Darren Till didn’t like what he saw from Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal in the ring. Diaz defeated Masvidal by majority decision in their boxing match Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The back-and-forth fight exceeded many expectations but not Till’s. Till is interested in boxing Diaz next but also wants Jake Paul, Mike
Day: July 10, 2024
Jon Anik is comfortable and proud to be in his position as UFC’s lead play-by-play commentator, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t alternate ambitions. After starting with the company in 2011, Anik has been at the helm of UFC’s biggest event broadcasts since taking over pay-per-view calls from longtime staple Mike Goldberg in early 2018.
Anthony Smith finds himself in a quandary after UFC 303. Smith (38-20 MMA, 13-10 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to short-notice replacement Roman Dolidze (13-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) less than two weeks ago at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “Lionheart” originally stepped in on short notice to replace Jamahal Hill against Carlos Ulberg, but Ulberg
Rose Namajunas won’t lose sleep if she never ends up facing Maycee Barber after their fizzled UFC on ESPN 59“>UFC on ESPN 59 headliner. Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) was originally scheduled to fight fellow women’s flyweight contender Barber (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at Ball Arena in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+), but
Joshua Van proudly wore designation of one of the UFC’s most active fighters as 2023 turned into 2024 and he fell into a half-year of inactivity. The break in the action wasn’t because Van (10-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) called timeout, which frustrates him even now that he has a fight on the books for Saturday
No one has been able to solve the puzzle that is Tracy Cortez inside the octagon so far, and that’s why she finds herself in a UFC main event this weekend. Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will look to take her career to the next level Saturday when she takes on former strawweight champion Rose
Quinton Jackson wants to run it back with his once-bitter rival and fellow former UFC champ Rashad Evans for his professional boxing debut. The former UFC light heavyweight champ “Rampage” Jackson has been looking for a return to combat sports in recent years, and has been close to securing a boxing match with Shannon Briggs.
Daniel Cormier thinks a dominant performance by Tom Aspinall at UFC 304 could jeopardize Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic. Interim heavyweight champion Aspinall rematches Curtis Blaydes in the July 27 co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) in Manchester, England. Meanwhile, heavyweight champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) is expected to make his first title defense against Miocic
UFC Community STUNNED due to Michael Chandler returning back home, 95K spend for Charles Oliveira, Ariel Helwani REACTS to UFC 303 drama with Conor McGregor, Maycee Barber vs Rose Namajunas set to fight, Valentina Shevchenko gets heat after TUF Alexa Grasso episode, 95K bet on Charles Oliveira, Luke Rockhold wants Sean Strickland for UFC return
Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t like Islam Makhachev’s chances of becoming a UFC double champion. Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), who defended his lightweight title three times, has reiterated his interest in moving up to welterweight to challenge Leon Edwards. Dos Anjos (32-16 MMA, 21-14 UFC), who has competed at both lightweight and welterweight throughout his
Valentina Shevchenko evened the score with Alexa Grasso. The Ultimate Fighter 32 coaching matchup is now tied at three wins apiece after Team Bullet’s Ryan Loder (6-1) defeated Team Grasso’s Tom Theocharis (9-5) in this week’s middleweight matchup. It was a standout performance for Loder, who needed a little over a minute to ground Theocharis
Rose Namajunas properly integrated herself into the women’s flyweight division in March when she registered her first victory in the weight class against Amanda Ribas at UFC on ESPN 53. Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC), who returns to action Saturday in the UFC on ESPN 59 headliner vs. Tracy Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at
A flyweight fight is headed down under. Newcomer Stewart Nicoll will make his promotional debut Aug. 17 vs. Jesus Aguilar at UFC 305. The event takes place at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the
Ariel Helwani recently floated the idea of online personality KSI (real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji) as the next potential opponent for Jorge Masvidal following his defeat to Nate Diaz in their boxing match. This past Saturday, Masvidal came up short on the judges’ scorecards in a rematch of their Octagon clash from UFC 244
The UFC’s featherweight division consistently has been one of its strongest. That didn’t change when Ilia Topuria beat Alexander Volkanovski to win the title. But even though there was new blood at the top, and new blood coming up at the prospect level like Diego Lopes, there seems to be a standstill in the division.