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Chris Taylor - May 10, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 315 results, including the welterweight title fight between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena. Muhammad (24-3 MMA) will be looking to earn his first career title defense when he takes to the Octagon this evening. ‘Remember the Name’ captured the promotion’s welterweight title this past July in Manchester, scoring a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Leon Edwards. The 36-year-old is currently riding a 10-fight winning streak, which includes victories over Gilbert Burns, Sean Brady and Stephen Thompson.

Chris Taylor - May 10, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 315 results, including the women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot. Shevchenko (25-4-1 MMA) was last seen in action at September’s UFC 306 event, where she reclaimed the promotion‘s flyweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Alexa Grasso. ‘The Bullet’ has gone 3-1-1 over her past five fights overall.

Chris Taylor - May 10, 2025

Tonight’s UFC 315 main card featured the return of MMA legend Jose Aldo who squared off with streaking Canadian contender Aiemann Zahabi. Aldo (32-10 MMA) entered tonight’s featherweight contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a split decision loss to Mario Bautista in his most previous effort this past October at UFC 307. Prior to that setback, the former featherweight kingpin had earned an impressive unanimous decision win over Jonathan Martinez.

Chris Taylor - May 10, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 315 results, including the featherweight contest between Jose Aldo and Aiemann Zahabi. Aldo (32-9 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a split decision loss to Mario Bautista this past October at UFC 307. Prior to that setback, the former featherweight kingpin had earned an impressive unanimous decision win over Jonathan Martinez.

Chris Taylor - May 10, 2025

The Octagon returns to Montreal for tonight’s UFC 315 event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena. Muhammad (24-3 MMA) will be looking to earn his first career title defense when he takes to the Octagon this evening. ‘Remember the Name’ captured the promotion’s welterweight title this past July in Manchester, scoring a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Leon Edwards. The 36-year-old is currently riding a 10-fight winning streak, which includes victories over Gilbert Burns, Sean Brady and Stephen Thompson.

Harry Kettle - May 10, 2025

MMA legend Rory MacDonald has admitted that he doesn’t have the intensity or desire necessary to return to the sport. For the longest time, Rory MacDonald was one of the most exciting fighters in all of mixed martial arts. The man known as the ‘Red King’ achieved some great things during his time in the sport, and in the UFC, he took part in some absolute wars – most notably against Robbie Lawler. These days, though, he’s retired, and he seems to be pretty happy with that decision.

Harry Kettle - May 10, 2025

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has spoken candidly about some of his post-mixed martial arts retirement plans. As we know, Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters of all time. He’s been recognised as such by the majority of his peers, even through all the controversies that he’s endured throughout the course of his career. Now, he is the king of the heavyweight division, with many hoping that he’ll eventually defend his belt against Tom Aspinall. Alas, we’ll have to wait and see whether or not that actually comes to fruition.

Harry Kettle - May 10, 2025

UFC legend Georges St-Pierre has revealed that he would be willing to put the belt on the winner of the UFC 315 main event. As we know, Georges St-Pierre is an absolute icon within the world of mixed martial arts. He has accomplished some great things throughout the course of his career, with the majority of his big highlights coming in the welterweight division. He ruled over the rest of the 170-pounders for a long time, and he did so in a pretty dominant way.

Cole Shelton - May 9, 2025

Bo Nickal has sent a fiery message to his haters and doubters after his first career loss. Nickal suffered a second-round TKO loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines in a stunning result. After the loss, many fans took aim at Nickal and criticized his skill set after the loss.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - May 9, 2025

A live stream for the UFC 315 ceremonial weigh-ins is set for late Friday afternoon. This Saturday, Belal Muhammad will put the UFC Welterweight Championship at stake against Jack Della Maddalena. The title fight will headline UFC 315 in Montreal. Muhammad recently told Athlon Sports that he isn’t fazed by anything the challenger may bring to the table.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - May 9, 2025

Belal Muhammad has been picked to thwart the challenge of Jack Della Maddalena, but one rising UFC contender doesn’t think it will be easy. Muhammad’s UFC 315 showdown with Maddalena will mark his first attempt at a successful UFC Welterweight Championship defense. While Maddalena was expecting to clash with Leon Edwards, he got the call with an offer to fight for UFC gold once Shavkat Rakhmonov couldn’t make the date due to an injury.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - May 9, 2025

The UFC 315 weigh-ins have wrapped up, but there is a major change to Jose Aldo’s bout. Aldo was scheduled for a bantamweight clash against Aiemann Zahabi on the main card of UFC 315 this Saturday. While the bout is still taking place this weekend, it has been changed to a featherweight contest. MMAFighting reports that the change was made after a doctor advised Aldo to stop cutting weight.

BJ Penn Staff - May 9, 2025

Former two-division UFC champ Daniel Cormier isn’t buying what Alex Pereira is selling. Earlier this week, former UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira sent the MMA world into a frenzy with a post on X. In his post, he suggested his relationship with the UFC had soured, and that he was considered retiring from combat sports as a consequence.

BJ Penn Staff - May 9, 2025

Australian knockout puncher Jack Della Maddalena will get his first crack at a world title when he takes on welterweight champion Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 this Saturday. Ahead of time, most fans agree that Della Maddalena probably has an edge in the striking, while Muhammad should be the more effective grappler.

BJ Penn Staff - May 9, 2025

The UFC has parted ways with two more fighters, including a long-time training partner of heavyweight champion Jon Jones. That would be heavyweight Don’Tale Mayes, who spent about five years with the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion. Croatian flyweight Ivana Petrovic was also cut from the UFC roster.

Harry Kettle - May 9, 2025

Former UFC champion Jamahal Hill has discussed a strange interaction he had with Khalil Rountree Jr at the UFC PI. In the main event of UFC Baku, Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr will collide in a blockbuster light heavyweight clash. The two men will serve as the big fight of the night as the promotion heads to Azerbaijan for the first time, marking the 31st country they’ve held an event in. In many ways, there’s a lot on the line here, especially now that there’s a new champion sitting at the top of the division.

Harry Kettle - May 9, 2025

UFC legend Jon Jones believes that he would’ve beaten Daniel Cormier pretty decisively if they’d met at heavyweight. As we know, Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters of all time. He’s certainly one of the best mixed martial artists ever, and he’s proved that over the course of a long career in the sport. While he did most of his work in the light heavyweight division, ‘Bones’ has also found success at heavyweight. He is a two-weight world champion, with many awaiting his next fight announcement – which will hopefully come sooner rather than later.

Harry Kettle - May 9, 2025

UFC analyst Chael Sonnen has dubbed Belal Muhammad the third best UFC welterweight champion of all time. Over the course of the last few years, Belal Muhammad has been slowly but surely rising up through the ranks of the UFC’s welterweight division. Now, we’re at a point where he sits at the top of the mountain as the UFC welterweight champion. He has earned that title through commitment, hard work and dedication, and this weekend, he is set to defend the gold at 170 pounds.