While Dustin Poirier (30-8) is one of Mike Brown’s best fighters at American Top Team, “The Diamond” also gives his coach a lot of stress. Poirier is scheduled to challenge Islam Makhachev (25-1) for lightweight gold in the main event at UFC 302 on June 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
While coach Eric Nicksick agrees that Sean Strickland could benefit from some sophistication, he doesn’t want his fighter to turn soft. Strickland (28-6) is scheduled to take on Paulo Costa (14-3) in a five-round co-headliner at UFC 302 on June 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Benoit St. Denis believes Islam Makhachev has more tools at his disposal than Dustin Poirier to get his hands raised at UFC 302. Makhachev is slated to defend his lightweight strap against Poirier in the main event at UFC 302 on June 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Islam Makhachev has confirmed that Khabib Nurmagomedov will be in his corner for his upcoming title fight. Makhachev (25-1) will defend his lightweight title against Dustin Poirier (30-8) in the UFC 302 main event on June 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has put together a beast of a main card for its return to Abu Dhabi this fall. On Wednesday, the organization announced the full five-fight slate for the main card of UFC on ABC 7.
Islam Makhachev had to go through all kinds of trials and tribulations to become the Ultimate Fighting Championship's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Makhachev (25-1) hails from Makhachkala, Dagestan, a region where the most common dream for kids now is to become a UFC champion.
The UFC returns to Newark, NJ this Saturday night for UFC 302, and MMA KO’s Drew Beaupré is here to provide predictions for all 7 fights from the preliminary and early preliminary portions of the card.
UFC 302 will serve as a full circle moment for Dustin Poirier, win or lose. The 35 year-old UFC showstopper gets his third opportunity at gold this weekend when he takes on UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev this weekend from Newark, New Jersey where Poirier hopes to finally hear the words, “And New” for the first time in his career.
Douglas Lima won’t be joining his former foe Gegard Mousasi in free agency. The PFL’s acquisition of Bellator MMA hasn’t gone without some problems. The PFL purchased their rival promotion last year and are currently handling around 200 fighter contracts, plotting their next move.
UFC veteran Nick Diaz will be making his return for the first time in nearly three years when he fights Vicente Luque at UFC Abu Dhabi on August 3, but he…
Dustin Poirier knows a few things about Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler having beaten both UFC stars. While Poirier goes for the lightweight title against Islam Makhachev Saturday at UFC 302, McGregor and Chandler square off at 170 pounds in the main event of UFC 303.
UFC Abu Dhabi is shaping up quite nicely. The upcoming UFC Fight Night event is going down on Aug. 3 with Cory Sandhagen defending his top spot in the rankings against the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov in the headliner.
2024 has been a massive year for Dana White and the UFC. They had a milestone PPV with UFC 300 that featured headlining bouts up and down the card. Several of the undercard fights and preliminary bouts could have been main events for other cards.
The Diaz Army can rejoice as their boy Nick Diaz is finally back inside the Octagon on August 3rd when he takes on “The Silent Assassin” Vicente Luque in a 5-round co-main event in Abu Dhabi, Dana White announces.
Dana White announced the loaded event set for Aug. 3 on Wednesday
Kamaru Usman is one of the best UFC fighters ever. In fact, Dana White just called him the greatest welterweight fighter of all time. At UFC 294, he fought as a middleweight in one of the biggest fights of the year against Khamzat Chimaev.
Khabib Nurmagomedov will be in Islam Makhachev’s corner for his UFC Lightweight Title defence against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302. The clash takes place on June 1 as Makhachev makes the third defense of his title.
Alexander Volkanovki is now on a losing streak but was once the pound-for-pound king in the UFC. Before his loss against Ilia Topuria at UFC 299, Volkanovski had a thirteen-fight winning streak at featherweight.
Action Network's Bryan Fonseca breaks down Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Saturday's UFC 302 main-card opener on ESPN+ PPV.
Ronda Rousey rubbed many people the wrong way in the world of MMA, but Matt Brown believes there’s an easy fix to get her back to where she needs to be.
Nick Diaz will always remain a legend in the eyes of most MMA fans. During his prime, Diaz fought a lot of tough opponents and is a true veteran of the sport.
Sawyer Depee has served as a gatekeeper to the Bare Knuckle Fight Championships cruiserweight division. The last challenger who wanted to enter the division, Jonathan Miller, crashed viciously to the canvas at the end of the first round while attempting to break through in the rankings.
There has been a lot of turbulence lately between the PFL and some of the old guard from Bellator. As we all know, late last year, the Professional Fighters League purchased Bellator and rolled out a new Champions Series for the promotion which has already had it’s first few shows this year.
Expect Elle Brooke vs. Paige VanZant to be ran back ASAP. The femme fatale would headline Misfits Boxing 15 last weekend in Houston, Texas and it did not disappoint.
The Professional Fighters League knew there would be some hiccups when it purchased Bellator. Integrating an entire roster was going to be a process that took a few years to work itself out.
It’s safe to assume there’s no one in UFC that Conor McGregor (22-6) is afraid to talk smack about.
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