Justin Jaynes went 1-4 during his UFC stint. | Getty/UFC Justin Jaynes is running out of chances.The UFC veteran was suspended for 18 months during a meeting of the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite in relation to his victory over Marlon Gonzales at Tuff-N-Uff 149 on October […]
Drew Dober. | Getty/UFC The UFC 326 card has received a boost in the form of two long-lived lightweights.Drew Dober and Michael Johnson meet March 7 in a 155-pound match at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dober confirmed the booking on social media after an initial message from MMAjunkie.com. UFC 326 is headlined by a […]
Michael Chiesa will call it a career after his fight at UFC Seattle. | Getty/UFC Michael Chiesa plans to hang up the four-ounce gloves in his home state next month.The winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 15” will be Carlston Harris in a welterweight bout at UFC Seattle on March 28, and he confirmed during an […]
Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t think Gordon Ryan’s strategy to beat him will work. Chimaev (15-0) has looked virtually invincible throughout his UFC career, save for hard-fought fights against Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns. “Borz” defeated Dricus Du Plessis over five rounds to win the middleweight title at UFC 319 in August 2025. Gordon Ryan recently claimed […]
Jailton Almeida went 8-3 during his UFC tenure. | Getty/UFC Even the promise of a change in weight classes wasn’t enough to save Jailton Almeida.According to an initial report of Laerte Viana, the UFC has released the 34-year-old Brazilian after back-to-back losses to Alexander Volkov and Rizvan Kuniev. In the meantime, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed that […]
Dana White believes the UFC White House card will be the promotion’s most-watched event of all time. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty As you might expect, Dana White has high hopes for the historic UFC event at the White House.It is expected that the UFC CEO will begin matchmaking in earnest for the highly anticipated […]
Tom Aspinall remains on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery on both eyes.The medical team that performed the procedure shared an update on the UFC heavyweight champion’s condition via Instagram on Tuesday. Late last year, Aspinall revealed he would have to undergo surgery after being poked in both eyes by Ciryl Gane during their […]
Max Holloway has top billing at UFC 326, but it’s unlikely he’ll make the CBS portion of the broadcast. | Getty/UFC Over a two-hour period, UFC 326 will air on both Paramount+ and CBS.The network announced Tuesday that CBS will air its first-ever UFC event on March 7, with the final hour of the event’s […]
Aljamain Sterling really enjoyed hitting TJ Dillashaw. Sterling defended his bantamweight title with a technical knockout victory over Dillashaw in 2022. Sterling recently said punching Dillashaw was the best moment of his career. While Sterling respects Dillashaw’s skills, his dislike for the former bantamweight champion stems from his infamous drug test failures. Sterling notes that […]
Israel Adesanya almost fought twice in 2025. | Getty/UFC If the stars had aligned, Israel Adesanya would have returned to the Octagon a little sooner than expected.The former middleweight champion will face Joe Pyfer in the UFC Seattle headliner on March 28 at Climate Pledge Arena. “The Last Stylebender” has been out of action since […]