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UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski would like to postpone a return to the featherweight division. Volkanovski wants an immediate rematch with Islam Makhachev following their close championship bout at Saturday’s UFC 284 in Perth, Australia. It was a bout where Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) looked to gain a second title by challenging 155-champion Makhachev

At Bellator 290 on Feb. 4 in Inglewood, Calif., 16 of the 28 fighters on the card gained more than 10 percent of their weight back. Two of those 16 exceeded the 15 percent threshold. MMA Junkie obtained a list of fight-night weights Monday from California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster. In California,

Conor McGregor has a fan in NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal is no MMA expert, but he’s definitely a fan of the sport. He was asked about McGregor’s return, and the four-time NBA champion said he has no doubt the former UFC double champion will get back to the top. He thinks they’re both cut

PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski was more durable than Islam Makhachev expected. Lightweight champion Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) was confident that he could knock out featherweight champ Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 284 headliner at RAC Arena, but he wasn’t able to. Makhachev did retain his title, though, beating Volkanovski by

Jens Pulver lost all hope of ever being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. For years, Pulver’s friends, family and peers have campaigned for his spot in the UFC Hall of Fame but to no avail. That is, until it finally came to fruition when it was announced Saturday during the UFC 284 broadcast

Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Nolan King and Dan Tom will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: The UFC

The UFC made its return to Australia after more than four years Saturday with UFC 284, which took place at RAC Arena in Perth and marked an historic event. In the headlining act, Islam Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) successfully defended his lightweight title for the first time when he earned a unanimous decision win

PERTH, Australia – Jack Della Maddalena has some fun ideas. The UFC welterweight prospect pitched a potential matchup against veteran and fellow striking standout Vicente Luque following his most recent win in the octagon. Maddalena (14-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) rocked and then submitted opponent Randy Brown with a rear-naked choke in the first round of

PERTH, Australia – Israel Adesanya is in full support of Francis Ngannou’s decision to leave the UFC. The former UFC middleweight champion thinks Ngannou made the right call when he opted out of re-signing with the UFC and instead headed to free agency and left behind his UFC heavyweight title. Ngannou’s decision to leave the

Tom Aspinall is not interested in your complaints about UFC 284’s main event between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. These days, it seems there is rarely a UFC event that takes place without generating at least a bit of judging controversy, and UFC 284 was no different. The main event was for the lightweight title

What mattered most at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia? Here are a few post-fight musings … 5. Loma Lookboonmee levels up [embedded content] Perhaps the most surprising outcome of the UFC 284 prelims came in the strawweight fight between Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed. Lookboonmee (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is a noted

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Islam Makhachev after UFC 284 title defense?) Alexander Volkanovski fell narrowly short in his opportunity to become a two-division champion Saturday when he lost to fellow titleholder Islam Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner. Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) pushed Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) to the

(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 284 loss?) Islam Makhachev welcomed the challenge of fellow champion Alexander Volkanovski’s move up in weight for the historic UFC 284 headliner, and ultimately he emerged victorious. After getting pushed to the limit over the course of five rounds, Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1

PERTH, Australia – Justin Tafa is happy with how he got out of the gate in 2023. The heavyweight scored a quick and brutal knockout over Parker Porter on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Tafa (6-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) slept Porter just 66 seconds into the contest.

Jens Pulver finally got his wish. The former UFC lightweight champion and early star and pioneer in the lighter weight classes got what he’s been long looking for: a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame. After years of campaigning for a spot, it was announced Saturday during the UFC 284 broadcast that Pulver will

PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski wants to run things back with Islam Makhachev. The featherweight champion wants a rematch with lightweight champ Makhachev after he lost a close decision in Saturday’s UFC 284 main event in Perth, Australia. After he rewatched the fight, Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) thought he did enough to dethrone Makhachev (24-1 MMA,

PERTH, Australia – Yair Rodriguez wants his next fight to be on home soil. The Mexican star is hoping that his expected title unification bout against Alexander Volkanovski goes down in the Aztec country. Rodriguez (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) won the UFC interim featherweight title on Saturday night, submitting veteran Josh Emmett (18-3 MMA, 9-3

PERTH, Australia – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 284 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $263,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC 284 took place at RAC Arena.