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Marking the promotion’s third trip to Missouri, UFC Kansas City sets the table for a climactic showdown between welterweight phenoms Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates. Before that, though, venerable light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith competes in his retirement bout opposite streaking pro...
From the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, top-ranked welterweights battle for supremacy at UFC Kansas City. Seeking to bounce back from his first loss as a professional, Ian Machado Garry aims to halt the meteoric rise of Brazilian knockout artist Carlos Prates. In the UFC Kansas City co...
Competing in his first event since dropping his strap to Belal Muhammad last summer, former welterweight champion Leon Edwards looks to stem the rise of grappling phenom Sean Brady at UFC London. Also, previous light heavyweight apex Jan Blachowicz returns from a nearly two-year layoff to battle...
From the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV, reigning light heavyweight king Alex Pereira makes the fourth defense of his strap against the surging Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. Before that, a returning Justin Gaethje is set to make a rebound into the win column by going toe-to-toe with European Muay ...
Returning to competition for the first time after a blowout 2024, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira will be making the fourth defense of his title against divisional dark horse Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. Also, lightweight phenom Justin Gaethje battles familiar adversary in Azerbaijan’...
Alex Pereira will have his work cut out for him this weekend at UFC 313. Alex Pereira’s Dominant Run At Top Threatened By Powerful Competitor From Russia From kickboxing to mixed martial arts, Pereira has conquered the world of professional fighting. Garnering two-division champion status in bo...
Not that long ago, the UFC 205-lb division was embroiled in one of its most tumultuous eras. Heavy Ambitions Cause Dominant Star to Move Up From Light Heavyweight In February 2020, then-light heavyweight champion Jon Jones defended his title for the third time of his second reign over Dominick R...
When it comes to career turnarounds, there is possibly no better example in MMA history than Jan Błachowicz. After a difficult start to his UFC tenure (2-4), the Pole embarked on a reign of domination at light heavyweight (9-1), eventually becoming the unlikeliest of champions. While his time at ...
In his entire 21-fight career, Matt Hamill fought many of the best fighters in the world and got his hand raised in victory many times. However, throughout his time as a top-level mixed martial artist, “The Hammer” not once was able to hear the roar of the crowd as they cheered him on, as he […]
Throughout mixed martial arts history, there have been more than a few prominent families that have gone on to take the sport by storm. Alex Pereira, nicknamed “Poatan”, is part of a laundry list of such family names, including the reign of domination the Gracie family had in the early days of th...
It’s the beginning of a new season in sports this weekend. While most US-based sports fans will be camped out in front of their TVs and mobile devices, or at a tailgate lot eating up spare ribs and/or other assorted meats before going inside a stadium to watch a college football game on Saturday ...
It’s rare that the UFC has its annual International Fight Week before July 1, but with the promotion holding a bye week next weekend due to the long Fourth of July holiday weekend inside the United States, Dana White‘s organization ends the first half of the year with UFC 303. T-Mobile Arena in L...
If you wanted more daytime MMA in your life, this weekend, you’ll have plenty of it. Your itinerary of competitive violence commences during your lunch hour depending upon where you are this Friday. While the second full day of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament and the first full da...
On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, it’ll be a packed day and night of competitive violence to close out a weekend of MMA. Before the UFC returns to the Apex in Las Vegas on ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass is the spot for fights in the afternoon. Graham Boylan‘s Cage Warriors is back in Manchester […]
One of the most ferocious fighters to ever grace the Octagon, Anthony Johnson lives on in the memory MMA fans across the world as we approach the first anniversary of his untimely death last November.
The Australian fighter Jimmy Crute scores a great KO over UFC prospect Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Island 6. The fight only lasted one round and it ended in an immediate fashion. The knockout sequence started With a stunning straight punch counter to Bukauskas’s flying knee attempt. Then Crut...