MMA news
- Vadim Nemkov defends PFL heavyweight title against Sergei Bilostenniy in Dubai on November 14The 15-fight card at the Coca-Cola Arena is now finalised, with unbeaten welterweight Patrick Habirora facing PFL MENA champion Omar El Dafrawy in the co-main event.
- Quillan Salkilld vs Benoit Saint-Denis to headline UFC Sydney on February 6The lightweight main event at Afterpay Arena gives Australia's Salkilld a home headliner against France's Saint-Denis, a two-time winner this year.
- Anthony Pettis to challenge Arman Tsarukyan for RAF title in RAF 15 main event in ChicagoPettis was due to make his RAF debut against Donald Cerrone, who is now off the 28 November card, and Henry Cejudo vs Song Yadong moves to the co-main event.
- TUF 34 winner Tina Black wants a top-10 or top-15 opponent for her UFC debutThe Brazilian strawweight, who stopped Melissa Amaya to win season 34 on 26 September, said she came through the final uninjured and still hopes to fight again before the end of the year.
- Sean O'Malley says Daniel Cormier messaged him to say he should fight for the titleO'Malley said the pair then recorded a podcast together, and that he no longer feels Cormier wants to see him lose.
- John Kavanagh says Conor McGregor would not walk out at UFC 329 until his runners arrivedMcGregor's coach said he saw nothing different in him before the Max Holloway fight, and that McGregor told him he felt "supremely confident" going in.
- Conor McGregor's coach John Kavanagh joins Scott Coker's new Ki MMA promotion as ambassadorKavanagh said Coker and Rich Chou flew in to meet him at McGregor's last training camp, and the promotion aims to launch in 2027 with fights in a ring.
- Aljamain Sterling not ready to call Petr Yan greatest bantamweight after Merab winSterling, who has beaten Yan twice, said on his podcast that naming Yan the greatest bantamweight after one title defence went too far, though he rated him among the division's best.
- Khusein Askhabov disqualified and TKO win over Reinaldo Ekson overturnedThe Danish MMA Federation has also banned the former UFC fighter and his cornermen from all its sanctioned events for 12 months after he went after his opponent during a timeout for an eye poke.
- King Green says his custom Range Rover is totaled after a crash on his own live streamThe UFC lightweight says he had a green light when the other driver turned in front of him, and that he is not looking to sue.
- Matt Brown says UFC interim welterweight title feels like a punch in Islam Makhachev's gutThe UFC veteran defended Makhachev's right to choose when he returns, two months after the champion's last title defence against Ian Machado Garry.
- Jacobe Smith reportedly to replace injured Carlos Leal against Randy BrownUnbeaten welterweight Jacobe Smith would face Randy Brown on less than two weeks' notice in the co-main event of the UFC's 31 October card in Las Vegas, according to Marcel Dorff. The UFC has not confirmed the change.
- Sean O'Malley says Song Yadong would knock out Merab Dvalishvili 'for sure' over three roundsO'Malley, who has beaten both Song and Petr Yan, wants Dvalishvili to face Song next after Yan kept the bantamweight title at UFC 333.
- Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire calls out Lerone Murphy: 'I'm the one that makes sense now'The former Bellator two-division champion is 2-2 in the UFC, while Murphy has not fought since his majority-decision loss to Movsar Evloev.
- Arman Tsarukyan says Justin Gaethje is 'trying to duck' him, UFC answer due end of NovemberTsarukyan says the UFC told him he will hear at the end of November, and he would also fight Alexander Volkanovski.
- Alex Pereira, beaten by Ciryl Gane, would return to 205 if he loses to PavlovichAlex Pereira, beaten by Ciryl Gane in his heavyweight debut in June, said he would cut back to 205 pounds if he loses to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 on 12 December.
- Dominick Reyes gives Daniel Cormier an 'F-plus' for UFC 333 commentary in new YouTube seriesReyes gave Jon Anik a B or B-plus and Paul Felder an A, and said Cormier 'did no research' on Azamat Murzakanov.
- Israel Adesanya questions Alex Pereira's backup plan: 'Why not just stay at 205?'Pereira has said he will go back to light heavyweight, straight into a title fight, if he loses to Sergei Pavlovich on 12 December.
- Merab Dvalishvili says he is healthy and will be back soon after UFC 333 loss to Petr YanIn his first statement since the trilogy defeat, the former bantamweight champion thanked his coaches, the UFC and his fans.
- Aaron Pico says ranked fighters who protect their spots have a 'weak mentality'Pico said he is embarrassed to be No. 11 and named Aljamain Sterling and Lerone Murphy among the fighters he wants next.
- Kade Ruotolo to face former ONE champion Ok Rae Yoon at ONE Fight Night 50 in BangkokThe 23-year-old grappling champion is 4-0 in MMA with four finishes, while Yoon won the ONE title in 2021, the year he beat Eddie Alvarez and Christian Lee.
- Paddy Pimblett calls Aaron Pico's win over Losene Keita at UFC 333 a 'terrible stoppage'Pimblett loved the right hand that put Keita down but said the punches on the ground 'weren't really doing nothing' when the referee stepped in.
- Dana White on UFC fighters wrestling each other in RAF: 'Who gives a shit?'White also said there is no relationship between RAF and the UFC when he was asked about Khamzat Chimaev's RAF match in Abu Dhabi.
- Israel Adesanya hints at UFC return after UFC 333: 'Just let me bang, bro'A reporter at the UFC 333 post-fight press conference said the rumour was Adesanya v Shara Magomedov in Saudi Arabia, but Dana White did not confirm it.
- Paddy Pimblett says Lone'er Kavanagh is 'a future champ' after his UFC 333 finishPimblett said the first-round stoppage of Ramazan Temirov deserved a bonus and that Kavanagh against champion Joshua Van would be a 'scrap'.
- Paddy Pimblett says Merab Dvalishvili's takedowns show 'your opponent's got up 24 times'Watching Petr Yan beat Dvalishvili at UFC 333, Pimblett said three to five takedowns should be enough to control a round.
- Dana White to reporter who questioned the last Saudi card: 'That's your opinion, sir'White said all UFC cards are great and asked when the last bad one was, after the reporter brought up Khamzat Chimaev pulling out of his fight with Robert Whittaker in Saudi Arabia.
- Israel Adesanya says Volkanovski showed 'why he's the greatest' in Evloev finish at UFC 333In a reaction video on his YouTube channel, Adesanya shouted "the f***ing best ever" as Volkanovski finished Movsar Evloev in round two.
- Alexander Volkanovski says he was sick on the morning he stopped Movsar Evloev at UFC 333The featherweight champion did not say what the illness was, and said fighting through setbacks "makes the story better".
- Dana White says the UFC has not talked about an event in Russia but 'probably should'A reporter put Islam Makhachev and Petr Yan to him as Russia's champions at the UFC 333 post-fight press conference, and White said there have been no talks.
