By FCF Staff Anthony Hernandez understands he has some work to do yet, but with his first bout of 2025 set for February, the middleweight believes he can enter the title shot mix in 2025. Hernandez is booked to face Brendan Allen at the UFC’s February 22nd show in Seattle. The two battled back in… Read more »

By FCF Staff Now that Merab Dvalishvili has defended the UFC’s bantamweight title, Henry Cejudo believes the Georgian fighter’s made the case he is the greatest bantamweight ever. Dvalishvili faced Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 on Saturday and worked his way to a unanimous decision victory. It marked the first time the 34-year-old had fought,… Read more »

By FCF Staff Following UFC 311, Dana White relayed that Arman Tsarukyan will need to record a victory, before he’s booked for another title fight. But, Daniel Cormier believes the UFC should move forward with Tsarukyan challenging the current lightweight champ, Islam Makhachev. Tsarukyan was booked to rematch Makhachev in the headliner of Saturday’s card,… Read more »

By FCF Staff UFC 311 took place Saturday in Inglewood, California, and the card did not see any titles change hands. In the main event, Islam Makhachev extended his reign as lightweight champion, by submitting Renato Moicano with an opening round D’arce choke. Makhachev was originally scheduled to fight Arman Tsarukyan. But the surging contender… Read more »

By FCF Staff After fighting under the UFC’s banner since 2011, Chris Weidman has announced that he’s hanging up the organization’s gloves. The 40-year-old fighter, however, stopped short of announcing he will not fight again. The former middleweight champ was stopped by Eryk Anders at UFC 310 in December, which was Weidman’s third defeat in… Read more »

By press release Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – are bringing a huge championship bout to Italy as the promotion kicks off its 2025 world tour with CW 183. Champion Liam ‘Nightmare’ Gittins will make the second defence of his bantamweight title, as he takes on Alessandro Giordano in a five-round affair on… Read more »

By FCF Staff UFC 311 has undergone a massive, last minute change, as Arman Tsarukyan will no longer fight lightweight champ, Islam Makhachev. The surging contender was booked to face Makhachev in the headliner; however, a back injury has reportedly forced Tsarukyan off the card. Renato “Moicano”, who was scheduled to fight Beneil Dariush, has… Read more »

By FCF Staff After defending the UFC’s flyweight crown this past December, Alexandre Pantoja expects that his next bout will be finalized in the near future. Pantoja (29-5) faced former RIZIN bantamweight champ Kai Asakura at UFC 310, and choked the dangerous striker out in the second round. More recently, the Brazilian champ spoke with… Read more »

By FCF Staff Merab Dvalishvili repeatedly argued that Umar Nurmagomedov should not be fighting him for the UFC’s bantamweight title yet, and according to the challenger, that’s because the champ’s nervous to fight him. Following Nurmagomedov’s decision win over Cory Sandhagen this past August, he began aggressively calling for a title shot. Once Dvalishvili took… Read more »

By FCF Staff After publicly criticizing the PFL for not booking him fights, and calling for his release, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is now reportedly a free agent. The former Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion has been openly critical of the PFL in recent weeks, over the fact he competed just once in 2024 and wasn’t… Read more »