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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its historic UFC 300 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for Sat., April 13, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the all-action mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card will be the light heavyweight title fight pitting reigning division kingpin Alex “Poatan” Pereira against former 205-pound titleholder

Brendan Allen and Chris Curtis came face-to-face at the conclusion of the UFC Vegas 90 weigh ins earlier today, just one day in front of their middleweight main event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., April 6, 2024 from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas. Get complete UFC Vegas 90 early weigh ins results

Welp … the main event will soldier on without any drama, so I guess there’s that. Four fighters missed weight during the UFC Vegas 90 weigh ins earlier today in Las Vegas, including co-headliner Alex Hernandez. A visibly annoyed “Great Ape” tipped the scale at 150 even, well over the featherweight limit, and was given

Joe Rogan isn’t interested in giving Sage Steele much grief for mixing him up with Dana White during her recent interview with the UFC CEO. Former ESPN anchor Steele went viral when, during a sit down interview with the longtime UFC boss, she asked him, “What’s Joe Rogan’s dream?” White was instantly puzzled by the

LAS VEGAS – The main event for the UFC’s latest home show is official after the headliners made weight Friday. Ahead of UFC Fight Night 240 (ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex, middleweights Brendan Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Chris Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC) stepped on the scale at the official weigh-ins.

Check out these photos of the UFC Fight Night 240 official weigh-ins and faceoffs at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (Photos by Ken Hathaway, MMA Junkie) Nora Cornolle – ufc fight night 240 weigh in Nora Cornolle Melissa Mullins- ufc fight night 240 weigh in Mullins vs Cornolle ufc fight night 240 weigh in

LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 240 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Among those weighing in are Brendan Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Chris Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC), who meet in the middleweight main event rematch. Both

The old adage is that the fight before the fight in MMA is the one with the scale. Weight-cutting struggles and eventual weight misses are a regular part of the sport. Throughout 2024, we updated this story each time there was an infraction on the UFC scale – or fights that were scrapped because of

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC Fight Night 240. UFC Fight Night 240 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Brendan Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) Brendan Allen Staple info: Height: 6’2″ Age: 28 Weight: 185 lbs.

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 240 weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday’s event. The weigh-ins took place at the UFC Apex, which hosts Saturday’s event (ESPN+). Check out the video above to see the athletes from all 12 scheduled matchups come face-to-face, and don’t miss the

The UFC is back on its “Sin City” home turf for a Fight Night event ahead of the monumental UFC 300 next week, and middleweights are at the top of the bill. UFC Fight Night 240 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (Click here to open a PDF of the

Kayla Harrison says she doesn’t care if Cris Cyborg is lending Holly Holm a helping hand for UFC 300. Harrison (16-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes her octagon debut against former bantamweight champion Holm (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) at UFC 300 on April 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cyborg traveled

Maycee Barber won her sixth straight fight by capturing a unanimous decision victory over Katlyn Cerminara at the UFC 299 pay-per-view (PPV) event earlier this month in Miami. Unfortunately, her celebration was short lived, as “The Future” was subsequently hospitalized with a mysterious infection that led to pneumonia. “Well, the past few weeks were quite

Bellator Belfast went down this past weekend (Fri., March 22, 2024) in northern Ireland — which saw Corey Anderson defeat Karl Moore to win the vacant Light Heavyweight strap — and the promotion already has its next title fight lined up for its return to “The Emerald Isle.” Bellator Dublin is set to go down

Islam Makhachev is ready to return to action. The Lightweight division will be showcased to full effect at UFC 300 next month (Sat., April 13, 2024). Well, as close to full effect as a division can be without its champion in action. The current reigning titleholder, Makhachev, is awaiting his next challenger to come out

Dana White won’t concede to criticism. 2022 started controversially for longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) color commentator Joe Rogan. Early into the year, a video surfaced, compiling clips from several old episodes of Rogan’s old Joe Rogan Experience podcasts, showing him saying the n-word. The video emerged before UFC 271 in Houston, Tex., and prompted

UFC Vegas 92 has its main event. A Featherweight bout between perennial contender and veteran, Edson Barboza (24-11), and the rising Lerone Murphy (13-0-1) is set to headline UFC Vegas 92 at the UFC APEX Facility in Las Vegas on May 18, 2024. Laerte Viana first reported the bout before later being confirmed by MMA

Craig Jones is showing his support for Ukraine. The jiu-jitsu ace has become notorious for his silly antics and wacky personality throughout his career. Despite that, Jones is one of the most talented people in the world at his craft, and he shares his knowledge when he gets the chance. Jones and his team held