UFC News

Chris Taylor - October 17, 2020

Tonight’s UFC Fight Island 6 event was co-headlined by a key women’s flyweight bout between Katlyn Chookagian and Jessica Andrade. After losing her title to Weili Zhang and then suffering a decision defeat to Rose Namajunas, former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (20-8 MMA) decided to make the jump to flyweight.

Chris Taylor - October 17, 2020

Tonight’s UFC Fight Island 6 event is co-headlined by a key women’s flyweight bout featuring Katlyn Chookagian taking on former strawweight champ Jessica Andrade. After losing her title to Weili Zhang and then suffering a decision defeat to Rose Namajunas, Jessica Andrade (20-8 MMA) has decided her future lies at 125lbs.

Chris Taylor - October 17, 2020

Tonight’s UFC Fight Island 6 event features an intriguing light heavyweight battle between highly touted prospects Jimmy Crute and Modestas Bukauskas. Crute (11-1 MMA) was most recently seen in action at February’s UFC event in Auckland, where he scored a submission victory over Michał Oleksiejczuk. Prior to that, ‘The Brute‘ was coming off the first loss of his career against Canadian standout Misha Cirkunov.

Adam Martin - October 17, 2020

UFC president Dana White outlined the potential options for Israel Adesanya, noting the UFC middleweight champion has “got a lot of options.” Adesanya is undefeated with a 20-0 record and coming off of a brilliant TKO performance over Paulo Costa at UFC 253, his star power has never been higher. With the UFC having a fully-blown superstar here in Adesanya, he looks poised to be booked for a big fight his next time out. Whether it’s fighting at middleweight to defend his belt again or moving up to light heavyweight for superfights, Adesanya has plenty of options out there right now.

Chris Taylor - October 16, 2020

The Octagon remains on Yas Island for tonight’s UFC Fight Island 6 event, an 11-bout fight card headlined by The Korean Zombie vs. Brian Ortega. The highly anticipated featherweight main event has high stakes as UFC President Dana White recently announced that the winner of tonight’s Zombie vs. Ortega fight will receive the next shot at current featherweight champ Alex Volkanovski.

Cole Shelton - October 16, 2020

Neil Magny has been vocal about his desire to fight Khamzat Chimaev, yet the fight has yet to be booked. Ever since Chimaev scored a one-punch KO over Gerald Meerschaert, many wondered what would be next for the Swede. Many fans called for him to fight a top-five opponent and Stephen Thompson’s name got brought up. However, “Wonderboy” said he wasn’t interested and Magny and Chimaev then verbally agreed to the fight on social media.

Cole Shelton - October 16, 2020

Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier might have their rematch at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. For years now, the UFC has wanted to hold an event at the world-famous stadium, and according to Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, he is very open to the idea of having the McGregor-Poirier fight there.

Cole Shelton - October 16, 2020

Jan Blachowicz is open to the idea of fighting Israel Adesanya. After Adesanya beat Paulo Costa at UFC 253 and Jan Blachowicz claimed the vacant light heavyweight in the co-main event, many thought a superfight between them made sense. It would no doubt be a massive fight and if Adesanya could beat Blachowicz is only further the talks for the Jon Jones fight.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2020

Paul Heyman, a fixture of the pro wrestling world, claims former two-division UFC champ Daniel Cormier was rejected by WWE brass. It’s no secret that Cormier is a big WWE fan, and after he retired from MMA in August, there was some speculation that he might do some work for the pro wrestling organization—particularly after he revealed he was in talks with them in 2018.

Adam Martin - October 16, 2020

UFC president Dana White confirmed that The Ultimate Fighter will commence filming in November, but he says there are no coaches yet. White has been teasing a TUF comeback for several months now. The UFC’s infamous reality show from 2005 to 2018, TUF has been kicked to the can for two years now and on the back burner following the UFC leaving FOX for ESPN. Now that the UFC is fully entrenched on ESPN and ESPN+, White has said for a while now that the promotion would be bringing the show back. Now we have a better idea of when TUF is returning.

Adam Martin - October 16, 2020

UFC president Dana White confirmed the UFC is working on a key heavyweight bout between Junior Dos Santos and Ciryl Gane. Gane was originally set to take on UFC newcomer Ante Delija at this Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 6 card, but Delija withdrew from the contest due to contractual issues, leaving Gane without an opponent. Now the UFC is targeting a bigger fight for Gane as White says the UFC is hoping to match him up against JDS. No date for the bout was revealed for the bout, which pits two of the UFC’s top-15 heavyweights against one another.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2020

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has shared a private message that he sent Paulo Costa after their fight. Adesanya took on Costa in the main event of UFC 253 in September. He won the fight via second-round knockout, handing the title Brazilian challenger his first professional loss.

Adam Martin - October 16, 2020

UFC women’s flyweight contender Cynthia Calvillo released a statement announcing she is out of UFC 254 after testing positive for COVID-19. Calvillo was set to take on Lauren Muphy in a potential No. 1 contender fight at 125lbs at next weekend’s UFC 254 pay-per-view card. However, she was forced to withdraw from the contest after testing positive for COVID-19. The former strawweight prospect made the announcement that she is out of the flyweight fight against Murphy on her Instagram.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2020

UFC President Dana White says he’s considering booking a fight between Khamzat Chimaev and former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman. White updated on the next move for Chimaev ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 6 card.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2020

Brian Ortega will look a little different when he steps into the cage with “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung on Saturday night. Ortega and the Korean Zombie will clash in the main event of UFC Fight Island 6 on the promotion’s “Fight Island” this Saturday night. Ahead of the matchup, Ortega has made a pretty significant change to his look.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2020

On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the compelling UFC Fight Island 6 from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The card will be headlined by a clash of top-5 featherweight contenders, as former title challengers Brian Ortega and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung collide in hopes of earning a crack at the division’s current champ, Alexander Volkanovski.

Adam Martin - October 15, 2020

UFC superstar Conor McGregor has released an image of the poster for his upcoming, highly-anticipated rematch against Dustin Poirier. McGregor and Poirier have been connected to a second fight for a few months now, and it seems like we are getting closer to having the fight officially announced by the UFC. This week, UFC president Dana White confirmed he had offered McGregor the fight against Poirier, and “Notorious” later confirmed he had accepted the UFC’s offer of a fight against “The Diamond” in January. It looks like it’s just a matter of time until the fight is official.

Adam Martin - October 15, 2020

UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith will look to end his two-fight losing skid when he takes on Devin Clark in a key fight this November. News of the Smith vs. Clark fight was first reported by MMAjunkie.com, who noted that the two will fight at a UFC event scheduled to take place on November 28 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. That event is targeted to be headlined by an important, five-round heavyweight fight between top title contenders Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis.