The UFC are usually fairly spot on with the fights that they make. More often than not, we get the fights that people want to see, that make sense and also that have fans excited.
This past Saturday in the co-main event of UFC St. Louis, hometown welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley (19-6) took on the dangerous Nursulton Ruziboev (34-9-2) who was moving down from middleweight.
Seasoned middleweights Brad Tavares and Jun Yong Park are slated to trade leather in July. Tavares (20-9) and Park (17-6) will meet at UFC Fight Night on July 20 at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas.
Colby Covington is frequently shifting focus when it comes to deciding his next potential opponent. Covington is seemingly not interested in a fight against welterweight up-and-comer Ian Garry, who has been calling “Chaos” out for a considerable amount of time now.
Tracy Cortez will meet Miranda Maverick in a flyweight bout at a UFC Fight Night event in July. Cortez (11-1) and Maverick (13-5) will trade leather on a UFC Fight Night card scheduled for July 20 at the promotion’s Apex in Las Vegas.
It’s already official that the UFC will be heading back to Manchester, England for a stacked UFC 304 PPV event at the new Co-Op Live venue. However, there have been rumblings about who will main event this PPV fight card.
UFC Denver is getting a big time women’s flyweight matchup for it’s main event. Ariel Helwani first reported yesterday on The MMA Hour that former strawweight champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas (12-6) will be taking on top contender Maycee Barber (14-2) in a five-round main event.
Daniel Cormier didn’t appreciate Joaquin Buckley badmouthing Conor McGregor‘s mother. Buckley made headlines after his spectacular win at UFC St. Louis.
Rampage Jackson and Jon Jones had an interesting rivalry in the past. The UFC legend has accused Jones of many things. However, he had some advice for Stipe Miocic who will potentially face Jon Jones later this year.
A women’s flyweight bout with No. 1 contender implications has been targeted to headline an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on July 13. Former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is expected to face Maycee Barber in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in Denver.
Khabib Nurmagomedov might be in hot water over unpaid taxes. According to several reports, the Russian Federal Tax Service has the spotlight on the former UFC lightweight champion after uncovering discrepancies in several of his businesses.
Dustin Poirier doesn’t miss the opportunity to jump a guillotine, something coach Mike Brown knows all too well. Poirier is infamous for attempting the guillotine choke, even though it lands him in a compromised bottom position more often than not.
Sharabutdin Magomedov blames Michel Pereira for disrupting his upcoming fight. Magomedov was originally scheduled to fight Ihor Potieria at UFC Saudi Arabia on June 22.
Bryce Mitchell and Sean Woodson are seemingly on a collision course to meet in the Octagon. Woodson recently put on a striking masterclass to earn a unanimous decision win over featherweight veteran Alex Caceres at UFC on ESPN 56.
The UFC Apex has been a staple of the Las Vegas-based promotion’s calendar since the COVID-19 pandemic. While those events were born out of necessity early on, the Apex shows haven’t gone anywhere even with pandemic restrictions being lifted in recent years.
Ben Askren has hit out at Jon Jones after the UFC Heavyweight Champion hinted at a fight with Alex Pereira over Tom Aspinall. Jones has not been in the Octagon since beating Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 last year.
With Vince McMahon no longer having any say in WWE, Dana White sees UFC fighters woking inside a wrestling ring. For decades, WWE and UFC were seen as enemies.
Derrick Lewis stopped Rodrigo Nascimento 49 seconds into the third round of their UFC Fight Night heavyweight match in St. Louis on Saturday night. Lewis' 15th knockout came in the main event, adding to his all-time KO lead in the heavyweight division.
Tomorrow night in the main event of UFC St. Louis, the promotion’s all time knockout king makes his return. “The Black Beast” Derrick Lewis (27-12) is back at it as he looks to snap out of his recent funk when he takes on fifteenth ranked Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1, 1 NC).
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