Jeison Rosario believes his draw with Jarrett Hurd in August has served him well ahead of his next outing in Las Vegas. Rosario and fellow former junior middleweight champion Hurd fought in a ProBox TV main event near Tampa in Florida and, training under Bob…

LAS VEGAS – In a world in which everyone is chomping at the bit for a UFC title opportunity, Mackenzie Dern is taking her time. Following her UFC Fight Night 249 win Saturday, Dern (16-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) reaffirmed what she’d said pre-fight. She thinks…

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Damon Martin is a veteran journalist and insider covering combat sports since 2003. Mackenzie Dern waited over five years but finally got her revenge in a rematch with Amanda Ribas in the UFC Vegas…

Controversy struck UFC Fight Night 249 on Saturday during the conclusion of the main card bout between Roman Kopylov and Chris Curtis. The fight was a battle for 15 minutes. Well, almost 15. Both men got their licks in but when a Kopylov (14-3 MMA,…

Thiago Moises Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Guilherme Cruz is a Brazilian journalist covering combat sports since 2008. Thiago Moises missed Christmas and New Year’s Eve’s banquets in the final weeks of his camp for UFC Vegas 101,…

Cesar Almeida Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC Guilherme Cruz is a Brazilian journalist covering combat sports since 2008. Cesar Almeida might still be too green to compete with the elite of the UFC, especially those who come from a wrestling background,…

Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas fought in 2019 Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Guilherme Cruz is a Brazilian journalist covering combat sports since 2008. Mackenzie Dern faces Amanda Ribas nearly 2,000 days after the Brazilian handed her the…

Former super middleweight titleholder David Benavidez Jnr had been seeking some of the biggest fights available before lining up a matchup with David Morrell Jnr for February 1, and that plan seems to remain unchanged for Benavidez even after that fight. A challenge for the…

Featherweight Brandon Figueroa has a clear mission for his next fight: revenge against the only man who has ever beaten him. Figueroa will face Stephen Fulton Jnr in the co-feature on the David Benavidez-David Morrell pay-per-view card set for February 1 at T-Mobile Arena in…