Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson is confident he could become UFC heavyweight champion in less than two years, and was recently training alongside former welterweight titleholder Robbie Lawler at Kill Cliff FC in South Florida. But don’t expect a jump to MMA anytime soon. Instead, the 24 year-old Steveson will try his luck on the
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With the UFC 302 early (and official) weigh ins already in the books (get full results and video here), the cast and crew of tomorrow night’s (Sat., June 4, 2024) “Makhachev vs. Poirier” pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event will head to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, for the ceremonial weigh ins and
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight kingpin, Islam Makhachev, looks to defend his title for the third time opposite veteran knockout artist, Dustin Poirier, this Saturday (June 1, 2024) at UFC 302 inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Makhachev needed a 10-fight win streak to score his first UFC
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – One of the fighters was the last to the scale, but ultimately there was no weigh-in drama around the UFC 302 co-main event when Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa hit the middleweight limit. Former champion Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC), who has competed across three divisions during his UFC tenure, came
Check out the photos from the UFC 302 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Jersey City, N.J. (Images by Nolan King, MMA Junkie) andre-lima-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-3 andre-lima-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 andre-lima-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins andre-lima-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-5 mitch-raposo-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins mitch-raposo–ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-1 mitch-raposo-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-3 joselyne-edwards-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins joselyne-edwards-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 joselyne-edwards-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-3 joselyne-edwards-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-4 ailin-perez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 ailin-perez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins ailin-perez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-3 ailin-perez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-4 ailin-perez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-5 bassil-hafez-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins mickey-gall-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins jake-matthews-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins phil-rowe-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins phil-rowe-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 joe-solecki-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins grant-dawson-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins grant-dawson-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 alexandr-romanov-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins alexandr-romanov-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 jailton-almeida-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins jailton-almeida-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-2 jailton-almeida-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-3 jailton-almeida-ufc-302-official-weigh-ins-4
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The UFC 302 fight card now is set following Friday’s official weigh-ins session, where all 23 of 24 fighters successfully hit their marks on the scale. Saturday’s event at the nearby Prudential Center (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) in Newark is headlined by a lightweight championship fight, as well as a main card
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – In the heavyweight division, there’s a 60-pound range for fighters to locate their optimal poundage there within. While many heavyweights typically stick within the same few-pound range, Alexandr Romanov has fluctuated greatly in his UFC tenure. Sometimes weighing less than 240 pounds, but more times tipping the scales around the 265-pound
The Nevada Athletic Commission is going to have to cut Diego Lopes a check after Friday’s hearing … sort of. Lopes was fined $5,000 when he hopped over the fence after his UFC 300 finish of Sodiq Yusuff in April. Friday, the NAC cut that suspension in half in an adjudication with Lopes. Officially, his
Igor Severino’s already-infamous biting incident has yet to get a resolution from the regulatory side, but there’s been an update from the Brazilian. Friday, during a Nevada Athletic Commission meeting, used time for public comment to ask the commission to release his purse that’s being withheld so he can afford to live while the NAC
The UFC is back on the East Coast with UFC 302, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 302 (pay-per-view/ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. In the headliner, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) puts his belt on
The UFC has laid the groundwork for a return to Denver for the first time since 2018. While no location has been officially announced for the UFC Fight Night event July 13, the promotion has applied for, and received, an event permit to hold a card on that date at Ball Arena, Colorado Combative Sports
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Michal Oleksiejczuk is thrilled with what he got for his return to the octagon. This Saturday, Oleksiejczuk (19-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) takes on Kevin Holland in the pay-per-view main card of UFC 302, which goes down at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. This is not only the first time Oleksiejczuk fights
Santiago Ponzinibbio has booked his first fight of 2024. The UFC welterweight veteran is scheduled to take on Muslim Salikhov in an 170-pound bout at a UFC Fight Night event on July 13. The location and venue have yet to be officially determined, but the event will likely land in Denver. The UFC announced the
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Olympic bronze medalist, Ronda Rousey, was the UFC bantamweight champion with an undefeated record and a spot in the promotion’s pound-for-pound rankings. It was enough to bring Joe Rogan to tears. The division eventually caught up to Rousey and back-to-back knockout losses against Holly Holm and
UFC light heavyweight slugger Khalil Rountree Jr. was recently removed from the upcoming UFC 303 pay-per-view (PPV) lineup after “War Horse” announced a positive drug test for DHEA, stemming from a tainted supplement he ingested during training camp. Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) handed down a two-month suspension earlier today, retroactive to May 4, 2024, marking
Like “Spider,” like son. Anderson Silva’s 25 year-old son, Kalyl Silva, will join his father on June 15 in São Paulo, Brazil, fighting Paulo Roberto as part of the “Spaten Fight Night” card topped by Silva Sr.’s bout against former UFC nemesis Chael Sonnen. Read all about their special rules bout here. “Kalyl has in
Paddy Pimblett is getting his chance to crack the Lightweight Top 15. UFC 304 will see the return of one of England’s biggest stars when Pimblett battles Bobby Green in Manchester, England on July 27, 2024. The fight will be Pimblett’s first against a ranked opponent with Green at No. 15. It will also be
Dustin Poirier settled the score with Conor McGregor in 2021. When Poirier and McGregor met as Featherweight contenders at the stacked UFC 178 card in 2014, no one expected to see a rematch between the two seven years later at Lightweight. McGregor notoriously won the first encounter via a first round technical knockout that further
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