Category: MMA News

Paddy Pimblett | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Renato Moicano might already have his next opponent lined up after his unexpected title fight appearance. Saturday’s UFC 311 main event went poorly for Moicano, who stepped up to fight lightweight champion Islam Makhachev on less than 48 hours’ notice after Makhachev’s original opponent […]

Francis Ngannou | Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing via Getty Images PFL chairman Donn Davis believes Francis Ngannou is going to return to the SmartCage in 2025. In 2023, Ngannou made headlines when he left the UFC as heavyweight champion to sign a lucrative contract with PFL. However, “The Predator” did not compete for his […]

Logan Paul, Jake Paul, and Conor McGregor | @jakepaul, Instagram Conor McGregor, Jake Paul, and Logan Paul formed an unlikely trio heading into Monday’s presidential inauguration. Donald Trump—the 45th President of the United States of America and soon to be 47th after winning this past November’s election—is set for his second inauguration ceremony and plenty […]

Magomed Ankalaev | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Magomed Ankalaev is locked in for his long-awaited duel with Alex Pereira. During Saturday’s UFC 311 broadcast, the promotion officially announced that Pereira’s next light heavyweight title defense will be against the No. 1 contender Ankalaev at UFC 313 on March 8 in Las Vegas. Pereira had […]

Islam Makhachev and Renato Moicano | Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG UFC 311 is in the books and both Islam Makhachev and Merab Dvalishvili remain UFC champions. On Saturday night at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Makhachev ran through late-replacement Renato Moicano in the main event for his fourth straight lightweight title […]

Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan | Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC Arman Tsarukyan missed out on his chance at becoming lightweight champion after a back injury forced him out of UFC 311 at the last minute but it may cost him even more in the long run. After watching Islam Makhachev make quick work of […]

Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. We’ve made an adjustment to showing the games. We’ve linked back to previous days rather than embedding them so as to create […]

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC 312 lands in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 9 with the full main card now revealed ahead of the pay-per-view headlined by middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis taking on Sean Strickland in a rematch. The fight serves as du Plessis’ second title defense after he submitted former […]

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Renato Moicano only had 24 hours to actually prepare for a fight against lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 311 but he was still dejected by his performance. Despite taking the short notice opportunity to step into the main event after his teammate Arman Tsarukyan suffered a back injury that […]