It’s still a main event for Manel Kape at UFC Fight Night 253. It just might be not as significant as originally expected. In the wake of Brandon Royval’s withdrawal, the UFC has landed on replacing him with Asu Almabayev, who will make his first headlining appearance March 1 at the UFC Apex in what
Day: February 6, 2025
The UFC returns “Down Under” for UFC 312, its second pay-per-view of the year, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 312 (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place Saturday (Sunday locally) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The main event features a rematch between
A few days after receiving his walking papers from the UFC, Jairzinho Rozenstruik has broken his silence. The UFC wasted little time – roughly 48 hours – in deciding to release Rozenstruik after his unanimous decision defeat to Serghei Pavlovic last Saturday at UFC Fight Night 250 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In an Instagram post
MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom goes in-depth to break down the biggest fights in the UFC. Today, he takes a closer look at the UFC 312 co-main event title fight between women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez. Zhang Weili UFC 312 preview Zhang Weili Staple info: Record: 25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC Height: 5’4″ Age:
Coach Sayif Saud doesn’t expect Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland to hold anything back when their UFC 312 rematch begins. Less than 13 months after Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) took the middleweight title off Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) by debated split decision at UFC 297, the pair will run it back
After exchanging words at the UFC 312 pre-fight press conference, Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland came face-to-face for the first time on fight week. Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) will rematch for the middleweight title on Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+),
Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez sized each other up for the first time at the UFC 312 pre-fight press conference. After answering questions from the media, Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) came face-to-face for a staredown ahead of Saturday’s strawweight title co-headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (ESPN+
Leon Edwards is eager to run things back with UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad. After losing his title to Muhammad at UFC 304, Edwards (21-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) will look to rebound against Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) on March 22 in the UFC Fight Night 255 headliner from The O2 in London
The UFC 312 pre-fight press conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the event in the video above. The press conference takes place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, which also hosts Saturday’s fight card. UFC 312 is built around two championship fights. Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC)
UFC 312 is happening this weekend (Sat., Feb. 8, 2025) inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. The pay-per-view (PPV) main event is a rematch for UFC’s 185-pound title with division champion, Dricus du Plessis, meeting Sean Strickland (who has asked that this be a “no takedowns” match). UFC 312’s co-main event has gold on
Pakistan’s representation isn’t typically prominent at combat sports outings, but at recent Karate Combat events the country’s flags have waved proudly. That’s because of Shahzaib Rind. He’s perhaps not a household name internationally quite yet, but his accomplishments are well known among those back home. The Karate Combat lightweight champion, Rind said the attention from
Dominick Cruz’s return to action has been delayed. The former UFC bantamweight champion is out of his scheduled main card fight against Rob Font at UFC Fight Night 252 in Seattle due to injury. The event takes place Feb. 22 at Climate Pledge Arena and is headlined by another 135-pound matchup between Henry Cejudo and