MMA News

Harry Kettle - June 6, 2025

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has implied that he may end up surrendering the belt in the near future. For the longest time now, Jon Jones has been toying with the world of mixed martial arts. While he may be the current heavyweight champion in the UFC, there’s also an interim champion – and his name is Tom Aspinall. The popular opinion is that the two should compete to determine the undisputed champ, but it really doesn’t seem like Jon is all too interested in making it happen.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 5, 2025

Freddie Haggerty and Johan Ghazali have been on a collision course for well over a year now. And while their paths have yet to cross in ONE Championship, a showdown feels inevitable. Ghazali has his hands full this Friday, 6 June. He meets Diego Paez in flyweight Muay Thai at ONE Fight Night 32 at Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium. But Haggerty senses a showdown between him and the 18-year-old can’t be too far away.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 5, 2025

ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong has never wanted to own just another combat sports company. He’s wanted it to stand out from the rest. That’s part of what has made ONE Championship the global giant it is today. Earlier this week, Sityodtong was a guest on The Tim Ferriss Show – the leading business podcast in the world. He broke down why he believed ONE Championship differs from the rest. And part of that is the company’s ability to identify the best martial artists across multiple disciplines.

Cole Shelton - June 5, 2025

Vicente Luque is looking to prove he still can get into wars. Luque is set to return to the Octagon in the main card opener of UFC 316 against Kevin Holland. It’s an intriguing fight, and in the lead-up, Holland has claimed Luque can’t take damage like he used to.

BJ Penn Staff - June 5, 2025

If Henry Cejudo is to be believed, Sean O’Malley is cutting costs in his preparations for UFC 316. UFC 316 goes down this Saturday in Newark, New Jersey. O’Malley will challenge bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in the card’s main event. It will be his first fight since he lost the belt by decision to Dvalishvili last September.

Cole Shelton - June 5, 2025

Kevin Holland is excited to fight Vicente Luque at UFC 316 as he’s expecting a very fan-friendly fight. Holland is set to fight for the third time in 2025 when he takes on Luque in an intriguing welterweight fight. Holland is coming off a decision win over Gunnar Nelson to get back in the win column. Heading into this fight against Luque, Holland is expecting a striking battle and one that has a good chance to win Fight of the Night.

BJ Penn Staff - June 5, 2025

Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has responded to a bit of trash talk from a fairly surprising source: featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez. Mexico’s Rodriguez is one of the top contenders in the UFC featherweight division at the moment. However, he was decisively beaten by Australian champion Alexander Volkanovski just a few years ago, and is widely seen as less deserving of a title shot than Russia’s Movsar Evloev, who has never lost a fight.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - June 5, 2025

One longtime UFC welterweight believes Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley will be no cakewalk for either fighter. Buckley and Usman will headline UFC Atlanta on June 14. It’s a pivotal clash in the welterweight division. Usman is the No. 5-ranked UFC welterweight, while Buckley holds the No. 7 spot.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - June 5, 2025

Julianna Pena believes she won’t be given respect if she defeats Kayla Harrison at UFC 316. Pena is set to put the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship at stake against Harrison on Saturday. The title fight will be held inside the Prudential Center in Newark. Pena is in her second reign as the 135-pound titleholder and she’s looking for her first successful title defense.

BJ Penn Staff - June 5, 2025

Vasiliy Lomachenko is done with professional boxing. The 37-year-old Ukrainian announced his decision to retire on social media this week.

BJ Penn Staff - June 5, 2025

Jon Jones and Anderson Silva are without a doubt two of the greatest fighters in UFC history. Jones is the current UFC heavyweight champion, but spent most of his career reigning over the light heavyweight division. Silva, meanwhile, was the long-time champion one division down at middleweight. Unfortunately, the two greats never ended up fighting each other, as Silva’s prime occurred a bit before Jones reached the pinnacle.

Harry Kettle - June 5, 2025

Former two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo has questioned the quality of Sean O’Malley’s UFC 316 training camp. As we know, Sean O’Malley will challenge Merab Dvalishvili for the UFC bantamweight championship on Saturday night. It’ll take place in Newark, in the main event of UFC 316. It comes in the wake of Dvalishvili being the one to take the strap off of ‘Suga’, with many wondering whether or not Sean has what it takes to change his game plan enough to earn the gold back.

Harry Kettle - June 5, 2025

Kayla Harrison has given her thoughts on the trash talk being thrown her way from UFC 316 opponent Julianna Pena. On Saturday night, Kayla Harrison will finally get her shot at winning UFC gold. She will challenge for the women’s bantamweight championship in the co-main event of UFC 316, and she’ll do so against Julianna Pena – someone who has had more than a few things to say about her recently.

Harry Kettle - June 5, 2025

Former UFC heavyweight Greg Hardy has reportedly been arrested as a result of an assault on one of his family members. Throughout the course of his career, Greg Hardy has attracted controversy. While he started out as a promising player in the National Football League (NFL), he soon went from hero to zero. This came as a result of him found guilty of assaulting a former girlfriend. While the case was dismissed due to the victim failing to appear in court, it’s a charge that has followed him around ever since.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 4, 2025

Two-weight ONE MMA World Champion Anatoly Malykhin has had an undeniable rise to the top of ONE Championship. Through his knockout power and verbal skills on the microphone, he’s proven to have both the gift of the gab and the gift of the jab. So he believes he could succeed in a future transition to pro wrestling. His punching power has led him to victory 14 times in his career. Seven of those have come in ONE where he became the first-ever three-weight king in the promotion’s history. He stormed through former ONE World Title challenger Kirill Grishenko and former heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar at ONE Friday Fights 22 in June 2023.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 4, 2025

Teenage Muay Thai phenom Johan Ghazali’s raw talent has made him a star in ONE Championship. But in order to reach the next level, he’s recently been resculpted by ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon. “Jojo” is eager to show those improvements against American slugger Diego Paez at ONE Fight Night 32. They meet in flyweight Muay Thai this Friday, 6 June, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

BJPENN.COM Staff - June 4, 2025

Results haven’t recently favored Japanese striking standout Taiki Naito. So this year, “Silent Sniper” has been honing his craft in to reinvent himself. Naito duels with #5-ranked flyweight Muay Thai contender Johan Estupinan at ONE Fight Night 32 this Friday, 6 June, inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium.

Cole Shelton - June 4, 2025

Sean O’Malley and Conor McGregor appear to no longer have a beef with one another. When O’Malley broke onto the scene in the UFC, McGregor was backing him, as many thought ‘Suga’ was similar to the Irishman. However, recently, the two stopped seeing eye-to-eye, and they even took shots at one another on social media and in interviews.