Ciryl Gane With Huge Opportunity On Saturday

With another chance to claim the UFC heavyweight championship, Ciryl Gane (11-1) will battle GOAT contender Jon Jones for the division's vacant title on Saturday. Previously an interim title holder, Gane's only setback in the Octagon has come by way of decision loss to former champion Francis Ngannou. A dangerous striker, eight of his 11 […]

Jon Jones Has Eyes On Heavyweight Gold At UFC 285

Though it has been over two years since we have seen former light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones inside the Octagon, he returns to action in the main event of UFC 285 on Saturday to battle Ciryl Gane for the vacant UFC heavyweight championship. A fighter many still consider the best to ever step into the Octagon […]

Alexa Grasso With The Opportunity Of A Lifetime At UFC 285

Riding a four-fight winning streak into the biggest fight of her career, Alexa Grasso (15-3) will look to take on flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 285 on Saturday. A pace-controlling fighter, 10 of her 15 career wins have come by decision. Prior to Shevchenko, the biggest name on Grasso's resume […]

Valentina Shevchenko Set For Eighth Title Defense At UFC 285

UFC's flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko (23-3) will look to continue her reign over the division in her co-main-event title defense at UFC 285 on Saturday against Alexa Grasso. Currently on a nine-fight winning streak, this will mark her eighth title defense. A dangerous finisher in the cage, 15 of her 23 career wins have come […]

Shavkat Rakhmonov Looks To Continue Welterweight Rise

Looking to keep a perfect record heading into his fifth UFC appearance, welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov (16-0) will face off against Geoff Neal on Saturday. With a perfect finish rate as well, Rakhmonov has earned eight knockout/TKO wins and eight submissions in his career. Thus far, he has shown the ability to be the UFC's next […]

Geoff Neal Looking For Third Straight Victory At UFC 285

In the welterweight's lone main-card matchup on Saturday, Geoff Neal (15-4) will look to earn his third straight victory when he faces off against an extremely dangerous rising star in Shavkat Rakhmonov. Living up to his nickname of Handz of Steel, nine of his 15 career wins have come by knockout/TKO, including five of his […]

Jalin Turner Facing Toughest UFC Opponent To Date

On an impressive five-fight winning streak in the UFC, Jalin Turner (13-5) will square off against his toughest Octagon opponent to date in Mateusz Gamrot in the main-card opener of UFC 285 on Saturday. A true finisher in the sport, all 13 of his career wins have come via finish, with nine of them coming […]

Mateusz Gamrot Set For Main-Card Showdown On Saturday

After a very strong and impressive start to his UFC career after a tenure as the dual-reigning KSW lightweight and featherweight champion, Mateusz Gamrot (21-2) will look to rebound after a close decision loss on the main card of UFC 285 when he battles Jalin Turner on Saturday. A dangerous finisher in the UFC, three […]

Jamie Pickett With Big Opportunity To Derail Hype Train

With a huge opportunity to derail a hype train before it can really get rolling, Jamie PIckett (13-8) will enter the Octagon in the main-card opener of UFC 285 against rising star Bo Nickal on Saturday. After winning back-to-back decisions in the Octagon, Pickett has fallen victim to defeat in his last two matchups and […]

Bo Nickal Makes Anticipated Debut At UFC 285

Former collegiate wrestling national champion Bo Nickal (3-0) will make his highly anticipated UFC debut on the main card of UFC 285 set for this Saturday. Already with a dominant Contender Series showing, the world-class wrestling standout will battle Jamie Pickett, who is on a bit of a skid of late. DraftKings sees Nickal as […]

Andre Muniz Suffers Main-Event Loss

It was not the finish to Saturday night that Andre Muniz would have hoped for. After having his matchup changed from the co-main event to the main event, it seemed like the perfect chance for Muniz to make a big jump up the welterweight rankings. Brendan Allen had different thoughts, though, capturing the victory over […]

Brendan Allen Makes Good On Main-Event Showing

Taking advantage of the late change to main-event status, Brendan Allen took the spotlight opportunity to earn a third-round submission win over the favorite Andre Muniz on Saturday. In 14:25 of action, Allen tallied 42 significant strikes (just one less than Muniz). The difference came in control time, with Allen holding 4:12 of control time […]

Don'Tale Mayes Takes Defeat In Co-Main Event

Moving up to co-main-event status, Don'Tale Mayes was unable to capitalize on the spotlight, suffering a unanimous-decision defeat to Augusto Sakai in the main card's only heavyweight battle on Saturday. In 15 minutes of action, Mayes was out-struck by landing 29 significant strikes compared to the 53 put up by Sakai. Mayes' downfall came while […]

Augusto Sakai Snaps Losing Streak With Main-Card Decision Win

In the lone decision bout of the main card on Saturday, Augusto Sakai earned a unanimous-decision win over fellow heavyweight Don'Tale Mayes. In 15 minutes of action, Sakai out-struck Mayes by landing 53 significant strikes (107 total strikes) compared to that of Mayes' 29 significant strikes. Controlling the cage grappling was huge for Sakai, who […]

Montana De La Rosa Falls Victim To Superior Ground Game

Though she was facing an opponent with a three-year layoff from a smaller weight class, Montana De La Rosa was still unable to pick up a victory on Saturday, suffering a second-round loss to Tatiana Suarez via submission. In 7:51 of action, De La Rosa tallied only five significant strikes while falling victim to the […]

