Yordenis Ugas thought for multiple months earlier this year that he would fight Keith Thurman next. The WBC ordered a bout between Ugas and Mario Barrios in mid-March for its interim welterweight title. His handlers later assured Ugas, though, that he would meet Thurman in…

Erin Blanchfield thinks Valentina Shevchenko could end up underestimating Alexa Grasso again. Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) will look to reclaim her flyweight title from champion Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in Saturday’s Noche UFC headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event streams…

LAS VEGAS – Although UFC bantamweight Terrance Mitchell has a lot of respect for Raul Rosas Jr., he will be looking to completely stop the hype at Noche UFC. The bantamweight showdown serves as the penultimate bout of the event at T-Mobile Arena, which is…

LAS VEGAS – If Daniel Zellhuber has some extra pep in his step this week, there’s a good reason why. They say a rising tide lifts all boats, and the tide rose really high this past Saturday when Sean Strickland upset Israel Adesanya at the…

LAS VEGAS – Canadian UFC featherweight Kyle Nelson is no stranger to fighting in hostile territory. At Noche UFC, Nelson (14-5-1 MMA, 2-4-1 UFC) will once again experience being on the receiving end of jeers from the crowd when he takes on Mexico’s Fernando Padilla…

Junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu believes his upcoming fight with Brian Mendoza should have been sanctioned as a unification encounter. Both men are interim-champions, with Tszyu holding the WBO strap and Mendoza having the WBC's version. The current undisputed champion is Jermell Charlo, who later…

Twenty three year old super welterweight phenom Jesus Ramos Jr. will be featured as a pay per view undercard draw for the fourth straight time in 17 months when he takes on credible contender Erickson Lubin on Sept. 30. The Ramos-Lubin high-stakes scrap will provide…

It’s been almost exactly six months since Valentina Shevchenko lost her UFC flyweight title, but she plans to rectify that in her rematch with Alexa Grasso at Noche UFC on Saturday. A seven-fight championship reign came to an end after Shevchenko threw an ill-fated spinning…

The 18th anniversary of Canelo Alvarez’s pro debut will come a little less than a month after his fight with Jermell Charlo. Alvarez was only 15 years old when he fought for the first time as a professional. The Mexican legend weighed in at 139…