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Saturday nights mean many things for many people. For MMA fans, Saturday nights are kept open year-round so that you can watch fights. The sport’s top promotion, the UFC, has one last Saturday of fights on its docket for 2023, this week’s UFC 296. It’ll be the last pay-per-view event from the UFC...
Colby Covington will compete in his six straight main event when he takes on Leon Edwards for the welterweight strap at UFC 296. Last time out, Covington defeated Jorge Masvidal in the main event of last year’s annual MSG card in a one-sided decision victory over five rounds. Despite having his h...
UFC 296 marks the return of The King, Casey O’Neill. The Scottish-Australian who fights out of America will be making her second appearance of the year, however, this one will have a lot more pressure on it. O’Neill suffered the first loss of her career in March and will look to get back to winni...
Former bantamweight champion and fan favourite, Cody Garbrandt returns this weekend on the UFC 296 prelims. It’s an understatement to say that No Love has been out of form in recent years, suffering through a 2-5 record since capturing the belt, with four of those losses coming via knockout. Even...
The welterweight champion, Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards has been talking to UFC Europe ahead of his UFC 296 title fight with the former interim champion, Colby Covington. The two are set to meet in the main event of the final PPV of the year in what will be Edwards’ second title defence. The Brit’s first...
Tony Ferguson returns for the second time this year and looks to snap his unwanted, awful six-fight losing streak. Having gone on one of the best winning runs in the company’s history, El Cucuy has had almost no success since May 2020. Granted, he’s faced some of the best competition in the UFC, ...
Liverpool’s own, Paddy Pimblett returns this weekend at UFC 296 to take on the biggest test of his career as he clashes with the former interim champion, Tony Ferguson. Ahead of his fifth UFC fight, The Baddy featured on ‘JaackMate’s Happy Hour’ podcast and discussed a range of topics, but one th...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win at UFC Vegas 83: Song vs. Gutierrez?
Dustin Jacoby (19-7-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC) will look to make it two in a row when he fights fellow striker Alonzo Menifield (14-3-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) at UFC 296 on Dec. 16. “I think Alonzo Menifield is a dangerous opponent for sure,” Jacoby told MMASucka. “He’s explosive. He’s got a lot of power. I’ve g...
Ranked fighters will take to the famous UFC Octagon at the top of the slate, starting with the UFC on ESPN+ 91 co-main event of the evening, where the focus is on the light heavyweight division. No. 8 contender Anthony Smith (37-18 MMA, 12-8 UFC) makes his 56th career appearance versus No. 11 con...
Trey Ogden (16-6, 1 NC MMA, 1-2, 1 NC UFC), was on the verge of likely choking Nikolas Motta (13-5, 1 NC MMA, 1-2, 1 NC UFC) into unconsciousness at the UFC Apex on Nov. 18, but walked away without a win and half of his paycheck after an error by referee Mike Beltran. Ogden […]
Welterweight contender, Ian Garry has endured his own hell week last week, however, not in classic David Goggins and Tony Ferguson style. Garry has been getting into it with middleweight champion, Sean Strickland on social media, as well as ‘leaks’ about his wife’s past business ventures coming t...
Cody Brundage (10-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) said he feels good after his slam KO victory over Zach Reese at UFC Austin last Saturday. The Factory X product walked away with a quick win and $50K Performance of the Night bonus. “After you win, you get 1,000 messages telling you how awesome you are, and when […]
UFC star Conor McGregor has engaged in a Twitter rap battle with Irish rapper Scomo. McGregor has been vocal in response to the recent unrest in Ireland, stemming from a knife attack in which three school children were injured—even going as far as claiming he will run for office in Ireland. Scomo...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win at UFC on ESPN 52: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan?
This first weekend of December is a Texas-sized weekend of competitive violence. Between Golden Boy Boxing in Houston at Toyota Center and the UFC in Austin at Moody Center, you’ll have two cards on the same big night. Our focus today is on the latter. The world’s top MMA promotion has a light De...