Kevin Holland Hoping To Right The Ship Saturday

For the first time in his UFC career, Kevin Holland (21-7) will look to avoid a potential third straight loss as he faces Kyle Daukaus in Saturday night's co-main event. Since coming onto the UFC scene, Holland has gone 7-3. A true finisher, 17 of Holland's 21 career wins have come by knockout/TKO or submission. […]

Alex Oliveira Can Turn His Fortunes Around

With five of his last seven Octagon appearances ending with a loss, Alex Oliveira (22-10-1) will hope to turn around his fortunes against a dangerous striker in Niko Price on Saturday. The finishing ability is there for Oliveira as well, with 12 of his 22 career wins coming by knockout/TKO. DraftKings sees Cowboy as the […]

Niko Price Trying To Keep His Perfect Finish Rate Alive

Welterweights will clash when Niko Price (14-5) enters the Octagon on Saturday hoping to avoid a third straight loss as he faces off with Alex Oliveira. Though it was four fights since his last win, all six of Price's UFC wins are finishes. Overall, 10 of Price's 14 career wins have come by knockout/TKO. DraftKings […]

Jared Gordon Looking For Third Straight Win

Hoping his third straight victory is just around the corner, Jared Gordon (17-4) enters Saturday's main card to face a streaking Joe Solecki. Fighters don't come much tougher than Gordon, with nine of his 17 professional wins coming by decision. DraftKings sees Gordon as the underdog with a salary of $7,900. Throughout his UFC career, […]

Joe Solecki Hopes To Remain Perfect In The Octagon

Looking to start out 4-0 in the UFC since his Contender Series win, Joe Solecki (11-2) will face a tough opponent in Jared Golden on Saturday. A dangerous ground finisher, seven of his 11 career wins have come by submission. In his young UFC career, Solecki already has wins over veterans Jim Miller and Austin […]

Krzysztof Jotko Prepares To Rebound From Loss In May

The Polish sensation Krzysztof Jotko (22-5) was on a three-fight winning streak before losing his last outing by unanimous decision in May. A decision-style winner who controls the pace and pushes his opponent to the limit, 15 of Jotko's 22 career wins have come by decision. DraftKings sees Jotko being able to implement that same […]

Misha Cirkunov Hoping To Avoid Back-To-Back Losses

It has been an up-and-down experience for Misha Cirkunov (15-6) in the UFC since 2017. He will look to rebound from a first-round TKO loss in March. A dangerous mat finisher, nine of Cirkunov's 15 career wins have come by submission. Facing a decision machine like Krzysztof Jotko might make it extremely difficult for Cirkunov […]

Macy Chiasson Looking For Third Straight Win

Winning her last two bouts after suffering her first career loss, Macy Chiasson (7-1) steps into the Octagon on Saturday with another young upcoming star in Aspen Ladd. The heavy-handed striker has won four of her seven career professional bouts by knockout/TKO. With Ladd returning from injury after a long layoff of almost two full […]

Aspen Ladd Returns To Action After Long Layoff

Aspen Ladd is set to face Macy Chiasson after a canceled bout this summer in a bantamweight clash of top-tiered women's fighters. With her only loss being a 16-second knockout, Ladd rebounded with a solid performance by earning a third-round TKO in December of 2019. Now almost two years since her last UFC competition, Ladd […]

Mike Breeden Hopes To Earn An Impressive Knockout

After winning five of his last six bouts, the time has come for Mike Breeden to make his debut in the UFC. He will face a dangerous striker in Alexander Hernandez for his debut on Saturday's main card. Breeden has heavy hands, with eight of his 10 career victories coming by knockout/TKO. DraftKings doesn't see […]

Alexander Hernandez Looking For Knockout Power

Lethal striker Alexander Hernandez (12-4) returns to action after a February decision loss and is looking to get back on track against Mike Breeden to open up Saturday's main card. Since entering the UFC, two of Hernandez's four Octagon wins have come by knockout/TKO, showing his ability to earn big points and finish the bout. […]

Brian Ortega Unable To Capture The Title

Though Brian Ortega was almost able to lock in a bout-ending submission, the majority of the contest on Saturday was in control of the champion, Alexander Volkanovski, who was able to successfully defend his crown with a unanimous-decision win. Through 25 minutes of action, Ortega landed 88 significant strikes (101 total strikes) but absorbed 214 […]

Alexander Volkanovski Defends His Crown

It was another dominating performance for Alexander Volkanovski on Saturday when he walked out of the main event of UFC 266 with his featherweight championship still around his waist. In 25 minutes of action, Volkanovski landed 214 significant strikes on Brian Ortega. In addition to the amazing output, Volkanovski absorbed less than half of that […]

Lauren Murphy Unable To Capture Title On Saturday

Riding high into the biggest matchup of her career, Lauren Murphy was unable to capitalize on that momentum and suffered a devasting fourth-round TKO loss to champion Valentina Shevchenko in Saturday night's co-main event of UFC 266. In 19 minutes of action, Murphy could only amass 19 total strikes while absorbing 132 total strikes. Shevchenko […]

Valentina Shevchenko Has Another Dominating Performance

Saturday night's co-main event for the women's flyweight championship went about as expected, with Valentina Shevchenko putting on another dominating performance to earn a fourth-round TKO over Lauren Murphy. Through 19:00 of action, Shevchenko tallied a solid 98 significant strikes (132 total strikes) compared to Murphy's 19 total strikes. She may be the week's highest-salaried […]

