The next chapter in Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley’s feud will go down at UFC 316. After unseating the American from the bantamweight throne in 2024, Dvalishvili will now defend his title against O’Malley in a rematch.
Chael Sonnen believes he has the inside scoop on Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall. Talks for the heavyweight unification bout have been going on since last November.
It's that time during UFC event week where fighters and analysts begin making their fight predictions. UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 takes place on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Alexander Volkanovski is currently fielding offers for his first title defense. ‘The Great’ won back his featherweight belt by outpointing Diego Lopes at UFC 314 in April.
Alex Pereira is not guaranteed to fight Magomed Ankalaev in the rematch as we examine some alternatives. Pereira experienced a unanimous decision defeat in their clash, as he suffered his first loss at light heavyweight.
When former bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley lost the belt to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306, he entered the fight under less than ideal conditions. Following
June is here, and the UFC calendar is about to explode with energy—starting with the much-hyped UFC 316. This card is stacked, but all eyes are on the main event, where fan-favorite Sean O’Malley steps back into the Octagon, chasing redemption.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña shared a head-scratching take on Belal Muhammad’s UFC 315 defeat. Belal Muhammad‘s UFC welterweight title reign came to an abrupt end, at the hands of Jack Della Maddalena, last month at UFC 315 in Montreal.
Kayla Harrison has admitted that her multi-million dollar MMA career likely wouldn’t have been possible without Ronda Rousey’s influence. The legendary judoka was a two-time Olympic champion before making the switch to the cage, where she won two $1million PFL Championships.
It goes without saying, but sometimes it is easy to forget: a fighter is nothing without his team. And the partnership of Sean O’Malley and his coach, Tim Welch, is no exception.
UFC 316 star Kevin Holland stormed out of Media Day this afternoon after being asked about his bitter rivalry with Rampage Jackson. The pair are at loggerheads after a disastrous appearance from Holland on the former light-heavyweight champion’s Jaxxon podcast earlier this year.
UFC welterweight contenders Kevin Holland and Belal Muhammad got into a social media spat ahead of UFC 316. Kevin Holland is days away from his Octagon return at UFC 316 against Vicente Luque in an intriguing welterweight matchup.
Former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is on the cusp of regaining that title this weekend at UFC 316. But make no mistake, the fan-favorite has no plans to squander his money in the future like fighters before him.
Currently occupying the #1 spot in the pound-for-pound rankings, UFC fans would be forgiven for naming Islam Makhachev as their UFC GOAT or, at the very least, the greatest MMA fighter in the world right now.
Kayla Harrison will challenge for the women’s bantamweight championship at UFC 316 for the first time in her career. She seems to have been on a collision course with the elite in the world since her judo days; however, now, she has the chance to call herself ‘the best in the world’.
Just over a month out from his final fight at UFC 318, Dustin Poirier is savoring every aspect about his last walk to the Octagon. Plying his trade in the UFC since the promotion absorbed the WEC roster in 2011, Poirier is a former interim lightweight champion and challenged for the division’s undisputed title on three different occasions.
Merab Dvalishvili has been looking unbeatable in the past few years as he tears a path towards bantamweight greatness, but it wasn’t always this way. As recently as April of 2018, he was on a two-fight losing streak and faced the chop from the UFC before launching into one of the sport’s greatest runs.
Johan Ghazali promises to showcase a more complete striking game when he battles Diego Paez in flyweight Muay Thai action at ONE Fight Night 32. The opportunity for the teen happens on Friday, June 6, from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium.
UFC 316 headliner Sean O’Malley has been on a break from social media in recent months. However, his larger-than-life MMA personality’s paycheck doesn’t seem to be taking a hit.
The Global Fight League (GFL) was supposed to be the next big thing in MMA. The promotion was set to rival the UFC and even succeeded in signing big names like Tony Ferguson, Luke Rockhold, and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, among several other UFC legends.
In the co-main event of UFC 316, reigning women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena makes the first defence of her second title reign against a formidable new contender, the Olympic gold medalist and former PFL superstar Kayla Harrison.
As far as UFC artist series posters go, UFC 316's has been a miss with the fans. Designed by Ben Konkol and unveiled by the UFC on June 3, the UFC 316 artist poster has received a mixed reaction, mostly negative.
UFC 318 has caught a lot of flak for being a lackluster PPV, but reports of a featherweight addition lend some strength to the New Orleans event. Headlined by Dustin Poirier's retirement trilogy against Max Holloway, UFC 318 looks a little weak, with eleven fights announced thus far, and hardly any household names.
Highly touted flyweights Amir Albazi and Tatsuro Taira will be the main event for UFC Fight Night on Aug. 2 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Albazi, a 31-year-old Iraq native with a 17-2 MMA record, ranks No.
In an Instagram post Sunday, Maycee Barber commented on the last-minute cancellation of her UFC Fight Night main event against Erin Blanchfield due to a medical event.