Michael Page believes Shara Magomedov won’t resort to grappling him – at least not at the start. Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) takes on Magomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in a middleweight bout that co-headlines UFC Fight Night 250 on Feb. 1 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+). Page is accustomed to having
Day: January 8, 2025
LAS VEGAS – Amanda Ribas sees some big options in play for her career if she defeats Mackenzie Dern in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 249 headliner. Ribas (12-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is set to rematch Dern (14-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in Saturday’s strawweight headliner at the UFC Apex (ESPN+), and the Brazilian views the matchup
LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 249 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex with a full card on ESPN+. Before fight night arrives, though, notable athletes from the event are scheduled to speak to reporters Wednesday at media day, including strawweight headliners Mackenzie Dern (14-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) and Amanda Ribas (12-5 MMA, 7-4
Michael Bisping believes moving to middleweight would be a bad idea for Colby Covington. After suffering his second-straight loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN 63, Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) recently revealed that he’s intrigued by the idea of moving up to 185 pounds, particularly to fight former champion Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA,
The UFC opens it 2025 schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 249, which goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. As always, marquee on-air talent will be on hand in “Sin City” to help guide viewers through the broadcast experience. Details of who will work as commentators and analysts for each event have
2024 is over, and with it, some great moments in MMA that should not be forgotten. Last week, on the final episode of 2024 of “Spinning Back Clique,” we reviewed our MMA Junkie awards for Male and Female Fighter of the Year. Although those are considered by many the two biggest awards, there were other
After a one-month hiatus, the UFC opens its 2025 event schedule Saturday with UFC Fight Night 249, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+. Strawweight contenders will rematch in the main event as Mackenzie Dern (14-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) will attempt to avenge her first career loss from
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev was recently involved in an altercation with Nate Diaz, but assures he did not instigate the incident. He doesn’t even know what set Diaz off. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Diaz were under the same roof at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas; Makhachev for the UFC 311
Coach Tim Welch doubts Umar Nurmagomedov would fight UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili severely injured. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-headliner at Intuit Dome from Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Nurmagomedov let it slip that he recently fractured his arm and that both
Two veteran bantamweights will throw down at the UFC Apex. At UFC Fight Night 254 on March 15, Da’Mon Blackshear and Cody Gibson will aim to build off recent wins when they fight each other in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the matchup but asked to
Movsar Evloev is trying to stay patient in his pursuit of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) remained unbeaten when he edged out former champ Aljamain Sterling this past December at UFC 310. But with Topuria recently hinting that he may vacate his title, top contender Evloev is left in a