Derrick Lewis overcame some serious adversity to have his hand raised in 2020. ‘The Black Beast’ will be among the top names kicking off the UFC’s $7.7 billion broadcast deal with Paramount on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Alongside Zhang Weili, Song Yadong has emerged as one of China’s biggest stars in the UFC. With his explosive fighting style and animated callouts, the Harbin native has also won over the American audience.
In the UFC, Paddy Pimblett has emerged as one of the fan-favorite stars who has disrupted the lightweight division. After a flashy debut at UFC Fight Night London back in 2021, the Liverpudlian’s stock only continued to rise.
Umar Nurmagomedov walked into the UFC and took the Bantamweight division by storm. The cousin of the legendary Khabib Nurmagomedov, Umar, built a strong early career with a wrestling and sambo base that fit the division’s mold perfectly.
The UFC 324 weigh-ins took place on Friday, as fighters on the card had to ensure they made the proper weight for their upcoming fight. However, a scary moment happened after bantamweight Cameron Smotherman fainted and collapsed on stage immediately after weighing in.
Dana White has built the UFC into a global powerhouse with a combination of brash promotion and a relentless drive to professionalize MMA. As the public
One of the big names that is back in action this Saturday has had high expectations hanging over him for a long time. Paddy Pimblett addressed Ilia Topuria when speaking at the UFC 324 press conference ahead of an interim title fight that will decide the undefeated champion’s next opponent.
Umar Nurmagomedov will hope to have avoided this mistake. The No. 2-ranked bantamweight will return to action at the very first UFC event of 2026 this Saturday, as he closes out the preliminary portion of the promotion’s Paramount debut.
The wait for UFC 324 is nearly over, and the MMA Knockout staff have made their picks for all five fights on the event’s main card. The main event will
UFC bantamweight Cameron Smotherman collapsed Friday after his weigh-in for Saturday's UFC 324 in Las Vegas. Smotherman, 28, successfully made weight at 135.5 pounds but fell to the floor after stepping off the scale.
UFC CEO Dana White has gone on a mini media tour to promote the promotion's new Paramount+ deal that begins Saturday night, among other topics. This includes the UFC's White House event, scheduled for Sunday, June 14, on the South Lawn.
Umar Nurmagomedov wasn’t entirely happy with how things played out at UFC 322. The bantamweight contender was in the front row when his teammate, Islam Makhachev, beat Jack Della Maddalena to become the welterweight champion at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November.
The highly anticipated bantamweight matchup between Sean O’Malley and Song Yadong is a fight that has everyone intrigued at UFC 324. O’Malley (18-3, 1 NC) enters the fight as one of the most recognisable figures in the division.
The first UFC event of 2026, UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett, is upon us after a six week void. The fight card is headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between former interim champion Justin Gaethje and No.
It's been six weeks since the last UFC event but the wait finally over. UFC 324, the first UFC event of 2026, takes place on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
There’s a special kind of joy that comes from landing a perfectly timed heel kick in the final seconds of a round. The controller vibrates, the crowd noise spikes, and somewhere on the other end of the screen, a digital opponent crumples in slow motion.
LAS VEGAS — Derrick Lewis has never needed external motivation, but if he did, the sportsbooks may have just provided it. Entering his heavyweight clash with Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC 324.
Former UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis isn’t running from what happened at UFC 319 he’s studying it. Du Plessis saw his 11-fight winning streak come to a halt in August when Khamzat Chimaev delivered a suffocating five-round performance to claim the middleweight title in Chicago.