Two top UFC strawweight contenders will collide this summer. Brazilians Virna Jandiroba and Amanda Lemos will square off at a UFC Fight Night event July 20 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of…

The discussion over who Vasiliy Lomachenko should fight next after his revival knockout of former lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. is rich. For veteran trainer Teddy Atlas, it should also be short. Atlas said on Monday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV that the…

Rising flyweights Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick will throw down this summer. At a UFC Fight Night on July 20, Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Maverick (13-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will meet in a three-round bout. The event will take place at the UFC…

“The Korean Super Boy” is back. For only the second time since 2019 (barring further postponement), Doo Ho Choi (14-4-1 MMA, 3-3-1 UFC) will step into the cage July 20 at a UFC Fight Night event opposite Bill Algeo (18-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC). The three-round…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Flyweights Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira are expected to serve as the main event for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled on June 15 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge…

Lerone Murphy thinks the UFC is putting him to the test at UFC Fight Night 241. Murphy (13-0-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) meets Edson Barboza (24-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) in Saturday’s headliner (ESPN+) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas – his first main event. Barboza…

Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) returned to the top table of the lightweight ranks with an impressive 11th-round knockout of George Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) in Perth, Australia, to claim the vacant IBF world lightweight title. Not only did Lomachenko impress in the one-sided…

The UFC is breaking various records for itself at seemingly every turn, but the promotion is going to do something at UFC 303 that is far from inconsequential. The organization is poised to do its first live gate in excess of $20 million for the…

Andrei Arlovski’s heavyweight record 42nd walk to the octagon will happen two weeks later than expected – but on a much bigger stage. Originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night on June 15, Arlovski’s matchup with Martin Buday now will go down at UFC 303 on…