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UFC 310 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results. The event (pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, In the headliner, flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) puts his title on the line against promotional debutant Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0

LAS VEGAS – Belal Muhammad will have his eyes peeled for the UFC 310 co-main event. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was scheduled to defend his welterweight title against Shavkat Rakhmonov in Saturday’s main event, but was forced out due to a bone infection in his foot. Instead, Rakhmonov will take on Ian Machado Garry

Nate Diaz threw a water bottle at UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and his team backstage at the UFC 310 weigh-ins. It’s unclear what sparked the backstage disturbance at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but Diaz was captured on video being corraled by security and yelling at Makhachev and members of his team.

LAS VEGAS – Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov got into it on Friday night. Not only did the two have a lot to say backstage prior to their UFC 311 press conference in Las Vegas, but also during. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) got into a heated argument and

LAS VEGAS – UFC 310 ceremonial weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday’s event. Now, in the words of Jon Anik, “One more sleep.” UFC 310 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). The event is headlined by flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) vs. Kai

LAS VEGAS – UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja sent Muhammad Mokaev some encouraging words. Undefeated contender Mokaev (13-0) was on the cusp of a title shot after defeating Manel Kape at UFC 304 in July, but instead, was surprisingly not re-signed by the UFC. Mokaev and the UFC parting ways took many by surprise, especially

Justin Watson has made combat sports history. Since the conception of organized and recorded fighting, there haven’t been many two-second knockouts. But at BKFC 69 in Atlanta, Watson uncorked an immediate overhand right on Cole Ferrell to win the fight officially at 0:02 of Round 1. After Ferrell toppled to the canvas face-first, referee Bryan

LAS VEGAS – Islam Makhachev seems to be done welcoming challengers from 145 pounds. Makhachev, UFC lightweight champion, has defended his title twice against Alexander Volkanovski, who was then champion of the featherweight division. Still reigning and 2-0 against featherweight challengers, Makhachev says he’s done with those types of matchups, which means bad news for

Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov can’t wait to get their hands on each other. Friday, backstage before the UFC 311 press conference, Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) got into a heated exchange of words, prompting security to intervene. The two bantamweights will clash in the co-main event of the

Randy Brown thinks he’ll be at a disadvantage stepping into UFC 310. This Saturday, Brown (19-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) takes on Bryan Battle (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in what was supposed to be a welterweight bout in the preliminary card of the final UFC pay-per-view of 2024 (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu, ESPN+). Although the fight

Check out the photos from the UFC 310 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas (Images by Ken Hathaway, MMA Junkie) lukasz-brzeski-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins kennedy-nzechukwu-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins chase-hooper-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins clay-guida-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins clay-guida-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins-1 max-griffin-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins michael-chiesa-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins joshua-van-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins cody-durden-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins eryk-anders-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins chris-weidman-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins bryan-battle-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins Bryan Battle randy-brown-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins randy-brown-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins-1 aljamain-sterling-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins movsar-evloev-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins themba-gorimbo-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins vicente-luque-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins vicente-luque-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins-1 dominick-reyes-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins anthony-smith-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins dooho-choi-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins nate-landwehr-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins kron-gracie-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins bryce-mitchell-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins alexander-volkov-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins ciryl-gane-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins shavkat-rakhmonov-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-official-weigh-ins

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 310 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at MGM Grand

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 310 main event between flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja and promotional newcomer Kai Asakura. Alexandre Pantoja preview Staple info: Record: 28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC Height: 5’5″ Age: 34 Weight: 125 lbs.

LAS VEGAS – With tickets set to go on sale Friday, the promotion for the UFC’s first pay-per-view will kick into high gear with a UFC 311 press conference featuring the athletes from the two title fights. Islam Makhachev is set to put his lightweight title on the line in a rematch with Arman Tsarukyan

LAS VEGAS – Almost one year to the day that Bryce Mitchell was twitching on the canvas, convulsing after a bomb of a punch from Josh Emmett, he’ll step back into the cage for the first time since. Despite the terrifying nature of the knockout and its aftermath, Mitchell (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) told reporters

Paul Hughes welcomes the idea of fellow Irishman Ian Machado Garry being in his corner for his fight with Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. At Wednesday’s UFC 310 media day in Las Vegas, Machado Garry was asked if he would be interested in being part of Hughes’ (13-1) corner for the Jan. 25 headliner against

Check out these photos from the UFC 310 pre-fight press conference in Las Vegas. (Photos by Ken Hathaway for MMA Junkie) jon-anik-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 kai-asakura-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 alexandre-pantoja-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference alexander-volkov-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 ciryl-gane-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-2 shavkat-rakhmonov-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference jon-anik-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference kai-asakura-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference alexandre-pantoja-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference01 ciryl-gane-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference alexander-volkov-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference shavkat-rakhmonov-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-1 ciryl-gane-alexander-volkov-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-faceoff shavkat-rakhmonov-ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-press-conference-faceoff-1 shavkat-rakhmonov-ian-machado-garry-ufc-310-pre-fight-press-conference-faceoff alexandre-pantoja-kai-asakura-ufc-310-pre-fght-press-conference-faceoff.jpg-1 alexandre-pantoja-kai-asakura-ufc-310-pre-fght-press-conference-faceoff

The 16th annual World MMA Awards take place Thursday at The Theatre at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Check out our live blog and results of the night’s winners, including Fighter of the Year, Coach of the Year, Promotion of the Year and much more. The nomination period spans from July 1, 2023 to June