This weekend, the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion and pioneer of women’s MMA, Miesha Tate, returns to the octagon for the first time since 2016. Miesha was one of the women who truly took women’s MMA into the mainstream, mostly through her intense rivalry with fellow WMMA pioneer Ronda Rousey. With such a high profile and historic name returning to …
This weekend at UFC 264, we will see the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Conor won the first encounter way back in 2014 when the two competed in the Featherweight division. Fast-forward seven years and Conor was making yet another return to the octagon against Poirier in the division that both men now call home, Lightweight. …
Back in March, Francis N’Gannou defeated Stipe Miocic to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion. With such an incredible, feel-good win for the new champion, a great flock of potential challengers on the rise, and the ever-present arrival of arguably the greatest fighter of all time Jon Jones, the Heavyweight division looked to be in great shape. However, this week …
Following his dominant victory over Marvin Vettori at UFC 263, Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has all but cleared out the Middleweight division. Much like Anderson Silva before him, Adesanya has proven that there are levels to MMA, and he is a level above all of his challengers. This presents an interesting scenario for the UFC. Much like the Anderson Silva …
Following his victory over Nate Diaz at UFC 263, Leon Edwards seems to be on the cusp of a Welterweight Championship match. Excluding his No Contest against Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night: Edwards V.s Muhammad, Leon Edwards is on a nine fight winning streak with his last loss coming over five years ago against the division’s current champion, …
At this weekend’s UFC 263 event, we will see the rematch between UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno. Way back at UFC 256 in December of last year, Figueiredo and Moreno put on an instant classic for the Flyweight Championship. The champion Figueiredo was coming off of an impressive first title defense against Alex Perez via a …
The UFC will put on UFC 263 live from Arizona. The feature bout of the card will see the fan-favorite Nate Diaz return to the octagon for the first time since his November 2, 2019 bout against Jorge Masvidal for the BMF Championship, to face the always incredible Leon Edwards. The stakes are incredibly high for both men in this …
With UFC 263 fast approaching, the headlining fighter, Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya, enters his bout with Marvin Vettori following his first professional loss to Jan Blachowicz. With Izzy moving back down to Middleweight to defend his title, he takes on his toughest opponent to date in the Middleweight division. These two had fought previously, with Izzy just barely defeating Vettori …
For the first time in over three calendar years, the UFC will crown a new Lightweight Champion this weekend. Saturday night will see the relative newcomer to the UFC Michael Chandler take on the octagon veteran Charles Oliveira for the vacant strap. Both men enter this fight on winning streaks and both will look to become the first UFC Lightweight Champion …
This weekend will be Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s 54th professional MMA bout as he currently holds a record of 36 wins, 15 losses, and two no contests. This weekend he faces Alex Morono who is four and two in his last six fight, but went one and two in 2020. Cerrone was originally scheduled to take on UFC veteran and …
