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UFC light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira, took to social media to celebrate the new year in explosive fashion as he also went ‘official’ with UFC flyweight, Tracy Cortez. The light heavyweight king had a turbulent 2025. Poatan was coming off an epic year in 2024, going 3-0 with three finishes...
Demetrious Johnson, who retired from active competition in MMA three years ago, has kept a close eye on the happenings in the sport, hosting the MightyCast podcast where he interviews some of MMA’s hottest figures. Like many fans the world over, Demetrious Johnson, nicknamed “Mighty Mouse,” is aw...
Iranian striking sensation Mohammad Siasarani achieved the breakthrough moment of his career, as he authored a second-round knockout of former ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Title challenger “Smokin’” Jo Nattawut at ONE Friday Fights 137 on Friday, December 19, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, ...
Henry Cejudo initially ended his UFC run in May of 2020. That night before the Mother’s Day holiday inside the United States of America, Cejudo made the last walk to the fabled Octagon. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, an empty VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL serv...
RIZIN Super Powerhouse, the RIZIN New Year’s show is ending the year with a banger. While there were some bumps in the road with fight cancellations and changes ahead of Rizin New Year’s , the show is going to cap off a successful year for the promotion. In addition, this will be the final show […]
Former ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion Fabricio Andrade opened up about his shocking fourth-round submission defeat to Mongolia’s Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu at ONE Fight Night 38 in early December. The 28-year-old Brazilian expressed genuine surprise at the 36-year-old challenger’s incredible dura...
Tom Aspinall was elevated to UFC Heavyweight Champion early this past summer in the wake of Jon Jones optioning to retire from the sport of MMA. At the time of Jones’ retirement, Aspinall (15-3, 1 NC MMA, 8-1, 1 NC UFC) had already defended the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship once. A July 27...
Introduction: UFC as Both Sport and Business Mixed martial arts has grown far beyond its early reputation as a niche combat sport. Today, the UFC represents the highest level of competition in MMA and a global entertainment product watched by millions. Every fight night showcases not only athleti...
Michael Page (24-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has had a decent run of luck since joining the active roster of MMA’s No. 1 promotion in March of 2024. The former stalwart in the late Bellator MMA went 17-2 under Scott Coker’s former promotional banner until departing in 2023. A leg kick knockout victory over G...
Islam Makhachev (28-1 MMA, 17-1 UFC) began his 2025 schedule in grand style, defending his since-vacated UFC Lightweight Championship by way of first-round submission due to brabo choke with 55 seconds left on the clock during the first UFC pay-per-view event of the year versus Renato Moicano. In...
Israel Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) has had a quiet year in 2025. Aside from a Feb. 1 contest versus Nassourdine Imavov (17-4, 1 NC MMA, 9-2 UFC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, “The Last Stylebender” hasn’t set foot in the arena. Back on the first night of the year’s second month, Israel Adesanya went...
We’ve seen some huge names hang up the gloves this year. UFC retirements in 2025 have seen multiple world champions, fan favourites, recognisable names and those who haven’t lived up to their potential all call time on their careers this year. Without further ado, let’s take a look (in no particu...
After a massively phenomenal 2025, Belgian bruiser Patrick Habirora is set to become not just one of the PFL’s fastest rising stars, but also a worldwide sensation. Habirora Dominated PFL Welterweight Division This Year Across his four bouts in the promotion, Patrick Habirora has emerged as a ri...
Belal Muhammad (24-5, 1 NC MMA, 15-5, 1 NC UFC) and Colby Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) have something in common: In addition to both of these men having ties with MMA’s No. 1 promotion, they either have already fought in Real American Freestyle or are scheduled to do so in the near future. When...
Putting on a record-setting performance in his first excursion into the Octagon, heavyweight scrapper Steven Asplund now stands as possibly the brightest unranked competitor in his division in the UFC. Steven Asplund Enjoyed Stellar Rise on Regional Scene Before Capturing UFC Contract Beginning h...
It’s that time of year again, time for MMA Under the Tree. MMA Under the Tree is a tradition that’s now eight years strong and has now spanned three different websites. Every year at the holidays, we pause to reflect on the year gone by with friends and family and give gifts. While the holiday […]