LAS VEGAS – Alexander Volkov thinks Tom Aspinall earned his way to UFC gold more than Jon Jones did. Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) claimed the vacant heavyweight title when he returned from an over three-year long layoff to submit Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. Last month at UFC 309, Jones successfully defended his title
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Khamzat Chimaev and Arman Tsarukyan are unlikely foes in mixed martial arts given their gap in divisions. However, that’s not so much the case in grappling. The two UFC contenders went head to head in a recent grappling match for Hype Fighting Championship. Although Tsarukyan seemed to have trouble with Chimaev, the UFC lightweight title
LAS VEGAS – Heading into UFC 310, it’s not lost on Themba Gorimbo how fortunate he is. Gorimbo is replacing Nick Diaz on late notice to fight Vicente Luque on the prelims of Saturday’s event at T-Mobile Arena (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+). It’s one of those fights where Gorimbo, who isn’t ranked, has a golden opportunity
LAS VEGAS – Randy Brown, for a proverbial minute, thought he had a dance date with Carlos Prates. It was, he surmised, a chance to see what all the hype was about. The way Brown told it Wednesday at a media day for UFC 310, he was asked if he wanted to fight Prates, and
LAS VEGAS – Vicente Luque is done with pursuing a possible fight with Nick Diaz. Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) was initially scheduled to fight Diaz at UFC on ABC 7 August in Abu Dhabi, but the bout was scrapped after Diaz pulled out due to travel issues. The pair were rebooked for Saturday’s UFC
(This story was updated to add new information.) The UFC’s 14th and final pay-per-view event of 2024 goes down Saturday in “Sin City.” Here’s how to watch UFC 310 with the flyweight title on the line at the top of the card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Broadcast and streaming info Jon Anik UFC 310 has
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is set for his first title defense, and it’s against an undefeated opponent. At UFC 311 on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) will put his title on the line against Umar Nurmagomedov in the co-feature bout. A lightweight title fight, a rematch
MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9 results and more for the Musumeci vs. Machado jiu-jitsu event from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev., on Thursday night. In the main event, Mikey Musumeci will make his debut against Felipe Machado in a bantamweight contest. Musumeci, who has reeled off 10 straight wins, hasn’t
LAS VEGAS – Ian Machado Garry is not in a sane state of mind, at least that’s what his opponent Shavkat Rakhmonov thinks. Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a No. 1 contender fight at welterweight in the co-main event of UFC 310 – which takes place
Patchy Mix just wants to be where he can regularly compete. Mix (20-1), the current Bellator bantamweight champion, has grown frustrated with his recent lack of activity since the PFL’s acquisition of Bellator. He’s only competed once in 2024 and doesn’t know when his next fight will be. “My manager told me to hold off
LAS VEGAS – Despite landing on the prelims, Aljamain Sterling feels he has a very consequential fight at UFC 310. The former UFC bantamweight champion takes on undefeated featherweight contender Movsar Evloev in what many have labeled an under-the-radar fight in the final UFC pay-per-view of the year (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu, ESPN+) – which
Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan will rematch with the biggest stakes possible when they clash for the lightweight title in the UFC 311 main event. After Makhachev spoiled Tsarukyan’s short-notice promotional debut in April 2023 with a unanimous decision win in the Fight of the Night, the pair will run it back on Jan. 18