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Oct 31, 2025

Top 5: Submissions from the 2025 PFL World Tournament Jake Hadley put away Matheus Mattos with a twister in the third round of their Professional Fighters League bantamweight quarterfinal on April...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 31, 2025

How to Watch UFC Vegas 110 ‘Garcia vs. Onama’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday will return to the old familiar haunts of the UFC Apex for the first time in nearly three months...

UFC

Oct 31, 2025

Top 5: Knockouts from the 2025 PFL World Tournament Fabian Edwards cemented himself as a potential Professional Fighters League cornerstone when he brought down Dalton Rosta and closed out their...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 30, 2025

Opinion: A Call for Calm in the Tom Aspinall-Ciryl Gane Storm The anticlimactic conclusion to the UFC 321 headliner could ultimately create more buzz about a potential rematch for the Ultimate Fighting...

UFC

Oct 30, 2025

Preview: UFC Vegas 110 ‘Garcia vs. Onama’ A pair of red-hot rising featherweights will look to take the next step towards title contention in the main event of UFC Vegas 110 on Saturday...

UFC

Oct 30, 2025

Top 5: PFL Coronations Dakota Ditcheva cast aside Taila Santos with a series of brutal second-round body blows when their Professional Fighters League women’s flyweight tournament final served as the...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 29, 2025

Top 5: Ante Delija Finishes The Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic protégé will lock horns with Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the UFC Vegas 110 co-main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex.

UFC

Oct 29, 2025

Preview: UFC Vegas 110 Prelims Light heavyweights anchor the seven-fight undercard of UFC Vegas 110 on Saturday at the Apex.

UFC

Oct 29, 2025

Top 5: Steve Garcia Knockouts The Jackson-Wink MMA mainstay will draw his first top-of-the-ticket assignment in the Ultimate Fighting Championship when he faces David Onama in the...

UFC

Oct 28, 2025

Top 5: Demetrious Johnson Finishes “Mighty Mouse” executed one of the most memorable submissions in Ultimate Fighting Championship history when he tamed Ray Borg with a fifth-round armbar in their...

UFC

Oct 27, 2025

Matches to Make After UFC 321 The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Abu Dhabi for a pay-per-view event featuring two title fights.

UFC

Tyler Treese

Oct 25, 2025

Pictures: UFC 321 UFC 321 featured two title fights.

UFC

Oct 25, 2025

Prime Picks: UFC 321 ‘Aspinall vs. Gane’ The undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title will be in play for the first time in well over two years on Saturday in the...

Fight Odds

Oct 24, 2025

Top 5: Alexander Volkov Knockouts The towering Russian made it impossible to ignore him in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight pecking order by taking out...

UFC

Oct 24, 2025

How to Watch UFC 321 ‘Aspinall vs. Gane’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship will dive back into the pay-per-view business for the second time in three weeks on Saturday in the United...

UFC

Oct 24, 2025

How to Watch Joseph Parker vs. Fabio Wardley The fates of the interim WBO and interim WBA championships will hang in the balance in the Queensberry Promotions headliner on Saturday in London.

Boxing

Oct 24, 2025

Top 5: Tom Aspinall Finishes The Team Kaobon star captured the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title when he wiped out Sergei Pavlovich in the first round of their...

UFC

Oct 23, 2025

Opinion: Tom Aspinall’s Road to Greatness Begins at UFC 321 All possibilities in terms of legacy are still in play for the Englishman ahead of his Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title defense...

UFC

Oct 23, 2025

Preview: UFC 321 ‘Aspinall vs. Gane’ Title bouts in the heavyweight and women’s strawweight divisions front the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest visit to the Middle East...

Fight Odds

Oct 23, 2025

Top 5: Mackenzie Dern Submissions The decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt continued to reassert herself as serious contender in the women’s strawweight division when she disposed of Amanda Ribas with an armbar in the third round of their...

Women’s MMA

Oct 23, 2025

Preview: UFC 321 Prelims Lightweights anchor the Ultimate Fighting Championship undercard on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, where Nasrat Haqparast collides with...

UFC

Oct 22, 2025

Top 5: Knockouts in UFC Welterweight Title Fights The controversial finish between Matt Hughes and Carlos Newton at UFC 34 still fosters debate well over a decade later.

UFC

Oct 22, 2025

Top 5: Knockouts in UFC Bantamweight Title Fights T.J. Dillashaw stopped Renan Barao in the fifth round of their UFC 173 main event on May 24, 2014, authoring one of the most memorable upsets in...

UFC

Oct 20, 2025

Bracketology: 2025 PFL Africa Tournament Finals With four different weight classes part of the Professional Fighters League Africa tournament, four championship fights were set on Saturday in...

