in what will be the second pay-per-view event
Former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo knows a thing or two about marketing, although he feels Sean O’Malley is taking his marketability too far. O’Malley will face former champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22. It is the toughest test of his young UFC career and a massive step up in competition following
Hasbulla will be in the corner of Islam Makhachev at UFC 280. Makhachev is set to headline the pay-per-view card on October 22 in Abu Dhabi for the vacant lightweight title against Charles Oliveira. It’s a massive fight for Makhachev and he will have an interesting addition to his corner. Although Javier Mendez and Khabib
Collegiate wrestling deity Bo Nickal captured two first-round victories — and two first-round finishes — on Dana White’s “Contender Series” to earn a UFC contract and is already booked to make his Octagon debut this December in Las Vegas. Sean Strickland is not impressed. As with some of the other top names in UFC (like
RIZIN interested in Floyd Mayweather vs. Nate Diaz superfight According to Drake Riggs, who spoke to RIZIN President Nobuyuki Sakakibara, the Japanese MMA promotion is interested in promoting a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Nate Diaz. “Nick and Nate, they both have a great personality, their fighting style is very exciting, and we’ve known them
11:30 PM ET UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will serve as the backup to a vacant lightweight title fight at UFC 280 on Oct. 22, Volkanovski announced Monday. The 155-pound title fight features former champion Charles Oliveira (33-8) against Islam Makhachev (22-1). Volkanovski (25-1) will weigh-in at 155 pounds in Abu Dhabi, in the event
Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes has opened up on why he decided to return to fighting so soon after announcing his retirement. Moraes announced that he was hanging up the gloves and ending his MMA career back in April, following a loss to Song Yadong in March. He lost four straight fights in
Rizin are interested in booking a boxing super fight between Nate Diaz and Floyd Mayweather. The Stockton legend is now a free agent having fought out his UFC contract with a submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279. In his post fight interview, the 37-year-old said, – Advertisement – “I want to get out