Regardless of the outcome of the UFC 270 main event between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane, coach Fernand Lopez just wants to squash the beef with his former pupil. Ngannou cut his teeth in MMA after joining the Lopez’s MMA Factory gym in Paris, France, where the pair worked together to harness the Cameroonian’s natural physical gifts and channel them ...
Saturday, January 22sees the UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2022 as the promotion kicks off the new year with a title fight double-header at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Headlining the card is a battle for the undisputed UFC heavyweight title, as Francis Ngannou puts his title on the line against his former teammate and training partner, current interim ...
England’s Phil De Fries is enjoying the best form of his mixed martial arts career, and the 35-year-old from Sunderland has his sights set on the sixth straight title defense of his KSW heavyweight title. De Fries (20-6) will take on Darko Stosic in the main event of KSW 67, which takes place in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, February 26, ...
The most destructive knockout artist in MMA gets set to put his title on the line as UFC heavyweight champion of the world Francis Ngannou returns at UFC 270. His first defense as UFC champion comes in a bout with plenty of backstory and a little bit of needle. Rather than book Ngannou in a title defense, the UFC and ...
The UFC’s first title fight of 2022 could serve up one of the most exciting championship matchups of the year as Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo get set to throw down for the third time. Both of the flyweight rivals’ previous meetings came in title fights, with the first bout finishing in a majority draw and the rematch going Moreno’s ...
Calvin Kattar returned from a year away from the octagon and bounced back from his 2021 defeat to Max Holloway in style at UFC Vegas 46. Kattar dominated rising contender Giga Chikadze in a thrilling five-round encounter at the UFC Apex that saw him claim a shutout unanimous decision on the scorecards after a back-and-forth war that saw “The Boston ...
The UFC isn’t quite ready to officially announce a date for its return to London, but president Dana White had a message for the U.K. fans to get them primed and ready for the promotion’s imminent arrival. Speaking to BT Sport in a wide-ranging interview, White lifted the lid on the promotion’s thoughts on a trip across the pond to ...
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou could be heading toward a contract impasse with the UFC. Ngannou is set to put his title on the line for the first time as champion when he takes on former teammate Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270 on January 22, but there’s more than just the championship at stake. The bout ...
Georgian featherweight contender Giga Chikadze is making plenty of noise with his fists and his feet in the octagon, but feels that he needs to start making some enemies in order to hasten his path to the top of the division. Chikadze takes on fellow contender Calvin Kattar on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Vegas 46, and ...
Alexander Volkanovski will still get to put his UFC featherweight title on the line in Q1, but he’ll just have to wait an extra month. Volkanovski was originally due to face off against old rival Max Holloway in a trilogy bout at UFC 272 on March 5, but injury to the Hawaiian meant that matchup had to be scrapped from ...