The two featherweight contenders set for action in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville confirmed their spots in the headline bout after both men successfully made weight for the matchup at Friday’s official weigh-ins. Josh Emmett came in marginally the lighter of the two, tipping the scale at 145.5 pounds, while Ilia Topuria used every ounce available ...
Surging featherweight contender Ilia Topuria gets the main event spotlight this weekend at UFC Jacksonville, and the in-form 145er is clearly confident of victory in Florida. Chatting to the press during media day ahead of the event, he spoke about his matchup with fellow featherweight contender Josh Emmett, and said that he has his opponent’s number in all areas. “I ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is making sure he keeps his eye on the ball ahead of his upcoming bout with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290. The Australian and the South African are booked to face off during UFC International Fight Week in a middleweight clash that many believe will determine the identity of the next man to ...
Two of ONE Championship’s top female fighters will go head to head with championship gold on the line at ONE Fight Night 14. ONE Championship officials have confirmed that the women’s atomweight division’s No. 1 and No. 2-ranked contenders will face off for the interim atomweight title on Friday, September 1 as Stamp Fairtex and Seo Hee Ham go toe ...
The PFL’s 2022 lightweight and welterweight champions will take center stage in Atlanta as the final two weight classes of the PFL’s 2023 season conclude their regular season schedules as the playoff matchups are decided at 155 and 170 pounds. Both lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier and welterweight champ Sadibou Sy are sitting in playoff places heading into their final regular-season ...
Mexico’s newest UFC champion will get to compete for the first time as champion as Alexa Grasso puts her women’s flyweight title on the line on September 16 in Las Vegas, according to reports. Grasso is all set to face the woman she defeated to win the belt, Valentina Shevchenko, in a championship rematch that carries additional significance for the ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the upcoming clash between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz will be a complete mismatch. Diaz, an MMA veteran, finished his long stint with the UFC last September after beating Tony Ferguson. During the course of his career, Diaz has trained in boxing gyms with fighters such as former world champion Andre Ward. He makes his boxing ...
Brazilian contender Amanda Ribas has her sights firmly set on a shot at the UFC women’s flyweight title, and thinks that one big win over her next opponent could be enough to punch her ticket to a title opportunity. Ribas takes on Maycee Barber in the co-main event of UFC Jacksonville this weekend in Florida, where she hopes that an ...
Cage Warriors has unveiled its full schedule for the second half of the year, with the promotion set to hold 10 events over the course of six months to round out a packed year in 2023. Their Q2 schedule kicks off with Cage Warriors 156 in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday, July 1, then heads to London for Cage Warriors 157 ...
Former two division world champion Andre Ward is very interested in watching Tyson Fury face MMA superstars Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou – but he doubts either contest will come off. Ngannou walked away from the UFC, and their heavyweight title, when his contract expired with the organization. The vacant title was eventually captured by a returning Jones. In the ...