Professional Fighters League

Mike Pendleton

Oct 19, 2025

Pictures: UFC Vancouver UFC Vancouver was topped by a potentital middleweight title eliminator match.

UFC

Oct 18, 2025

Top 5: Marlon Vera Finishes “Chito” will do battle with Tristar Gym standout Aiemann Zahabi in a UFC Vancouver bantamweight showcase on Saturday in British Columbia.

UFC

Oct 17, 2025

How to Watch UFC Vancouver ‘de Ridder vs. Allen’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday will return to the Great White North for the first time in more than five months when it plants...

UFC

Oct 17, 2025

How to Watch 2025 PFL Africa 3 The Professional Fighters League on Saturday will make its presence felt in Kigali, Rwanda, with tournament semifinals across multiple weight classes.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 17, 2025

Prime Picks: UFC Vancouver ‘de Ridder vs. Allen’ Contenders with eyes on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight throne will take leading roles in the company’s first show in...

Fight Odds

Oct 17, 2025

Top 5: Memorable UFC Fights in Vancouver Former World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder Carlos Condit stopped Rory MacDonald on a dramatic technical knockout in the third round of their UFC...

UFC

Oct 16, 2025

Opinion: Time for a Moratorium on UFC Events in Brazil The Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission’s woeful performance before and during UFC Fight Night 261 should give the Ultimate Fighting...

UFC

Oct 16, 2025

Preview: UFC Vancouver ‘de Ridder vs. Allen’ Reinier de Ridder will look to continue his torrid UFC run against short-notice foe Brendan Allen and place himself on the cusp of a middleweight title shot in the main event of...

UFC

Oct 16, 2025

Dan Hooker Fires Shots at Arman Tsarukyan: ‘He’s a Spoiled Little Rich Kid’ Dan Hooker isn’t holding back ahead of his upcoming fight against Arman Tsarukyan.

UFC

Sayan Nag

Oct 15, 2025

Top Reasons to Catch 2025 PFL Africa 3 Tournament semifinals in the featherweight, bantamweight, welterweight and heavyweight divisions on Saturday will spearhead the Professional...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 15, 2025

Top 5: Kevin Holland Knockouts “Trailblazer” will lock horns with Mike Malott in the UFC Vancouver co-headliner this Saturday in Canada.

UFC

Oct 15, 2025

PFL Africa Semifinalist Shido Boris Esperanca: Opponent’s Perfect Record ‘Means Nothing’ The welterweight semifinalist will look to pave his way to the PFL Africa championship fight at PFL Rwanda on Saturday.

Professional Fighters League

Christian Stein

Oct 15, 2025

Preview: UFC Vancouver Prelims Charles Jourdain will look to remain unbeaten at bantamweight and thrill a partisan crowd when he meets Davey Grant as part of the seven-fight undercard of...

UFC

Oct 15, 2025

Pictures: DWCS 2025 Week 10 Dana White’s Contender Series reached the finish line Tuesday in Las Vegas with its final event of the year, DWCS 2025: Week 10.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 14, 2025

Top 5: Reinier de Ridder Submissions “The Dutch Knight” will confront Brendan Allen in the UFC Vancouver main event this Saturday in Canada.

UFC

Oct 14, 2025

How to Watch Dana White’s Contender Series 10 Dana White’s Contender Series will close out its latest season when 12 aspiring mixed martial artists compete for Ultimate Fighting...

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 14, 2025

Matches to Make After UFC Rio The UFC Rio main event saw former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira return to the Octagon against Mateusz Gamrot. The 12-fight card also...

UFC

Tyler Treese

Oct 11, 2025

Pictures: UFC Rio The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Brazil for UFC Rio.

UFC

Oct 11, 2025

Prime Picks: UFC Rio ‘Oliveira vs. Gamrot’ Ranked lightweights Charles Oliveira and Mateusz Gamrot will take the lead for the Ultimate Fighting Championship when the company touches down...

Fight Odds

Oct 10, 2025

By The Numbers: Dominick Cruz-Urijah Faber Trilogy The bantamweight greats squared off three times between March 24, 2007 and June 4, 2016, as they engaged in an oftentimes-heated rivalry that...

UFC

Oct 10, 2025

Top 5: UFC Main Events in Rio de Janeiro The second chapter of the Jose Aldo-Chad Mendes featherweight rivalry stole the show at UFC 179 in October 2014.

UFC

Oct 10, 2025

How to Watch UFC Rio ‘Oliveira vs. Gamrot’ Top 10 lightweights Charles Oliveira and Mateusz Gamrot will carry the freight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday in Brazil.

