Day: July 5, 2024

Steve Erceg is looking forward to a striking battle with Kai Kara-France. Erceg (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) takes on Kara-France (24-11 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in the UFC 305 co-main event Aug. 17 at RAC Arena in Perth (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Erceg is coming off a competitive title loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja at UFC

Dricus Du Plessis thinks Sean Strickland vs. Robert Whittaker is the fight to make. Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) finished Whittaker by TKO at UFC 290 to earn a title shot. He then dethroned Strickland at UFC 297 in January to become middleweight champion. Since then, Whittaker (26-7 MMA, 17-5 UFC) picked up back-to-back

If the UFC decides to create a women’s BMF title, Joanna Jedrzejczyk wants to be the first to fight for it. Jedrzejczyk (16-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC), a former five-time defending UFC strawweight champion, was inducted into the modern era wing of the UFC Hall of Fame this past Thursday. She joined Ronda Rousey as the only

Ian Machado Garry thinks it’s pretty clear he beat Michael Page at UFC 303. Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) picked up a unanimous decision win over Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, winning Rounds 1 and 3 on all three judges’ scorecards. Garry almost cinched in a

Alexander Volkanovski ponders a return to lightweight while waiting for his featherweight title shot. Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his featherweight title to Ilia Topuria by knockout at UFC 298. The former five-time defending champion has been urged to take some time off after back-to-back knockout losses to Islam Makhachev and Topuria, so he

Ryan Garcia continues to sabotage his own career. Garcia has been expelled by the World Boxing Council Thursday after he used racist and Islamophobic slurs during a conversation on “X Spaces.” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman took to “X” to expel the boxing star. “Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan

LAS VEGAS – Beneil Dariush thinks Arman Tsarukyan has what it takes to threaten Islam Makhachev’s title reign. It is expected that Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) will challenge lightweight titleholder Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) later this year in a rematch of an April 2019 bout from UFC Fight Night 149, which saw Makhachev

LAS VEGAS – UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja is hinting at a big fight next. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) notched his second title defense when he outlasted Steve Erceg at UFC 301 in May. The Brazilian says his next title fight is already being discussed, and the opponent will be a surprise to many.

Ben Askren thinks Jiri Prochazka’s head wasn’t in the right space going into UFC 303. Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) was knocked out by light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in their title-rematch this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the lead-up to the fight, Prochazka pleaded with Pereira

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from June 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by

Michael Page does not appear to be deterred by his UFC 303 loss against Ian Machado Garry. Former Bellator contender Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered his first octagon defeat this past weekend in the form of a unanimous decision to Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was a

Jiří Procházka was unable to reclaim the UFC light heavyweight title in a rematch with Alex Pereira this past weekend in Las Vegas. Despite believing that he had made some significant adjustments for his approach this time around, UFC 303 was a far more one-sided affair than their previous encounter last November. Though it is