MMA News

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Atlanta results, including the welterweight main event between Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley. Usman (20-4 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest with hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former welterweight kingpin was most previously seen in action in October of 2023, where he suffered a majority decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ earned his most recent victory in November of 2021, when he successfully defended the promotion‘s welterweight title with a unanimous decision win over Colby Covington.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Atlanta results, including the women’s flyweight co-main event between Rose Namajunas and Miranda Maverick. Namajunas (14-7 MMA) will enter the bout looking to rebound, this after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Erin Blanchfield in her most recent Octagon appearance at UFC Edmonton this past November. Prior to that setback, ‘Thug’ had reeled off back-to-back wins over Tracey Cortes and Amanda Ribas respectively.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Atlanta results, including the middleweight bout between Edmen Shahbazyan and Andre Petroski. Shahbazyan (15-5 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since scoring a first-round TKO victory over Dylan Budka this past February. ‘The Golden Boy’ has gone 3-2 over his past five Octagon appearances overall.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

Tonight’s UFC Atlanta main card lineup featured a men’s bantamweight bout between former division champion Cody Garbrandt and Raoni Barcelos. Cody Garbrandt (14-7 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since suffering a submission loss to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300 in April of 2024. That setback had snapped a two-fight winning streak for ‘No Love’, who had previously earned Octagon wins over Brian Kelleher (KO) and Trevin Jones (Decision).

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Atlanta results, including the featured prelim between Paul Craig and Rodolfo Bellato. Craig (17-9-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest with hopes of snapping a 3-fight losing skid. ‘Bearjew’ most previously competed inside of the Octagon this past November at UFC 309, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Bo Nickal.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Atlanta results, including the welterweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Court McGee. Chiesa (19-7 MMA) will enter the contest sporting a two-fight winning streak, his latest being a third-round submission victory over Max Griffin at December’s UFC 310 event. ‘Maverick‘ has gone 2-3 over his past five Octagon appearances overall.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2025

The Octagon returns to Georgia for tonight’s UFC Atlanta event, a 13-bout fight card headlined by Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley. Usman (20-4 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest with hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former welterweight kingpin was most previously seen in action in October of 2023, where he suffered a majority decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ earned his most recent victory in November of 2021, when he successfully defended the promotion‘s welterweight title with a unanimous decision win over Colby Covington.

Harry Kettle - June 14, 2025

UFC star Ilia Topuria has sent a message to Charles Oliveira in new training footage as their UFC 317 collision draws nearer. As we know, Ilia Topuria will battle Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 317. It’s a fight that has been in the works for a while now, with the two men being set to do battle over the UFC lightweight championship. The current champion, Islam Makhachev, will vacate the title the moment that the fight begins, as he begins to pursue a new dream – winning a second world title at welterweight.

Harry Kettle - June 14, 2025

UFC commentator Michael Bisping has issued a warning regarding Charles Oliveira’s style when he faces Ilia Topuria. As we know, Charles Oliveira will battle Ilia Topuria in the main event of UFC 317. It’s one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year, with the winner being declared the new UFC lightweight champion. The stakes don’t get much higher than that.

Harry Kettle - June 14, 2025

UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes has given his thoughts on Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall and whether or not it’ll happen. As we know, Jon Jones is the UFC heavyweight champion. That’s been the case for a long time now but during his reign, he’s only actually fought twice in the division. The hope, and expectation, is that he will defend his belt against interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. Unfortunately, Jon doesn’t seem to be all too interested in making that happen.

BJ Penn Staff - June 13, 2025

We may never see Francis Ngannou in the Octagon again, but the heavyweight star returned to the UFC stage in the lead-up to promotion’s Saturday night card in Atlanta, Georgia. Ngannou is the former UFC heavyweight champion. He never actually lost his belt, but instead vacated the title when he parted ways with the promotion in 2023. That means he’s still the lineal MMA heavyweight champion.

BJ Penn Staff - June 13, 2025

Artem Vakhitov didn’t like the offer he received from the UFC, so he rejected it. Vakhitov is an elite kickboxer, and is set to challenge long-reigning heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven in the main event of Glory 100 tomorrow. Before signing his new deal with Glory, he earned a UFC contract with a stoppage win on Dana White’s Contender Series. Despite his massive accomplishments as a kickboxer—which includes a win over former UFC champ Alex Pereira—it was a standard Contender Series contract. In other words, low five figures per fight. Having fought for much greater purses as a kickboxer, he turned it down.

BJ Penn Staff - June 13, 2025

Former UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo is considered one of the best fighters in MMA history. One of the many skills that made him so good was his takedown defense. The Brazilian was renowned for his ability to negate his opponents’ wrestling, and famously stopped 16 of 16 takedown attempts from reigning bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili when they fought. That’s pretty impressive, considering how little he actually practiced wrestling at the time.

BJ Penn Staff - June 13, 2025

Darren Till claims Nate Diaz bailed on plans to meet in the boxing ring this August. The good news is that another UFC veteran is allegedly considering accepting the fight at a later date. Till spent most of his UFC career speaking in the welterweight division, where he notably came up short in a title fight against Tyron Woodley. However, he also competed in the middleweight division.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - June 13, 2025

Belal Muhammad has an interesting stance on Kamaru Usman’s UFC Atlanta main event against Joaquin Buckley. Usman and Buckley will go one-on-one inside State Farm Arena this Saturday. It’s a pivotal clash in the welterweight division. Usman is looking to prove that he’s still an elite 170-pounder at 38 years old. Meanwhile, Buckley is hoping to solidify that he represents a new generation of fighters that are putting the old guard out to pasture.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - June 13, 2025

Justin Gaethje has detailed his issues with the UFC brass. Gaethje’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, recently turned some heads during his appearance on Submission Radio. The top MMA manager revealed that Gaethje is considering hanging up his gloves if he doesn’t get a UFC lightweight title shot in his next outing. As it stands, Gaethje is upset that he isn’t involved in the vacant title fight scheduled for UFC 317, which will see Ilia Topuria take on Charles Oliveira.

Harry Kettle - June 13, 2025

UFC veteran Michael Chiesa has given his thoughts on the future of Colby Covington in the world of mixed martial arts. As we know, Colby Covington is a pretty controversial figure – and that’s us putting it lightly. He has a tendency to say outrageous things in the name of making headlines and throughout the course of his career, he’s been able to earn a lot of big opportunities off the back of that.

Harry Kettle - June 13, 2025

UFC welterweight Sean Brady has given his prediction for the upcoming Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley showdown. Tomorrow night, Kamaru Usman will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon when he locks horns with rising welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley. While many consider him to be the underdog in this fight, the 38-year-old has the kind of skill and experience necessary to overcome a tough challenge like this one.