Robbie Lawler Takes Third-Round TKO Victory

Robbie Lawler returned to the win column with a third-round TKO victory over the returning Nick Diaz at UFC 266 on Saturday. Though he was out-struck statistically, Lawler still tallied 131 significant strikes in 14:16 of action. With the win, Lawler secures his 21st career knockout/TKO victory out of his 29 professional wins. Though Lawler […]

Nick Diaz Returns To A Third-Round TKO Loss

In what many die-hard fans considered the most anticipated fight on Saturday's card, the returning Nick Diaz did not disappoint statistically, landing 150 significant strikes in 14:16 of action. Though Diaz suffered a third-round TKO loss, he managed to out-strike Robbie Lawler. Even though it was six years since his last appearance in the Octagon, […]

Jairzinho Rozenstruik Takes Decision Loss Saturday

The path to victory for Jairzinho Rozenstruik was to land heavy shots and avoid the wrestling game of Curtis Blaydes on Saturday. Unfortunately, the game plan did not come to fruition for Rozenstruik, and he ended up on the losing side of a unanimous decision. In 15 minutes of action, Rozenstruik was only able to […]

Curtis Blaydes Dominates On His Way To Unanimous Decision

Sticking to the expected game plan, Curtis Blaydes dominated Jairzinho Rozenstruik with his superior wrestling skills on Saturday. Blaydes dominated in the striking department to walk away with a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Though Blaydes may have only collected 32 significant strikes, he amassed 113 total strikes to go along with his 6:19 of […]

Cynthia Calvillo Suffers Loss In Main-Card Opener

Though Cynthia Calvillo was able to land a few shots, she absorbed more than she handed out, which eventually led to a first-round TKO loss against Jessica Andrade. In 4:54 of action, Calvillo landed only 27 significant strikes while absorbing 48. With the loss, Calvillo is now on a back-to-back losing skid. There is still […]

Jessica Andrade Earns First-Round Knockout Saturday

It only took one round for Jessica Andrade to earn a knockout victory in the opening main-bout card of UFC 266 on Saturday. With only six seconds left, Andrade earned the finish to retire Cynthia Calvillo. Through one round of action, Andrade tallied 48 significant strikes. With the win, Andrade secures her first win in […]

Brian Ortega Looking To Become The New Champion

1-1 in his last two contests, Brian Ortega (15-1) showed the powers that be enough to earn a title shot for the featherweight title in UFC 266's main event on Saturday. Known for his dangerous ground game and ability to pull out late victories, Ortega enters the Octagon against Alexander Volkanovski, who is a perfect […]

Alexander Volkanovski Looking To Go 10-For-10

UFC 266 will be headlined by the men's featherweight championship on Saturday when Alexander Volkanovski (22-1) defends his crown against Brian Ortega. Volkanovski has been on quite the run since joining the UFC, winning all nine of his Octagon appearances, including wins over Max Holloway in his last two fights. Volkanovski has the ability to […]

Lauren Murphy Set For Career-Defining Moment

With an opportunity of a lifetime, Lauren Murphy (15-4) steps into the Octagon on Saturday for UFC 266's co-main-event bout with a chance to capture the UFC women's flyweight championship. Not only could she capture the title, but it could arguably be one of the biggest championship upsets in UFC history. Quietly riding a five-fight […]

Valentina Shevchenko Looks To Continue Her Dominance

The biggest favorite on Saturday night, Valentina Shevchenko (21-3) will defend her UFC women's flyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 266. Already with seven wins in a row, the flyweight queen looks for No. 8 against Lauren Murphy, who is quietly on her own winning streak of five straight. Proving she can be […]

Nick Diaz Makes His Long-Awaited Return To Action

One of the 209's favorite sons, Nick Diaz (26-9) makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon on Saturday after a six-plus-year absence. The 38-year old will enter the cage with another fan favorite in Robbie Lawler in a rematch 17 years in the making. We are not sure what kind of shape Diaz will step […]

Robbie Lawler Set To Take Center Stage Saturday

It's not often a rematch 17 years in the making is worth seeing, but when Robbie Lawler (28-15) enters the Octagon to face Nick Diaz on Saturday, all eyes will be on these two fighters as they step onto center stage. The 39-year-old Lawler may be on the back end of his career, but for […]

Jairzinho Rozenstruik Looks To Earn A Big Win Saturday

The big striking threat of Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-2) returns to action as he takes on a truly difficult task in Curtis Blaydes on the UFC 266 main card on Saturday. 2-2 in his last four fights, Rozenstruik would love nothing more than to get back to his winning ways and earn a win against top-tier […]

Curtis Blaydes Looking To Ascend The Heavyweight Ranks

The lone heavyweight bout on the main card of UFC 266 this Saturday will feature Curtis Blaydes (14-3) as he looks to rebound from his last outing, which was a loss that snapped his four-fight winning streak. Though Blaydes uses his wrestling skills to control the matchup, nine of his 14 career wins have come […]

Cynthia Calvillo Hopes To Get A Long-Awaited Win

Coming off of a loss in November of last year, Cynthia Calvillo (9-2-1) returns to action in the opening bout of UFC 266's main card on Saturday. Calvillo has shown through her professional career that she can finish the bout in a number of ways, with five of her career wins coming by finish and […]