Diego Lopes may or may not find himself in a UFC championship fight later this month. The fan-favorite Brazilian will serve as the official backup for the UFC featherweight title fight between champion Ilia Topuria and former champ Max Holloway on Oct. 26 at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. This means Lopes (26-6 MMA, 5-1
Day: October 16, 2024
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Dan Hardy makes a case for Renan Ferreira being the best heavyweight in MMA if he can emphatically beat Francis Ngannou. Ferreira (13-3) meets former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou (17-3) in Saturday’s PFL: Battle of the Giants (DAZN/ESPN+) main event at The Mayadeen. PFL has been promoting Ngannou vs. Ferreira as
Who’s going to win the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight? That’s not the only question being asked about the heavyweight bout. Another question: Will the fight – scheduled for Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and to be shown on Netflix – actually take place? It’s already been postponed, so what’s to keep
Week 10 of Dana White’s Contender Series (2024) took place on Tuesday in Las Vegas, and we’re grading the winners from the five-fight card, which streamed on ESPN+ from the UFC Apex. With a simple but digestible format that has had the MMA fanbase responding, this series has shown to have legs in multiple ways
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Peter Murray believes PFL: Battle of the Giants is the biggest MMA event of the year. PFL: Battle of the Giants (DAZN/ESPN+ pay-per-view) takes place Saturday at The Mayadeen. Two super fight belts will be on the line, with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou (17-3) taking on 2023 PFL champion Renan
LAS VEGAS – Julia Polastri beat Cory McKenna with a split decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 244 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Polastri, who picked up her first UFC win after a loss in her promotional debut in June. Julia Polastri
This weekend’s UFC Fight Night card has gone through a change to it’s main card that will see a highly regarded prospect step in for his Octagon debut. Former TUF finalist Brady Hiestand was set to return in a bantamweight contest with Jake Hadley. England’s Hadley made the move up to 135-pounds from flyweight after
Aug 13, 2024, 09:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions “Dana White’s Contender Series” returns for Season 8 on Aug. 13. The show, which has been a pipeline to the UFC for top talent from around the world, has helped the UFC discover some of the best fighters in the sport today including bantamweight champion Sean
Check out these photos from the fights at Dana White’s Contender Series 76, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (Event photos courtesy Jeff Bottari – UFC) (The gallery will be updated throughout the event.) Jonathan Micallef – DWCS 76 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 15: Jonathan Micallef of Australia has his
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Max Holloway says there should be no concern surrounding his move back down to featherweight ahead of UFC 308. Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) challenges 145-pound champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the UFC 308 main event Oct. 26 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Holloway is coming off a last-second knockout of
Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 8 came to a close Tuesday, but not before an emphatic performance by Nick Klein. In a fight he took on eight days’ notice, Klein (6-1) ran through Brazil’s Heraldo Souza (9-2-1) with a 31-second rear-naked choke at Dana White’s Contender Series 76. A purple belt going against a black
Eleven years after their implementation, it sounds like a major change is coming to the UFC rankings system. Tuesday, UFC CEO Dana White vented his frustration about Khalil Rountree’s position at No. 8 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. Rountree recently had success against champion Alex Pereira before being knocked out in Round 3. He
An all-out brawl took place during Dana White’s Contender Series 76. Yadier del Valle was the fighter with his hand raised at the end of it all, as he defeatedAntonio Monteiro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26). A strong first round earned del Valle a 10-8 on one judge’s scorecard, but it somehow was not
The UFC’s penultimate stop at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas goes down Saturday with UFC Fight Night 245, which streams on ESPN+. Streaking middleweights meet in the main event, with Michel Pereira (30-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC) looking to extend an eight-fight winning streak in the octagon against Anthony Hernandez (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who