ORLANDO, Florida – Amid the expectation that unified junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora will next meet former three-belt welterweight champion Errol Spence Jnr, only one of the belts will be on the line in the bout. An official connected to the decision told BoxingScene on…

Deiveson Figueiredo’s priorities remain in the UFC bantamweight division, but the only thing standing between him and a return to flyweight to rematch champ Alexandre Pantoja is an official offer. In the aftermath of his UFC 310 title defense over Kai Asakura this past Saturday,…

Anthony Smith knew he was in no condition to fight at UFC 310, but he powered through anyway. Smith (38-21 MMA, 13-11 UFC) couldn’t hold back tears during the walkout for his fight against Dominick Reyes this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.…

BoxingScene’s 2023 prospect of the year Ernesto “Tito” Mercado signed with Matchroom Boxing in August and was supposed to make his promotional debut in November, but opponent Jesus Saracho tipped the scales seven pounds over and the fight was called off. Eddie Hearn is not…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Anthony Smith wasn’t himself at UFC 310. For the first time since suffering a loss to Dominick Reyes this past Saturday night, the one-time title challenger addressed his performance, which came weeks after he lost close friend, coach, and…

Hamburg, Germany – “'Pitbull' mania is back February 1, in the type of fights that fans want to see,” said fight manager Sean Gibbons. He was referring to the February 1 clash at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas between his former WBA junior welterweight titleholder…

Ahead of the much-anticipated clash between David Benavidez and David Morrell Jnr, Jaime Munguia says he expects a thrilling encounter between two great 175lbs. Arizona’s Benavidez, 27, is scheduled to go head to head with Cuba's 26-year-old Morrell at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on…

Iasmin Lucindo Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Guilherme Cruz is a Brazilian journalist covering combat sports since 2008. Top-ranked strawweights Amanda Lemos and Iasmin Lucindo will battle inside the octagon at UFC 313, which goes down March 8 in Las Vegas.…

Kamaru Usman believes UFC 310 exposed both Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry’s games. Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) scored a unanimous decision win over Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s five-round co-main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Rakhmonov…