Las Vegas – Flyweight Amir Albazi returns to action for the first time since losing to Brandon Moreno in November 2024 when he faces Kyoji Horiguchi on Saturday at UFC Vegas 113. The first Paramount+ Fight Night event will be hosted at the newly christened Meta Apex, and Albazi (17-2) will look to return to […]
Las Vegas – Bantamweight Mario Bautista headlines his first UFC card this Saturday, taking on Vinicius Oliveira in the headliner of UFC Vegas 113. The fight isn’t going without a bit of drama, as Oliveira said just days ago that a week after the fight he was down 30 pounds. A major weight saving looms. […]
By staying with a single organization, a fighter can fully experience the maturity process at the growth rate they are most comfortable with, without added pressure from outside influences. In today’s episode of Across the pond, you meet a volunteer viper ready to paint shades of Pittsburgh checkerboard orange at Featherweight for PFL MMA. Professional […]
Asu Almabayev, UFC 299 official weigh-in Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press Half of the flyweight UFC Mexico City Main Event has been ruled out. Asu Almabayev is out of his fight with Brandon Moreno at the Fight Night event, taking place at CDMX Arena in Mexico City, Mexico on February 28, 2026. That leaves little time […]
Alexander Volkanovski, UFC 314 Ceremonial Weigh-in Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press UFC 325 may not have looked as exciting as its predecessor UFC 324, but it still managed to deliver some fun moments, culminating in an important featherweight title fight. During the preliminaries, Jonathan Micallef, Cam Rowston and Billy Elekana scored nice finishes. While on the […]
Lerone Murphy, UFC 319 official weigh-in Credit: Eddie Law/Cageside Press The UFC is gone and has announced next month’s UFC London card in its entirety. Subject to injuries and last-minute additions, of course. Still, the UFC’s return trip to the O2 Arena in London takes place on March 21, 2026 and is headlined by an […]
Alexander Volkanovski, UFC 314 press conference Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press Alexander Volkanovski left UFC 325 as perhaps the biggest winner of the night. In the first title defense of his second reign, a rematch with Diego Lopes, the Australian featherweight rarely seemed to get into trouble. He deftly switched stances, was rarely there to get […]
Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes, UFC 325 weigh-in Credit: Youtube/UFC Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes met for the second time in the main event of UFC 325 on Saturday. Volkanovski, the UFC featherweight champion, had regained his title in the pair’s first meeting last year. That had happened after Ilia Topuria had dethroned the Australian, […]
Rafael Fiziev and Mauricio Ruff, UFC 325 weigh-in Credit: Youtube/UFC Lightweight action at UFC 325 pitted Muay Thai forward Rafael Fiziev against Fighting Nerd team member Mauricio Ruffy. A week earlier, Jean Silva had gotten The Fighting Nerds back on track. Ruffy was next out of the Brazilian camp, looking to bounce back from a […]
Finney (11-0) had to win three matches on Dana White’s Contender Series before being signed to a UFC contract by CEO Dana White. He followed that up by winning his UFC debut against Robert Valentin via split decision last April, and now it looked like he would make it two straight wins when he faced […]