MMA News

Harry Kettle - August 15, 2025

UFC champion Dricus du Plessis has questioned how Khamzat Chimaev would handle his first loss in mixed martial arts. Tomorrow night, Dricus du Plessis will defend his UFC middleweight championship against Khamzat Chimaev. It’s a title showdown that has been a long time coming, and it’s perhaps one of the most anticipated title fights in recent memory. A lot of people are backing Chimaev to become world champion, but underestimating DDP has proven to be a mistake many times in the past.

Harry Kettle - August 15, 2025

UFC star Israel Adesanya has given his prediction for this weekend’s title fight between Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev. Tomorrow night, Dricus du Plessis will defend the UFC middleweight championship against Khamzat Chimaev. The two will collide in their highly anticipated UFC 319 main event, and right now, it’s pretty hard to say which way it’s going to go. Everyone is bound to view this fight differently but given what we know about both men, all we can really expect is that it’s going to be an incredibly fun fight.

Harry Kettle - August 15, 2025

UFC boss Dana White has discussed the possibility of Conor McGregor and Jon Jones competing at the White House. As we know, Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are two of the biggest stars in the history of mixed martial arts. They’re also two of the most controversial, especially throughout the course of the last few years. Alas, controversy rarely gets in the way of good business for Dana White and the UFC, which is why they’re both being considered for next year’s White House event that the promotion plans on booking.

BJPENN.COM Staff - August 14, 2025

Itsuki Hirata will begin resurrecting her career when she steps back into combat after months of soul-searching. The former ONE World Title contender confronts her once-promising trajectory against an undefeated opponent who represents everything she used to be. Hirata faces promotional newcomer Arti Khatri in atomweight MMA action at ONE Friday Fights 120 on Friday, August 15, inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium. The 25-year-old Japanese fighter enters her weekly series debut carrying the weight of three setbacks.

Dylan Bowker - August 14, 2025

Cole Shelton - August 14, 2025

Drakkar Klose will be fighting with his brother on his mind again. Late last year, his brother was murdered, and Klose took his last fight to try and get his mind off of it. However, Klose admits that he wasn’t fully there and needed to take time to grieve. Now, he’s booked to return against Edson Barboza at UFC 319.

Dylan Bowker - August 14, 2025

Alex Pereira has made demonstrable improvements in his anti-wrestling, but a former UFC veteran still doesn’t think it’s enough to make a Magomed Ankalaev rematch play out any differently than their first fight. Pereira vs. Ankalaev 2 is set for UFC 320 on October 4th, with the former looking to claim light heavyweight gold once again from the man who took it from him. Krzysztof Jotko touched upon this UFC 205 pound championship rematch during an interview on Bowks Talking Bouts ahead of his eventual Oktagon 74 win that saw him advance in the Tipsport Gamechanger tournament. Going through Jotko’s X page circa February 2022, Jotko mentioned then that months prior, he had agreed to fight Pereira, only for ‘Poatan’ to end up fighting Bruno Silva towards the end of 2021.

Dylan Bowker - August 14, 2025

Cory Sandhagen is preparing to take on a man that many see as the greatest bantamweight in MMA history. But a training partner of Sandhagen’s sees him emerging with UFC gold in devastating fashion. Cory Sandhagen will do battle with reigning 135-pound titleholder Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 320 in October. Justin Wetzell is a long time training partner of Sandhagen’s and has a chance himself to snag major gold tomorrow night. Wetzell will clash with Marcirley Alves in the PFL 2025 bantamweight tournament finals on August 15th. Justin Wetzell appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts, and when talking about his iron sharpens iron relationship with the upcoming UFC title challenger as gym compatriots, Wetzell said, “Yeah, definitely. I don’t know if I told you this but I’ve told a couple people. When I moved out to Denver, Cory was the very first person I sparred and he beat the s**t out of me. I was like well, I moved to the right place.” “There’s a lot to learn from here. So yeah, he’s been a phenomenal, pivotal part of my career, man. What’s cool is you’re going to see the PFL belt and the UFC belt in the same room in the same year. Let’s go.” When asked about how he sees Cory Sandhagen getting it done against Merab Dvalishvili when they fight in the Fall, Wetzell stated, “I could see a Cory Sandhagen flying knee. I’ll just leave it at that.” Cory Sandhagen being due for one, thoughts on the rhetoric that Merab Dvalishvili is the MMA bantamweight GOAT Referencing Sandhagen’s prior finish of Frankie Edgar inside the UFC octagon while utilizing this same technique, Wetzell quipped,

Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 14, 2025

Another special guest has been added to the attendee list for UFC 319. There has been some buzz going into Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Chicago. Headlining the show will be a middleweight title fight between the two best 185-pounders today. Champion Dricus du Plessis hopes to thwart the challenge of Khamzat Chimaev, who is unbeaten in his pro MMA career.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 14, 2025

One prominent UFC 319 fighter won’t be doubting Dricus du Plessis any longer if he retains his gold on Saturday. It’ll be a big night for “Stillknocks,” who is attempting to make a third successful title defense. Standing in his way is the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev, who has looked dominant throughout his career with a couple of exceptions. Chimaev is the slight betting favorite going into the bout, as one can never count out his ability to take his opponent down and finish the fight early.

BJ Penn Staff - August 14, 2025

NBA star Kristaps Porzingis is planning on trying his hand at MMA when his basketball career concludes. Porzingis, from Latvia, currently plays as a power forward and center for the Atlanta Hawks. Outside of his career with the NBA, he is a big MMA fan. So much so that he intends to pursue a second career in the sport in the future.

Cole Shelton - August 14, 2025

UFC 319 has taken a hit as Diego Ferreira vs King Green will no longer be taking place. Ferreira informed BJPENN.com that the fight was off, but he isn’t sure why. The Brazilian says he was already at 162lbs and the weight cut was ahead of schedule.

Harry Kettle - August 14, 2025

Michael Page, aka MVP, has welcomed recent praise from UFC commentator Joe Rogan ahead of UFC 319. For the longest time, Michael ‘Venom’ Page has been one of the most intriguing mixed martial artists in the world. While some have questioned just how good he really is, MVP has been able to capture the imagination of the masses throughout the course of his career. Now, he’s enjoying a run in the UFC, and he’s set to continue his middleweight campaign when he battles Jared Cannonier this weekend.

Harry Kettle - August 14, 2025

Carlos Prates believes he’ll be right back in the mix with the top welterweight contenders if he can defeat Geoff Neal. As we know, the welterweight division is absolutely stacked right now. There are so many top guys at 170 pounds and with Islam Makhachev being set to make his debut in the weight class soon, it’s only going to get better. One man who is seen as a pretty interesting contender is Carlos Prates, who most recently fell to a tight loss against Ian Machado Garry.

Harry Kettle - August 14, 2025

UFC boss Dana White has spoken about some of the challenges that the promotion faces for its proposed UFC White House event. As we know, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is very interested in putting on an event at the White House next summer. It’d be done in order to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, and it’s clear that US president Donald Trump is very invested in the idea too. The same, of course, can be said for Dana White.

BJPENN.COM Staff - August 13, 2025

Major championship gold gets unified when Prajanchai PK Saenchai settles his score with Jonathan Di Bella. The strawweight kickboxing rivals receive their long-awaited rematch opportunity after their classic first encounter left questions unanswered. Prajanchai defends his ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Title against interim champion Di Bella at ONE Fight Night 36 on Prime Video on Friday, October 3, inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium. The event airs live in U.S. primetime featuring the highly anticipated unification showdown.

Dylan Bowker - August 13, 2025

Dricus du Plessis is already among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport today, but according to his teammate, we may see a brand new version of the UFC’s 185-pound kingpin in Chicago this weekend. Mark Hulme appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts ahead of his fight last week as part of Oktagon MMA’s Tipsport Gamechanger Tournament, but also took time to discuss his teammate DDP’s title defense against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 on Saturday, August 16th.

Dylan Bowker - August 13, 2025

Luke Rockhold recently ranted about the sport of bare knuckle fighting with one of BKB’s champions offering up a response to those criticisms from the former UFC champion. Khortni Kamyron prepares to make history and become BKB’s first ever two division champion among women’s fighters. She will get this chance when she battles Paty Juarez in a rematch for the BKB lightweight crown at BKB 44: Denver Brawl V on August 16th.