LAS VEGAS – Alexandre Pantoja won’t decrease his standards to increase controversy, even if it means his bank account takes a hit. In a week that included press conference insults regarding dead family members and sexual assault, Pantoja (27-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) made it clear…

LAS VEGAS – Despite being on a seven-fight losing streak and two months shy from turning 40, Paddy Pimblett doesn’t think people should be calling for Tony Ferguson’s retirement. Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who defeated Ferguson (25-10 MMA, 15-8 UFC) in a unanimous decision…

LAS VEGAS – Shavkat Rakhmonov thinks it’s time he fights for UFC gold. The undefeated UFC welterweight contender furthered his streak in the division Saturday when he submitted former title challenger Stephen Thompson on the main card of UFC 296, the UFC’s final event of…

LAS VEGAS – Josh Emmett feels he can get back in the title race, having snapped his two-fight losing streak in devastating fashion. This past Saturday, Emmett (19-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) put the lights out on Bryce Mitchell (16-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in devastating fashion…

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Belal Muhammad knows deep down inside that he should’ve been fighting for the welterweight title at UFC 296, but instead it was Colby Covington who got his third chance at becoming undisputed champion by facing Leon…

LAS VEGAS – Dana White usually lets a lot fly in terms of comments from UFC athletes, but he thinks Colby Covington crossed the line this past week in the buildup to UFC 296. Covington, a known antagonizer, brought up Leon Edwards’s murdered father during…

Paddy Pimblett sported a remarkably different look when he stepped into the cage at UFC 296. One contributing factor to Pimblett’s rapid rise to fame over the past few years was his signature hairstyle, a floppy blonde do that evoked images of his hometown of…

LAS VEGAS – As expected, Colby Covington won’t accept defeat and thinks he was cheated from becoming UFC champion. The longtime welterweight contender and controversial figure said he thinks he did enough to dethrone champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 296 on…

Bryce Mitchell Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bryce Mitchell isn’t letting one of the most brutal knockout losses of the year bring him down. The featherweight contender left viewers watching UFC 296 aghast after he was knocked out cold by…