MMA news
- Alice Pereira enters bantamweight rankings aged 20 as Brendan Allen climbs to fourthPereira's TKO win over Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Vegas 122 earns her a debut at number twelve, and MMA Mania says she is now the youngest woman ever to appear in the UFC's rankings.
- Kayla Harrison details neck fusion after five herniated discs threatened Nunes fightThe UFC champion said she could not lift her arm two weeks before she was due to face Amanda Nunes, and called the operation the most serious of four she has had in four years.
- Joaquin Buckley tells Mike Malott "Don't nobody know you" in UFC Edmonton A-side rowMalott said Buckley would never headline in Canada without him, as the pair prepare for Saturday's welterweight main event at Rogers Place.
- Josh Hokit hits back at Bruce Buffer: "I have no criminal record, yet I'm not classy enough?"The UFC announcer called the heavyweight disrespectful. Hokit faces Ciryl Gane for the title at Madison Square Garden on 14 November.
- Sean Strickland takes aim at Edmonton days before UFC Fight Night in the cityThe former middleweight champion said the mayor should "live there for their term". Joaquin Buckley meets Mike Malott at Rogers Place on Saturday.
- Alexander Volkanovski wants a Justin Gaethje super fight for the lightweight titleThe featherweight champion says they could "see everyone off" together, and first defends his belt against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333.
- Unbeaten Farid Basharat released by the UFC after going 7-0 in the OctagonThe 16-0 bantamweight is free to sign anywhere. His brother Javid was also let go after a win and is now with the PFL.
- UFC 333 UK start time: Volkanovski vs. Evloev on Saturday, main event around 21:00UFC 333 starts at 15:00 on Saturday for UK and Irish viewers, with Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev expected around 21:00. Every bout in UK time.
- Michael Bisping's son Callum stopped in second round for first amateur MMA lossThe heavyweight was stopped by John McCain at SUNDOWN 2 in Los Angeles on Saturday, the first defeat of his amateur career.
- Dana White's runner Sal Everett is back at work after earning a UFC contractEverett, 29, knocked out Ozzy Martin in the first round on the Contender Series, then went straight back to running errands at UFC headquarters.
- Contender Series results: Smilla Sundell beats Aline Pereira and wins a UFC contractFour winners were signed on the final week of the season. Main-event winner Erick Visconde was told "not tonight, my friend".
- Paulo Costa: 'Nothing from the UFC' as he plans to fight at the end of the yearThe No. 6-ranked light heavyweight, who has won his last two, says he will 'fight somewhere' but did not name an event or promotion.
- Paddy Pimblett says he will 'probably' fight next year: 'So I can get fat over Christmas'The No. 5-ranked lightweight, who submitted Benoit Saint-Denis in 52 seconds in July, plans to enjoy Christmas dinner before going back into camp.
- Marc Goddard: Christian Leroy Duncan was warned twice before UFC Vegas 122 point deductionThe referee said officials go over the rules one to one with fighters backstage, with eye pokes covered specifically, and called fixing the problem "a firm priority" for himself and his colleagues.
- BKFC 95 UK start time: Herring vs Dodson, main event 03:30 on SundayJamel Herring and John Dodson meet in a bantamweight championship bout at the Prudential Center, with BKFC 95 opening at 01:00 on Sunday and the main event expected around 03:30.
- Brendan Allen on Dricus du Plessis fight: "Yeah, if he drops his nuts"Allen, who is out for the rest of the year, also backed Sean Strickland's pay fight and said fighters are underpaid, but added: "I like my paycheck."
- UFC Vegas 122 results: Brendan Allen beats Christian Leroy DuncanEvery result from UFC Vegas 122, with the method, round and time of each finish.
- Joe Rogan signs new Spotify deal, reportedly on similar terms to an estimated $250m oneThe UFC colour commentator's show, ranked the No 1 podcast in the US by reach in the second quarter of 2026, stays with Spotify.
- Alex Pereira on UFC 334 poster: "Why the Women's Fight is Not the Main Event?"The man Ciryl Gane beat at the White House says Kayla Harrison against Amanda Nunes should top the card at Madison Square Garden, not Gane's title defence against Josh Hokit.
- Jorge Masvidal on Conor McGregor: "I would have punched him right dead in his f***ing mouth"Masvidal says he would have hit McGregor when he went down hurt against Max Holloway, and has sat down with Ben Askren, the man he knocked out in five seconds.
- Aleksandre Topuria consoles Ilia after Gaethje defeat: "This is a sport. You're a man"The UFC's no-commentary version of the White House title fight shows his brother comforting him on the stool, and what his corner told him between rounds.
- Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy reportedly shot three times in Congo ambushThe former middleweight and US Army Green Beret was evacuated to the United States and his condition was described as stable.
- UFC Vegas 122 weigh-in results: Ismael Bonfim misses by 7.5lb as Allen and Duncan make weightBonfim weighed 163.5lb for his lightweight fight with Francisco Prado and forfeits 25 per cent of his purse. Britain's Christian Leroy Duncan was 185lb for the main event.
- Jon Jones calls missing the White House card "one of my big regrets in life"Jones told The Schmo he would be "pretty damn happy" if he never fought again, and that Josh Hokit "very well could win" against heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane.
- Sean Strickland says he "will not fight or sign any contract" after six-fight deal reportThe UFC middleweight champion signed a new six-fight deal before beating Khamzat Chimaev, MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn reported. Strickland says he wants to box and will "stick and move" if made to fight.
- UFC Fight Night UK start time: Buckley vs Malott main event at 03:30Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott meet at welterweight in Edmonton, with the card opening at 22:00 on Saturday and the main event expected at 03:30 early on Sunday.
- Petr Yan open to featherweight but won't fight "my friend" Alex VolkanovskiYan faces Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on 24 October, on the same card as Volkanovski's featherweight title defence against Movsar Evloev.
- Chris Leben ends 13-year MMA absence for a rematch in Yoshihiro Akiyama's retirement fightBlack Combat has booked the pair for 21 November in Seoul, 16 years after Leben handed Akiyama his first UFC loss with a third-round triangle choke.
- Dana White's runner Sal Everett knocks out Ozzy Martin and earns a UFC contractWhite told him "This could not happen to a better person" after the first-round knockout on the Contender Series, which also handed contracts to Mateus Soares, Roque Conceicao and Preston LaGrange.
- Natalia Silva outpoints Wang Cong in UFC 332 title fight as Talbott stops FigueiredoNatalia Silva beat Wang Cong by unanimous decision in the women's flyweight title fight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, while Payton Talbott stopped Deiveson Figueiredo in the first round.
