Bryce Mitchell doesn’t think beating Ilia Topuria will do much for his standing in the UFC featherweight division. Mitchell (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) faces Topuria (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) on the main card of UFC 282 on Dec. 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.…

Paddy Pimblett has no doubt that a fight between him and Conor McGregor would be the highest selling in UFC history. Former UFC dual champion McGregor remains the sport’s biggest star and highest draw, but Pimblett has emerged as one of the most popular fighters…

Bob Santos understands that Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia is one of the biggest fights that can be made in boxing. Hector Luis Garcia’s trainer just doesn’t think skeptics should dismiss his undefeated 130-pound champion as anything resembling a tune-up opponent for Davis on January 7. Santos…

Michael Morales will have to settle with just two fights in 2022. The unbeaten welterweight prospect suffered a fractured toe on his right foot and has been ruled out from what was a scheduled bout against Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Fight Night 216 on Dec.…

Derek Chisora doesn’t dispute the outcomes of his first two fights with Tyson Fury. Chisora’s upcoming opponent out-pointed him in their first fight, a 12-rounder in July 2011 at Wembley Arena in London. The undefeated Fury produced an even more decisive victory over Chisora in…

Jermell Charlo knows who he’s siding with when it comes to the bungled Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. undisputed welterweight championship. Charlo, the undisputed 154-pound champion from Houston, recently backed his stablemate and fellow Texan Spence after talks between Crawford and Spence broke down…

Though he’s at the tail end of his career, Terence Crawford has set several lofty goals. Amongst them, of course, is an undisputed showdown against current unified champion, Errol Spence Jr. Should the WBO trinket holder truncate Spence’s title reign, his next objective would be…

Paddy Pimblett is now the co-main event of UFC 282 but says fans were coming to watch him anyway. Pimblett, who meets Jared Gordon at the Dec. 10 pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was elevated to co-headline after the light heavyweight title rematch…

Ryan Garcia thinks he has one up on Gervonta Davis in the “facing adversity” category. The undefeated lightweight attraction from Victorville, California, found himself momentarily in dire straits during the second round of his lightweight bout with Luke Campbell last January. England’s Campbell landed an…