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The UFC heads to Anaheim this weekend for UFC 298, featuring a featherweight clash between undefeated contender Ilia Topuria and the reigning king Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria is currently undefeated at 14-0 and looking to collect gold this weekend. However, he has an arduous task ahead of him as Volkanovski is also an undefeated featherweight who […]

Another fight week gives us another opportunity to be great. This week’s MMA slate features Joe Pyfer and Jack Hermansson as the main event. Pyfer has been on a meteoric rise since setting the tone for last year’s contender series with a win that had Dana White imploring future contenders to “Be Joe Pyfer” if […]

Get ready for an action-packed event Saturday as the UFC returns to the Apex after the year’s first PPV. The event is headlined by Roman Dolidze and Nasourdine Imavov, two fighters looking to make their mark in the UFC. Imavov aims to break into the top 10 and bounce back into the win column after […]

Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis headline the first PPV for the UFC in 2024 Saturday. If you had told me that, at the beginning of this year, Strickland would be defending his belt against anyone, let alone Du Plessis, I would’ve called you a liar and thought you were crazy. Well, UFC 297 is here, […]

We kick off 2024 with a fight night card headlined by a rematch between Johnny Walker and Magomed Ankalaev. Their first fight ended in Round 1 of three after an accidental illegal knee. It ended in a no-contest, so the athletes will get five rounds to settle the score. The co-main event, like the main […]

The UFC ends the year with a banger of a card Saturday in the T-Mobile arena in Vegas. It was initially scheduled to be Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic. An injury to Jon Jones opened the door for the return of Colby Covington in a main event spot against Leon Edwards for the welterweight strap. […]

The UFC was initially scheduled to be in China this weekend, but plans changed, and Song Yadong and Chris Gutierrez will now headline the main event in the Apex. Song is fighting in his third main event in a row, while Gutierrez is fighting five rounds for the first time in the UFC. Check out […]

The UFC is in Austin this weekend to feature a main event headlined by Arman Tsarukyan and Beneil Dariush. Dariush is looking to bounce back after losing to Charles Oliveira. Tsarukyan wants to extend his winning streak to three and get closer to challenging Islam Makhachev for the belt. Check out my preview of the […]

The UFC is back in Vegas at the Apex this week after a couple of weeks on the road. This time, Brendan Allen and Paul Craig headline the fight card, looking to keep climbing the ranks to the gold. The co-main event features Michael Morales and Jake Matthews, who never leave the fans bored and will surely light up the octagon Saturday. Check […]

The UFC stage was set for perhaps one of the greatest heavyweight matchups ever. But Jon Jones is injured, and his matchup with Stipe Miocic will have to wait until the new year. Now, Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich, two up-and-coming heavyweights, look to set the stage and become interim champion while Jones heals up. […]

The UFC takes over São Paulo, Brazil, this weekend, which gives the fight fans in the States a 6 p.m. ET start time and a main event packed with dynamite. Derrick Lewis makes the trip to Brazil after cashing in a flying knee in his last fight. He takes on rising star Jailton Almeida, who […]

The UFC heads to Abu Dhabi for an event headlined by fights with two short-notice replacements. In the main event, champion Islam Makhachev runs it back with featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in a super fight to determine the next double champ in the UFC. The co-main event features another late replacement, as Kamaru Usman steps […]

Before we head into the PPV stretch, the UFC takes it back to the Apex Saturday for a fight card headlined by Sodiq Yuseff and Edson Barboza. Barboza is fighting for a sixth time in his new weight division, and Yuseff is returning from an injury that put him on the shelf for almost a […]

The UFC heads back to the Apex in Vegas Saturday for a fight night headlined by American top team product Grant Dawson and King Bobby Green. Both fighters are coming off dominant victories and want to extend their win streaks this weekend. Check out my betting breakdown of the card! In the co-main event, Joe […]

The UFC is back in Vegas, but instead of the T-Mobile Arena, they are at the Apex to feature Mateusz Gamrot and Rafael Fiziev. The main event clash is in the lightweight division, and it should be a banger of a fight. Both guys are 4-1 in their last five and are looking to keep […]

After Sean Strickland shook up the middleweight division in Australia, the UFC is back in Vegas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in the T-Mobile Arena. This time, the show will be headlined by a rematch between Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso. Shevchenko looks to regain her title after losing it to Grasso this past March. […]

