By FCF Staff Sean Strickland no longer sits atop of the UFC’s middleweight division. But, according to Bellator champ, Johnny Eblen, he and the former UFC champ are the planet’s top 185’ers. Eblen is preparing to defend Bellator’s middleweight title against Fabian Edwards this Saturday at the PFL’s “Battle of the Giants” pay-per-view card. While… Read more »

By FCF Staff Donald Cerrone recently announced he hopes to end his retirement and fight again. But, UFC CEO Dana White is clearly not on board with the idea. Cerrone, who is now 41, retired in July, 2022, following a loss to Jim Miller. The defeat extended “Cowboy’s” winless streak to 7. More recently, however,… Read more »

By FCF Staff Here are the results from the final card of the latest season of the Dana White Contender Series, which saw four more UFC contracts awarded. Nick Klein, Jonathan Micallef, Luis Gurule and Yadier del Valle were all awarded contracts by White following their respective wins. As always, the event was hosted by… Read more »

By FCF Staff Multiple fighters, including Fabricio Werdum, are reporting they are dealing with significant medical issues, in a series of statements that have been submitted to support the latest settlement reached in the UFC antitrust lawsuit. Recently, the UFC reached an agreement with the lawsuit’s plaintiffs for a $375 million settlement, after the initial… Read more »

By FCF Staff Junto Nakatani continues to make the case that he is the best bantamweight boxer on the planet, as the Japanese champ took out Petch Sor Chitpattana today in Tokyo. Nakatani (29-0) defended the WBO bantamweight title by putting Chitpattana (76-2) down with a booming left in round six. With the victory, the… Read more »

By FCF Staff Brandon Royval ended Tatsuro Taira’s undefeated run at UFC Vegas 98, but the flyweight contender was pushed to his limits by the rising fighter. Following five rounds of back-and-forth action, which featured many memorable exchanges on the ground, two of the three judges awarded the fight to Royval. With the win, Royval… Read more »

By FCF Staff Artur Beterbiev emerged victorious in his long-awaited and highly anticipated boxing match with Dmitry Bivol today in Saudi Arabia. But, debate and discussion around how the fight was scored will likely continue. Early on, Bivol bested Beterbiev in many of the exchanges. But, as the fight wore on, Beterbiev never relented in… Read more »

By FCF Staff Carlos Ulberg understands he has some work to do before a title fight with Alex Pereira is possible. But, the rising light-heavyweight believes he’s not far off from facing the UFC champ. Ulberg (10-1) is currently ranked #10 in the UFC’s light-heavyweight division and is booked to fight the #6 ranked Volkan… Read more »

By FCF Staff Here are the weigh-in results for UFC Vegas 98, which is taking place Saturday at the Apex Facility. In the main event, former flyweight title challenge Brandon Royval will battle rising contender, Tatsuro Taira. A middleweight fight between Abdul Razak Alhassan and Josh Fremd was ultimately canceled, after the latter came in… Read more »

By FCF Staff Carlos Prates has an opportunity to move into the top 15 of the UFC’s welterweight division, as it’s being reported he will fight longtime contender, Neil Magny, next. Prates and Magny have reportedly been booked to fight in the headliner of UFC Vegas 100, which is taking place on November 9th. Multiple… Read more »