Tatiana Suarez Victorious After Three-Year Layoff

Ring rust was absolutely not an issue for the returning Tatiana Suarez, who was victorious in her return to the UFC after three years, winning with a second-round submission against Montana De La Rosa. In 7:51 of action, Suarez tallied 10 significant strikes (37 total strikes) while landing three takedowns. A guillotine choke earned Suarez […]

Yohan Lainesse Unable To Earn A Victory Saturday

Faced with another Canadian welterweight on Saturday's main card of action, Yohan Lainesse was unable to walk out the victor, suffering a first-round submission loss to Mike Malott. In 4:15 of action, Lainesse only tallied one significant strike while absorbing 20 total strikes and suffering an arm-triangle defeat. With the loss, Lainesse now moves to […]

Mike Malott Continues To Shine With First-Round Submission

Rising star Team AlphaMale welterweight Mike Malott continued to impress, this time with a first-round submission over fellow Canadian Yohan Lainesse in the main-card opener on Saturday. In 4:15 of action, Malott tallied nine significant strikes (20 total strikes) while only absorbing one significant strike before locking in an arm triangle for the victory. Continue […]

Ryan Spann Set To Continue Light-Heavyweight Climb

Ninth-ranked light heavyweight Ryan Spann can gain major ground on the rankings ladder when he faces the sixth-ranked Nikita Krylov in the main event of Saturday's action. He's on a recent run of three victories in his last four outings, with all three of his wins coming via first-round finishes. DraftKings sees Spann as the […]

Nikita Krylov Could Notch His 30th Career Victory

With back-to-back wins after suffering back-to-back losses, Nikita Krylov (29-9) will look to improve his current streak to three wins in a row when he faces Ryan Spann in the light-heavyweight main-event showdown Saturday. Always known for his ability to finish a fight, 27 of his 29 career wins have come by finish, with 15 […]

Brendan Allen Hoping To Get Into Title Contention

Looking for his fourth straight win, Louisiana native Brendan Allen (20-5) takes to the co-main event of Saturday's card in hopes of planting himself in future title contention. After a loss to Chris Curtis, Allen has won three straight, including an impressive first-round submission over Krzysztof Jotko in October of last year. Also a dangerous […]

Andre Muniz Can Earn Biggest Victory Of His Career

It has been pure domination in the Octagon for Andre Muniz (23-4) since back-to-back Contender Series wins in 2018 and 2019. He also has a perfect 5-0 record in the UFC and has shown finishing ability, with three of his five victories coming by way of first-round submission, including one of those submissions over future […]

Don'Tale Mayes Can Go Unbeaten In Four Straight Fights

After dropping back-to-back UFC bouts, Don'Tale Mayes (9-4 with one no-contest) has gone unbeaten in his last three contest heading into Saturday's lone heavyweight main-card matchup. He's set to face off against Augusto Sakai, who has lost four straight (all via finish). Proven to be a true balanced finisher, his nine wins are evenly divided […]

It Could Be Do Or Die For Augusto Sakai On Saturday

A four-fight losing streak almost all but seals up your future in the UFC. When you have lost all four fights by finish, one more loss could easily sign your exit ticket out of the UFC. Heavyweight Augusto Sakai (15-5-1) is in that situation as he enters Saturday night's lone heavyweight main-card showdown hoping to […]

Montana De La Rosa A Big Underdog Saturday

On a .500 road in the UFC since 2019, Montana De La Rosa (12-7-1) will face an undefeated finisher on Saturday in the returning Tatiana Suarez, who is coming off of a three-year layoff. After a first-round finish of a former KSW strawweight champion, De La Rosa will look to rebound from her most recent […]

Tatiana Suarez Returns Saturday After Three-Year Layoff

Undefeated strawweight Tatiana Suarez (8-0) steps into the Octagon on the main card of action Saturday when she faces off against Montana De La Rosa. A perfect 5-0 in the UFC since her time on TUF 23 in 2016, Suarez has been out of action since 2019, making it a three-year absence from the UFC. […]

Yohan Lainesse Set To Face Fellow Canadian On Saturday

Canadian Yohan Lainesse (9-1) returns to action to face fellow Canadian welterweight Mike Malott in the main-card opener Saturday. After losing his UFC debut on the heels of a Contender Series first-round knockout/TKO, Lainesse rebounded by earning a close split-decision win back in September of last year. Proven to have knockout ability, six of his […]

Mike Malott Looking To Stay Hot In The Early Going

Team AlphaMale's Mike Malott (8-1-1) looks to continue his impressive run on the Contender Series and his UFC debut when he opens up the main card of action Saturday against Yohan Lainesse. With first-round finishes in both contests, Malott will look to continue to show he has all the makings of the next big star […]

Jessica Andrade Suffers Setback Saturday

Looking to be on the verge of another title shot, third-ranked flyweight Jessica Andrade suffered a second-round submission loss to young rising star Erin Blanchfield (ranked 10th) in Saturday night's main event. Leading in the striking department in 6:37 of action, Andrade tallied 53 significant strikes but fell victim to a trip takedown, thus allowing […]

Erin Blanchfield Scores Biggest Win Of Her Career

In her biggest win to date, Erin Blanchfield scored a huge second-round submission win in Saturday's main event to put her squarely in place for a future flyweight title shot. In 6:37 of action against former title contender Jessica Andrade, Blanchfield tallied 51 significant strikes and secured a rear-naked choke to end Andrade's night in […]