Paddy Pimblett will undergo surgery in March. Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who’s coming off a controversial decision win over Jared Gordon this past December at UFC 282, says he hurt his right ankle on the first kick he threw in the fight. With the promotion returning to London on March 18 for UFC 286,
A welterweight matchup between Gunnar Nelson and Daniel Rodriguez is the latest addition to UFC 286. Nelson (18-5-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC) faces Rodriguez (17-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) on March 18 at The O2 in London, the promotion announced Monday on social media. Nelson returned from a two-and-a-half year layoff last March when he defeated Takashi Sato
Ciryl Gane criticized Francis Ngannou’s contract battle with UFC With Francis Ngannou released from the UFC, Ciryl Gane and Jon Jones will fight for the vacant title at UFC 285 in March. The fight promotion was in negotiations with Ngannou for two years and was unable to reach an agreement. Following UFC Vegas 67 on
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 Nolan King, Farah Hannoun and Brian “Goze” Garcia will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: Jon Jones
Ciryl Gane made sure to have a little fun now that he’s back in Las Vegas. The former interim UFC heavyweight champion was in town for UFC Vegas 67 fight week in support of French teammate Nassourdine Imavov, who headlined Saturday’s event against Sean Strickland. With some free time on his hands, Gane shared his
The UFC kicked off another busy year of action Saturday with UFC Fight Night 217. It was the first of an expected 42 events from the promotion in 2023, and it went down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Although six fights on the card ended in a stoppage, the main event went the
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The UFC heavyweight title picture finally has clarity, but some questions remain about the top of the division – one of them being, what’s next for Curtis Blaydes? With Francis Ngannou released from the promotion and Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane on tap for UFC 285, Blaydes reacted to the news for the first time Sunday
12:38 AM ET Jon Jones has been talking for years about fighting at heavyweight. For much of his dominant reign as UFC light heavyweight champion, he had one eye fixed on the big boys. Even during the week leading up to his 205-pound title defense against Dominick Reyes in February 2020, Jones seemed more focused
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The rarest of situations came to pass on Saturday when UFC president Dana White announced that Francis Ngannou, the promotion’s reigning heavyweight champion, had parted ways with the company, unlikely to ever return. The development cleared the path for White to book a vacant title bout between Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane as the main
Years after being ostracized by the UFC, veteran referee Mario Yamasaki has spoken out. One of the first referees to appear as a mainstay in the UFC, Yamasaki has been the third man in the Octagon for some of the biggest fights in promotional history. Of course, that would all change after a 2018 contest
Sean Strickland took the risk and got the reward on Saturday when he stepped up on short notice to defeat Nassourdine Imavov in the UFC Fight Night 217 main event. After suffering back-to-back losses to close out 2022, Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) needed to open the year by getting back to the win column.
It’s not nearly on the level of Mike Tyson in terms of size or shock value, but Israel Adesanya got a face tattoo. The former UFC middleweight champion revealed his new ink, along with an inspirational message, Saturday on social media. Check this out (via Twitter): The old version of you must die before you
LAS VEGAS – Mention the name Joaquin Buckley around Abdul Razak Alhassan, and rage will likely follow. At his UFC Fight Night 217 post-fight news conference Saturday, Alhassan (11-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC) went on an all-time rant as he unloaded repeated fiery calls for a rematch against Buckley (15-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC), who defeated him
Since he lost the UFC heavyweight championship in 2021, Stipe Miocic largely has remained quiet, at least when it comes to his fighting career. On Sunday, Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) spoke up, though, in the wake of news of both Francis Ngannou’s UFC departure and the March 4 vacant title fight between Jon Jones
Champ Kamaru Usman flies in style. Leon Edwards eyeballs American groceries. Luke Rockhold recovers from a road trip. Paulo Costa is motivated by his opponent. UFC 278 is on Saturday, August 20. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit