Ciryl Gane admits he wasn’t himself when he fought Jon Jones last March for the vacant UFC heavyweight title. The only time Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) has been finished in his pro career was against Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC). Gane tapped from a guillotine choke just over two minutes into the fight. “When
Day: December 1, 2024
There’s more PFL on the way. According to company CEO Peter Murray, the promotion plans to increase the number of events from 2024 to 2025 and then again from 2025 to 2026. “We have a regular cadence for every property,” Murray told talkSPORT on Friday during 2024 PFL Championship. “This year, we had 28 events.
Austin Bashi isn’t getting a layup for his UFC debut. One of the most highly-touted prospects from the most recent season of Dana White’s Contender Series, the 23-year-old Bashi (13-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will face Anthony Pettis protege Christian Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in a bantamweight bout Jan. 11 at a UFC Fight Night
“Arms aren’t supposed to bend that way.” It’s a phrase uttered by MMA onlookers at least a handful of instances per year – and it’s never good. In a bout Nov. 24 between amateur atomweights Galina Maltseva and Ekaterina Demina, the MMA gods claimed another limb at MMA World: World Championships 2024 Finals in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
The Bonfim brothers will once again compete on the same UFC card. At a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for Feb. 15 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Gabriel Bonfim and Ismael Bonfim will look to repeat the success they found at UFC 283 in January 2023. Gabriel (16-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) battles fellow
Alexandre Pantoja is cementing himself as one of the best champions in UFC flyweight history. The Brazilian veteran has defended his 125-pound belt twice, defeating Brandon Royval and, most recently, Steve Erceg. Back in May, Pantoja went to war with Erceg in a very competitive bout that ended with Pantoja getting his hand raised after
Joaquin Buckley sees Ian Machado Garry doing just enough to beat Shavkat Rakhmonov. Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) meets fellow unbeaten contender Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout Dec. 7 at UFC 310 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Buckley (20-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was originally scheduled to face Machado
Jamahal Hill continues to offer an interesting perspective on his first meeting against UFC champion Alex Pereira, and vows to meet him again in the octagon. The last time Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) competed was against Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC 300. Hill was knocked out a few
Throughout the nearly three-decades of the UFC, there have been a handful of unforgettable and shocking upsets inside the octagon. On Friday, the UFC released a video on their YouTube channel highlighting the fights that stunned the MMA world, which includes a slew of UFC world title changes. The video kicks off with, more than
A two-time winner of the PFL welterweight season, Magomed Magomedkerimov, is reportedly eyeing a move to the UFC. Magomedkerimov (34-6) has spent nearly half his professional fighting career under the PFL banner. He’s found plenty of success by winning the PFL’s welterweight tournament in 2018 and 2023, but after last year, the Russian expressed his
UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja contemplated a move to bantamweight, but since Sean O’Malley is no longer the champion, he wants to continue his reign at 125 pounds. Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and former bantamweight champ O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) recently went back and forth over what happened in a sparring session. Pantoja,
What happens when a world heavyweight MMA champion takes on a world-class goalkeeper in a fight? It’s a question that doesn’t really need an answer, and luckily, Francis Ngannou was just play fighting with Manchester United’s André Onana. Ngannou linked up with fellow Cameroonian Onana at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, and the two squared
Dakota Ditcheva is unsure what lies ahead after winning the PFL women’s flyweight championship. At 2024 PFL Championship, Ditcheva (14-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) picked former UFC title challenger Taila Santos apart to win the title and a $1 million prize. On paper, Santos (22-4) was the toughest challenge for Ditcheva of her career, but she