Month: February 2023

Conor McGregor has a fan in NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal is no MMA expert, but he’s definitely a fan of the sport. He was asked about McGregor’s return, and the four-time NBA champion said he has no doubt the former UFC double champion will get back to the top. He thinks they’re both cut

PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski was more durable than Islam Makhachev expected. Lightweight champion Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) was confident that he could knock out featherweight champ Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 284 headliner at RAC Arena, but he wasn’t able to. Makhachev did retain his title, though, beating Volkanovski by

Jens Pulver lost all hope of ever being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. For years, Pulver’s friends, family and peers have campaigned for his spot in the UFC Hall of Fame but to no avail. That is, until it finally came to fruition when it was announced Saturday during the UFC 284 broadcast

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Nolan King and Dan Tom will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: The UFC

The UFC made its return to Australia after more than four years Saturday with UFC 284, which took place at RAC Arena in Perth and marked an historic event. In the headlining act, Islam Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) successfully defended his lightweight title for the first time when he earned a unanimous decision win

PERTH, Australia – Jack Della Maddalena has some fun ideas. The UFC welterweight prospect pitched a potential matchup against veteran and fellow striking standout Vicente Luque following his most recent win in the octagon. Maddalena (14-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) rocked and then submitted opponent Randy Brown with a rear-naked choke in the first round of

PERTH, Australia – Israel Adesanya is in full support of Francis Ngannou’s decision to leave the UFC. The former UFC middleweight champion thinks Ngannou made the right call when he opted out of re-signing with the UFC and instead headed to free agency and left behind his UFC heavyweight title. Ngannou’s decision to leave the

Tom Aspinall is not interested in your complaints about UFC 284’s main event between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. These days, it seems there is rarely a UFC event that takes place without generating at least a bit of judging controversy, and UFC 284 was no different. The main event was for the lightweight title

What mattered most at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia? Here are a few post-fight musings … 5. Loma Lookboonmee levels up [embedded content] Perhaps the most surprising outcome of the UFC 284 prelims came in the strawweight fight between Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed. Lookboonmee (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is a noted

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Islam Makhachev after UFC 284 title defense?) Alexander Volkanovski fell narrowly short in his opportunity to become a two-division champion Saturday when he lost to fellow titleholder Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner. Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) pushed Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) to the

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 284 loss?) Islam Makhachev welcomed the challenge of fellow champion Alexander Volkanovski’s move up in weight for the historic UFC 284 headliner, and ultimately he emerged victorious. After getting pushed to the limit over the course of five rounds, Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1