A seasoned Octagon veteran takes on a fresh new contender as the middleweight division takes center stage at UFC Vegas 76. Sean Strickland will be competing in his 19th UFC bout on Saturday night when he takes on Abus Magomedov, who will be making the walk to the Octagon for only the second time. The headline bout at the UFC ...
In a revealing Q&A session, ONE Championship’s two-division king Anatoly Malykhin has spoken about his latest title victory, his wishes for the future, and his loyalty to the Asian fight promotion. Heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Malykhin solidified his position as the baddest man on the ONE Championship roster when he unified the promotion’s heavyweight titles with a TKO finish ...
The UFC is all set to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a special UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas, with a championship bout set to take center stage. The women’s flyweight championship rematch between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko had already been reported as a done deal for the September 16 event, and UFC president Dana White officially confirmed ...
The main event of UFC Vegas 76 features a middleweight battle between an established veteran of the division and a talented newcomer looking to gatecrash the 185-pound top 10. Sean Strickland has been a mainstay of the UFC’s 170 and 185-pound divisions during his long tenure with the promotion, while Abus Magomedov is set for his second appearance in the ...
Cage Warriors are back in the UK with a nine-fight card in Cardiff, Wales set to kick off MMA’s month of July. Saturday, July 1 will see the Vale Sports Arena play host to Cage Warriors 156 as former middleweight champion Matt “The Beast” Bonner takes on former UFC veteran Darren “The Dentist” Stewart in a crucial clash in the ...
‘King’ Callum Walsh, (7-0, 6 KOs), will make the first defense of his WBC US Silver Super Welterweight Title in the scheduled ten-round main event on Saturday, August 26 at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA and broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass. Said Walsh, “I’ve had a quick break back home in Ireland since my last fight and ...
One of the biggest names in Scottish MMA has announced his retirement from the sport. Stevie Ray, who competed 38 times as a professional, brought the curtain down on his career after his loss to Clay Collard eliminated him from the PFL’s 2023 lightweight season at PFL 6. Ray posted a message explaining his disappointment in his performance following his ...
Ilia Topuria is the real deal, and he proved it on Saturday night with a stellar performance to defeat former interim featherweight title challenger Josh Emmett at UFC Jacksonville. Topuria has long been considered a hot prospect in the UFC’s featherweight class, but his true credentials as an elite operator hadn’t been seriously tested by matchups against the division’s very ...
The two featherweight contenders set for action in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville confirmed their spots in the headline bout after both men successfully made weight for the matchup at Friday’s official weigh-ins. Josh Emmett came in marginally the lighter of the two, tipping the scale at 145.5 pounds, while Ilia Topuria used every ounce available ...
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 ...