Alex Pereira saved UFC 303 by knocking out Jiří Procházka in the second round with a vicious head kick. He walked out of the Octagon with minimal damage, and fans are already discussing his next fight. At light heavyweight, Magomed Ankalaev is seemingly the only fighter with a case for a title challenge. However, more
Day: July 1, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Now that he’s made a successful return to 205 pounds, Roman Dolidze likes his options. Dolidze (13-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) outworked former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith (38-20 MMA, 13-10 UFC) for a unanimous decision. “I will fight in two way classes Don’t worry about it,” Dolidze said. “I think this
Shavkat Rakhmonov is game to fight Ian Machado Garry. After defeating Michael Page this past Saturday at UFC 303 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) said he’d love the opportunity to bounce Rakhmonov out of the ranks of the unbeaten. Garry and Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) were former training
UFC 303 might’ve been the last time Andrei Arlovski will be seen competing inside the octagon, but he says he’s not done fighting. Following Saturday’s even in Las Vegas, UFC CEO Dana White announced that Arlovski had “his last fight” with the promotion. That was confirmed by Arlovski in an Instagram post Monday. “My chapter
What in the world is Darren Till doing with his combat sports career? Till, who was originally supposed to make his boxing debut against former champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., has rebooked his boxing debut from way out of left field as the former UFC welterweight title challenger will compete this Saturday at an event
Colby Covington wasn’t impressed with Ian Machado Garry’s performance at UFC 303. Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) defeated Michael Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in Saturday’s main card opener at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, leaning on his grappling to get his hand raised and stay undefeated. Garry was able to threaten
LAS VEGAS – The Power Slap promotion championed by UFC CEO Dana White got a big boost this past Friday. When former UFC fighter Paige VanZant made her slap fighting debut in Las Vegas, she became arguably the most popular social media figure to compete in the promotion. VanZant landed the cleaner shots over three
(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Jiri Prochazka after UFC 303 loss?) Alex Pereira’s path of destruction through the light heavyweight division continued Saturday when he logged a second title defense in the UFC 303 against Jiri Prochazka. Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) scored a blistering second-round TKO of Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2
Kayla Harrison is confident Dakota Ditcheva is destined for great things in MMA. The UFC women’s bantamweight contender is linking what she’s seeing from her American Top Team teammate Ditcheva in her former promotion – the PFL. Harrison (17-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former two-time PFL champion, sees a lot of potential in Ditcheva, who’s
LAS VEGAS – It’s optimistic for sure, but it’s hard to fault Ian Machado Garry for his ambition. After a close decision win over recent UFC transplant and former Bellator standout Michael Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) to open the UFC 303 main card Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) is off
LAS VEGAS – Payton Talbott is not afraid to call for the big names, even though he’s still early into his UFC career. The bantamweight prospect issues a callout over a battle-tested Adrian Yanez following his latest victory this past Saturday in the preliminary card of UFC 303. Talbott (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who stopped
Israel Adesanya’s reaction to Alex Pereira’s impressive win over Jiri Prochazka has a lot of fans unimpressed with the former middleweight champion. There was once a time when Pereira was only notable because he held wins over Adesanya years ago in kickboxing. Those days are long gone as “Poatan” is on the verge of becoming
LAS VEGAS – His International Fight Week trip to “Sin City” turned out to be for pleasure rather than a business trip, but Michael Chandler said he’s learned to be OK with that. Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was supposed to fight Conor McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in the UFC 303 main event at