Chris Daukaus Has A Big Opportunity In Main Event

Already racking up quite the list of names on his resume, Chris Daukaus (12-3) will enter the main event of Saturday's UFC card against a former title contender in Derrick Lewis. Daukaus is a perfect 4-0 since signing with the UFC, with all four of those wins coming by knockout/TKO and three of those ending […]

Derrick Lewis To Square Off With A Dangerous Opponent

Coming off of a vacant interim heavyweight title defeat in August, Derrick Lewis (25-8) returns to the Octagon looking to close out 2021 with a big win on Saturday. Prior to his title loss, though, Lewis was on a four-fight winning streak, with two of his wins being knockout victories. Known for his big power, […]

Belal Muhammad Can Take A Huge Jump In The Rankings

Belal Muhammad (19-3) has gone six straight bouts without a loss and steps into Saturday's co-main-event slot with a chance to earn a victory over a former title contender in Stephen Thompson. In his most recent outing, Muhammad secured a unanimous-decision win over another former title challenger in Demian Maia in June. A grinding-style fighter […]

Angela Hill Set For Main-Card Showing Against Dangerous Striker

Angela Hill (13-10), a long-time veteran of the UFC, will hope to turn things around after dropping three of her last four contests. Since her return to the UFC after a successful run in Invicta FC, Hill has had an average run with a current record of 7-8 during this stint. Normally a decision winner, […]

Amanda Lemos Looking For Fifth Straight Win

Since dropping her debut in the Octagon, Amanda Lemos (10-1-1) has gone on to win her last four straight fights, with three of those coming via finish. To make her run even better, Lemos is coming off of a 35-second, first-round knockout in July. Nine of her 10 career wins have come with a finish, […]

Ricky Simon On The Verge Of A Four-Fight Winning Streak

Ricky Simon (18-3) is on a hot run and is currently riding a three-fight winning streak as he is set to next face Raphael Assuncao on Saturday's main card. Simon has had a solid 2021 run by going 2-0, including a unanimous-decision win over Brian Kelleher in February. With a grinding style, 10 of Simon's […]

Raphael Assuncao In Dire Need Of A Big Win Saturday

With his last three bouts all resulting in defeats, Raphael Assuncao (27-8) is in dire need of a big win Saturday when he faces Ricky Simon. After a four-fight winning streak that saw him earn wins over the likes of now-champion Aljamain Stirling and Rob Font, Assuncao has since lost his last three bouts, with […]

Diego Ferreira Hoping To Avoid Three-Fight Losing Streak

After winning six straight fights, including a win over former champion Anthony Pettis, Diego Ferreira (17-4) has dropped his last two contests heading into this Saturday's bout against former KSW champion Mateusz Gamrot. 0-2 in 2021, a win for Ferreira would snap this streak and give him a bit of momentum heading into 2022. DraftKings […]

Mateusz Gamrot Looks To Continue His Rise Up The UFC Ranks

Former KSW champion Mateusz Gamrot has looked nothing short of impressive since signing with the UFC. After a controversial split-decision loss in his debut, Gamrot has dominated with two victories by finish. Coming off of a finish of Jeremy Stephens, Gamrot is set to continue to shoot up the division's ranks. Gamrot has all the […]

Cub Swanson Will Make 40th Professional Appearance

Another veteran of the UFC, Cub Swanson (27-12) will enter the Octagon against Darren Elkins to open up the main card this Saturday. Set for his 40th professional bout, it has been a rough road lately as he's lost six of his last eight contests, including a first-round TKO. DraftKings sees Killer actually as the […]

Darren Elkins Set To Open Main Card On Saturday

A veteran of the UFC since Versus 1 in March of 2010, Darren Elkins (26-9) takes to the main-card opener on Saturday to face off with another veteran in Cub Swanson. Always one to put on a show for the fans and leave it all in the Octagon, 14 of his 26 career wins have […]

Dustin Poirier Unable To Capture Championship At UFC 269

Dustin Poirier was unsuccessful in his bid to regain the lightweight championship at UFC 269's main event on Saturday, suffering a third-round submission loss to the reigning champion in Charles Oliveira. Normally known for dominating the standup game with anyone in the division, Poirier landed 58 significant strikes (69 total strikes) and was out-struck by […]

Charles Oliveira Extends Submission Record

The champion reigned supreme in UFC 269's main event with Charles Oliveira earning a third-round submission victory over Dustin Poirier on Saturday. In 11:02 of total action, Oliveira actually out-struck the dangerous striker by landing 73 significant strikes (98 total strikes), but he failed on all six of his takedown tries. The third time was […]

Amanda Nunes Suffers Shocking Defeat

In one of the biggest upsets in women's mixed martial arts history on Saturday, Amanda Nunes dropped the bantamweight title to the big underdog Julianna Pena via second-round, rear-naked choke. In 8:26 of total action, Nunes landed 46 significant strikes, well under the 79 landed by Pena. The end came 3:26 into the second round […]

Julianna Pena Shocks The World Saturday

As we mentioned before this fight, Julianna Pena's best shot at victory would be to catch Amanda Nunes in a submission, and that is what happened in the co-main event of UFC 269 on Saturday night. Just 3:26 into the second round, Pena locked in the rear-naked choke to shock the world and become the […]