UFC

Oct 10, 2025

How to Watch Jaron Ennis vs. Uisma Lima The interim WBA super middleweight championship will be on the line in the Matchroom Boxing main event on Saturday in Philadelphia.

Boxing

Oct 10, 2025

Top 5: Vicente Luque Knockouts “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 21 graduate will confront Joel Alvarez in a three-round welterweight showcase at UFC Rio on Saturday in Brazil.

UFC

Oct 09, 2025

Opinion: Charles Oliveira and the Benefit of Scratching the UFC’s Back The Brazilian opted to take the route that maintains good standing with fans and his bosses by accepting a short-notice replacement opponent at UFC...

UFC

Oct 09, 2025

Preview: UFC Rio ‘Oliveira vs. Gamrot’ A last-moment, but extremely compelling lightweight contenders’ matchup headlines the six-fight main card of UFC Fight Night 261 on Saturday...

UFC

Oct 09, 2025

Opinion: PFL Sees New CEO John Martin as the Right Man at the Right Time The Professional Fighters League’s top executive served as chairman and chief executive officer of Turner LLC from 2014 to 2018, when he...

Professional Fighters League

Mike Pendleton

Oct 08, 2025

5 Things You Might Not Know About Corey Anderson Corey Anderson boosted an already impressive resume when he laid claim to the inaugural Professional Fighters League light heavyweight title at PFL...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 08, 2025

Preview: UFC Rio Prelims An array of up-and-coming flyweights—and the debut of Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Beatriz Mesquita—anchor the seven-fight undercard of UFC Fight...

UFC

Oct 08, 2025

Top 5: Deiveson Figueiredo Finishes The two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder will collide with Montel Jackson in the UFC Rio co-main event on Saturday in Brazil.

UFC

Oct 08, 2025

Pictures: DWCS 2025 Week 9 The Ultimate Fighting Championship is hiring and job seekers took to the cage for DWCS 2025: Week 9.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 07, 2025

Top 5: Charles Oliveira Submissions The former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder will face Matuesz Gamrot in the UFC Rio headliner on Saturday in Brazil.

UFC

Oct 07, 2025

How to Watch Dana White’s Contender Series 9 Ten hopefuls, five of them undefeated, will vie for Ultimate Fighting Championship contracts on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Dana White’s Contender Series

Oct 07, 2025

Top 5: UFC Women’s Strawweight Title Fights of All-Time Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk push the limits of what most thought was possible in the UFC 248 co-main event in March 2020.

UFC

Oct 06, 2025

Matches to Make After UFC 320 The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Las Vegas for its latest pay-per-view, which featured title fights in the light heavyweight and...

UFC

Tyler Treese

Oct 05, 2025

Pictures: UFC 320 Tow title fights graced the UFC 320 marquee in Las Vegas.

UFC

Oct 04, 2025

Matches to Make After PFL Champions Series The anticipated rematch between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes finally went down at PFL Champions Series in Dubai on Friday, with the...

Professional Fighters League

Mike Pendleton

Oct 03, 2025

Pictures: PFL Champions Series 3 PFL Champions Series 3 “Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes 2” was headlined by a lightweight title fight rematch.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 03, 2025

Prime Picks: UFC 320 ‘Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday shifts its focus back to pay-per-view for the first time in almost two months, and it will do so...

Fight Odds

Oct 03, 2025

How to Watch UFC 320 ‘Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2’ The Ultimate Fighting Championship will get back to business with title bouts in the light heavyweight and bantamweight divisions on Saturday in...

UFC

Oct 03, 2025

By The Numbers: Corey Anderson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov The rivals will rematch one another in the PFL Champions Series 3 co-headliner, with the Professional Fighters League light heavyweight title on...

Professional Fighters League

Oct 02, 2025

Opinion: Magomed Ankalaev Enters UFC 320 with More to Lose Given how the Ultimate Fighting Championship has handled him, the Russian needs to retain his title against Alex Pereira to ensure his long-term...

UFC

Oct 02, 2025

Preview: UFC 320 ‘Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2’ Two title bouts will headline the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to pay-per-view this Saturday in Las Vegas.

UFC

Oct 02, 2025

Rivalries: Youssef Zalal “The Moroccan Devil” will attempt to climb another rung on the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight ladder when he tackles Josh Emmett in a featured...

UFC

Oct 02, 2025

How to Watch PFL Champions Series 3 The Professional Fighters League on Friday will up its promotional game with a pair of title bouts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Professional Fighters League

Oct 02, 2025

Preview: UFC 320 Prelims The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to pay-per-view with a surprising amount of depth on the undercard.

UFC

Oct 01, 2025

By The Numbers: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen The fate of the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight crown will hang in the balance in the UFC 320 co-headliner this Saturday in Las Vegas.

UFC