The UFC is in Sydney, Australia, for a main event this week headlined by middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and challenger Sean Strickland. Adesanya is back after defeating his long-time rival Alex Pereira and recapturing his belt. Strickland is on a two-fight win streak, and with a third win this weekend, he can become champion. Check […]

The UFC touches down in Paris once again this week, but this time for a fight night headlined by heavyweights Ciryl Gane and Serghei Spivac. Gane is coming off a loss to current heavyweight champion Jon Jones, and Spivac is riding a three-fight win streak in hopes of turning a win this weekend into a […]

I never thought I’d be excited to wake up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday for some fights. Here we are, though, as the UFC takes the show to Singapore for an action-packed 13-fight card headlined by Max Holloway and The Korean Zombie Chan Sun Jung. The co-main event features two hard-hitting light heavyweights when […]

The UFC is back in Boston this weekend for another PPV event that is sure to go down in the history books. The main event features Sean O’Malley and current bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling. Sterling is fresh off a win over former double-champ Henry Cejudo. O’Malley is fresh off a split decision win over the […]

After a fun weekend in Nashville, the UFC heads home to host an electric matchup between two Brazilian Gladiators. Rafael Dos Anjos and Vicente Luque are veterans of the UFC, and their body of work and fight style will forever be remembered by fans worldwide and people in Brazil.    The co-main event features two […]

Enter the Sandman! The UFC heads to Nashville this week to feature a contest between Corey Sandhagen and Rob Font. Font steps in for the injured Umar Nurmagomedov and has the opportunity to take another step toward a title after being on the chopping block earlier this year. Check out my betting breakdown of the […]

If you look up the word “violence” in the dictionary, you’ll find the faces of Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier. These guys have over 25 fights and have won their contests by knockout over 50% of the time. The co-main event at this week’s UFC 291 features two more heavy hitters, when Alex Pereira jumps […]

The UFC is just over the halfway mark in the second half of the season, and this weekend they make another stop in London to feature a heavyweight clash between Tom Aspinal and Marcin Tybura. The co-main event features Molly McCann as she takes on submission threat Julija Stoliarenko. Check out my betting breakdown of […]

After one of the best cards of the year and possibly the decade, the UFC returns to the apex to feature a main event fight between Holly Holm and Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC Vegas 77. Holm is 41 years old and currently ranked the No. 2 female bantamweight in the world. She has been […]

International fight week! One of the most anticipated UFC cards of the year touches down in Las Vegas to host a couple of championship bouts between high-level athletes from around the world this week. In the main event, Mexico’s Yair “La Pantera” Rodriguez challenges the champion from down under, Australia’s Alex “The Great” Volkanovski. In […]

Everyone’s favorite bad guy, Sean Strickland, steps into the octagon to the main event again this week against a new prospect out of Russia, Abus Magomedov. The co-main event features two explosive fighters when Grant Dawson welcomes Damir Ismagulov back from a premature retirement. We also welcome back to the cage longtime vet Kevin Lee, who’s […]

The bantamweight division will be on full display this weekend when two of the hardest-hitting fighters in the division take center stage. Josh Emmett faces Ilia Topuria, who is 12 years younger than the Team Alpha Male Product. The co-main event features an important fight between Amanda Ribas and Maycee Barber in the women’s flyweight […]

The UFC returns to the Apex in Vegas this week after the world saw the greatest women’s champion, Amanda Nunes, retire on top in last week’s event. This week we get to watch the rise of two middleweight contenders in the main event when Marvin Vettori takes on Jared Cannonier. Check out my betting breakdown […]

The first PPV of the second half of the UFC season kicks off with a bang Saturday when the Lioness Amanda Nunes defends her belt against No. 1 contender Irene Aldana. Nunes is coming off a win over Juliana Peña where she recaptured her double champ status and now is back to defend her belt […]

The UFC will be live every weekend for the next 12 weeks. Between two PPVs will see fighters like Volkanovski, Yair, Moreno, Pantoja, Bo Nickal, Whittaker, Wonderboy, Holland, Lewis, Ferguson, Green, Costa, Jan, Pereira, Poirier, Gaethje and other great names that are going to put on a show. It all begins this weekend in the […]

The UFC heads back to the Apex in Las Vegas for a five-round main event headlined by Mackenzie Dern and Angela “Overkill” Hill. The co-main event features two exciting fighters looking to make a name for themselves when Alex “Fluffy” Hernandez takes on the Ronda Rousey protege Edman Shahbazyan. There is also an exciting matchup […]