After mostly competing as a welterweight for the first three years of his career, Jermell Charlo has shown unusual discipline by remaining a junior middleweight since June 2011. Eleven years in the same weight class is uncommon in boxing, yet the undisputed 154-pound champion doesn’t…

The undisputed heavyweight championship between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk apparently is too big (read: too profitable) for it to take place anywhere other than the Middle East, according to one of its organizers. Frank Warren, the British promoter of WBC titlist Fury, recently revealed…

Magomed Ankalaev will look to increase his media presence in pursuit of another UFC title shot. Ankalaev (18-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) failed to capture the vacant light heavyweight title when he battled Jan Blachowicz to a split draw in the UFC 282 main event –…

Tony Harrison seized a red marker, grabbed the first calendar he could find, and immediately began circling one date in particular, the 28th of January. On the night, the former WBC junior middleweight belt holder planned on nestling into a comfortable lush seat and take…

The first UFC event of 2023 has taken a major hit. Due to an undisclosed injury, Geoff Neal (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has been forced out of his UFC Fight Night 217 welterweight co-main event bout against Shavkat Rakhmonov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) on Jan.…

Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera at weigh-ins for UFC 252. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Sean O’Malley wants Marlon Vera to defeat Cory Sandhagen so they can have their much-anticipated rematch next year. One of the biggest fights in the UFC…

Henry Cejudo doesn’t think Marlon Vera has the skill set to beat Cory Sandhagen. Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 14-6 UFC) meets Sandhagen (15-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) on Feb. 18 at a UFC Fight Night headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Cejudo sees Vera having…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Middleweights Derek Brunson and Dricus du Plessis have agreed to meet at the upcoming UFC 285 card scheduled on March 4. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. ESPN initially…

Sean O'Malley thinks the UFC Apex’s cage will affect Cory Sandhagen against Marlon Vera. Bantamweights Sandhagen (15-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 14-6 UFC) face off Feb. 18 at a UFC Fight Night headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. With Sandhagen’s…