Former UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis’ previous praise of Khamzat Chimaev didn’t last long after their UFC 319 title fight. Dricus du Plessis was one of the reigning UFC title holders to lose their title in 2025. Du Plessis, who entered his UFC 319 bout with undefeated Khamzat Chimaev as one of the greatest […]
Josh Emmett, UFC 296 official weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press The UFC has announced a featherweight headliner for the March 14, 2026 Fight Night event at the newly renamed Meta Apex. That would be UFC Vegas 114, which will be headlined by ranked 145lb’ers Josh Emmett (19-6) and Kevin Vallejos (17-1). Promotion officials announced the […]
Michael Chiesa, UFC 310 ceremonial weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Welterweight vet and UFC analyst Michael Chiesa will fight at home in March. Chiesa (19-7) finds himself in one of several newly announced fights, taking on Carlston Harris on March 28, 2026 at UFC Seattle. Winner of The Ultimate Fighter 15, The Colorado-born Chiesa fights […]
A potential rematch between Matt Riddle and Jon Jones is generating excitement as Riddle, who defeated Jones twice in high school wrestling, is willing to face him again. This comes amid the reignited rivalry between Jones and Daniel Cormier, recently highlighted by their participation in the reality show ‘ALF Reality’. With a boxing match drawing […]
Credit: LFA Legacy Fighting Alliance kicked off 2026 with a heavyweight title fight and another home broadcast. After a multi-year partnership with UFC Fight Pass, the future of which appears increasingly uncertain, LFA has joined Vice TV. LFA 224 was their debut on the cable network, with a vacant heavyweight title on the line between […]
It didn’t take long for Ilia Topuria to respond to UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev’s recent comments about a potential fight. UFC titleholders Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev could be on a collision course in 2026. Topuria, who hasn’t fought since winning the then-vacant lightweight title at UFC 317, expects to return to the cage […]
UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria may return to the Octagon sooner than expected against the winner of the UFC 324 headliner. Top UFC lightweight contenders Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett will fight for the interim UFC lightweight title at UFC 324 next weekend. Ilia Topuria, who won the then-vacant lightweight title last summer, is in […]
Sean O’Malley is a big figure in the bantamweight division as the former 135-pound kingpin heads into a major fight when it comes to informing his trajectory in the weight class, and a newly minted Rizin champion has weighed in. Ilkhom Nozimov is the RFF champion in question and replicated O’Malley’s style for Petr Yan […]
UFC featherweight star Josh Emmett will look to stop the meteoric rise of an up-and-comer at UFC Vegas 114 in March. Josh Emmett may not be the same fighter he was earlier in his UFC career, but he remains must-see television whenever he competes. Emmett, who has lost four of his last five fights, is […]
Former UFC two-division champion Amanda Nunes shared her first post since Kayla Harrison’s shocking withdrawal from UFC 324. UFC 324 took a major hit when UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison was forced to withdraw from her scheduled bout with the returning Amanda Nunes due to injury. Harrison, who won the UFC women’s bantamweight championship at […]