The UFC has started voting for its year-end awards and will kick things off with the newbies. New superstars were built in 2024, but the UFC also was joined by an existing one in Kayla Harrison, who came over from multiple titles in the PFL. But was she the best UFC newcomer in 2024? The
Day: December 28, 2024
UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall didn’t get the opportunity to unify the title at UFC 309, but he was cageside to watch Jon Jones defend against Stipe Miocic. The main event of the penultimate UFC pay-per-view of 2024 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, topped by a heavyweight title bout billed
Merab Dvalishvili insists his upcoming title challenger is not worthy of the opportunity he’s getting at his UFC bantamweight title. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is quite annoyed at the fact that Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will be challenging him in the co-main event of UFC 311 on Jan. 18 in Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+
Carlos Ulberg will look to emerge as a title contender when he takes on a former champion at UFC Fight Night 255. Jan Blachowicz vs. Carlos Ulberg preview Jan Blachowicz (29-10-1 MMA, 12-7-1 UFC) hasn’t competed since a split decision loss to current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in July 2023. Prior to that,
As the UFC break continues, a few promotions are hosting events over the holidays and ringing in the new year with combat sports. While the fight schedule is relatively sparce during this time of year, several familiar names who have competed under the UFC banner are competing around the world. Check out which veterans of
Check out these images of actor Ryan Destiny and boxing and PFL standout Claressa Shields. Destiny plays Shields in “The Fire Inside,” a biopic about Shields’ life and career. Los Angeles Premiere of Amazon MGM Studios’ ”The Fire Inside” at the DGA Theater Olympic boxer Claressa Shields and actress Ryan Destiny attend the Los Angeles
How’s this for an “overreaction”? 2025 will be the last year Jon Jones fights in the UFC … if we’re lucky. Jones returned from injury in 2024 to fight only once at UFC 309 last month, when he finished Stipe Miocic to retain the heavyweight championship. That title, however, is in dispute considering Tom Aspinall
Coaches are among the most unheralded people in the MMA space, and although Fortis MMA’s Sayif Saud has received recognition for his work, there comes a point where success fails to offset personal sacrifice. That is a crossroad Saud is grappling with as he enters the 20th year of his coaching journey in 2025, and
Thursday’s episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,526, the boys discussed the latest MMA news including former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley’s detox from social media, big new matchups bringing in the new year such as Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape, and more! Tune in!
Deiveson Figueiredo sees Merab Dvalishvili pulling off an upset title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov in the first UFC title bout of 2025. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) will put his bantamweight strap up for grabs against the unbeaten Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+), which takes
Now that the calendar year is coming to a close fight fans can relive all of the best knockouts from 2024. This is courtesy of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which just released 70 minutes of the best knockout finishes from the past 12 months. In case you missed out on the past year of combat
Tatiana Suarez finally will get her first crack at a UFC championship. Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) challenges strawweight champion Zhang Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 312 on Feb. 9 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Suarez was scheduled to face Virna Jandiroba earlier this month at UFC 310,
(This story first appeared in the Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY.) DETROIT − When a new movie arrives about Flint, Mich., it’s usually yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the public eye for the past decade. But that’s not the case with “The Fire Inside,” a film