Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso, UFC 285 press conference Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Coming off her toughest fight yet as a flyweight, Valentina Shevchenko looks to assert her dominance when she takes on the already experienced Alexa Grasso, looking to add to a major MMA year for Mexico at UFC 285. You can’t dodge a … Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal filming a scene for the Road House remake during the UFC 285 weigh-ins Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press If anything, Jake Gyllenhaal looks absolutely cut out for his lead role in the upcoming Road House remake. Gyllenhaal takes the lead in the remake of the Patrick Swayze classic, which also stars UFC megastar Conor … Read more
Loik Radjabov, UFC 285 ceremonial weigh-ins Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press This Saturday night, UFC 285 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event marks the return of Jon Jones, who makes his heavyweight debut, but this card is stacked with other talent. To open the show we have two debuts. Contender … Read more
Jessica Andrade UFC Vegas 69 weigh-ins Credit: Eddie Law/Cageside Press Brazilian Jessica Andrade will return to the strawweight division at UFC 288. After taking her last two flyweight fights while still targeting 115lb gold, Andrade (24-10) was booked against Yan Xiaonan (16-3, 1NC) in a key strawweight bout in May. The booking news was first … Read more
Jon Jones and Cyril Gane, UFC 285 press conference Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Let’s be clear: The UFC doesn’t have any problems, and it won’t anytime soon. 2022 was another remarkable year for the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world. This despite the declining quality of Apex cards and the promotion’s seeming complacency … Read more
Jon Jones, official UFC 285 weigh-ins Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Las Vegas, Nevada — Jon Jones is making the long-awaited move up to heavyweight for UFC 285 this Saturday, stepping on the scales Friday morning for the first time as part of his new weight class. Jones will face Cyril Gane with the vacant UFC … Read more
Las Vegas, Nevada — It’s been a while since we’ve seen UFC heavyweight Walt Harris in the cage, but that doesn’t mean he’s been away from the sport. In fact, Harris was a big part of Jon Jones’ training camp ahead of UFC 285, where “Bones” will make his heavyweight debut. The longtime welterweight champion … Read more
Brahyan Zurcher and David Evans, PFL Challenger Series Week 6 Official Weigh-In at the DoubleTree Hotel in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Cooper Neill / PFL) The lightweights were in action in week six of the 2023 PFL Challenger Series, returning to the Fubo Sports Network on Friday, March 3. A spot in the … Read more
Credit: Rodney James Edgar/Cageside Press Like it or not, cutting weight is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted the weight cut from the sport of wrestling, where it’s supposed to be profitable to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class. Known as “the fight before the fight,” most UFC fighters cut … Read more
Las Vegas, Nevada – With just over 10 years in the world’s biggest MMA promotion, UFC middleweight Derek Brunson is back when he faces Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. “I just feel like this is what I have to do. Sometimes I’m kind of mad that I haven’t … Read more