The second episode of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series saw another five fighters join the UFC roster after UFC president White awarded contracts to each and every one of the night’s winners at the UFC Apex. In the main event of the evening, Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady upset the bookies’ odds by defeating England’s George Hardwick in a back-and-forth ...
Legacy Fighting Alliance will make its debut in Northern California this weekend, with a middleweight clash set for the main event in Santa Cruz. LFA 165’s headliner will pit two of the promotion’s top middleweight contenders head to head, as local star Daniel Compton takes on Brazil’s Renato Valente in a three-round main event at the Kaiser Permanente Arena on ...
The co-main event of UFC 292 will see the women’s strawweight championship on the line, as Chinese star Weili Zhang takes on Brazilian challenger Amanda Lemos for the 115-pound title. Zhang is back on top of the women’s 115-pound division after rebounding well from back-to-back losses to Rose Namajunas in 2021 by defeating two former champions in decisive fashion to ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is one of the biggest characters in the UFC’s 185-pound division, and he’s showing every bit of that character as he prepares to rebound from one of the most horrific injuries ever seen inside the Octagon. Weidman snapped his leg during his bout with Uriah Hall at UFC 261 in April 2021. It was ...
The undisputed UFC bantamweight championship is on the line at UFC 292, as champ Aljamain Sterling looks to notch the fourth successive defense of his title with victory against challenger Sean O’Malley in the main event in Boston. Sterling has battled the doubters, the haters, and arguably the toughest division in the UFC to become the undisputed champ, and now ...
The main event of UFC 292 features a battle between a dominant champion and the division’s next big star as Aljamain Sterling puts his title on the line against Sean O’Malley. Sterling has fought against the best the UFC could throw at him at 135 pounds, yet despite turning back those challenges, seemingly still hasn’t won over the majority of ...
Vicente Luque returned to the Octagon after a one-year layoff and immediately bounced back into form with a unanimous decision victory over former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 78. The Brazilian welterweight veterans went head to head in the main event at the UFC Apex, with Luque earning the unanimous nod from the cageside judges, who returned ...
A high-octane welterweight main event is signed, sealed, and confirmed for Saturday night at the UFC Apex after Vicente Luque and Rafael dos Anjos both made weight ahead of their headline bout in Las Vegas. Luque weighed in at 170.5 pounds, while former lightweight champion dos Anjos came in half a pound heavier, right on the 171-pound limit, as their ...
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is still hopeful that he can finalize an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk - but he's far from confident that a future clash can be made with domestic rival Anthony Joshua. Earlier this year, Fury and Usyk were in serious discussions, but they were unable to reach an agreement on the financial terms for a ...
Israel Adesanya’s camp is giving Sean Strickland “full respect” ahead of their UFC 293 showdown in Sydney. Strickland was named as a short-notice opponent for Adesanya in the main event in Australia, which takes place on September 9. It was thought that the likely next challenge for Adesanya would be Dricus du Plessis, but with the South African contender ruled ...