Justin Gaethje has officially carved his path to a title shot against Ilia Topuria with his emphatic win over Paddy Pimblett. The pair collided at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night at UFC 324, kicking off the Paramount era.
Dustin Poirier has announced plans to come out of retirement less than a year after hanging up his gloves, and it looks like a familiar face could be waiting for him on the other side of the Octagon.
“You live, and you learn. I’m 31. I’ll be back better, simple as that. You haven’t seen the last of me.” That’s something Paddy Pimblett said during his UFC 324 octagon interview.
Ahead of his return to the Octagon at UFC 325, Dan Hooker has dropped a damning criticism of ‘this god-awful sport’. This past Saturday, the premier MMA promotion returned from their long hiatus over the festive period with UFC 324, the first event of the new year and the inaugural event since moving to Paramount.
Israel Adesanya believes the impact of Paddy Pimblett vs. Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 goes far beyond the octagon, comparing it to a legendary fight that once changed the entire trajectory of the UFC.
Veteran referee John McCarthy has weighed in on the strangest moment from UFC 324. Jean Silva and Arnold Allen put on one of the best fights at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Dustin Poirier has hinted that he could be lured back to the Octagon for a tie-breaker against Justin Gaethje, following the latter’s interim title win
UFC 325 features a featherweight title rematch between the champ Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes on January 31, as we preview this fight. Volkanovski reclaimed the vacant belt with a win over Lopes in their first meeting last year at UFC 314.
UFC 324 was meant to be Umar Nurmagomedov‘s statement night. Instead, it became one of those fights where the result stated “dominant,” but the vibe in the building said something quite different.
Tom Aspinall is shocked to say the least. Why? Well, because of what Dana White had to say about his eye injury. This comes after Saturday night’s UFC 324, which kicked off the UFC-Paramount era with a blockbuster interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.
In case there was any doubt, there’s still no love lost between Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett. The reigning UFC lightweight champion wasted little time
UFC CEO Dana White may still have control over the production of events, but there are some aspects of the new Paramount+ era he has to try and find a happy-medium about.
A lightweight bout at UFC 324 on Saturday at Las Vegas was canceled because of irregular betting activity, CEO Dana White confirmed. Alexander Hernandez was scheduled to fight Michael Johnson but the bout was pulled before the UFC 324 card began.
Team Khabib Nurmagomedov’s head coach, Javier Mendez, positioned Usman Nurmagomedov as the heir to Khabib’s greatest-of-all-time status. He’s projecting that future for Usman and telling him directly, with Khabib reinforcing the same message.
Top ranked lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan found himself on the outside looking in after he was forced to pull out of the UFC 311 main event title bout with Islam Makhachev the day before the event.
LAS VEGAS — Waldo Cortes-Acosta didn’t just beat Derrick Lewis he neutralized him. On the main card of UFC 324 at T-Mobile Arena, Cortes-Acosta (17-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) delivered a composed and clinical stoppage of former heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis, finishing the bout at 3:14 of Round 2.
An enormous fight in the bantamweight division served as Saturday's UFC 324 co-main event. Former champion Sean O'Malley took on No. 5 ranked Song Yadong
In the first fight of the main card for UFC 324, fans got to see something exceptionally unusual. It came right at the very end of a three-round fight between Jean Silva and Arnold Allen.