Joe Smith Jr. has told his promoter, Joe DeGuardia, that he wanted to try fighting in the cruiserweight division for quite some time. That doesn’t mean, however, that Smith and his team will allow Gilberto Ramirez any “wiggle room” if the former WBO super middleweight…

LAS VEGAS – Joe Pyfer is not high on his opponent Abdul Razak Alhassan’s ceiling. This Saturday, the two UFC middleweights collide in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 229, which takes place at the UFC Apex and streams on ESPN+. Ahead of the…

LAS VEGAS – Grant Dawson doesn’t mind fighting an unranked opponent, even though some believe it’s time he does. Dawson (20-1-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) returns to action this Saturday with his first octagon headliner at UFC Fight Night 229 against Bobby Green (30-14-1 MMA, 11-9-1…

LAS VEGAS – UFC lightweight veteran Bobby Green always shows up to put on a show, but believes his main event opponent will make that a tough task to accomplish. While grasping the microphone with both hands at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 229 media day,…

The upcoming showdown versus Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is a perfect storm for Joe Smith Jr. A move up to cruiserweight was all but inevitable for the former WBO light heavyweight titlist, who stuck around at 175 to at least exhaust every attainable option. With a…

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez will have to wait two more weeks to inch closer towards his first major title. Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that Ramirez’s planned clash versus Panama’s Ronal Batista will no longer take place this weekend as originally scheduled. The WBA junior bantamweight title…

LAS VEGAS – The UFC welterweight belt is back in circulation, as the promotion booked a 170-pound championship fight for the final pay-per-view of the year. Champion Leon Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) defends his belt against Colby Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in the…

Norma Dumont Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Norma Dumont will finally get another chance to compete at bantamweight when she meets Yana Santos on UFC’s first event of 2024 on Jan. 13, multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed…

Jermell Charlo’s lackluster performance in a lopsided unanimous decision loss against Canelo Alvarez could cost his twin brother Jermall a shot at the Mexican star. That’s if you read into former Alvarez promoter and Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn’s comments following Alvarez’s successful undisputed…