Credit: Bellator MMA The UFC 322 brawl in which members of Islam Makhachev’s entourage attacked Dillon Danis – an incident under investigation by the NYPD – led to Danis being forced out of a title fight for the Misfits promotion. Misfits, better known as a boxing promotion, has invaded the MMA landscape, with Danis winning […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 17: (L-R) Mairon Santos of Brazil punches Sodiq Yusuff of Nigeria in a lightweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on May 17, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) In May, Mairon Santos moved up a weight class and scored a huge […]
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is looking to make history this weekend at UFC 323 as he attempts to become the first champion in the promotion’s history to defend his title four times in a calendar year. The fight comes against Petr Yan, who has defeated Dvalishvili once before. In a sense, Merab is competing […]
Josh Hokit, Dana White’s Contender Series weigh-in Credit: Cageside Press Heavyweight action has been added to UFC 324, which kicks off the UFC’s Paramount+ era next January. Josh Hokit (7-0) vs. Denzel Freeman (7-1) joins a card headlined by Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett, scheduled for January 24, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, […]
Henry Cejudo, UFC 298 Ceremonial Weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Former flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo is retiring for the second and likely final time. Cejudo, an Olympic gold medalist, faces Payton Talbott this weekend at UFC 323 in Las Vegas. The card is the final Pay-Per-View of the ESPN era (there’s another Fight […]
Gina Carano has posted some recent footage honing her fighting skills and while working with Merab Dvalishvili’s coach, some wondered if the women’s MMA icon would return to competition. It seems like headlines like this have been popping up lately in women’s combat sports in general, with rumors of ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey taking on Katie […]
Mairon Santos interview (1:46) Kicking off this UFC 323 edition of TTP is our interview with UFC featherweight Mairon Santos. Fresh from his big victory Sodiq YusufSantos talks about his choice to change training camps and ultimately countries. After visiting the Fighting Nerds team in his home country of Brazil, he made the difficult decision […]
MMA legend and rising boxing star Cris Cyborg has little confidence in Ronda Rousey’s chances in a fight against Katie Taylor. UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey could be on his way back to work out in a boxing match against one of the pound-for-pound greats. Rousey has been linked to a showdown with Katie […]
For Dawson (23-2-1), this is a chance to remind the division why he was once seen as one of the fastest-rising contenders while extending his win streak. He had hoped to accelerate his climb with three fights in 2025, but those plans fell through when Joel Alvarez opted to move up to welterweight. “Dude, I […]
Paddy Pimblett, UFC 314 ceremonial weigh-in Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press Paddy Pimblett will fight for lightweight gold early next year and will headline UFC 324 in January. That was kind of expected, considering “The Baddy” has an intense, heated rivalry with 155-pound champion Ilia Topuria. However, it is not Topuria that Pimblett will be fighting […]