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On May 14, Jan Blachowicz and Aleksandar Rakic duke it out with those stakes in mind, but several other meaningful matchups are on the card with them as well. A notable top-10 matchup in the women’s flyweight division goes down  between Viviane Araujo and Andrea Lee, and a pair of middleweight prospects in Nick Maximov

MAIN CARD Main Event - Bantamweight Bout: Rob Font () vs Marlon Vera (136) Co-Main Event – Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Arlovski () vs Jake Collier (265) Featherweight Bout: Andre Fili (145.5) vs Joanderson Brito (145.5) Lightweight Bout: Jared Gordon (155.5) vs Grant Dawson (155.5) Pre-Order UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje Featherweight Bout: Darren Elkins (145.5) vs Tristan

After Matt asks Jim how he came up with jokes for the roast of Rich Vos, UFC Heavyweight Jake Collier joins the show ahead of his co-main event bout against Andrei Arlovski. He discusses how taking up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to lose weight in his 20s led to him taking up fighting for a living, explains

For Vera and his peers, getting to the fight has always been the real work. Remember, to get ready for a three or five-round match, you have to fight for (ideally) eight weeks. Now throw in added media obligations, photo and video shoots and other responsibilities, and some can’t handle that. It’s what separates the

For Vera, he knows he can add another chapter in his legacy by beating Font at UFC Fight Night: Font vs Vera. Being in the UFC is one thing, winning UFC fights is another, but by winning a main event and solidifying yourself as one of the best on the planet, Vera could truly break

“I couldn’t eat all camp, I couldn’t train well, and I was vomiting every day of training. It was horrible, but I still showed up, still fought, but I was in the worst shape of my life, and he still didn’t knock me out. “But sometimes, you can’t jump higher than you can, so I

Aldo would later suffer the same injury on the opposite eye, but he took the punishment lead by breaking Font’s nose, and with years of elite-level experience, the Brazilian knew just what he needed to do to get the win. And he got it, winning the main event bout via scores of 50-45, 50-45 and

4 – Tyson Pedro It’s not easy to return to the Octagon after a long layoff. Tyson Pedro’s layoff doesn’t count as long. His is in its own category – call it the Cruz, after former bantamweight king Dominick Cruz, who made it a habit of doing the impossible after being sidelined for years at

Back in the lightweight division full time, Jared Gordon goes in search of his fourth straight victory this weekend. In order to get it, he’ll have to get through once-beaten rising star Grant Dawson. The 33-year-old Gordon often felt torn between two weight classes — a little undersized for lightweight, but a little too big for

“I was just going, going, going fast for a while and I kind of had to sit back with that injury and just take some time to focus on my family,” De La Rosa said. “It’s nice to be able to get back in here and be 100 percent for this fight.” The bout between

Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Andrade “I saw how not in shape I was for Ilia,” Jourdain said. “I was like ‘I’m small, I’m good’, but it was Christmas, I had just had a big win, big cash, so I partied a bit and got a little bit thicker. After

Parsons locked up with his foe immediately, but as they went to the mat, Elder shook himself loose and got back to his feet. While standing, Parsons was sharp, and when he decided to take the fight to the mat with a little over a minute left, he got it. Two arm triangle choke attempts

UFC continues its exciting run of fights with a return to UFC Apex headlined by No.10 ranked contender Amanda Lemos looking to welcome former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade back to the division.  UFC FIGHT NIGHT: LEMOS vs ANDRADE takes place Saturday, April 23 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All bouts will stream on ESPN+, with the prelims

“That’s the thing to fighting,” said Villanueva. “Man, you really gotta show em, hey, I’m gonna stand my ground. I’m not gonna back up, I’m not gonna be intimidated. I’m here to fight, I’m here to bang. These young guys are getting tougher, stronger, faster. I’m that old dog on the block. You don’t want

“I haven’t gotten here by myself. I’ve had such an amazing support system: so many awesome coaches, teammates, instructors, trainers, family, friends, and fans that have been a part of it. The UFC, the people behind the scenes that don’t get the recognition, all of these people are the ones I do this for. They

PRELIMS Catchweight Bout (190 lbs): Jordan Wright vs Marc-Andre Barriault () Welterweight Bout: Dwight Grant () vs Sergey Khandozhko () Light Heavyweight Bout: Tyson Pedro () vs Ike Vllanueva   () Bantamweight Bout: Aoriqileng () vs Cameron Else () Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Andrade Welterweight Bout: Preston Parsons () vs

“He’s got the mindset for it, he’s a dog for sure. He’s here to fight he’s here to get down,” Vannata said.” But he’s still got a lot of growing to do when I watch his fights from a technical aspect.” Vannata sees potential in the 26-year-old Jourdain, who has had an up-and-down start to

“The post-match interview, we joke, is where you catch guys saying the dumbest stuff because you’re getting their purest thoughts,” Diakomihalis said. “If you get a guy who’s extremely confident and thinks that they’re the man, they’re going to walk off and tell you they’re the man. If you have a guy who’s very critical