UFC 272 results: Kevin Holland starches Alex Oliveira, begins Welterweight era with sweet TKO finish

Paradigm Sports — a management company best known for its partnership with Conor McGregor — has released a blistering statement warning promoters against working with Manny Pacquiao, especially if it’s in the United States. Paradigm reportedly paid Pacquiao $3.3 million when the Filipino boxer signed with them...

UFC 283 went down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this past weekend (Sat., Jan. 21, 2023) and it featured the retirement of two mixed martial arts (MMA) legends: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Glover Teixeira. Both of them laid their gloves down in the Octagon after suffering defeat inside Jeunesse Arena.

Jake Paul and Tommy Fury nearly came to blows during an intense staredown earlier today (Sat., Jan. 28, 2023) at the Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde event from inside Wembley Arena in London, England. It was announced earlier this week that Paul and Fury will finally lock horns on Feb....

From Road House to Road Rash. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion Conor McGregor was recently run down by a careless driver while getting in his morning ride, which not only destroyed his bicycle, but also left “Notorious” mangled on one side of his body. Movsar Evloev...

Former WBA boxing champion Austin Trout opened as a monster betting favorite over ex-UFC welterweight bruiser Diego Sanchez for the upcoming BKFC: “KnuckleMania 3” bareknuckle event on Fri., Feb. 17, 2023 at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Trout is currently sitting at -1000 (1/10) against +600 (6/1)...

Twelve years after his championship run on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), Tony Ferguson may be returning to the TUF house. The tweet above from Ferguson is, per usual, garbled in “El Cucuy” speech, but fortunately, years of experience reading Tony Ferguson tweets has granted me a certain fluency in deciphering his code.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White revealed two massive upcoming fights at UFC 287 during a “special announcement” on Friday night (watch HERE). The biggest news to come from White’s impromptu video segment is a rematch between reigning UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira and former champion Israel Adesanya. Remember, the two met back at UFC 281 this past November which saw Pereira score a late TKO finish after a dominating performance by “Last Stylebender.” Of course, the two also share a storied history dating back to their professional kickboxing days.

After pressure from Reigns to attack Owens, Zayn instead attacked Reigns, leading the rest of The Bloodline to attack Zayn.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White gave reigning featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski permission to do “whatever he wants” after racking up a flawless record at 145 pounds, so “The Great” will jump up to the lightweight division and challenge Islam Makhachev for the 155-pound strap in the UFC 284 main event.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently signed Bella Mir, daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and current University of Iowa freshman wrestler, as the brand’s first NIL ambassador. “Bella was destined to become a member of the UFC family her entire life, and I’m proud that she’s making...

Alexander Volkanovski has felt underestimated against Islam Makhachev since their fight was made official. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight champion’s shot at dual-division titleholder status has nearly arrived. At UFC 284 on Feb. 11, 2023, in Perth, Australia, Volkanovki collides with dominant Samboist and newly-minted Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev.

It’s time to finally decide the next top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight contender. James Lynch reported before later confirmed by ESPN Deportes today (Thurs., Jan. 26, 2023) that a pivotal 135-pound rematch between Raquel Pennington (15-9) and Irene Aldana (14-6) is targeted to headline UFC San Antonio on March 25, 2023.

Jamahal Hill believes Anthony Smith deserves another shot at the undisputed UFC light heavyweight title even if he has to defend it against “Lionheart” himself. Fresh off a unanimous decision win over Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 to claim the vacant 205-pound strap Hill is trying to determine who he will defend his title against first. The most logical choice would be a showdown with former division champion Jiri Prochazka, who relinquished his title prior to UFC 282 due to a serious shoulder injury.

Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova have extended their Grand Slam winning streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara to win the Australian Open women's doubles title

Slap fighting has become one of the most controversial talking points in combat sports today, but competitors within the sport understand the dangerous involved and seem willing to flirt with disaster. Just ask fighter Jewell Scott, who is currently competing as a member of Dana White’s Power Slap league. Scott...

Randy Couture and Francis Ngannou now have more in common than just being former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champions. Ngannou’s stance and belief in having certain contractual freedoms ultimately led to his departure from the promotion earlier this year. It wasn’t the first time the owner of the “World’s Baddest Man” label has done so, however.

Paddy Pimblett loves to eat. Unfortunately his “eating disorder” got the best of him ahead of his decision win over Julian Erosa at Cage Warriors “Unplugged” back in late 2016, leading “The Baddy” to pop a couple of chocolates and chase it with hot cocoa before throwing hands inside the cage.