Yadong Song Looks To Continue His Run

Rebounding from a decision loss, Yadong Song (17-5-1) secured a split-decision win in August. Song has a variety of ways in which he can win, with nine of his wins coming by finish and eight by decision. On an impressive run since he joined the UFC, Song has compiled a solid record of 6-1-1. DraftKings […]

Kamaru Usman Dominates Again In Victory

Kamaru Usman remains one of the most dominant forces in the UFC after moving to 15-0 with his fifth title defense over Colby Covington for the second time on Saturday, this time by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46). Statistically, Usman out-struck Covington by landing 123 significant strikes (158 total strikes) while stuffing all of Covington's […]

Colby Covington Goes The Distance But Falls Short

Unfortunately for Colby Covington, he remained on the outside looking in once the dust settled against Kamaru Usman when he took a decision loss in Saturday's UFC 268 main event. In 25 minutes of championship action, Covington kept the contest close by racking up 107 significant strikes (119 total strikes), but he was unable to […]

Weili Zhang Unable To Regain The Crown

With no losses since her MMA debut, Weili Zhang has now suffered back-to-back losses at the hands of strawweight champion Rose Namajunas. This time the contest was much closer on Saturday, as it went to a split decision (48-47, 49-46, 47-48). Statistically, Zhang landed 83 significant strikes (162 total strikes) in 25 minutes of championship […]

Rose Namajunas Defends Title In Close Decision

Locking in her place as the world's top strawweight, Rose Namajunas defended her title against former champion Weili Zhang via split decision (48-47, 49-46, 47-48) on Saturday. Excelling in the championship rounds, Namajunas tallied 86 significant strikes (130 total strikes) while landing both of her takedown tries in 25 minutes of championship action. With the […]

Frankie Edgar Suffers Third-Round Knockout Loss

Suffering the only main-card finish on Saturday's card, Frankie Edgar had his night ended with a vicious front kick by Marlon Vera in the third round of their contest at UFC 268. Statistically, Edgar landed 94 significant strikes (138 total strikes) and out-struck Vera, who landed 88 significant strikes (110 total strikes). Though Edgar had […]

Marlon Vera Secures Big Third-Round Knockout Victory

Scoring the only finish on the main card on Saturday, Marlon Vera landed a big front kick on Frankie Edgar to earn a victory via third-round stoppage. Though it was the only main-card knockout, it could easily still have earned knockout of the night on a card full of knockouts. Statistically, Vera landed 94 significant […]

Billy Quarantillo Takes The Loss But Has Big Striking Numbers

Combining for the most significant strikes landed in a three-round featherweight bout on Saturday, Billy Quarantillo lost via unanimous decision to Shane Burgos (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Statistically, the numbers were huge, with Quarantillo landing 164 significant strikes (196 total strikes) compared to Burgos' 193 significant strikes. Unfortunately for Quarantillo, he was unsuccessful in all 14 […]

Shane Burgos Puts Up Big Numbers In Decision Win

The punches came in bunches at UFC 268 on Saturday for Shane Burgos as he got back on track by taking a unanimous decision from Billy Quarantillo (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Statistically, the numbers were huge, with Burgos landing 193 significant strikes (232 total strikes) compared to Quarantillo's 164 significant strikes. These combined significant strikes set […]

Michael Chandler Suffers Decision Loss Saturday

After a spectacular showing in his UFC debut, Michael Chandler has now lost back-to-back bouts, this time by unanimous decision to Justin Gaethje (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) on Saturday. Statistically, the numbers were close, with Chandler landing 103 significant strikes (104 total strikes). What really hurt was the fact that he went 1-for-6 on his takedown […]

Justin Gaethje Scores Unanimous Decision Saturday Night

With high striking numbers on both sides, Justin Gaethje was able to pull out a unanimous decision over Michael Chandler (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) on Saturday. Statistically, Gaethje out-struck Chandler by landing 116 significant strikes (133 total strikes) while not attempting any takedowns. In his first bout in 13 months, Gaethje rebounded from his loss to […]

Kamaru Usman Set To Defend His Title Yet Again

Since winning the UFC middleweight title in March of 2019, Kamaru Usman has successfully defended his crown four times with a fifth attempt on the way as he is set for a rematch with Colby Covington to headline UFC 268 on Saturday night. One of the most dominant champions in the UFC today, Usman has […]

Colby Covington Takes Another Crack At The Championship

After his fifth-round TKO loss to the champion in December of 2019, Colby Covington (16-2) rebounded nicely with a fifth-round TKO of his own to knock out former champion Tyson Woodley in September of last year. It's been about 14 months, and Covington returns to action to take another crack at current champion Kamaru Usman, […]

Rose Namajunas Has A Chance To Assert Her Dominance

With only 10 wins in her young MMA career, Rose Namajunas (10-4) is already on her second reign as the UFC's strawweight champion. Namajunas captured the title with a spectacular first-round head kick to dethrone then-champion Weili Zhang, who will get the rematch in Saturday's co-main event. A finisher even in the strawweight ranks, seven […]

Weili Zhang Hoping To Regain Title In Co-Main Event

On a 21-fight winning streak since suffering a loss in her MMA debut, Weili Zhang (21-2) dropped the women's strawweight championship to Rose Namajunas in April via first-round TKO. Looking to avenge that loss and regain her crown, Zhang takes her 17 career finishes (out of 21 career wins) into the co-main event of UFC […]

