Ilia Topuria and Jean Silva may no longer be in the same weight class (here’s why), but that isn’t stopping them from going back-and-forth through the media. Silva kicked things off by laying out a laundry list of alleged holes in Topuria’s game before offering to help Charles Oliveira prepare for his career-defining fight against … Read more
Islam Makhachev is signing up for a superfight. Just not the one many were expecting. UFC CEO Dana White announced Tuesday that the lightweight champion is vacating his belt to jump up to the 170-pound division to face newly crowned welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. The move was rumored for months, with Makhachev wanting to … Read more
Ilia Topuria is taking shots at Islam Makhachev. Both Topuria and Makhachev were focal points in Dana White’s big announcement earlier this week, revealing Makhachev is vacating the lightweight belt to challenge new welterweight titleholder Jack Della Maddalena later this year. Topuria faces former champ Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight championship in the main … Read more
Islam Makhachev is vacating his title to make a move to welterweight to face new champion Jack Della Maddalena, which also results in Ilia Topuria taking on Charles Oliveira with the vacant lightweight belt on the line at UFC 317. In the wake of UFC CEO Dana White announcing those fights and so much more … Read more
Alexander Volkanovski is UFC featherweight champion again, but the massive achievement was far from easy. “The Great” went five rounds with Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 this past Saturday and though Volkanovski went on to win a convincing decision, he had to survive a knockdown scare in the second round and … Read more
As always, the MMA news cycle never stops. This past weekend, UFC Seattle went down with Song Yadong picking up a technical decision win over Henry Cejudo after a somewhat controversial and incredibly weird ending involving an eye poke. But just as we were putting the finishing touches on this mailbag, news broke that next … Read more
Dan Hooker is out of his fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 313, dealing the March 8 card a heavy blow, and fans have had a variety of reactions to the disappointing news. The lightweight contest was expected to steal the show next Saturday and possibly be a leading candidate for Fight of the Year … Read more
Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes aren’t thinking too much about Ilia Topuria now. Wednesday night, the MMA world was shocked by the news that featherweight champion Ilia Topuria was vacating his title, and former champion Alexander Volkanovski and rising contender Diego Lopes are set to fight for the belt at UFC 314 in April in … Read more
UFC CEO Dana White announced that Ilia Topuria is vacating the UFC featherweight title, and a new champ is going to be crowned in April at UFC 314 — and that was just the beginning of the news White dropped Wednesday night on the MMA world. Following White revealing that Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes … Read more
There will be a new featherweight champion crowned at the UFC’s return to Miami. UFC CEO Dana White announced Wednesday night that Ilia Topuria has vacated his title, and former champ Alexander Volkanovski will face surging contender Diego Lopes for the belt in the main event of UFC 314 on April 12 at Kaseya Center. … Read more