Fatima Kline has her first UFC win, and she secured it in violent style. At UFC Fight Night 249 on Saturday, Kline (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) smashed her way to a TKO victory over Victoria Dudakova (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) with 33 seconds left in the second round. The strawweight bout took place on the
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Austin Bashi and Christian Rodriguez meet Saturday on the UFC Fight Night 249 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. Last event: 0-0UFC main cards, 2024: 0-0 Austin Bashi vs. Christian Rodriguez UFC Fight Night 249 preview Bashi (13-0
Abdul Razak Alhassan and Cesar Almeida meet Saturday on the UFC Fight Night 249 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. Last event: 0-0UFC main cards, 2024: 0-0 Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cesar Almeida UFC Fight Night 249 preview
The UFC is back in its Las Vegas home base this week to kick off the calendar year with a women’s strawweight rematch at the top of the bill. UFC Fight Night 249 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Get main card pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio
UFC Fight Night 249 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results beginning at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 249 (ESPN+) takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Women’s strawweight contenders Mackenzie Dern (15-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Amanda Ribas (12-6 MMA,
Steve Erceg will look to turn things around in early 2025 – but not Down Under. Although the promotion is set to return to his native Australia in February, Erceg (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will compete at UFC Fight Night 253 vs. rising Kazakh contender Asu Almabayev (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC). The event takes place
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev acknowledges he wasn’t flawless against Dustin Poirier. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) notched his third title defense when he submitted Poirier in Round 5 at UFC 302 in June. Makhachev, who’s dominated most of his opposition throughout his career, was surprised with how competitive “The Diamond” made things. Poirier won
Arman Tsarukyan thinks Ilia Topuria would be a stellar addition to the UFC lightweight division. Ahead of Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) challenging Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) for the 155-pound title in the UFC 311 headliner on Jan. 18 in Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+), reigning featherweight champ Topuria has teased a
Gilbert Burns is aware that a potential fight with Michael Morales won’t be easy. Per Ag Fight, Burns (22-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC) is expected to face Morales (17-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in a welterweight bout April 12 at UFC 314 in Miami. Burns recently addressed the possible matchup with the unbeaten rising contender. “I think the
Henry Cejudo is backing UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones in a potential fight against Tom Aspinall. UFC CEO Dana White guaranteed that Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) will fight interim champ Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in a title-unification bout in 2025. Jones notched his first title defense with a third-round TKO of Stipe Miocic at
The UFC Saudi Arabia lineup has been tweaked. With Jordan Leavitt out, Bolaji Oki steps in to face Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady at UFC Fight Night 250 on Feb. 1 at ANB Arena in Riyadh. The reason for Leavitt’s withdrawal is not clear at this time. Two people with knowledge of the change recently informed MMA Junkie