Holly Holm may have opted to leave the UFC, but she’s not done fighting. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and boxing Hall of Famer requested her UFC release, and got her wish. Holm was inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame five years later.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman has offically announced his retirement from MMA. We will never forget "The All-American"! Congrats on an amazing career, @ChrisWeidman! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/907AZAA1pp
Days before being forced out of the main event of UFC 311, Arman Tsarukyan admitted to a pal that he is not ‘100 percent in’ on MMA.
Also on the main card, two UFC lightweight veterans, Beneil Dariush and Renato Moicano, are set to duke it out along with the former light heavyweight champions Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill, who are scheduled for a three-round bout.
MMA DFS DraftKings value picks for UFC 311. RotoBrady Grove goes over undervalued fighters for daily fantasy UFC lineups (premium content).
The disproportionate success of ethnic minorities in Chinese MMA is galvanizing interest in their cultures amongst sports fans as well as resurgent pride within those communities themselves.
Modern medicine and brain health studies show that repeated blows to the head can lead to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a precursor to dementia. Even mundane blows to the head from light sparring and bumps in grappling are thought to be linked.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is set to coach close friend Islam Makhachev and cousin Umar Nurmagomedov in two title fights at UFC 311 in Inglewood, California on Saturday.
Many MMA fighters had a great year in 2024. We saw some claim their first title in a major promotion. And there were those who reclaimed titles they previously held. But no MMA fighter had a better 12-month stretch than UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Khabib Nurmagomedov explains why he keeps MMA coaching despite not fully enjoying it ahead of Saturday’s UFC 311.
Fabricio Andrade could not have prepared better for his world title defense against his familiar foe. The reigning ONE bantamweight MMA world champion will defend his throne against fellow knockout menace Kwon Won Il at the stacked ONE 170 card on Jan. 24 at Impact Arena.