The middleweight division is “rife with opportunity”. With a new champion on the throne in Dricus du Plessis, two fighters in the co-main event aim to get a shot at him. Former champion Robert Whittaker is out for blood and so is his opponent, Brazilian brute and one-time title challenger Paulo Costa. The potential title
Former interim UFC title challenger Kevin Lee is making a comeback. When “The Motown Phenom” had a failed UFC return against Rinat Fakhretdinov back in July 2023, he felt it was the right time to hang up his gloves. Not even a full year later, Lee is having other ideas. The man who once fought
Dricus Du Plessis is the new UFC middleweight champion, and South Africa was waiting for his return with open arms. Du Plessis challenged Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 297. The action was held inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Five rounds of action were fought between the two in their
Dricus Du Plessis never doubted that Bruce Buffer would announce his name following his five-round middleweight clash with Sean Strickland at UFC 297. After earning six straight victories inside the Octagon, DDP scored his first shot at UFC gold when he stepped inside the Octagon at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Going toe-to-toe in an entertaining
Kelvin Gastelum is familiar with both Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland ahead of their middleweight title fight at UFC 297. Gastelum used to train with Strickland and was booked to fight Du Plessis at UFC 273, but he was forced out of the bout due to an injury. With Gastelum having trained with Strickland
Jorge Masvidal has revealed the end of his retirement from combat sports competition. Following two failed bids for UFC gold, and suffering his fourth straight loss in his April 2023 bout with Gilbert Burns, Masvidal told Joe Rogan and the fight world that his time inside the Octagon was over. Since that announcement, “Gamebred” has
Sean Strickland has opened up on his UFC 296 brawl against Dricus Du Plessis. Strickland and Du Plessis are set to headline UFC 297 in Toronto on Jan. 20 for the middleweight title, as Strickland looks for his first title defense. It’s an intriguing matchup and in the lead-up to the bout, the two were
UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland and No. 2 ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis had no interest in waiting to throw hands until their scheduled scrap in Toronto, Canada next month. After a heated verbal confrontation during the UFC Seasonal Press Conference on Friday, Strickland and Du Plessis were in the crown to take in all
Chris Leben is scheduled to be one of the three judges for UFC Vegas 79. Over the past year, numerous controversial decisions in the UFC were heavily debated, including Amir Albazi vs. Kai Kara-France, Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Cub Swanson vs. Hakeem Dawodu, and more. As a result, the MMA community has continuously discussed
Former UFC fighter Sam Alvey has found some success since his release from the Las Vegas-based promotion last year. On Saturday night, ‘Smilin’ made his debut for Karate Combat at KC41 in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Squaring off with Brazilian standout Adam Rosa in a heavyweight scrap, Alvey landed a big right hand in the
Conor McGregor was entertained by UFC Singapore headliner Max Holloway vs. Korean Zombie “Notorious” did not shy away from lauding both “Blessed” and Korean Zombie Max Holloway and the Korean Zombie undeniably put on quite a remarkable show at UFC Singapore this past weekend. In fact, the pair even earned some praise from Conor McGregor,
After months of insisting that he would make his long-awaited return to the Octagon in December, Conor McGregor is finally casting doubt on his 2023 comeback. McGregor is still yet to re-enroll in the USADA testing pool for a required six months a pre-fight screening, but that hasn’t stopped the former two-division titleholder from claiming
Strawweight standout Polyana Viana returned to the Octagon at UFC Vegas 78 on Saturday night determined to add another impressive win to her resume. With three first-round finishes in her last four fights, Viana has established herself as one of the brightest up-and-comers in the 115-pound division. ‘Dama de Ferro’ looked to keep that momentum
On Saturday night, No. 4 ranked bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen returned to the Octagon at UFC Nashville intent on establishing himself as the next man in line for a shot at the 135-pound title. Originally scheduled to face Umar Nurmagomedov in the evening’s headliner, ‘The Sandman’ instead stepped inside the cage with fellow top-ten bantamweight
Pat Miletich will be returning to action for a grudge match against Mike Jackson. The bout will be a part of a special two-night event dubbed, “Caged Aggression XXVI: Bad Blood.” Miletich and Jackson will share the cage on night two, which takes place on October 14. The event’s promoter, Mike Goodwin, told Nolan King
Khamzat Chimaev believes Brazil will be on his side when he returns to the Octagon for a high-profile clash with Paulo Costa. Earlier this month, Dana White made a blockbuster announcement, revealing that ‘Borz’ will move to the middleweight division for a showdown with the one-time title challenger when the promotion returns to Abu Dhabi