Thomas Almeida is back. Almeida (22-5), a 10-fight UFC veteran, will return to action for the first time in more than four years when he takes on Taylor Moore (13-8) in a bantamweight bout that headlines Art of Scrap 10 on April 11 from Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. Almeida, 33, hasn’t competed
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Jack Della Maddalena disagrees with Leon Edwards’ claim that timing impacted his performance against Belal Muhammad. Edwards (21-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his welterweight title to Muhammad at UFC 304 this past July. Their main event title fight took place in the middle of the night to cater to U.S. pay-per-view time, which Edwards says
Michael Bisping likes Ilia Topuria’s chances against fellow UFC champion Islam Makhachev. UFC featherweight champion Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) wants to move up to challenge lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), who’s currently the promotion’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Both fighters have recently produced dominant results over their division, and Bisping would love
The fallout from Thursday’s 11th-hour major, and apparently final, twist on a short boxing roller coaster ride likely only is just beginning. Former YouTuber Jake Paul, who for the past few years has been arguably the biggest name in boxing, reportedly was about to announce a blockbuster fight on Netflix against Canelo Alvarez – until
This week, the UFC returns to the land down under for its February pay-per-view. UFC 312 takes place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. The event features a pair of title fights: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland and Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez. Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place, featuring
Turki Alalshikh has gotten Canelo Alvarez on board. Late Thursday, a report from ESPN emerged claiming Alvarez and Jake Paul were finalizing a deal to box May 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a cruiserweight bout expected to stream on Netflix. However, in an 11th-hour swerve, Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment
Check out these photos from the UFC 312 ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs ahead of Saturday pay-per-view event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. (Images courtesy of UFC) anshul-jubli-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins quillan-salkilld-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins quillan-salkilld-vs-anshul-jubli-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins kevin-jousset-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jonathan-micallef-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jonathan-micallef-vs-kevin-jousset-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins kody-steele-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins rong-zhu-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins rong-zhu-kody-steele-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins colby-thicknesse-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins colby-thicknesse-aleksandre-topuria-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins bruna-brasil-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins wang-cong-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins wang-cong-bruna-brasil-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins wang-cong-bruna-brasil-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins-1 viacheslav-borshchev-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins tom-nolan-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins tom-nolan-viacheslav-borshchev-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins gabriel-santos-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jack-jenkins-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jack-jenkins-gabriel-santos-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins francisco-prado-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jake-matthews-ufc-312-official-weigh-ins jake-matthews-ufc-312-official-weigh-ins-1 jake-matthews-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins jake-matthews-francisco-prado-ufc-312-ceremonial-weigh-ins rodolfo-bellato-ufc-312-official-weigh-ins-1
Dricus du Plessis has heard enough from the raucous crowd in Sydney and he’s ready to shut them up when he defends his title against Sean Strickland in the UFC 312 main event. That was the message from the reigning middleweight champion after the faced off with his opponent one last time during the ceremonial
The runway is clear for Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland to have their UFC 312 rematch after the champion and challenger made weight on Friday. Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will attempt to make his second middleweight title defense against the man he took the belt from 13 months ago in Strickland (29-6
Official weigh-ins for UFC 312 took place Friday, and you can get all the results here. The weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Sydney. The nearby Qudos Bank Arena hosts Saturday’s event (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2/Disney+, ESPN+). Among those weighing in were middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and ex-champ
UFC 312 is down a fight. Just prior to the start of Friday’s official weigh-ins in Sydney, commentator Jon Anik broke the news that the scheduled opening prelim between HyunSung Park and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel has been canceled. UFC 312 (pay-per-view, ESPN2/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and will continue with
The women’s strawweight title will be on the line Saturday in the UFC 312 co-main event when Zhang Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) puts the belt up for the third time in her second reign as champion when she meets unbeaten challenger Tatiana Suarez (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC). Take a look at a chronological history
Dominick Cruz is calling it a career. After an injury forced him out of his UFC Fight Night 252 retirement fight, Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) announced his retirement Thursday in a lengthy, heartfelt post on social media. “I gave everything I had and put it into preparation and training for this fight —focusing on