The dominant champion meets an unassuming contender at UFC 301. UFC 301: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Steve Erceg The flyweight championship is on the line as Alexandre Pantoja defends his title for a second time against #10 contender Steve Erceg. It’s not a title fight that many were expecting in the division, but it’s one the
“The King of Rio” returns to his roots. It’s a mirror match at UFC 301 as striking specialists Jose Aldo and Jonathan Martinez cross paths in a bantamweight bout. Aldo, the former featherweight champion, remerges from a two-year retirement that saw him cross over to the boxing world. The 37 year-old steps out of the
Be careful what you wish for. Four wins into his UFC career, unranked prospect Vitor Petrino would call out Anthony Smith for a light heavyweight bout, which he now awaits on the main card of UFC 301. Former title challenger Smith rests assured that he is no stepping stone for the Brazilian as he attempts
Former UFC standout turned BKFC brawler ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry made his return to the squared circle on Saturday night to headline KnuckleMania IV, emanating from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. Looking for his fifth-straight win under the BKFC banner, Perry toed the line with another ex-UFC fighter and former BKFC middleweight champion Thiago
No. 1 ranked bare-knuckle boxer Lorenzo Hunt returned to the squared circle on Saturday night looking to make history at BKFC KnuckleMania IV. Already carrying both the BKFC cruiserweight and light heavyweight titles, ‘The Juggernaut’ toed the line with reigning heavyweight champion Mick Terrill in a bid to become the promotion’s first-ever simultaneous three-division titleholder.
BKFC KnuckleMania IV featured a heavyweight clash between two ex-UFC stars at ‘Big’ Ben Rothwell returned to the squared circle for a clash with knockout artist Todd Duffee. Scoring back-to-back KOs against Bobo O’Bannon and Josh Copeland in his first two appearances with the promotion, Rothwell looks to move one step closer to a BKFC
Flyweights take center stage at UFC Vegas 91. Top 10 contenders collide as Matheus Nicolau meets Alex Perez in five rounds or less. Both fighters look to return to winning ways with Nicolau having his perfect 4-0 Octagon run ended by Brandon Royval this last time last year. Former title challenger Perez hasn’t won in
After enduring build-up shrouded in controversy, Devin Haney returned to the ring for a showdown with Los Alamitos native Ryan Garcia. Originally, Haney was scheduled to put his WBC super lightweight world championship on the line, but after ‘King Ryan’ weighed in more than three pounds over the 140-pound limit, Garcia was deemed no longer
Luke Rockhold scored his first win since 2017 in his Karate Combat debut on Saturday. Stepping into the main event spotlight at KC 45 in Dubai, the former UFC middleweight champion squared off with Joe Schilling, a 17-year veteran of combat sports who had previously found success under the GLORY Kickboxing and Bellator MMA bouts.
In the UFC 300 main event, two-division champion Alex Pereira put his light heavyweight strap on the line for the very first time against a former titleholder hellbent on reclaiming the crown he never lost. Six months after his dominant performance against Glover Teixeira to win the 205-pound championship in January 2023, Jamahal Hill was
In a fight dubbed by many as “the people’s main event” of UFC 300, BMF titleholder Justin Gaethje put his bragging rights belt on the line against former featherweight champion Max Holloway. Round 1 Max Holloway gets things started with a jab to the body. Gaethje loads up on a right hand, but Holloway moves
With a lightweight title opportunity on the line, former champion Charles Oliveira returned to the Octagon ready to make a statement at the promotion’s landmark event, UFC 300, on Saturday night. ‘Do Bronx’ has been out of action since securing a first-round knockout against Beneil Dariush over the summer. Originally, Oliveira was scheduled to challenge
Whether you like it or not, Bo Nickal kicks off the UFC 300 main card. While still green in MMA, the credentialed wrestler has beaten everybody the UFC has put in front of him. Nickal (5-0) puts his undefeated record on the line again when he takes on UFC veteran Cody Brundage (10-5), arguably his
Five months removed from a devastating loss to UFC 300 headliner Alex Pereira, former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka returned to the Octagon on Saturday night seeking a big win over division standout Aleksandar Rakic. The bout, which could prove to be a 205-pound title eliminator, will be the first for Rakic since suffering a
After establishing himself as perhaps the greatest bantamweight of all time, former 135-pound champion Aljamain Sterling made the move to featherweight as a part of the loaded UFC 300 prelims on Saturday night. Standing in the way of Sterling bagging his first win at 145 was Calvin Kattar, a division mainstay looking to make a
Welcome to the UFC, Kayla Harrison. The two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and PFL Champ makes her highly-anticipated debut at UFC 300. Harrison, a longtime lightweight competitor, moves down two weight classes to face former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm. This wouldn’t be the first time Holm has encountered an Olympic-level judoka. In 2015, “The