Conor McGregor wanted one major thing when he sat down with the media after his second world title win, and almost a decade later he is giving it to his fighters.
Conor McGregor has continued his campaign for a fight at the White House by all but confirming it will be the host venue for his massive comeback. It’s officially been over four years since his last octagon outing, where he suffered a gruesome broken leg in his trilogy with Dustin Poirier.
Jon Jones is facing more legal troubles with the news that there is further fallout from his initial charges relating to a car accident in February. According to reports, Jones was charged following a car accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dana White is planning to put on the greatest UFC show ever at the White House next year, and could call upon two of his biggest stars to make it happen.
Jon Jones has explained that he doesn’t care who he fights, as long as he gets to make his UFC comeback at the White House. Legendary two-weight world champion Jones sensationally retired last month, allowing Tom Aspinall to take the undisputed heavyweight title from him without the pair ever facing off.
UFC Hall of Famer and MMA legend Randy Couture has been airlifted to a burn center in Kansas City. Following a serious accident during a practice run at a race track.
Dana White chose between Conor McGregor and Jon Jones when asked about the UFC White House headliner. The UFC may have found a venue for around this time next year, as President Donald Trump has announced a special UFC event on The White House grounds.
Merab Dvalishvili is ready to return to the Octagon and defend his UFC bantamweight belt for a third time. Currently ranked as the UFC’s #3 pound-for-pound fighter, Dvalishvili is coming off a submission-win over former bantamweight king Sean O’Malley in a fight that headlined UFC 316 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
Derrick Lewis has had a rollercoaster of a UFC career over the last decade or so. But at one point, he nearly had the chance to fight the arguable UFC GOAT in Jon Jones.
Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway will share a bond ‘forever’ after their trilogy fight at UFC 318. Next weekend, on July 18th in New Orleans, the longest-standing trilogy in UFC history will come to a close.
The arrival of a UFC GOAT contender in his division was not enough to excite UFC Nashville headliner Derrick Lewis back in 2021. In the first quarter of that year, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic to reach the heavyweight throne and Lewis had his latest title shot, losing out to Ciryl Gane for the interim strap.
There are a lot of fun fights waiting for Max Holloway in the UFC lightweight division. The BMF champion shocked the world when he moved up from the featherweight division and knocked out Justin Gaethje to win the BMF title at UFC 300.
Plenty of fighters have held titles in two divisions, but none have made the kind of impact Conor McGregor has. Since then, Topuria has drawn several comparisons to Conor McGregor.
According to his manager, Kamaru Usman’s desire to fight for the UFC welterweight title next time out is in his hands. After Usman’s narrow defeat to Khamzat Chimaev in a short-notice middleweight clash, the former 170-pound king was absent from the Octagon for close to three years.
While the UFC waits to announce the first title defense for its newly promoted undisputed heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, one veteran KO artist is making his case known.
Dustin Poirier has been involved in some of the craziest wars in UFC history, and his UFC 211 meeting against Eddie Alvarez was no different. On July 19, Dustin Poirier will emotionally make his final walk to the Octagon when he takes on Max Holloway for the BMF title in the UFC 318 main event.
The UFC’s all-time knockout leader is in action this weekend at UFC Nashville, but there’s also a few other fighters that could bring fans to their feet with a highlight-reel finish.
A win over Tom Aspinall would have been a massive cherry on top for Jon Jones. The legendary two-division champion has had a better career than most, retiring with a record of 28-1 (1 NC), 16 of those being title fight wins.
Becoming a two-weight champion has been the goal of many great fighters, but it wasn’t a reality for one dominant champion. As the long-time manager of the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev, Ali Abdelaziz has been involved in some of the biggest fights of all time.
UFC star Dustin Poirier has had many memorable fights and two title shots since thoughts of retirement first crept into his head. Over 14 years after his debut in the UFC and 16 removed from his first professional fight, Poirier will enter the Octagon for the final time on July 19.
Veteran Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson faces off against surging Brazilian prospect Gabriel Bonfim in a welterweight bout between two fighters at the opposite end of their careers.
Veteran technician Calvin Kattar takes on surging knockout artist Steve Garcia in a featherweight bout on the undercard for the upcoming UFC Fight Night event.
Heading into UFC 317, Charles Oliveira was confident he would defeat Ilia Topuria and reclaim the UFC lightweight championship. However, just as Topuria predicted, he secured a stunning first-round knockout, finishing Oliveira in dominant and devastating fashion.
UFC legend Randy Couture has been hospitalized with serious injuries after crashing while practicing for his National Hot Rod Association racing debut this year.