Michael Page questions the reliability of UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira’s fighting style. Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) makes his first title defense against Jamahal Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 300 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Page acknowledges Pereira’s power but thinks he takes too much … Read more
MIAMI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 299 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $359,000. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC 299 took place at Kaseya Center. The … Read more
MIAMI – The official UFC 299 weigh-ins take place Friday at the host hotel, and MMA Junkie will be onsite as all 28 fighters (plus one backup) hit the scales ahead of Saturday’s event at Kaseya Center. Among those weighing in will be UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), who faces Marlon … Read more
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
