Josiah Harrell, UFC 290 official weigh-in Credit: Eddie Law/Cageside Press Josiah Harrell’s tenure in the UFC was one of the shortest of all time. At UFC 290, Jack Della Maddelena was set to face Sean Brady when Brady was forced to withdraw due to a staph infection. The UFC sounded the horn and called up […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 12: Melquizael Costa of Brazil poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on December 12, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) UFC Houston has added an entertaining featherweight showdown to its undercard. February’s Fight Night event is the landing spot […]
Jiri Prochazka UFC 320 Press Conference Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Our year-end MMA Awards continue, this time with Comeback of the Year (that’s a comeback in a fight itself, not a career comeback). This year, one fight and one fighter stood out above the rest, and it also ranks as fight of the year. Comeback […]
Valter Walker, UFC 321 official weigh-in Credit: Dave Noseworthy/Cageside Press Heel hook machine Valter Walker has joined the upcoming UFC Seattle Fight Night card. Heavyweight Walker (15-1), who has won his last four fights in the octagon via heel hook submission, will face veteran Marcin Tybura (27-10) at the event, which takes place at Climate […]
Merab Dvalishvili, UFC 316 press conference Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press We wrap up our 2025 MMA Awards with perhaps the biggest of them all: Fighter of the Year. This year was a difficult one, as one of the top contenders on the men’s side suffered losses, while on the women’s side, many champions and contenders […]
Peter Murray, PFL 2 Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Peter Murray, the former CEO of PFL who recently transitioned to CEO of PFL International, has left the company. “The Professional Fighters League today announced that Peter Murray, CEO of PFL International Leagues, will be leaving the organization,” league officials wrote in a statement released Thursday. The […]
Legacy Fighting Alliance has found a new home. The rising MMA promotion announced a new broadcast partnership with Legacy Fighting Allianceand brings its events to Vice TV in a move that marks a major step forward for the league as it continues to establish itself as one of the premier development pipelines in mixed martial […]
Lucia Szabova Credit: Oktagon MMA Undefeated Oktagon MMA bantamweight champion Lucia Szabova will attempt to achieve double champion status this February at Oktagon 84. On Thursday, promotion officials announced via press release that Szabova (10-0) will face Brazilian Jungle Fight champion Leidiane Fernandes (7-2) at the event, with the vacant Oktagon MMA women’s flyweight title […]
Jake Hadley, PFL World Tournament 2025: First round ceremonial weigh-ins at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Cooper Neill / PFL) England’s Jake Hadley shone in his PFL debut last year, winning a Scottish Twister over fellow UFC veteran Matheus Mattos. Now Hadley (12-5), aka ‘White Kong’, gets another chance to impress […]
Alexa Grasso, UFC 315 ceremonial weigh-in Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press An upcoming Fight Night event in Seattle will see a pair of notable flyweights clash for the second time. UFC Seattle is the landing spot for Alexa Grasso vs. Maycee Barber 2, with former UFC women’s flyweight champion Grasso seen raising her hand in the […]