Month: October 2022

Oct 26, 2022 The reality that he is now one of the “old dogs” of the UFC might still be hitting home, but Australian Robert Whittaker [24-6] is thrilled to have the opportunity to right a previous wrong when he faces Paulo Costa [14-2] at UFC 284 in February next year. Fresh off another dominant

A documentary on transgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin is currently in production. Last September, McLaughlin became only the second openly transgender woman to compete in mixed martial arts. In doing so, she followed in the footsteps of Fallon Fox, who went 5-1 between 2012 and 2014 before retiring. Fox, known as “The Queen of Swords,”

Cody Garbrandt may have suffered two devastating knockout losses at the hands of his former training partner, T.J. Dillashaw (watch them here and here), but “No Love” still feels there is unfinished business between the pair. After Dillashaw revealed that the shoulder injury he suffered during his title fight against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 280

Terrance McKinney will look to snap Ismael Bonfim’s winning streak in enemy territory. McKinney (13-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meets Bonfim (18-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on Jan. 21 at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following McKinney’s social media announcement on Monday (via

Oct 27, 2022 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Uriah Hall opened up Wednesday about falling into a “deep depression” following his abrupt retirement from the UFC this past summer. Hall said at the Jake Paul–Anderson Silva open workouts that he felt a loss of identity after stepping away from MMA and that at one point he had

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has confirmed an observation that his protégé Islam Makhachev made prior to UFC 280. In Saturday’s pay-per-view headliner, Makhachev followed in his coach and mentor’s footsteps by ascending to the top of the 155-pound mountain on MMA’s biggest stage. To do so, the rising Russian forced Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist

UFC Vegas 63 went down last Saturday (Oct. 29, 2022) in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw the main event fight between Arnold Allen and Calvin Kattar end after “The Boston Finisher” suffered an unfortunate knee injury (see it again here). In further action, Max Griffin edged out Tim Means via split-decision in the co-main event.

LAS VEGAS – A dominant performance that led to a second-round finish wasn’t enough to shake UFC middleweight Junyong Park’s concerns. On the prelims of UFC Fight Night 213 at UFC Apex, Park (15-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) submitted Joseph Holmes with a rear-naked choke to record his second straight victory. As Park’s corner began to

9:55 PM ET English featherweight Arnold Allen picked up the biggest win of his career on Saturday, although it didn’t come in a manner he wanted. Allen (19-1) picked up his 10th consecutive UFC win inside the Apex in Las Vegas, defeating Calvin Kattar (23-7) via second-round TKO. The 145-pound contest, which headlined UFC Fight

For the first time in his UFC career, featherweight Chase Hooper suffered a nasty knockout loss in the Octagon at UFC Vegas 63. Hooper lost to Steve Garcia on the UFC Vegas 63 prelims on Saturday. The loss was his first defeat by finish in his professional career and his first loss of any kind

As if Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva wasn’t enough of a circus already, the event was made even more captivating by the addition of Georges St-Pierre. The welterweight GOAT was on hand Friday for the Paul vs. Silva weigh-ins, and got to be the dude in charge of keeping the two headliners from getting too

LAS VEGAS – Max Griffin picked up another big win at UFC Fight Night 213, but it came at a cost. As he sat at a post-fight news conference Saturday, Griffin (19-9 MMA, 7-7 UFC) sported a wrap on his left hand, a covering for what he described as an unpleasant open wound due to