LAS VEGAS – Khalil Rountree sees a win over Anthony Smith leading to his first-career UFC headliner. Rountree (12-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) meets Smith (37-18 MMA, 12-8 UFC) in a light heavyweight bout that co-headlines Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 233 event at the UFC Apex.…

LAS VEGAS – Nasrat Haqparast thinks Jamie Mullarkey isn’t as aggressive as he used to be. Haqparast (15-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) takes on Mullarkey (17-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) in a lightweight bout on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 233 main card at the UFC Apex in…

Ranked featherweights will thrown down in February as Dan Ige takes on Lerone Murphy at a UFC Fight Night event Feb. 10 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event is expected to stream on ESPN+. Both fighters confirmed the news on social media…

LAS VEGAS – Song Yadong sees Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 233 main event against Chris Gutierrez as a table-setter for a run to the title in 2024. Yadong (20-7-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) headlines the UFC’s penultimate event of the year in a five-round bantamweight fight…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC flyweight champ Brandon Moreno will be on standby in case anything goes wrong with Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval at UFC 296. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed Moreno’s status as…

LAS VEGAS – Chris Gutierrez is ready to shine in his first octagon headliner against Song Yadong on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 233. With just one defeat in his past 10 bouts, Gutierrez (20-5-2 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) has become a relevant name in the…

LAS VEGAS – As of this past weekend, Tim Elliott wasn’t on the verge of fighting, but now he is. And that’s just how he likes it. Elliott (19-3-1 MMA, 8-11 UFC) meets fellow ranked flyweight Su Mudaerji (16-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a main-card…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bryce Mitchell is getting one last fight in before the end of the year. The Arkansas native has stepped in to replace an injured Giga Chikadze in a featherweight matchup against Josh Emmett on Dec. 16…

UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards believes Colby Covington’s recent wins are weak. Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) will look to notch his second title defense when he meets Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in the UFC 296 main event on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas.…