Month: March 2024

LAS VEGAS — Valentina Shevchenko believes mixed martial arts (MMA) fans need to change their ways. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is back and season 32 officially began filming yesterday (March 12, 2024). TUF 32 will feature a cast of Middleweights and Featherweights coached by the women’s Flyweight division’s best, the current champion, Alexa Grasso, and

The countdown to UFC 300 kicks off this weekend (Sat., March 16, 2024) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Tai Tuivasa battles Marcin Tybura in the latest “Fight Night”-themed main event. UFC Vegas 88 will also see The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 29 winner, Bryan Battle, square off with Contender Series veteran, Ange Loosa,

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Like it or not, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is happening. Scheduled for July 20 in Arlington, Texas and airing live on Netflix, the match up is not engendering a lot of good feelings from the boxing community. Paul is facing major criticism for pursuing a bout with a 57-year-old retired

Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is a lot more confident about his second attempt at lightweight. Holloway (25-7 MMA, 21-7 UFC) challenges Justin Gaethje (25-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) for the BMF title on April 13 at UFC 300 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Holloway fell short in his first octagon lightweight bout when

Colby Covington has finally issued a response to Ian Machado Garry’s callout. It’s been almost a month since Garry (14-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) took the microphone to request a fight against Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) following his win over Geoff Neat at UFC 298. At first, it was crickets from Covington, but that finally

LAS VEGAS – Marcin Tybura wasn’t thrilled when he received the call that his fight with Tai Tuivasa would happen a month later than expected. Originally scheduled to be part of February’s UFC 298 lineup, the heavyweight bout between Tybura (24-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Tuivasa (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) was postponed to Saturday’s UFC Fight

LAS VEGAS – Tai Tuivasa returns to the octagon under the unideal circumstances at UFC Fight Night 239, yet, he’s fully confident that he’s going to get the job done. Tuivasa (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) takes on Marcin Tybura (24-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) in the main event of Saturday’s card at the UFC Apex (ESPN+).

Merab Dvalishvili doesn’t think Umar Nurmagomedov deserves to be in the UFC bantamweight title picture just yet. Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) called for his previously scrapped booking with Cory Sandhagen to be rescheduled after defeating newcomer Bekzat Almakhan at UFC Fight Night 238 earlier this month. Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who’s a riding

UFC 300, a monumental event for the promotion, is stacked from top to bottom with ranked fighters, former champions and current champions. As the promotion pulls out the stops to ensure the April 13 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is a memorable one, the official trailer is on par with that trend. During

Sean Strickland thinks he’s deserving of an immediate rematch with UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. After losing the belt in a debated split decision in January’s UFC 297 headliner in Toronto, Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) wants a chance to run it back with Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC), and thinks he’s the

LAS VEGAS – Isaac Dulgarian plans to show Christian Rodriguez that featherweight is a different world at UFC Fight Night 239. Rodriguez (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who has been attempting to fight at bantamweight during his UFC tenure thus far with multiple failures making weight, will come up to 145 pounds for Saturday’s bout with

With UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev not booked and keen to defend his title, an unexpected challenger could be next for him. Dustin Poirier put himself back in the contender conversation this past Saturday when he knocked out Benoit Saint Denis in the second round of the UFC 299 co-main event. Shortly afterward, both Makhachev

LAS VEGAS – Before he was a UFC light heavyweight, Ovince Saint Preux was a Tennessee Volunteer – and his still is, in a sense. A linebacker and defensive end for the University of Tennessee from 2001 to 2004, Saint Preux (26-17 MMA, 14-12 UFC) still maintains a relationship with the team two decades later.