UFC News

Cole Shelton - January 24, 2022

Mark Hunt is standing by Francis Ngannou as the heavyweight champion is in a contract dispute with the UFC. At UFC 270, Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane by decision to defend his belt but the big storyline was the fight being the last on his current deal. In the lead-up to the scrap, Ngannou and the UFC were not seeing eye-to-eye and following the contest Dana White didn’t even wrap the belt around “The Predator’s” waist.

Cole Shelton - January 24, 2022

Dan Hooker has taken another shot at Jon Jones. Over Christmas, Jones and Hooker had a back-and-forth after the “Hangman” took a dig at the former UFC champion for his comments pertaining to Chael Sonnen’s battery citations. Jones then fired back at Hooker and the pair continued to trade barbs. Now, a month later, Hooker opened up on why he dislikes Jones.

Josh Evanoff - January 24, 2022

UFC announced last week that it was going to be launching its first round of NFTs, and it went about as well as it possibly could’ve. The promotion had the NFT drop set for the day following UFC 270. While fans were excited to see Francis Ngannou retain his heavyweight championship with a win over Ciryl Gane at the event, many fans were more excited about the promotion finally jumping into the world of Non-fungible tokens.

Cole Shelton - January 24, 2022

Justin Gaethje doesn’t like the idea of “irrelevant” Conor McGregor getting the next lightweight title shot. After Gaethje defeated Michael Chandler at UFC 268, many thought that cemented himself as the next lightweight title challenger. However, after Charles Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier at UFC 269, he started taking shots at McGregor. Both men began expressing interest in a fight, but for Gaethje, he doesn’t think it is right for the Irishman to get a title fight.

Cole Shelton - January 24, 2022

The first pay-per-view of 2022 went down on Saturday as the promotion returned to the Honda Center in Anaheim, California for UFC 270. The event saw two titles on the line as Francis Ngannou was defending his heavyweight fight against Ciryl Gane, while Brandon Moreno was defending his flyweight strap against Deiveson Figueiredo.

Cole Shelton - January 24, 2022

Matt Frevola knew the stakes were high for his UFC 270 fight against Genaro Valdez. Frevola had entered the contest on the last fight of his current deal, and was hoping to snap a two-fight losing streak with a win. He knew people were counting him out but he was confident he would finish Valdez which is exactly what he did.

Josh Evanoff - January 24, 2022

Francis Ngannou is fresh off the heels of his UFC 270 win over Ciryl Gane. The UFC heavyweight champion defended his title after scoring a unanimous decision victory over his former training partner with a grappling-heavy gameplan. Ngannou revealed post-fight that he had suffered injuries during his training camp, and had a grade 3 MCL tear and a damaged ACL. Going into further detail on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, the Cameroonian then revealed that he was actually advised by a doctor that he had seen pre-fight that he should pull out from his title unification bout at the event.

Christopher Taylor - January 24, 2022

On his latest podcast on the “Timbo Sugarshow”, Sean O’Malley spoke to the controversy playing out regarding Dana White not presenting Francis Ngannou with the heavyweight belt at UFC 270: “Dana White didn’t even put the belt around him apparently. I went to bed. What do you think about it? I mean, dude, he’s the boss. He’s the man. You’re going to talk sh*t about the whole company, and I get it. I’m just saying. I bet (Francis Ngannou) honestly didn’t even give a f*ck though.”

Susan Cox - January 24, 2022

Derrick Lewis, during a recent appearance on Ariel Helwani’s ‘The MMA Hour’, spoke about his intentions to launch a clothing line store: “I’m just trying to open up more businesses,” said Lewis. “Also, I wanna do like, a clothing line store, as well. Like, sell vintage clothing and stuff like that. We’ll see how that goes.”

Susan Cox - January 24, 2022

It has long been rumoured and commented on by UFC fighters that money, or lack thereof is an issue in the UFC. Dana White, UFC President has defended the monetary issues and feels that fighters get paid according to their performance and draw power.

Harry Kettle - January 24, 2022

A recent report from SBJ has indicated that UFC 269 managed to hit over 500,000 pay-per-view buys last month. In the final PPV of the year for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the promotion went all out. They put on a blockbuster card stacked from head to toe with talent, and that was particularly true for the main event and co-main event of the evening.

Harry Kettle - January 24, 2022

UFC commentator Michael Bisping has praised Francis Ngannou for the hard work he put in to claim victory at UFC 270. After two rounds of the UFC heavyweight title main event last Saturday, it appeared as if Ciryl Gane was well on his way to becoming the new king of the heavyweights. However, a fantastic adjustment by Francis Ngannou and his team ensured that “The Predator” was able to successfully defend the strap in a unanimous decision triumph.

Harry Kettle - January 24, 2022

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced the main card for UFC 271 with Derrick Lewis vs Tai Tuivasa serving as the co-main event. Next month in Houston, the UFC will put on their second pay-per-view of the year with the headline attraction being Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 for the UFC middleweight title. However, despite that being an incredible main event, it’s worth noting that there are plenty of other intriguing contests set to go down at the Toyota Center.

Christopher Taylor - January 23, 2022

Kai Kara-France has responded after being name-dropped by newly crowned UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo. Figueiredo (21-2-1 MMA) reclaimed the promotions 125lbs title in the co-headliner of last night’s UFC 270 event, scoring a thrilling unanimous decision victory over Brandon Moreno (19-6-2 MMA).

Fernando Quiles Jr. - January 23, 2022

Jiri Prochazka is gunning for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and he’s making his intentions clear to Glover Teixeira. Teixeira vs. Prochazka has been set for UFC 274. The event will be taking place on May 7. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - January 23, 2022

The official score totals for Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane and Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno have rolled out. UFC 270 took place inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California this past Saturday night (Jan. 22). In the main event, Ngannou and Gane collided to determine the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion. The co-main event saw Figueiredo and Moreno do battle for a third time with the UFC Flyweight Title at stake.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - January 23, 2022

Ciryl Gane insists he wasn’t taken off guard by Francis Ngannou’s grappling in their UFC 270 clash. Gane entered the UFC 270 headliner as the interim heavyweight titleholder. Ngannou held the main championship. While Gane looked sharp early on, the unthinkable happened. Ngannou had success with his wrestling and even swept Gane from the bottom.

Christopher Taylor - January 23, 2022

Francis Ngannou is not exactly sure why Dana White didn’t stick around to present him with the heavyweight title following his win at UFC 270. Ngannou (17-3 MMA) put his heavyweight championship on the line against former training partner and interim heavyweight title holder Ciryl Gane (10-1 MMA) yesterday evening.