Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Flyweights Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira are expected to serve as the main event for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card scheduled on June 15 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge…

Lerone Murphy thinks the UFC is putting him to the test at UFC Fight Night 241. Murphy (13-0-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) meets Edson Barboza (24-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) in Saturday’s headliner (ESPN+) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas – his first main event. Barboza…

Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) returned to the top table of the lightweight ranks with an impressive 11th-round knockout of George Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) in Perth, Australia, to claim the vacant IBF world lightweight title. Not only did Lomachenko impress in the one-sided…

The UFC is breaking various records for itself at seemingly every turn, but the promotion is going to do something at UFC 303 that is far from inconsequential. The organization is poised to do its first live gate in excess of $20 million for the…

Andrei Arlovski’s heavyweight record 42nd walk to the octagon will happen two weeks later than expected – but on a much bigger stage. Originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night on June 15, Arlovski’s matchup with Martin Buday now will go down at UFC 303 on…

Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images Patrick Stumberg is a freelance writer for SB Nation, first joining the network in 2011 before linking up with Bad Left Hook in 2015. Mike Coppinger reports that unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly’s first fight of 2024…

Rafael Espinoza will make his first title defense on June 21 Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006. Rafael Espinoza will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight…

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Patrick Stumberg is a freelance writer for SB Nation, first joining the network in 2011 before linking up with Bad Left Hook in 2015. PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin/David Benavidez vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk show…

Beneil Dariush just started easing his way back into contact training, and he’s ready to book a fight. In 2023, Dariush (22-6-1 MMA, 16-6-1 UFC) suffered back-to-back first-round knockout losses to Charles Oliveira in June, then Arman Tsarukyan in December. The setbacks forced Dariush to…