Michael Chandler does not expect Conor McGregor to be the same fighter at UFC 303. Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) welcomes McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) back in a welterweight bout June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). McGregor will return…

Chael Sonnen is not on board with Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler having a 165-pound championship on the line. Cormier advocated for the UFC to introduce a 165-pound weight class through a title fight between McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3…

Chris Weidman isn’t entirely sold on Alex Pereira when he sees a gaping hole in his wrestling. Light heavyweight champion Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) is fresh off his first title defense – a first-round knockout of Jamahal Hill in the UFC 300 main event.…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Daniel Cormier wants to raise the stakes for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler. After more than a year of false starts, McGregor’s octagon return against Chandler is finally on the books for June 29 at UFC…

Sean O'Malley didn’t find Aljamain Sterling’s featherweight debut too entertaining. Sterling (24-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) scored a shutout of Calvin Kattar (23-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) at UFC 300, where he stifled him with his grappling. The former bantamweight champion, who lost his title to O’Malley…

John Kavanagh and Conor McGregor Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images Conor McGregor is rounding back into championship form. In an interview with SevereMMA, McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh gave a positive appraisal of McGregor’s form heading into his comeback fight at…

Jiri Prochazka on The MMA Hour Jiri Prochazka may not be an actual samurai, but that’s beside the point for him. This past Saturday, Prochazka faced Aleksandar Rakic in the featured prelim bout of UFC 300. During the build-up to the fight, Rakic…

Oscar Valdez is fresh off a resounding seventh-round knockout win against Liam Wilson. The WBO’s interim 130-pound titleholder Valdez is already anticipating fights against a group headlined by Luis Alberto Lopez and O'Shaquie Foster. But before Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs) begins the rigors of another…

Yan Xiaonan admits Zhang Weili was seconds away from submitting her. This past Saturday, Yan challenged strawweight champion Zhang for her title in the co-main event of UFC 300, losing a unanimous decision. But losing a decision can be viewed as a bit of a…