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The official UFC rankings (see them here) could be getting a facelift. UFC CEO Dana White and his matchmaking team are considering an expansion for each division that would increase rankings categories from 15 fighters to 20, citing challenges in the welterweight class as a catalyst for potential change. “The welterweight division would be a

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 26, 2023, 05:39 PM ET Rafael Fiziev suffered a torn left ACL during the UFC Fight Night main event Saturday in Las Vegas, the lightweight contender said on Instagram. Fiziev threw a kick with his right leg in the second round of the fight with Mateusz Gamrot and went down

Dana White, UFC CEO, is not fond of Showtime Boxing despite having done business collectively ahead of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor in Aug. 2017. When a reporter asked Dana White about potential rumors of Showtime drifting away from boxing altogether, the 54-year-old Las Vegas and Boston native didn’t hold back. “F*** [Stephen] Espinoza and

Another Bantamweight banger looks to be getting put together to help close out Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) 2023 calendar. A thrilling match up between former undisputed and interim titleholder, Petr Yan (16-5), and rising contender, Song Yadong (20-7-1, 1 no contest), is in the works to serve as the main event of a UFC Fight

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 24, 2023, 07:29 PM ET Israel Adesanya, the former UFC middleweight champion, pleaded guilty in court Monday morning to drunk driving in his home country of New Zealand, his team told ESPN on Sunday. The incident happened Aug. 19. Adesanya was driving with 87 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters

Stipe Miocic is admitting he really wanted to have a trilogy fight with Francis Ngannou. UFC 295 is scheduled for Saturday, November 11th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main event will feature a heavyweight title fight between current champion Jon Jones (27-1 MMA) and Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA). Miocic last fought

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) updated its official rankings in the wake of the UFC Vegas 79 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Sat. night (Sept. 23, 2023) at the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lightweight headliner Mateusz Gamrot jumped one spot to No. 6 after capturing a technical knockout victory

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2023, 02:21 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office will not pursue criminal charges against former UFC star Nate Diaz related to his involvement in a street brawl earlier this year on Bourbon

In the main event of UFC Vegas 79, a banger of a lightweight bout went down as Mateusz Gamrot took on Rafael Fiziev. Gamrot entered the fight coming off a split decision win over Jalin Turner in March to return to the win column after a decision loss to Beneil Dariush. He was 5-2 in

Bryce Mitchell is admitting he was wrong. Fresh off a solid rebound victory over Dan Ige at UFC Vegas 79 via unanimous decision this past weekend (Sept. 23, 2023), Mitchell has revisited an old beef he had in 2023. The now-UFC Bantamweight titleholder, O’Malley, and “Thug Nasty” bantered back and forth after Micthell called out

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2023, 10:06 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun After seventeen consecutive weekends with fights, the UFC will be dark for the first time since May. In fact, it’s a quiet weekend across every major MMA promotion, outside of

Coach Dave Lovell is slamming Johnny Eblen for spitting on Fabian Edwards following Bellator 299 win. Bellator 299 took place this past Saturday night, September 23rd at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Headlining the event was a middleweight world championship bout between current champion Johnny Eblen (14-0 MMA) and Fabian Edwards (12-3 MMA). The result

UFC Vegas 79 went down last Saturday night (Sept. 23, 2023) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, leaving several fighters feeling the post-fight blues. Among them was Rafael Fiziev, who saw his night come to an unfortunate end after suffering a devastating knee injury, resulting in a technical knockout loss at the hands of

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 24, 2023, 10:11 PM ET Deiveson Figueiredo will make his long-awaited move up to bantamweight before the end of the year. The former two-time UFC bantamweight champion will face Rob Font in a contender bout at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 2, sources told ESPN on Sunday, confirming a report

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya pled guilty to a drunk driving charge on Monday in New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Herald, Adesanya was charged with driving a car with 87 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, which is over the legal limit of 50 milligrams. The alleged incident happened on

Israel Adesanya was pulled over and hit with a drunk driving charge just three weeks before his UFC 293 title loss to Sean Strickland. While the incident occurred on August 19th in Auckland, New Zealand, news of the charge just became public after Adesanya turned up to court Monday morning (remember: in New Zealand it’s

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 23, 2023, 09:54 PM ET Things were just starting to heat up between two of the most exciting lightweight fighters in the world when the bout came to an abrupt halt Saturday at UFC Fight Night. Rafael Fiziev threw a roundhouse kick with his right leg to the body of

Mateusz Gamrot Speaks On Callout Of Charles Oliveira Mateusz Gamrot called out former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira following his win over Fiziev. During the UFC Vegas 79 post-fight press conference, Gamrot explained why he has his sights set on “do Bronx” (via MMAFighting). “I would like to test myself against Charles Oliveira because he