Ilia Topuria told fans last year that he’d be putting his career on hold for the time being. The UFC lightweight champion wants to deal with some personal issues outside of the sport before focusing on his next challenge.
UFC CEO Dana White took a 10-day vacation over Christmas and is now staring down the barrel of answering some tough questions as the promotion's schedule kicks off next Saturday with UFC 324.
Paddy Pimblett has advised Dan Hooker not to show up at UFC 324 next weekend. ‘The Baddy’ is set to take on Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title in Las Vegas on January 24.
Cris Cyborg thinks she knows what is to blame for Kayla Harrison’s significant injury. UFC 324 will be going ahead without an undisputed divisional title after Harrison withdrew from her fight against Amanda Nunes.
When the UFC’s new deal with Paramount and CBS kicks in, the viewing experience isn’t expected to change much for fans. The $7.7 billion agreement, signed last year, ties the two together for the next seven years.
The Olympic gold medalist who was endorsed by Khabib Nurmagomedov has signed with the soaring wrestling promotion. Over the last few years, it has become commonplace for wrestlers to transition to the sport of MMA in search of more success and money.
Kayla Harrison’s injury has caused a shakeup to the UFC 324 lineup. The UFC’s debut event on Paramount+ took a major blow just 10 days out after it was confirmed that the co-main event title fight will not be going ahead.
Not a lot will change when the UFC begins its partnership with Paramount/CBS. MMA’s premier promotion signed a $7.7 billion seven-year deal with the broadcaster last year.
Paramount and UFC today announced that versatile CBS Sports broadcaster Kate Scott will join UFC’s broadcast team for UFC 324, the promotion’s historic first event on Paramount+ on Saturday, January 24.
One of the most anticipated fights in women’s MMA history is reportedly off. The UFC 324 co-main event between women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison and former two-division champion Amanda Nunes has been scrapped due to injury, according to a report from The Eagle Tribune.
Justin Gaethje is looking to get onto the White House card, but not in the match-up that many might expect. The American feels he has earned a shot at the lightweight belt and has chosen to hold out for that opportunity rather than take another fight in the meantime.
There is no top-five contender involved in the UFC 326 co-main event. After two back-to-back numbered cards on January 24 and January 31, the UFC’s third major event of 2026 will see the Octagon return to Las Vegas.
Darren Till was last seen in action, brutally stopping Luke Rockhold on August 30, 2025. The Liverpudlian certainly made his mark in MMA before moving to boxing.
With Kayla Harrison forced out of UFC 324 due to a neck injury, Dana White and the matchmakers are now staring at an expensive, high-stakes dilemma involving one of the biggest names the sport has ever produced: Amanda Nunes.
Max Holloway will face Charles Oliveira in a rematch 10-plus years in the making when the two face off in the main event scheduled for UFC 326 on March 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and shown on Paramount+.
The first UFC card of 2026 and the promotion’s new Paramount era has reportedly taken a seismic hit just over a week out from the event. On break since
Former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on March 28 when he takes on surging contender Joe Pyfer in the main event of UFC Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
Nick Diaz has officially returned to the gym after a series of health scares and a year-long sobriety milestone, sparking hope for a potential 2026 comeback.