Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has joined Aljamain Sterling’s camp for Sterling’s fight with Henry Cejudo. Sterling and Cejudo are rumored to fight at UFC 288 later this year, although nothing has been formally announced by the promotion. Sterling recently underwent evaluation on a bicep injury but appears to be nearing a return to
Month: March 2023
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from February 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for February. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
Sean O’Malley: ‘Jon Jones just knows how to win’ Jon Jones makes his return to the octagon after more than three years preparing to capture the heavyweight title. His opportunity comes at UFC 285 on Saturday. Jones, considered to be the greatest to ever do it, became the youngest champion in the promotion’s history by
LAS VEGAS – Sean Strickland wants a potential title eliminator with Paulo Costa for his next trip to the octagon this year. After snapping a two-fight losing skid with a short-notice decision win over Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night 217 in January, Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) is looking to build his stock back up
LAS VEGAS – Francis Ngannou has no issue seeing the UFC heavyweight title he never lost up for grabs when Jon Jones makes his heavyweight debut, but is curious about which version of the former light heavyweight king will show up. Although Ngannou is no longer in the UFC after failed negotiations with the promotion,
DUBLIN – Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen thinks a grand prix in his division would help ramp up his activity. Eblen (13-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) notched his first title defense earlier this month when he defeated Anatoly Tokov by unanimous decision in the Bellator 290 co-main event. The undefeated American Top Team fighter sees a grand