A welterweight fight with title implications is scheduled for Saturday night at UFC Tampa. Former interim champion Colby Covington will look to get himself back into contention in his first fight back since suffering a lopsided defeat to Leon Edwards in December when they battled for UFC gold. Joaquin Buckley was originally set to headline […]
Arman Tsarukyan's introduction of a new training partner is the perfect way to troll Islam Makhachev ahead of their world title rematch. The pair will fight for the lightweight title at UFC 311 in Los Angeles next month after Makhachev won their first meeting in April 2019. Their first fight earned Fight of the Night
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Last Saturday at UFC 310, the promotion controversially announced the UFC 312 main event between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland. Following Dricus Du Plessis' successful title defense against Israel Adesanya last August at UFC 305, UFC CEO Dana White stated that Sean Strickland would likely be the next to fight for the title, despite
Anthony Smith has spoken out for the first time since UFC 310. 'Lionheart' suggested he will most likely retire after suffering a second-round TKO loss to fellow light heavyweight title contender Dominick Reyes on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The 38-21 MMA veteran broke down in tears while discussing his fighting future following the recent
Jorge Masvidal has named his six best UFC fighters of all time. Jon Jones is widely regarded as the greatest MMA athlete in history, having dominated at light heavyweight for a decade before winning UFC gold at heavyweight in 2023. Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, Anderson Silva and Khabib Nurmagomedov are just some of the other
Nine years later, Conor McGregor shockingly knocked out Jose Aldo within the first twelve seconds of their featherweight title fight, making him a superstar. After Jose Aldo pulled out of the scheduled main event for UFC 189, Conor McGregor was confident he would remain on the card and instead took on Chad Mendes for the
Illa Topuria's coach has confirmed his switch to lightweight. The UFC featherweight champion has established himself as one of the pound-for-pound best by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway in 2024. 'El Matador' appeared to be just getting started at 145 pounds, but he recently claimed he would vacate his title and move up
The final card of the year, UFC Tampa: Covington vs Buckley, is a surprisingly stacked way to round out 2024 – with a host of household names and newcomers getting a Florida feature. One of those promotional newcomers fans should keep an eye on is light heavyweight Navajo Stirling, who credits “The Last Stylebender” for
At UFC 310, MMA fans around the world watched Shavkat Rakhmonov secure himself as the next title challenger to welterweight champion Belal Muhammad… Or did he? While the undefeated Kazakh edged past Ian Machado Garry via unanimous decision, Joaquin 'New Mansa' Buckley believes the door remains firmly open for a surprise title leap. Photo by
Merab Dvalishvili brought his entire team together to mock Umar Nurmagomedov ahead of their upcoming UFC 311 title fight. Just hours after announcing their UFC 311 fight, bad blood boiled over between UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and undefeated contender Umar Nurmagomedov. After initially appearing to reject Nurmagomedov's title shot bid, Dvalishvili will face the
Then-UFC heavyweight contender Brendan Schaub felt like he could outdo one of the greatest fighters of all time immediately after a lopsided defeat before Joe Rogan intervened. Before launching his comedy and podcast career, Brendan Schaub was a rising heavyweight star on the UFC roster. After reaching the finals of The Ultimate Fighter 10, Schaub
This weekend at UFC Tampa, Colby Covington returns to action for the first time in just under a year when he takes on the rising Joaquin Buckley in the main event. Last time out, Colby Covington once again fell short in an undisputed title fight, losing to Leon Edwards at UFC 296. After his disappointing