Santiago Ponzinibbio Suffers Decision Loss On Main Card

For the first time in his professional career, Santiago Ponzinibbio has lost two of three contests, with the latest coming on a split-decision loss to Geoff Neal at UFC 269 on Saturday. The loss was the only decision on the main card of Saturday's action. In 15 minutes of action, Ponzinibbio actually out-struck Neal by […]

Geoff Neal Takes Lone Decision On The Main Card

Avoiding a three-fight losing streak did not come easy for Geoff Neal on Saturday, but he was able to take the lone decision on the UFC 269 main card by defeating Santiago Ponzinibbio via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28). The stats were very similar in this contest between two evenly matched opponents, with Neal landing […]

Cody Garbrandt Suffers Fifth Loss In Six Contests

Now 12-5 in his MMA career, Cody Garbrandt has suffered all five of his losses in his last six contests. Alarmingly, three of the last four losses for Garbrandt have been first-round knockouts, including the knockout loss to Kai Kara-France at UFC 269 on Saturday. It's sad to say, but Garbrandt may have a lot […]

Kai Kara-France Dominates In First-Round Knockout

Kai Kara-France faced the biggest name of his career at UFC 269 and delivered with a first-round knockout victory over former champion Cody Garbrandt on Saturday. Kara-France scored his last knockout win in 2017 before earning first-round knockouts in his last two bouts. In 3:21 of action, Kara-France landed 23 significant strikes while stuffing Garbrandt's […]

Raulian Paiva Has Winning Streak Broken

Entering his UFC 269 main-card opener on a three-fight winning streak, Raulian Paiva was unable to make it out of the first round against Sean O'Malley on Saturday, suffering a first-round TKO loss. Through nearly five minutes of action, Paiva was only able to land 11 significant strikes compared to the 39 of O'Malley. A […]

Sean O'Malley Wins Third Straight By Knockout

With another first-round knockout to his name, Sean O'Malley tallied up a first-round finish of Raulian Paiva with 18 seconds left in the round on Saturday. Through 4:42 of action, O'Malley collected 39 significant strikes (40 total strikes) and stuffed both of Paiva's takedown attempts. After his loss to Vera, O'Malley has now won his […]

Charles Oliveira Defends Title Against Former Champion

Charles Oliveira (31-8) is on the best run of his career and is coming off of a second-round TKO win against Michael Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight title. Since his 2017 loss to Paul Felder, Oliveira has won nine straight bouts, with eight of the nine wins coming by finish. Throughout his experienced career, […]

Dustin Poirier Can Recapture The UFC Crown

After his defeat to arguably the greatest lightweight of all time, Dustin Poirier (28-6) has dusted the dirt off his shoulders and won three straight fights to find himself in the lightweight title bout to headline UFC 269 on Saturday. With some of the best boxing in all of MMA, Poirier is set to challenge […]

Julianna Pena Earns A Title Shot Saturday

Julianna Pena (10-4) has a chance of a lifetime when she faces the women's MMA GOAT in Amanda Nunes in the co-main event of UFC 269 on Saturday. 2-2 in her last four bouts, Pena is without a doubt the biggest underdog, according to DraftKings, with a salary of $6,500. In her career, four of […]

Amanda Nunes Looks For 13th Straight Win

You will find to find someone in the MMA community who will argue with the fact that Amanda Nunes (21-4) is the greatest women's mixed martial artist of all time. On Saturday, she can continue to cement that legacy with a bantamweight title defense against Julianna Pena in the co-main event of UFC 269. Seventeen […]

Santiago Ponzinibbio Set To Face Another Tough Striker

Few welterweights have had the career of Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-4). A veteran of the UFC since 2013, Ponzinibbio has secured five finishes in the Octagon alone. Of his 28 career wins, 23 have come via finish, with 17 of those coming by knockout/TKO. Rebounding after a first-round knockout in January, Ponzinibbio was able to earn […]

Now Is The Time For Geoff Neal To Turn It Around

With back-to-back losses after five straight Octagon wins, Geoff Neal (13-4) is in dire need of a big victory on Saturday to get himself back on a path to the top of the welterweight division. Scoring a big knockout victory on the Contender Series, four of his following five wins came as knockout/TKO victories, including […]

Cody Grabrandt In Need Of A Big Win Saturday

Though he has losses in four of his last five contests, Cody Garbrandt (12-4) is always one strike away from a big knockout, as evidenced in his one victory over a five-fight span. Ten of Garbrandt's 12 career wins have come by knockout/TKO, showing his ability to get a big finish. Facing Kai Kara-France this […]

Kai Kara-France Set To Face Dangerous Striker

With a big first-round knockout in March, Kai Kara-France (22-9) returns to action on Saturday looking for back-to-back victories when he faces off with Cody Garbrandt at UFC 269. Prior to the knockout win, it had been eight victories since Kara-France earned a finish. Throughout his career, Kara-France has scored a knockout/TKO 11 times out […]

Raulian Paiva Has A Chance For A Big Upset At UFC 269

Raulian Paiva (21-3) will enter UFC 269's main-card opener on Saturday with a very big task in front of him while facing the ever-dangerous Sean O'Malley. Since joining the UFC after a split-decision win on the Contender Series, Paiva has gone 3-2 in the Octagon, with his last two appearances being decision victories. DraftKings sees […]