LAS VEGAS – Movsar Evloev won’t complain about his long road to a featherweight title shot and is embracing his position more than ever after UFC 310. Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) added the biggest win of his career thus far to his undefeated record on Saturday when he outworked UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling
Day: December 9, 2024
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
LAS VEGAS – Dominick Reyes could feel Anthony Smith’s emotions during their UFC 310 fight. Reyes (14-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) picked up his second consecutive win when he scored a second-round TKO of Smith (38-21 MMA, 13-11 UFC) in their light heavyweight bout Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Smith came into UFC 310 with a heavy
LAS VEGAS – Dana White isn’t surprised to see several big-name Bellator fighters frustrated over their current situations with PFL. Bellator champions Patchy Mix, Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire and Corey Anderson recently expressed their discontent with PFL over lack of fights. After PFL acquired Bellator in November 2023, the promotion’s plan was to have eight Bellator Champions
LAS VEGAS – More than two weeks after Conor McGregor lost a high-profile sexual assault civil trial, Dana White finally broke his silence – sort of. On Nov. 22, a 12-day civil trial concluded with a jury finding McGregor liable for assault stemming from a 2018 claim by a woman, Nikita Hand, that she was
Andreas Hale, ESPNDec 8, 2024, 01:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Alexandre Pantoja successfully defended the flyweight champion by submitting promotional newcomer Kai Asakura in the second round of their UFC 310 main event showdown at T-Mobile Arena. Pantoja neutralized the former RIZIN bantamweight champion’s explosive striking by bringing the fight to
LAS VEGAS – UFC CEO Dana White would like to see multiple veteran fighters who competed at UFC 310 to call it a career. The final pay-per-view event of 2024 at T-Mobile Arena hosted a variety of matchups, including fighters such as Clay Guida, who made his 37th walk to the UFC octagon, to Kai
Alexandre Pantoja’s reign of terror in the flyweight division continued Saturday when he got another convincing title defense against Kai Asakura in the UFC 310 main event. Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) retained his belt for the third consecutive time when he turned back former RIZIN FF champion Asakura (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) by second-round
Aljamain Sterling was pure class in the aftermath of his loss to Movsar Evloev at UFC 310. Former UFC bantamweight champ Sterling (24-5 MMA, 16-5 UFC) suffered his first defeat since moving up to featherweight on Saturday when he dropped a unanimous decision to Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Merab Dvalishvili doesn’t believe his altercation with a fan at UFC 310 was an accident. On Saturday night, the UFC bantamweight champion ended up in an incident as he was walking backstage after cornering friend and teammate Aljamain Sterling in his fight against Movsar Evloev. Footage captured by nearby fans saw Dvalishvili being restrained by
Merab Dvalishvili has begun to address the physical altercation Saturday at UFC 310 between himself, a fan, and teammate Dennis Buzukja. Dvalishvili and Buzukja were cornermen for Aljamain Sterling’s preliminary bout against Movsar Evloev at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. As they all were making the walk to the back after the fight, video surfaced
UFC CEO Dana White faced multiple incidents involving Merab Dvalishvili during UFC 310 fight week and is unsure how to handle his temperament going forward. The bantamweight champion kept security on their toes on more than one occasion in Las Vegas. Friday, prior to the UFC 311 on-sale press conference, Dvalishvili was separated from his
LAS VEGAS – Ciryl Gane isn’t happy with his victory at UFC 310 over Alexander Volkov, primarily due to an injury suffered early in the fight. Gane (13-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) won a controversial split decision over Volkov (38-11 MMA, 12-5 UFC) on the main card of UFC 310 at T-Mobile Arena. Despite picking up
What mattered most at UFC 310 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings… * * * * The end of Chris Weidman? [embedded content] Chris Weidman has had a lot of painful losses in his career, and he experienced another one by getting TKO’d against Eryk Anders in a fight