10:09 AM ET Undefeated heavyweight Ciryl Gane will meet Alexander Volkov in the main event of a matinee version of UFC Fight Night on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex will be on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 4 p.m. ET and prelims at 1 p.m. Gane (8-0), who
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Inside the Octagon, one man’s loss is almost always another’s gain. In this case, Max Holloway’s withdrawal from his main event slot vs. Yair Rodriguez has left a vacancy to be filled, and rather than keep “Pantera” on the card opposite a new foe, the matchup will likely be kept together
Jake Paul praises Anderson Silva: ‘He showed that MMA strikers are also great boxers’ Jake Paul has trashed many mixed martial artists, but Anderson Silva isn’t one of them. Silva picked up a split decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on main card of Tribute to the Kings in Guadalajara, Mexico last Saturday. Paul
Image Credit: UFC Islam Makhachev will get the chance to headline his first UFC card. According to John Morgan of MMAJunkie, Makhachev vs. Thiago Moises has been promoted to the main event of UFC Vegas 31 on July 17. The original main event saw Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez, yet Holloway was forced out of
Magomed Ankalaev appears to be set to throw down with a former UFC title contender in Volkan Oezdemir. Red Fury MMA is reporting that Ankalaev vs. Oezdemir is on tap for a UFC event in August. “According to numerous sources, Magomed Ankalaev vs. Volkan Oezdemir is planned to be held in August.” Ankalaev is currently
2:35 PM ET UFC fighter Luis Pena is being accused of punching his girlfriend and breaking her cell phone. Pena was arrested last Friday in Coral Springs, Florida on charges of robbery by sudden snatching, battery and criminal mischief, per a spokesperson for the Coral Springs Police Department. The fighter remains in Broward County Detention
This weekend (Sat., June 26, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will remain inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 30. While I will never claim to understand why UFC makes some of the choices it does, I can definitely pick up on certain patterns. In this case, UFC Vegas 30 is yet
Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad get into it on Twitter: “Aren’t you the guy that got 3 piece and soda’d?” After their fight ended in a no contest as a result of an eye poke from Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC Vegas 21, it appears Edwards and his former opponent Belal Muhammad
Image Credit: Bellator Tim Johnson could’ve waited for a title shot against Ryan Bader. After Johnson earned a split decision win over Cheick Kongo last October he cemented himself as the number one contender at heavyweight. The plan was for the UFC veteran to face Ryan Bader in the first quarter of 2021 for the
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Vegas 29! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: No Changes Women’s Flyweight: No Changes Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes Women’s Featherweight: N/A Flyweight: No Changes Bantamweight: Marlon Vera moves up two spots to #13 after
8:31 PM ET Claressa Shields isn’t wasting any time getting back in the cage. Less than two weeks after her MMA debut, the boxing standout is now booked for a return to PFL on Aug. 27 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, promotion officials told ESPN. No opponent has been named yet. The
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 264 is fast-approaching. The pay-per-view event is scheduled for July 10, 2021 and headlined by the rubber match between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. As the two have split their previous pair of bouts, there’s plenty of film to review and lots of lessons to be learned. Of course, with
Kamaru Usman and Nate Diaz exchange insults on social media UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Nate Diaz had an interesting exchange on social media Tuesday with Usman telling Diaz that a fight between the two would end in murder. Diaz ignited the exchange by criticizing Usman on Twitter for facing top contender Colby Covington
PhotoCred: FightMag Nick Diaz has once again teased a potential comeback. The elder Diaz brother hasn’t fought since his no-contest with Anderson Silva at UFC 183 in 2015. Now 37, Diaz has an idea of when he’d like to return, according to his coach – and it’s not guaranteed to be in the UFC or
PFL welterweight Gleison Tibau appears to have taken a sizeable U-turn on his view of his controversial decision win over Rory MacDonald. Tibau was awarded a split decision victory over “Red King” at PFL 5 last week. The judges’ scoring left all sections of the MMA community baffled, with most giving at least two rounds
UFC Vegas 29 injuries and medical suspensions were submitted to MixedMartialArts.com earlier this week for those athletes competing at the “Korean Zombie vs. Ige” event last weekend (Sat., June 19, 2021) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Not surprisingly, a fair share of combatants were handed mandatory timeouts, including featherweight headliner Chan Sung Jung. “The
Check out this UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3 promotional video – McGregor talks the talk Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor meets former interim lightweight champion and top ranked lightweight contender Dustin Poirier for the third time in the UFC 264 main event on July 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor finished
UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov reaffirmed his decision to retire, saying that “I have no desire to come back and I don’t think I ever will.” Nurmagomedov first revealed his intentions to step away from mixed martial arts following his submission win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 last October. That victory improved Nurmagomedov’s MMA record