Matt Brown thought he would get a dream retirement scenario to end his MMA career. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen that way. Brown announced Saturday that he was hanging up his UFC gloves after a 28-fight stint with the promotion in which he went 15-13 and racked up a number of notable records, including most knockout
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Demetrious Johnson is not sold on UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) retained his flyweight title by outlasting Steve Erceg in Saturday’s UFC 301 main event at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Johnson thinks Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) leant too much into Pantoja’s game which cost him. “He literally
Daniel Cormier says Jose Aldo still has it after UFC 301. After hanging up his gloves in fall of 2022, UFC Hall of Famer Aldo (32-8 MMA, 14-7 UFC) returned against Jonathan Martinez in Saturday’s co-main event in Rio de Janeiro. Aldo shut out the streaking bantamweight contender, winning a unanimous decision. Cormier was impressed
Benoit Saint Denis is game to fight anyone – preferably the highest-ranked lightweight available. Saint Denis (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) got a taste of the upper echelon of the division when he was matched up with current title challenger Dustin Poirier at UFC 299 in March, but was knocked out in Round 2. Saint Denis
Alexander Volkanovski now has an incentive to fight Max Holloway again. Former featherweight champion Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) has beaten Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) three times in title fights, and is the only fighter to get the best of “Blessed” at 145 pounds in the past 10 years. Volkanovski put a stamp in
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, Danny Segura and Mike Bohn – along with guest Michael Rosenthal from Boxing Junkie – will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon
The octagon made its 40th trip to Brazil on Saturday with UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro. Although it was far from a stacked lineup in the aftermath of UFC 300 this past month, the home crowd got largely what it wanted when the majority of Brazilian fighters won, including headliner Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA,
Alexandre Pantoja sits in elite status now as the only fighter not named Demetrious Johnson to have multiple title defenses in the UFC flyweight division. A personal sense of pride was on full display Saturday during and after his UFC 301 main event title win over Steve Erceg. But it’s the words “main event” that almost
First Mauricio Ruffy sent a stern message with his performance in his UFC debut, then with his words after the win. Ruffy (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) brought the violence at UFC 301 as he defeated Jamie Mullarkey by first-round TKO on Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Ruffy, making his promotional debut after
Dwayne Johnson strapped on the boxing gloves and got to work as he prepares for an upcoming movie role. The WWE star and actor has taken up MMA training as he prepares to play former UFC tournament champion Mark Kerr in a movie called “The Smashing Machine,” which will highlight Kerr’s life and career of
Jose Aldo, one of the biggest names in MMA today, has completed his contract with the UFC and is on the verge of becoming one of the hottest free agents in the sport. The former UFC and WEC champion made his highly anticipated return to the octagon this past Saturday, defeating bantamweight contender Jonathan Martinez