While questions remain about what the next UFC lightweight and featherweight title fights will be, it’s a no-brainer for Joe Rogan. During a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, the popular UFC commentator left no doubt about what he’d like to see: Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria moving up to lightweight to challenge Islam
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Demetrious Johnson thinks something needs to change in Sean Strickland’s fighting style after UFC 312. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) lost to middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) for a second time, this time in much more definitive fashion when he dropped a unanimous decision in Saturday’s main event at Qudos Bank Arena
Joe Rogan praised Dricus Du Plessis for beating Sean Strickland more definitively in their title-fight rematch at UFC 312. After edging him out by split decision in their first fight at UFC 297, middleweight champion Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) left no doubt when he picked up a dominant decision win over Strickland (29-7
The UFC is back in its Las Vegas home base for three of its next four events, and this week middleweights are at the top of the bill. Here’s how to watch UFC Fight Night 251 with 185-pounders in the headlining spot, plus a potential featherweight banger in the co-feature. Broadcast and streaming info UFC Fight Night
Brett OkamotoFeb 9, 2025, 01:35 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dricus Du Plessis already had a win over Sean Strickland going into UFC 312. What he wanted was an exclamation point over him — and that’s what he got. Du
Sean Strickland’s unanimous decision loss to Dricus Du Plessis in their UFC 312 middleweight title rematch at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney proved to be one of the bloodiest fights of his career. (Fight and venue photos by UFC, Getty Images, Reuters) dricus-du-plessis-sean-strickland-ufc-312-1 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-7 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-2_d58aa2 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-1_39ae1b dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312_c1b73d sean-strickland-vs-dricus-du-plessis-ufc-312 dricus-du-plessis-sean-strickland-ufc-312 dricus-du-plessis-sean-strickland-ufc-312-2 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-5_ee3357 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-4 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-3_883900 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312_f2fc36 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-3 dricus-du-plessis-vs-sean-strickland-ufc-312-6
(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Sean Strickland after bloody UFC 312 loss?) Dricus Du Plessis made it 2-0 in head-to-head competition when he successfully defended his middleweight title in Saturday’s UFC 312 main event rematch, which went down at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The second defense of Du Plessis’ (23-2 MMA,
The UFC made its return to Australia on Saturday with UFC 312, which went down at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and saw two champions retain their titles. In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) once again got the better of Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) with a unanimous decision
(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Dricus Du Plessis after UFC 312 title defense?) Sean Strickland spent the past 13 months claiming he was “robbed” in his first fight with Dricus Du Plessis and their UFC 312 rematch would be different, but that proved false. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) suffered a unanimous
Dricus Du Plessis thinks he has a good idea what the UFC will do with Sean Strickland after he fell short in their rematch. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) failed to recapture the middleweight title from Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) on Saturday with a unanimous decision loss in the UFC 312 main event.
UFC CEO Dana White fully supports Dominick Cruz’s decision to retire from MMA. Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his final fight on Feb. 22 against Rob Font, but sustained another serious shoulder injury that forced him to pull the plug on his career sooner than