Surging featherweight contender Ilia Topuria gets the main event spotlight this weekend at UFC Jacksonville, and the in-form 145er is clearly confident of victory in Florida. Chatting to the press during media day ahead of the event, he spoke about his matchup with fellow featherweight contender Josh Emmett, and said that he has his opponent’s number in all areas. “I ...
Julian Williams doesn’t think Carlos Adames’ accomplishments warrant the hype that have led some to tout the emerging Dominican as the best fighter in the middleweight division. The former IBF/IBO/WBA 154-pound champion conceded that Adames is “a good fighter,” but Williams took their 12-round fight Saturday night because he is certain he’ll knock off the WBC interim 160-pound titleholder. Adames ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is making sure he keeps his eye on the ball ahead of his upcoming bout with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290. The Australian and the South African are booked to face off during UFC International Fight Week in a middleweight clash that many believe will determine the identity of the next man to ...
Often, when we see and hear from fighters, it’s because they’ve got a fight or a product to promote, or they’ve just competed, and they’re moving towards a goal. But what happens when a fighter is in limbo, waiting for a phone call with an opportunity to inject some much-needed impetus into their career? That’s the position English lightweight Saul ...
Keith Thurman sees the upcoming undisputed welterweight championship between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. as a new lodestar for their generation. It was recently announced that WBO titlist Crawford of Omaha, Nebraska, and WBA, WBC, IBF champion Spence of Desoto, Texas, will meet in the ring July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The winner will be crowned ...
Two of ONE Championship’s top female fighters will go head to head with championship gold on the line at ONE Fight Night 14. ONE Championship officials have confirmed that the women’s atomweight division’s No. 1 and No. 2-ranked contenders will face off for the interim atomweight title on Friday, September 1 as Stamp Fairtex and Seo Hee Ham go toe ...
The PFL’s 2022 lightweight and welterweight champions will take center stage in Atlanta as the final two weight classes of the PFL’s 2023 season conclude their regular season schedules as the playoff matchups are decided at 155 and 170 pounds. Both lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier and welterweight champ Sadibou Sy are sitting in playoff places heading into their final regular-season ...
Mexico’s newest UFC champion will get to compete for the first time as champion as Alexa Grasso puts her women’s flyweight title on the line on September 16 in Las Vegas, according to reports. Grasso is all set to face the woman she defeated to win the belt, Valentina Shevchenko, in a championship rematch that carries additional significance for the ...
Brave CF featherweight champion Roman Bogatov has kept his counsel during the build-up to fight night at Brave CF 72, but that all changed during fight week in Bahrain as he declared himself a class above the rest of the promotion’s 145-pound division. Bogatov will look to make a successful first defense of his title in the main event on ...
Pick It: #2 Carlos Adames vs. Julian Williams (Saturday, Showtime, 9:00 PM EST) The best fight of the week on paper, the Jr. bantamweight rematch between Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco, doesn’t have US television distribution. Fans who have access to see it live will have a treat. Fans in the US might have a hidden gem with this one. ...