Keith Thurman believes Bakhram Murtazaliev has done enough to merit a chance with the big names at junior middleweight. Florida’s Thurman, 35, who held the WBC welterweight title in 2017, said Murtazaliev’s devastating third-round stoppage win over Tim Tszyu on Saturday night places him among…

LAS VEGAS – Rob Font had his back against the wall entering UFC Fight Night 245, but the recent changes he’s made in his MMA career helped him get out of that situation. Font (21-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC), 37, was coming off two consecutive losses…

The most decision-heavy UFC card of the year went down Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with UFC Fight Night 245 seeing nine of 11 bouts go to the scorecards. One fighter who didn’t need the help of the judges was headliner Anthony…

Technique, power, finesse. All three were on display as Rob Font defeated Kyler Phillips in the UFC Fight Night 245 co-main event Saturday at the UFC Apex. There could only be one winner, and that was Font (21-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC), who defeated Phillips (12-3…

Anthony Hernandez defeated Michel Pereira Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Guilherme Cruz is a Brazilian journalist covering combat sports since 2008. Anthony Hernandez became the first man to finish Michel Pereira in the UFC with a dominant fifth-round TKO finish in…

Wrestling. That’s what caused Robelis Despaigne to suffer his first professional defeat in MMA. The Olympic karate bronze medalist got his momentum halted in May when Waldo Cortes-Acosta handed him his first loss. Despaigne (5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who entered the promotion earlier this year…

LAS VEGAS – Kyler Phillips has had his eye on Rob Font prior to drawing him at UFC Fight Night 245. Phillips (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) meets Font (20-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (ESPN+) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Phillips,…

You can say Shavkat Rakhmonov has a certain “aura” or call him the “boogeyman” of the division – Belal Muhammad is ready to shut all that down. At UFC 310, Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) puts his recently acquired 170-pound title on the line against…

LAS VEGAS – Rob Font expects an action-packed fight with Kyler Phillips. Font (20-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC) takes on Phillips (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 245 (ESPN+) co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. “Kyler, he brings it,” Font…