UFC welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry shut down a potential showdown with former teammate Leon Edwards following their upcoming fights. Top UFC welterweights Ian Machado Garry and Leon Edwards were training partners earlier in their careers, but things quickly got messy after Garry left Edwards’ team. Garry and Edwards, who both return to the Octagon […]
Future UFC Hall of Famer Dominick Cruz becomes the latest MMA legend to enter the podcast world. Dominick Cruz is one of the prominent UFC stars who have announced their retirement so far in 2025. Ahead of his scheduled retirement fight at UFC Seattle in February, Cruz suffered another major injury. He withdrew from the […]
Paulie Malignaggi didn’t hesitate to give his opinion on Mixed Martial Arts fans. Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts are undoubtedly two of the most popular martial arts in the world. While boxing carries more history than MMA, the UFC’s monstrous rise has attracted a larger audience than most boxing events. The two sports have developed […]
SlapFIGHT Championship’s “INFLUX” event was designed to complement the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions, and it delivered a night of brutal knockouts, grueling five-round wars and unexpected new stars. Fourteen aspiring slappers competed for contracts in two separate tournaments, aiming to become the next top contenders in their respective weight classes. With champions Frank the […]
Serhiy Sidey is facing a frustrating bump in the road as a major setback in his UFC 322 preparations has forced him to withdraw from the card. The withdrawal from his bantamweight fight with Malcolm Wellmaker has cut that particular duo, but Nice junkie has reported that the promotion is looking for a replacement for […]
Jan Blachowicz steps into the cage again this calendar year and wants to show off that much-vaunted ‘Polish Power’ again. To do that, the former UFC light heavyweight champion must defeat a rising 205-pound competitor in the UFC’s final pay-per-view offering of 2025. At UFC 323, Jan Blachowicz will face Bogdan Guskov as the former […]
Gable Steveson may still be early in his MMA career, but his broader combat sports history could make him an intriguing potential addition to the UFC White House card. The man who won Olympic gold in wrestling and represented America, and was a two-time winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy and two NCAA Division I […]
Photo courtesy of Wes Schultz on IG (@partytimemma) Contender series by Dana White started in 2017. Since then, the Contender Series has produced some major rising stars such as Dan Ige, Sean O’Malley, Geoff Neal, Maycee Barber and Edmen Shahbazyan. In short: it was a huge success for finding talent. A Contender Series fight is […]
UFC welterweight prospect Sean Brady will take on one of the division’s brightest young stars in hopes of securing a title shot. Sean Brady looked destined for another welterweight title shot against the winner of Jack Della Maddalena/Islam Makhachev following his victory over Leon Edwards earlier this year. But months after his career-best win at […]
UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall almost hung up the gloves not long before Curtis Blaydes suffered a traumatic injury. Tom Aspinall will make his first title defense as undisputed UFC heavyweight champion later this month at UFC 321. Aspinall and former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane headline a stacked card in Abu Dhabi, marking Aspinall’s first […]