During UFC: Moreno vs. Erceg, news broke that Geoff Neal was injured and could not compete against Carlos Prates at UFC 314, the card losing an exciting matchup.
We already saw Joe Pyfer’s bout with...
Tom Aspinall will officially become the longest-reigning interim champion in UFC history April 29, passing Renan Barao’s record of 534 days. The end to Aspinall’s streak is nowhere in sight.
It’s not often that the UFC alerts its fans of an impending announcement. So when they took to social media to announce that president and CEO Dana White had big news on Wednesday night, over 40,000 people tuned in to the boss’s Instagram Live, where he detailed a series of landscape-altering matchups alongside other news.
In New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 to retain the heavyweight belt and become just the fourth fighter in UFC history to defend a belt in two weight classes.
Ilia Topuria’s recent win at UFC 308 didn’t move him in the UFC’s rankings, which makes me wonder what changes I’d make if I had that kind of power. Often determining matchups and used to debate legacies, the UFC rankings are always in the spotlight. I’ve ranked every champion in the UFC below, plus some non-champs I might add if I were to rank 15 fighters as the UFC does.
This past Saturday, one of the best heavyweights in the world just barely eked out a split-decision victory over a debutant. Tyson Fury — the World Boxing Championship heavyweight champion — had to go the distance against Francis Ngannou, a man boxing professionally for the first time in his life.
In the first installment of The Red Corner, Charles Moore recaps Kamaru Usman's dominant win over former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258. He also previews UFC Fight Night: Blaydes Lewis, and discusses each fighter's path to victory.
