MMA news
- Ilia Topuria next fight targeted for early 2027, says Dana WhiteThe UFC CEO named no opponent for the former two-division champion, while new lightweight champion Justin Gaethje has repeatedly rejected calls for an immediate rematch.
- Dan Miragliotta under fire after stand-up call in Tom Nolan's UFC winMMA writer Jed Meshew called the UFC Vegas 123 stand-up the worst officiating he has seen in more than 20 years of watching the sport, while Alexander K. Lee named Herb Dean as the referee who worries him most.
- David Feldman says BKFC has big names lined up for Darren Till's next fightBKFC president David Feldman said the promotion holds options on the British fighter's next few bouts and floated a football stadium in Liverpool for his next appearance, though nothing is booked.
- Justin Gaethje next fight: White says Volkanovski is his call after Ilia Topuria winThe UFC president said talks are continuing with the lightweight champion, who suggested his White House win over Ilia Topuria could be his last fight and has yet to reveal his plans.
- Carlos Prates mocks Islam Makhachev with his own 'NEVER' wall quote and lying-face emojisThe Brazilian put the champion's UFC Performance Institute line on his Instagram Story over 'Don't Lie' after Makhachev pulled out of their UFC 336 fight.
- Austin Bashi, beaten by Jose Delgado in July, faces Carlos Calderon at UFC Vegas 124Fury FC featherweight champion Calderon will make his UFC debut on four days' notice in Las Vegas on Saturday, arriving on a three-fight win streak.
- Islam Makhachev's wait for next fight likely down to money, says Dana WhiteThe UFC CEO said he would like champions to fight twice a year, with Carlos Prates and Michael Morales now facing each other for an interim welterweight belt at UFC 336 in January.
- BKFC 96 UK start time: Sean Weir vs Leigh Cohoon expected at 22:00A light heavyweight championship bout headlines BKFC 96 at the OVO HYDRO on Saturday 7 November. The card starts at 19:00 GMT, with DAZN carrying the event on pay-per-view.
- Dan Hooker, 36, says Brian Ortega, 35, is 'old': 'Surely I can beat Brian Ortega'Hooker returns at UFC Qatar on 21 November, 77 days after a first-round TKO defeat to Salahdine Parnasse, and says frustration drove the quick turnaround.
- "He could have won this fight": TJ Dillashaw on Merab Dvalishvili's 5-from-58 takedownsDillashaw says Dvalishvili should fake his shots and fire knees, kicks and combinations. Dvalishvili landed five of a record 58 takedown attempts in his UFC 333 defeat by Petr Yan.
- Dana White's 'possibly the greatest talent' Akbar Abdullaev reportedly faces Mairon SantosThe unbeaten Kyrgyz fighter won his UFC contract with a 19-second knockout, but the UFC has not announced the December fight.
- Conor McGregor says final UFC fight is 'not to retire' but 'to announce bareknuckle'Asked to choose between MMA and bareknuckle, the BKFC co-owner picked bareknuckle and said there is a "big chance" he fights without gloves.
- TKO's Mark Shapiro reveals UFC talks with Skydance on 'maximizing HBO, TNT, Paramount+, CBS'The TKO president says talks are already under way, after Paramount-Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. added HBO, TBS and TNT to the company that signed the UFC's $7.7 billion deal.
- Dana White says Ilia Topuria back in early 2027 after calling him 'ready to fight' in SeptemberWhite told Jim Rome the UFC is "working on" the former lightweight champion's return, and Topuria's trainer has named February as the month he will be ready.
- Dana White says he 'might have threw some tough guys' at Josh Hokit over things he saidThe UFC boss says Hokit "passed every test" and deserves his shot at Ciryl Gane at UFC 334, having said he did not like "anything Josh Hokit says".
- Adlan Amagov, the man Jon Jones says KO'd him in sparring, reportedly signs with ACBJJAmagov, 40, went 2-0 in the UFC and has not competed since 2016. Jones on their sparring session: "Very true story."
- Big John McCarthy says Dana White is 'absolutely pissed' over Bellator: 'I don't want him'The veteran referee said White is why he has not worked a UFC show since 2017, and that athletic commissions deciding who works is "not the case".
- Dana White on why Islam Makhachev won't fight in January: 'I think it's money'The UFC CEO told The Mac Life that "twice would be nice" for a champion, weeks after saying Makhachev had given "no reason" for waiting until after Ramadan.
- "He's got the right man": Davey Grant wants first-round KO of Elijah Smith, but expects a warBishop Auckland's Grant, 40, meets the 23-year-old at UFC Vegas 124 on Saturday in the last fight of Smith's UFC contract, and Smith says the booking surprised him.
- Dana White on Moicano stand-up: 'They could take your back and just ride it out for 3 rounds'The UFC CEO said "I honestly don't know what to think" of Dan Miragliotta's call in the Tom Nolan fight, but that the rule is about damage and trying to win, not the position held.
- Dana White on Dan Miragliotta's reported $1,600 ref pay: 'Worry about your f***ing self'The UFC CEO said referee pay is down to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, then told everybody talking about it online: "Shut the f*** up."
- Darren Till "has a very good chance of beating" Jake Paul, says BKFC boss David FeldmanFeldman says Till fights for BKFC if a fight lands in the next two weeks. If not, there is "an option" for a Jake Paul fight "or something like that".
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta on Johnny Walker: 'Everybody knock him out' and 'break the head right away'The No. 6 heavyweight says Walker "can do nothing at all" at light heavyweight and rates Ryan Spann "more better" before their UFC Vegas 124 main event on Saturday.
- "That s*** was trash": Elijah Smith tells Josh Hokit to 'stay in your lane' over diss trackSmith offered to go 'bar for bar' with the UFC heavyweight title challenger, days before the last fight on his own UFC contract against England's Davey Grant.
- Tom Nolan on Moicano stand-up: 'I'd be pissed off if that was me and I had the back'Nolan said referee Dan Miragliotta should not have stood the pair up at UFC Vegas 123 and that the crowd influenced the call, but insists the fight would have gone the same way.
- "It's MY MF time": Fury FC champion Carlos Calderon lands UFC debut on four days' noticeCalderon replaces the injured Lucas Brennan against Austin Bashi at UFC Vegas 124, two years after losing on the Contender Series.
- Conor McGregor horrified by apparent leg injury in Rome after Max Holloway defeatThe 38-year-old, who needs knee surgery after being hurt 69 seconds into his comeback, put his hands to his face as Francesco Morandi's bare-knuckle fight ended in round one.
- Aaron Pico on who the UFC gives him next: 'I really don't give a sh*t'The No. 11 featherweight wants to say he fought whoever they threw at him, but would love to avenge his knockout loss to Manchester's Lerone Murphy.
- Canelo Alvarez's 2018 opponent Rocky Fielding seeks Darren Till BKFC fightBKFC president Dave Feldman stopped short of committing to the matchup, saying talks are under way with other big names for Till, who has one fight left on his contract.
- Razhabali Shaidulloev faces Kyoma Akimoto in final Rizin fight before MVP moveThe unbeaten PFL and RIZIN featherweight champion will put his belt on the line in Nagoya on 31 December, with 10 matches announced for RIZIN's New Year's Eve card.
