When Max Holloway suggested a BMF title fight with Justin Gaethje months before UFC 300 was scheduled, he was playing the odds that it might actually happen. At the time, Ilia Topuria had already been declared the No. 1 contender in the featherweight division, and…

Umar Nurmagomedov plans on becoming UFC champion one day, but for now he’s just anxious to get back into the cage and resume his climb up the ranks. The undefeated bantamweight and cousin to UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov hasn’t fought in more than a year…

LAS VEGAS – Shamil Gaziev officially arrived in the UFC cage in December, and this past week he arrived in a big way on X. A relative unknown to many fight fans, Gaziev (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) finds himself in a main event for his…

LAS VEGAS – Umar Nurmagomedov understands he’s walking into something of a trap fight at UFC Fight Night 238, but he won’t allow himself to fail. After searching far and wide for a ranked bantamweight to fight on Saturday at the UFC Apex (ESPN+), Nurmagomedov…

LAS VEGAS – Jairzinho Rozenstruik thinks he’s shored up the biggest hole in his game during his 10-month layoff going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 238 main event. Rozenstruik (13-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) returns to action following a first-round submission loss to Jailton Almeida in…

Eddie Hearn wants to guide Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the remainder of his career. It was reported on Monday that the 33-year-old has split from Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) after only one fight of the three-fight agreement he signed with them upon the conclusion…

Oscar De La Hoya is not optimistic that boxing fans will get to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight Jaime Munguia in May. De La Hoya was recently in New York City promoting a bout between WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, set…

Kevin Lee admits a Tony Ferguson rematch should have been his comeback fight to the UFC. Lee (19-8 MMA, 11-8 UFC) suffered a 55-second submission loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC on ESPN 48 last July in his return to the octagon. He announced his…

Terence Crawford’s next fight won’t be a rematch with Errol Spence. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. Not exactly a great…