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At long last, Sage Northcutt will get his opportunity to tangle with the legendary Shinya Aoki – and it’ll be a big one for both of them. Northcutt (12-3) will take on Aoki (47-11) in two months as part of ONE Championship 165 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Promotion officials announced the Jan. 28 matchup Wednesday on

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from November 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for November. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by

AUSTIN, Texas – Bobby Green isn’t convinced Paddy Pimblett actually wants the smoke. The longtime UFC lightweight somewhat brushed off Pimblett’s callout to fight. Bobby Green (31-14-1 MMA, 12-9-1 UFC) didn’t say no, but he also doubts Pimblett actually wants to fight him. “There’s no way he called me out,” Green said at Wednesday’s media

AUSTIN, Texas – It’s back to welterweight for Kelvin Gastleum, who plans to stay in the division he considers his own. Take him at his word and Gastelum (18-8 MMA, 12-8 UFC) is thriving at the lighter of the two weight classes he’s bounced between in recent years. On Saturday, he faces Sean Brady (15-1

Owen Roddy sees Colby Covington as a tougher puzzle to solve for Leon Edwards than Kamaru Usman. Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) challenges Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) for the welterweight title in the UFC 296 main event on Dec. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Edwards is coming off back-to-back title wins over

Loopy Godinez will look to continue her momentum when she takes on a top 10 ranked strawweight. Godinez will next face Virna Jandiroba at an unannounced UFC Fight Night event on March 30, which doesn’t yet have a publicly known venue or location. MMA Junkie verified the matchup with a person close to the situation

UFC CEO Dana White apparently isn’t a fan of Dillon Danis’ antics. White was asked about the possibility of Danis, who’s currently a free agent, joining the UFC. Danis, who hasn’t competed in MMA since June 2019, has openly said he would like the UFC to sign him to a deal. While White didn’t entirely

Alistair Overeem believes Alex Pereira needs to round out his skillset if he wants to remain UFC light heavyweight champion. Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) captured the vacant 205-pound title with a second-round knockout of Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295. Former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion Pereira became a two-weight UFC champion in just seven octagon

Gilbert Burns believes he would’ve easily beaten Belal Muhammad had he not been compromised. Burns (22-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) lost a lopsided unanimous decision to Muhammad this past May at UFC 288, where he suffered a torn left shoulder early in the fight. Burns is eager to run things back with Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3

UFC CEO Dana White is not worried about Michael Chandler continuing to lay in wait for his fight with Conor McGregor to materialize. The matchup between “The Ultimate Fighter 31” coaches McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was first targeted to happen in the fourth quarter of this year. The

UFC flyweight contender Brandon Royval has felt like a new man since the last he tasted defeat. Royval is currently on a three-fight winning streak after getting submitted by Alexandre Pantoja in August 2021. The defeat to the Brazilian stung, but it left Royval (15-6 MMA, 5-2 UFC) with a valuable lesson: Fight smarter. “I

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from November 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for November. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by

The combat sports slate was relatively thin over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which allowed the 2023 PFL Championship event to become the centerpiece of the MMA world. After a season’s worth of build to the card in Washington, D.C., six new $1 million champions were crowned at heavyweight, light heavyweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and women’s

Demetrious Johnson puts only one fighter ahead of him when ranking MMA’s all-time greats. Johnson (25-4-1), a former longtime UFC flyweight champion and current ONE Championship title holder, holds the record for most consecutive title defenses in the octagon. Johnson, who was ranked No. 3 on MMA Junkie’s list of the 30 greatest UFC fighters

Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 52 got a late co-main event change after Dan Hooker suffered an arm injury and was replaced by Jalin Turner against Bobby Green. The event, which takes place at Moody Center in Austin, Texas, and airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+, has a number of compelling fights, but Hooker (23-12

Raul Rosas Jr. has a plan in place as he enters 2024 after rebounding from defeat and still the youngest fighter on the UFC roster. Despite being just 19 years old and having plenty of time to carry on with his career, Rosas Jr. (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has set an ambitious goal for himself:

The UFC travels to Austin, Texas for the fifth time in its history Saturday with UFC on ESPN 52, which takes place at Moody Center with a main card that airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+. Elite lightweights will meet in the main event of the card, with Beneil Dariush (22-5-1 MMA, 16-5-1 UFC)