Former two division world champion and Golden Boy Promotions partner, Bernard Hopkins, believes Ryan Garcia needs to tighten up his defense to compete with fighters on the highest level. Garcia was involved in the biggest fight of his career last Saturday night at the T-Mobile…

The UFC is in need of a new main event for June 3. A UFC Fight Night event scheduled for the UFC Apex in Las Vegas has lost its headliner. Jack Hermansson has withdrawn from his five-round middleweight bout vs. Brendan Allen for undisclosed reasons.…

LAS VEGAS – Cody Brundage enters UFC Fight Night 223 in a familiar role, and it’s starting to bother him a bit. For the fifth time in as many UFC fights, Brundage (8-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) goes into Saturday’s middleweight bout with Rodolfo Vieira (8-2…

LAS VEGAS – More than two years after he was signed to the UFC, Fernando Padilla will finally get the chance to make his debut on Saturday when he meets Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night 223. Delays, which were largely centered around visa issues,…

Coming up short has done wonders for the career of Isaac Cruz. Thrown into the fire on relatively short notice, Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs) gave Gervonta Davis all he could handle during their December of 2021 battle. Though he was ultimately unable to get the…

Deiveson Figueiredo immediately after his UFC 283 loss to Brandon Moreno Jason da Silva-USA TODAY Sports Deiveson Figueiredo will no longer face Manel Kape at UFC 290. Doctors determined he is unable to compete at the pay-per-view event, scheduled for July 8…

When top-ranked middleweight Sean Strickland’s next fight was announced by the UFC, it turned heads. Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) was booked against Abus Magomedov (25-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a UFC headliner on July 1 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Strickland is…

LAS VEGAS – Song Yadong recognizes Ricky Simon is a tough fighter, but the skills don’t have him worried. At UFC Fight Night 223 on Saturday, Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) and Simon (20-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) collide in a five-round main event at the…

Prior to sauntering his way through the arena, Ryan Garcia was praised for his willingness to take a gigantic step up in class. Mostly viewed as a pretty face with overstated skills, Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) was anxious to change the narrative surrounding his career.…