Michael Page would move up to middleweight to fight Shara Magomedov. Magomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) called out former champion Israel Adesanya after his spectacular knockout of Armen Petrosyan this past Saturday at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. Adesanya told Magomedov to keep his name out of his mouth, but MVP is happy to swoop
Day: October 31, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Aiemann Zahabi hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ilia Topuria and put away one of the most durable fighters in octagon history at UFC Fight Night 246. After Topuria shocked the world and became the first to knock out Max Holloway at UFC 308 this past weekend, Zahabi (11-2 MMA, 5-2
Ilia Topuria and his team have had one of the greatest years in MMA history. That doesn’t mean they’re done chasing glory. Following an impressive title defense at Saturday’s UFC 308 where Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) became the first person to knockout Max Holloway, his head coach Jorge Climent wants him to take another leap
(This story was updated to add new information.) UFC 310 has taken a major hit as welterweight champion Belal Muhammad is out of his Dec. 7 title fight against Shavkat Rakhmonov. Muhammad announced the news Thursday, posting a video of himself on Instagram in which he’s laying in a hospital bed. Muhammad said he “caught
Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie was hoping to lay her gloves down in the octagon, but she’s walking away earlier than planned. De Randamie took to Instagram to announce her retirement from MMA. “The Iron Lady” explained that she was hoping to compete one more time before the end of 2024, but
Kamaru Usman is not a fan of the BMF title. The inaugural belt was introduced when Jorge Masvidal fought Nate Diaz at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden. After Masvidal stopped Diaz to claim the title, he stepped in on just days’ notice to challenge then-welterweight champion Usman at UFC 251. He lost the bout
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Erin Blanchfield hasn’t experienced loss too much as a professional mixed martial artist, but she’s still familiar with it. At UFC Fight Night 246 on Saturday, Blanchfield (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) aims to bounce back from a largely one-sided March unanimous decision defeat to Manon Fiorot. The loss was the first noncontroversial
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Two new rules will make their UFC debut Saturday at Rogers Place as the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) voted this past July to implement them beginning Nov. 1. For the first time in the history of the Unified Rules of MMA, 12-6 elbows will be allowed at
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Jhonata Diniz didn’t expect to be fighting one of the biggest names in the heavyweight division in just his third UFC appearance, but he’s not complaining. The undefeated prospect got the call to face former UFC title challenger Derrick Lewis on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 246. This
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from October 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for October. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
Kamaru Usman doesn’t doubt Khamzat Chimaev’s chances of taking UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis down to the ground. Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) dominated former champ Robert Whittaker to earn a first-round submission in Saturday’s UFC 308 co-main event in Abu Dhabi. Usman has first-hand experience of Chimaev’s strength. Usman was taken down and