Marlon Vera Looking For Big Name To Add To His Resume

Marlon Vera (19-7-1) has faced several top-notch talents recently and gave Sean O'Malley his first loss while going the distance with Jose Aldo. Most recently, Vera earned a unanimous decision over Davey Grant in June. The dangerous featherweight has earned finishes in 16 of his 19 career wins, with 10 of those wins coming by […]

Frankie Edgar Hoping To Turn His Fortunes Around

Very few fighters in the UFC have the tenure of former champion Frankie Edgar (24-9-1). Edgar, a member of the UFC since 2007, will make his second appearance of 2021 hoping to erase the memory of a 28-second knockout in February. A tough wrestler with the ability to take his opponents through 15 minutes of […]

Billy Quarantillo Hoping For Big Win On Big Stage

Set for his first numbered UFC event, Billy Quarantillo (16-3) rebounded nicely from his first UFC loss by securing a third-round TKO victory in July. With the competition taking a step up, this might be the best time for Quarantillo to strike, facing a struggling Shane Burgos. Since entering the UFC, Quarantillo has gone 4-1. […]

Shane Burgos Hoping To Avoid Three-Fight Losing Streak

Featherweight action takes to the UFC 268 main-card stage when Shane Burgos (13-3) enters the Octagon on Saturday. On a back-to-back losing streak, something he has never done as a professional, Burgos will look to turn his fortunes around against Billy Quarantillo, who is coming off of a July TKO victory. With a knack to […]

Michael Chandler Returns To Action At UFC 268

It has been six months since Michael Chandler (22-6) lost his bid to become the UFC's interim lightweight champion, but there is no doubt that he is ready to rebound from that loss and end 2021 with a victory. In order to do so, though, he will have to face the ever-dangerous Justin Gaethje. A […]

Justin Gaethje Returns To Action To Battle Michael Chandler

You will be hard-pressed to find another fighter as consistently exciting for the fans as Justin Gaethje (22-3). After coming off of a loss to arguably the greatest lightweight ever in Khabib Nurmagomedov, Gaethje will look to rebound against a fighter who is nearly as dangerous in the form of Michael Chandler. Gaethje has earned […]

Jan Blachowicz Drops Championship On Saturday

Jan Blachowicz's most impressive run of his career came to a disappointing end on Saturday at UFC 267 when he lost his championship to Glover Teixeira via second-round submission. In 8:02 of action, Blachowicz landed 28 significant strikes (53 total strikes) and stuffed four of Glover's six takedown tries on the night. It was just […]

Glover Teixeira Earns Light-Heavyweight Championship

Not only did Glover Teixeira earn his sixth straight victory on Saturday, but he clinched the UFC light-heavyweight title via second-round submission. Teixeira's 40th win earned him his biggest prize to date. In 8:02 of action, Glover landed 23 significant strikes (71 total strikes) and landed two of his six takedown tries on the night. […]

Cory Sandhagen Suffers Decision Loss Saturday Night

Though he was coming off of a split-decision loss in his last Octagon appearance, Cory Sandhagen was given a huge opportunity to face Petr Yan for the interim title at UFC 267's co-main event on Saturday. Unfortunately for Sandhagen, Yan was the victor via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46). In 25 minutes of action, Sandhagen […]

Petr Yan Wins Interim Title On Saturday

Re-acquiring his championship belt in interim form, Petr Yan defeated Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) on Saturday to earn the interim championship to sit in place of injured champion Aljamain Sterling. In 25 minutes of championship action, Yan collected 149 significant strikes (158 total strikes) while stuffing five of Sandhagen's six takedown […]

Dan Hooker Suffers Another Loss

With another loss, Dan Hooker has now dropped three of his last four contests, including Saturday's first-round submission loss to Islam Makhachev. In 2:25 of total action, Hooker was only able to land four significant strikes (19 total strikes) and was taken down once, leading to the end of the contest. Don't let the overall […]

Islam Makhachev Continues To Impress With Another Finish

One of the hottest lightweights in the world, Islam Makhachev continued his impressive run by securing a first-round submission win via kimura against Dan Hooker on Saturday. On a run since 2015, Makhachev landed only two significant strikes (13 total strikes) in 2:25 of action, but he scored the only takedown he needed to eventually […]

Marcin Tybura's Five-Fight Winning Streak Snapped

Marcin Tybura's five-fight winning streak came to an end on Saturday at UFC 267 with Tybura dropping a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) to Alexander Volkov. In 15 minutes of action, Tybura landed 58 significant strikes (73 total strikes) but missed all 16 of his takedown tries and didn't have a single attempt on the […]

Alexander Volkov Takes Decision Win Saturday

Coming off of a decision loss to the current interim champion, Alexander Volkov rebounded nicely with a unanimous-decision win over Polish veteran Marcin Tybura on Saturday at UFC 267. Volkov dominated on the scorecards, earning 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 on the three cards. Through 15 minutes of action, Volkov tallied 75 significant strikes (89 total […]

Jingliang Li Suffers First-Round Submission At UFC 267

Though Jingliang Li was on a nice run in the UFC, winning three of his last four fights, he suffered a decisive first-round submission loss at the hands of Khamzat Chimaev on UFC 267's main card on Saturday. In 3:16 of fight time, Li landed absolutely zero strikes while absorbing 25 significant strikes (58 total […]