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Derrick Lewis headlined Saturday night’s UFC Nashville for a reason: Veteran fighters of the fabled UFC Octagon bring in the big bucks on any given night. A sold-out crowd packed Bridgestone Arena, the home venue of the NHL’s Nashville Predators to watch the first UFC show of July. The night was ...
Kicking off the month of July in a gargantuan way, UFC Nashville sets the table for a colossal clash between heavyweight stalwarts as divisional luminary Derrick Lewis faces off with rising phenom Tallison Teixeira. Before that, however, Stephen Thompson will attempt to defend his ranking in the ...
Making their way to Nashville, Tennessee, the UFC delivers on a heavyweight clash of titanic proportions when two-time title challenger Derrick Lewis goes toe-to-toe with surging contender Tallison Teixeira in the UFC Nashville main event. In the co-main event, welterweight luminary Stephen Thomp...
Off the back of one of the most impressive debuts the UFC heavyweight division had ever seen last February, Tallison Teixeira now finds himself in his first-ever promotional main event. Emerging as a budding force in the weight class after just one bout, the undefeated Brazilian will face a major...
After more than a year of waiting, UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall may just be moving on from a title unification bout with Jon Jones Tom Aspinall appears to gearing up for his first fight of 2025, but not against Jones Almost a full calendar year since making the first defense of h...
Rounding out their stay at Universal Studios, the PFL gives Orlando one final taste of mixed martial arts greatness as the big boys take over the show for what is shaping up to be a fantastic card at PFL 4. Leading the light heavyweights, Phil Davis and Rob Wilkinson square off in the main event,...
Looking to kick the month of May off with a bang, the PFL continues their exciting 2025 tournament with a selection of heavyweight and light heavyweight contests in PFL 4. Making his company debut, UFC alum Phil Davis takes on former champion Rob Wilkinson. In the penultimate match of the night, ...
It seems as though current UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall is set to defend his strap once more in lieu of a title unification bout with Jon Jones, per industry insider Chael Sonnen. Sonnen Believed Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall Superfight Ready To Go For the nearly the past two years,...
Fan-favorite Derrick Lewis will return for the first time in more than a year against a burgeoning terror. Derrick Lewis Faces Top Prospect Tallison Teixeira in “Smashville” July 12 The UFC returns to Nashville this July, bringing with it a monumental heavyweight tilt between perennial contend...
Rizin is bringing back their heavyweight Grand Prix after almost 10 years. At a press conference Wednesday, the participants for the first round of the tournament were announced. Matches will be announced at a later time. The first-round matches are expected to start at Rizin’s May 4 Tokyo Dome s...
It would appear that the long-awaited matchup between UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and interim title holder Tom Aspinall may be close to being a done deal. Dana White Gives Update on Major Heavyweight Clash Matching Tom Aspinall and Jon Jones When it comes to important matches to make in mi...
The ongoing saga of UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall waiting for a fateful unification bout with undisputed title holder Jon Jones continues, and it seems the Brit is willingly to move past him. Disgruntled Tom Aspinall Ready to Move On from Possible Jones Fight Amid Absence of Forma...
In the not too far off past, Sergei Pavlovich was arguably the most feared fighter on the entire UFC roster. Overcoming a knockout defeat in his company debut to Alistair Overeem, the Russian power-puncher rattled off six straight first round stoppages over the next five years. This streak of hig...
On a little more than 24 hours notice, Renato Moicano steps up to battle UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 311. Originally slated to face Beneil Dariush earlier on the main card, that fight was ultimately scrapped following the Brazilian’s addition to the final bou...
For the past few years, Anatoly Malykhin has created a strong legacy for himself. In 2022, the Russian MMA star won his first ever undisputed professional title at ONE on Prime Video 5 when he starched then two-division champion Reinier de Ridder in a single round, taking the middleweight belt. I...
Having booked his first Octagon assignment of 2025, Curtis Blaydes will defend his place in the heavyweight top five when he meets Russian finisher Rizvan Kuniev at UFC Fight Night 252. Despite going 4-2 in his last six fights, with those two losses coming against Sergei Pavlovich and interim cha...