Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will go for his third consecutive title defense when he meets Khalil Rountree in the UFC 307 main event. Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree preview UFC 307 will mark the third time Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) headlines a pay-per-view in 2024 after already defending his belt with a first-round
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An intriguing matchup of ranked welterweights serves as the UFC Fight Night 242 main event as former title challenger Gilbert Burns takes on Sean Brady. Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady preview Burns, No. 7 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie welterweight rankings, will attempt to snap a two-fight skid against Belal Muhammad and Jack
Russian middleweight Islam Yanarsanov made his professional debut as he pulled off a choke that most veterans of 50-plus fights don’t even have on their resumes. Saturday at National Fighting League 1 in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, Yanarsanov (1-0) put Shikhabudin Shikhabudinov (0-1) to sleep with a slick buggy choke at 2:05 of Round 2. The
The co-feature of PFL: Battle of the Giants will see the PFL debut of Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg as she takes on two-time PFL champion Larissa Pacheco. Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco preview Cyborg (27-2 MMA, 0-0 PFL) will make her PFL debut in her first MMA fight since Bellator 300 last October,
Although she didn’t lose her title, Alexa Grasso was unable to put the Valentina Shevchenko rivalry to bed last September. In the inaugural Noche UFC event, Grasso and Shevchenko battled to a split draw in their women’s flyweight championship rematch. It was a 25-minute contest full of ups and downs for both fighters, leaving the
Records are made to be broken, right? Try telling that to Wilt Chamberlain and Cy Young. “Wilt the Stilt” averaged an NBA-record 50.4 points per game in 1961-1962, a season in which he also set a single-game scoring mark with 100 points. No one has come close to either record in the six decades since.
The history books will show it. There’s no love lost between Jeremy Stephens and Conor McGregor. Could McGregor’s addition to the BKFC ownership group be the start of the beautiful friendship? Well, maybe it’s not time to go that far. But the respect certainly projects from at least one end of the negotiating table. “It’s
Former UFC bantamweight Vince Morales has been on an impressive run on the regional scene and has added a rarely-seen submission to his highlight reel. At United Fight League 5, Morales (16-7) faced fellow UFC veteran Hunter Azure (11-4) for the promotion’s bantamweight title at Gila River Resorts & Casino in Chandler, Ariz. In Round
Although Jon Jones will most likely be booked to fight Stipe Miocic next, his rivalry with Tom Aspinall is also heating up on the sidelines. The interim UFC heavyweight champion is eager to unify the belts, requiring him to face the winner of Jones vs. Miocic. Aspinall has bagged 15 wins since turning pro in
A big heavyweight showdown headlines PFL: Battle of the Giants when former UFC champion Francis Ngannou returns to MMA to face 2023 PFL champion Renan Ferreira. Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira preview Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 0-0 PFL) competes in his first MMA bout after exiting the UFC and competing in a pair of big matchups
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from August 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
The odds between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko may be even now, but that was far from the case last year. Back in March 2023, Grasso entered UFC 285 as one of the biggest underdogs in UFC history, and rightfully so. Up to that moment, Shevchenko was unbeaten at 125 pounds and had eight consecutive