LAS VEGAS – Leon Edwards initially brushed off Colby Covington’s trash talk as a gimmick, but a personal insult changed the course of fight week. As he sat relieved and smiling at the UFC 296 post-fight news conference, Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) admitted those…

Tony Ferguson dropped his seventh consecutive fight in a row when he lost a lopsided decision to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296, but it remains to be seen what his future holds. If UFC CEO Dana White had his way, the former interim lightweight champion…

By the time Leon Edwards had reached his final faceoff with Colby Covington, he was “fuming and shaking” from everything the three-time welterweight title challenger had said. Nothing was more disturbing than Covington’s insults directed at his father, who was murdered when he was…

Colby Covington admitted he had an off night at UFC 296, but he also blamed judges for not awarding him a win over Leon Edwards. Covington reacted with shock when Edwards was declared the winner of Saturday’s pay-per-view via unanimous 49-46 scores. Despite his…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Leon Edwards was consumed by rage after a tasteless remark rattled him ahead of his title defense on Saturday but still managed to shut out Colby Covington for the better part of five rounds to cruise…

The welterweight title picture became even more crowded after Shavkat Rakhmonov’s performance against Stephen Thompson in the final pay-per-view of the year. At UFC 296 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) submitted his claim to No.1 contender status by submitting…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alexandre Pantoja knew he had superior grappling so that’s exactly what he used to beat Brandon Royval in the UFC 296 co-main event. Again and again, the reigning UFC flyweight champion dragged the fight down to…

Josh Emmett created one of the most brutal one-punch knockouts in recent memory at UFC 296. Emmett (19-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) stepped into the octagon for the third time in 2023, looking to snap a two-fight skid. Standing in his way was short-notice opponent Bryce…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paddy Pimblett nearly scored an early finish but ultimately settled for a suffocating unanimous decision victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 296. It looked like the always outspoken Liverpool native might deliver a knockout after the…