Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC Vegas 18 mixed martial arts (MMA) event inside APEX facility this Sat. night (Feb. 6, 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a hard-hitting heavyweight showdown between No. 5-ranked Alistair Overeem and No. 6-ranked Alexander Volkov. Before the action gets underway this
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Michael Chandler thinks it is “a little bit weird” that Dustin Poirier isn’t interested in fighting for the UFC lightweight championship next. Chandler and Poirier both earned sensational stoppage victories at last months UFC 257 pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi. The former Bellator champion scored a thunderous first round knockout win over Dan Hooker, while
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Additional bouts on the card include: •    Former The Ultimate Fighter winner and No. 9 ranked middleweight Kelvin Gastelum (16-6, 1 NC, fighting out of Yuma, Ariz.) squares off with No. 15 ranked Ian Heinisch (14-3, fighting out of Englewood, Colo.) •    Top 10 bantamweights hope to steal the show as No. 8 Pedro Munhoz
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9:49 PM ET Two of the biggest fan favorites in UFC history — and a pair of former teammates — will fight this spring. UFC veterans Donald Cerrone and Diego Sanchez have verbally agreed to a May 8 contest, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The bout will be contested at welterweight, sources said. While
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MMA Fighting has BKFC Knucklemania results for the VanZant vs. Hart event Friday night, a live blog of the main event, and live BKFC Knucklemania Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC veteran Paige VanZant makes her highly anticipated BKFC debut against Britain Hart in a featherweight contest. Johnny Bedford will square off against Dat
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! In the three years since Stipe Miocic dominated Francis Ngannou, both men have gone on to do some pretty awesome things. Miocic lost his title next time out, but he earned it back by defeating Daniel Cormier twice in a trilogy that will likely help define his career in the history
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Justin Gaethje speaks to John Morgan of MMA Junkie about his place in the UFC lightweight division alongside Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Nate Diaz, Michael Chandler and more. #UFC #MMA #JUSTINGAETHJE For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Upcoming events: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/schedule Fighter rankings: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow
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1:53 PM ET The UFC has moved a highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane into a main event slot on Feb. 27, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The heavyweight fight was originally targeted for a card on March 13. However, the UFC changed it to a five-round headliner at
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Nick Diaz looks like he could hit the lightweight mark in his current condition. The longtime UFC welterweight has been teasing a 2021 comeback after spending more than six years on the sidelines. I wish I could tell you what he’s been up to during that time, but outside of smoking giant blunts, I have
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