UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced from Nov. 11-17

UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced from Nov. 11-17

Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-news-fights-schedule-matchup-roundup-november-18-2024 November 18, 2024 10:30 am ET MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each … Read more

Tom Aspinall’s KO shortens fight time record

Tom Aspinall’s KO shortens fight time record

Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-304-post-event-facts-tom-aspinall-shortens-fight-time-record-rare-interim-title-defense The UFC made its return to Manchester, England on Saturday with UFC 304 at Co-Op Live, and the two title fights on the card couldn’t have ended much differently. In the main event, Belal Muhammad … Read more

Belal Muhammad open for Shavkat Rakhmonov as first UFC title defense

Belal Muhammad open for Shavkat Rakhmonov as first UFC title defense

MANCHESTER, England – Belal Muhammad will fight Shavkat Rakhmonov and any No. 1 contender after UFC 304. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) dethroned Leon Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) to become welterweight champion in Saturday’s main event at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. Muhammad was immediately called out by Rakhamonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), and … Read more

Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 updates, results of every fight

Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 updates, results of every fight

UFC 304 takes place Saturday at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, and you can join us for live round-by-round updates and official results right here on MMA Junkie. In the main event, welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) meets challenger Belal Muhammad(23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC). In the co-feature, interim heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall … Read more

15 UFC main events that ended prematurely due to freak injuries

15 UFC main events that ended prematurely due to freak injuries

Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-12-injuries-unforeseen-freak-main-events-silva-mcgregor-pettis-poirier-aldo While the term “freak injury” might not be appropriate to use when discussing a sport that is inherently dangerous, 14 UFC main events have ended in unforeseen injuries – broken legs, separated shoulders, eye pokes, … Read more

24 fights on our 2024 MMA wish list: Ngannou-Jones, McGregor’s return

24 fights on our 2024 MMA wish list: Ngannou-Jones, McGregor’s return

This is it, right? Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou was the No. 1 fight on MMA Junkie’s wish list for 2023, and it is again for 2024. However, now more than ever it seems this one won’t happen. Ngannou is signed to PFL for MMA and it etching his name into boxing’s heavyweight division with … Read more

Belal Muhammad senses fear from Leon Edwards, UFC champ fires back

Belal Muhammad senses fear from Leon Edwards, UFC champ fires back

Despite his coach’s comments, welterweight champion Leon Edwards says he’s willing to rematch Belal Muhammad. Edwards’ head coach Dave Lovell told The MMA Hour that he prefers Gilbert Burns next, who lost to Muhammad in his most recent bout at UFC 288. Muhammad and Edwards fought in March 2021, but their bout was ruled a … Read more