Just weeks ago, Jorge Masvidal had expressed concerns that he wasn’t being paid accordingly by the UFC. Prior to his UFC 251 welterweight title fight against Kamaru Usman, Masvidal says the promotion has resolved the problems. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ahead of fighting at UFC 251, Rose Namajunas, Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway and Amanda Ribas share their experiences from Yas Island and give fans a closer look at UFC’s Fight Island. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
After making history as the first batch of winners to all earn contracts following their performances at Dana White’s Contender Series, the fighters react to making it to the UFC.
For the first time in the three-season history of Dana White’s Contender Series, every winning fighter earned a UFC contract. Maki Pitolo, Joe Solecki, Antonio Trocoli, Hunter Azure and Jonathan Pearce impressed the UFC brass and were awarded contracts by the UFC president.
UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez, who is booked to fight Dustin Ortiz at UFC Fight Night 143 on ESPN Plus, discusses his role as an alternate for the title fight between T.J. Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo, his new 4-fight contract and the future of the 125-pound division.
A winner of The Ultimate Fighter’s 17th season, Kelvin Gastelum will return to coach the 28th and what may be the last season of the UFC’s flagship reality series against UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. Gastelum is expected to fight Whittaker for the belt in December at an event yet to be announced.
Conor McGregor may be back in a UFC cage soon and Dana White is entering the boxing business. White said he will meet with UFC matchmakers in Las Vegas this week to book the main event for UFC 219, which will take place at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 30. He imposed a deadline of Friday on himself to make a decision. White said at he is “100 percent” getting into boxing and is in the process of acquiring his license. “We all know boxing is broken. The question is, how do you fix it? If you think about all the people involved in boxing, not a lot of people make a whole lot of money,” White said.
With Amanda Nunes out of UFC 213 main event, Robert Whittaker steals the show.
Despite losing to Robert Whittaker at UFC 213, Yoel Romero says he’ll stay ready in case he gets the chance to face Michael Bisping.
Robert Whittaker became the interim UFC middleweight champion when he defeated Yoel Romero at UFC 213.
