Stipe Miocic Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Stipe Miocic could be right back in the championship picture when he returns. The two-time UFC heavyweight champion has not fought since dropping the belt to Francis Ngannou in March 2021, but claims the UFC has told…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jon Jones has done everything but make the walk to the octagon — and now he’ll do that for the first time in more than three years on Saturday night at UFC 285. The former light…

Israel Adesanya raises concern over Jon Jones’ inactivity heading into his fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. It will have been more than three years since Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) competed when he takes on Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant…

Ciryl Gane at the pre-fight press conference for UFC 285. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Despite their concerns, Ciryl Gane is assuring fans that he is not heading into his fight against Jon Jones with a broken hand. …

Henry Cejudo says Valentina Shevchenko will be making a mistake if she stands toe-to-toe with Alexa Grasso. Flyweight champion Shevchenko (23-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) defends her title against Grasso (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 285 co-main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.…

Jon Jones is officially a heavyweight. The longtime light heavyweight champion weighed in at 248 pounds at Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC 285, where he battles Ciryl Gane for a vacant title in Saturday’s main event. Gane came in slightly lighter at 247.5 pounds. This…

LAS VEGAS – The UFC 285 co-main event is locked in after Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso made weight for their women’s flyweight title fight. Shevchenko and Grasso are scheduled to clash in Saturday’s co-headliner at T-Mobile Arena. The fight airs on pay-per-view following prelims…

Dominick Cruz thinks Jon Jones will stop Ciryl Gane on the ground at UFC 285. Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) returns from a layoff of more than three years to face Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant heavyweight belt in Saturday’s headliner at…

Both Caleb Plant and David Benavidez have fulminated in the public eye for the better part of the past five years. But while they jawed back and forth, the pair continued to go in opposite directions. Now, having crossed their t’s and dotted the i’s…