LAS VEGAS – Said Nurmagomedov has been longing for a step up in competition. Nurmagomedov (17-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) meets Jonathan Martinez (17-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in a bantamweight bout on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 221 main card at The Theater at Virgin Hotels. The…

NEW YORK – If Terence Crawford would allow Oscar De La Hoya to promote him, “The Golden Boy” is confident he can help put together another megafight with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions. De La Hoya informed a group of reporters Wednesday that he has…

David Benavidez didn’t sugarcoat it. While winning in any fashion is ultimately most important, the unbeaten WBC interim super middleweight champion admitted that he won’t be satisfied if he doesn’t knock out Caleb Plant in their grudge match March 25 in Las Vegas. Undisputed champion…

NEW YORK – Gervonta Davis arrived almost two hours after the press conference for his showdown was scheduled to start Wednesday at Palladium Times Square. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Their fight itself, however, couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time for boxing. In the…

Tim Tszyu was supposed to face undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo on Jan. 28 but Charlo was forced to pull out of the fight due to a broken left hand in late December. With the tantalizing shot for Tszyu on hold, the 28-year-old…

LAS VEGAS – Simply put, Merab Dvalishivili is not a fan of Petr Yan. Dvalishvili (15-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) pulled no punches on the microphone at a UFC Fight Night 221 pre-fight news conference Wednesday when he called Yan (16-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) a litany…

LAS VEGAS – Perennial heavyweight contender Alexander Volkov is curious to see what else new UFC champ Jon Jones can do after returning to claim gold. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) returned from a more than three-year layoff this past weekend when he defeated Ciryl…

LAS VEGAS – Alexandr Romanov doesn’t want the judges involved in the outcome of his upcoming fight against Alexander Volkov. In his last outing, Moldova’s Romanov (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) left the cage with the first loss of his professional MMA career on his record.…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The Nevada Athletic Commission found “no conclusive video evidence” of a groin strike to overturn the official result between Jamie Pickett and Bo Nickall at UFC 285. Pickett’s rep, LaMont Chappell, on Wednesday told MMA Fighting…