After pursuing the matchup for nearly one year with no success, Ian Machado Garry was as stunned as anyone to see Colby Covington take his place against Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN 63. Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) was originally hoping to fight Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) in the Dec. 14 main
Day: December 2, 2024
If Arman Tsarukyan can become UFC champion, he wants his first title defense against a former foe. Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) is expected to challenge lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) Jan. 18 at UFC 311 from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., though nothing is confirmed. He dropped his UFC debut to
Shavkat Rakhmonov is heading into UFC 310 boasting a 100 percent finish rate. Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Ian Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a five-round welterweight bout in Saturday’s co-main event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Rakhmonov, who was initially scheduled to challenge welterweight champion Belal Muhammad at UFC
MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL
Did you miss the debut of UFC 310 “Countdown” or just want to watch it again? Check out the co-main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the welterweight fight between Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Ian Machado Garry (15-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC). UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPN 2, ESPN+) takes place
Jon Jones, Mike Perry and Yoel Romero walk into a bar… OK, so they didn’t walk into a bar, but while you’re imagining the wild scenarios that hypothetical situation would produce, those three unique personalities popularized in MMA were all present for the inaugural Dirty Boxing Championship at an “undisclosed location” in Florida. Perry’s new fight
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will see each other in the ring soon – but then again, they see each other everywhere. That’s at least the way things were portrayed in an insane new trailer released Sunday by Turki Alalshikh. The heavyweight boxers rematch Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The trailer, produced by BigTime
Did you miss the debut of UFC 310 “Countdown” or just want to watch it again? Check out the main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the flyweight main event title fight between champ Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and debuting challenger Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC). UFC 310
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from November 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for November. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by