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Josh Hokit meets Ciryl Gane for the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 in New York. The former American football player and college wrestler joined the UFC less than a year ago and is unbeaten in 10 professional fights, with four straight UFC wins including three knockouts and a...

Bella Mir has a say in where her career goes, but not the final word. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, the 23-year-old bantamweight said being under UFC contract means she cannot decide her next steps alone. "Oh no, they're my bosses pretty much," Mir said. She described the promotion's...

Joaquin Buckley plans to retire from MMA after one more fight. He made the announcement in a video posted to his social media on Thursday, saying the decision came after talking with his grandmother and other loved ones. According to MMA Fighting, the announcement follows Buckley's knockout...

UFC commentator Joe Rogan has criticized the promotion for releasing Farid Basharat, according to Slovak outlet MMA Fanatik. The 29-year-old is unbeaten, 16-0 overall and 7-0 in the UFC. Speaking on his podcast, Rogan said he had told Basharat in the Octagon after his last fight that he would...

Merab Dvalishvili goes into his trilogy bout with Petr Yan planning a quick return if he wins back the bantamweight title. He told fight-week media in Abu Dhabi that he does not regret his four fights in 2025, even though that workload became the main talking point after Yan beat him in...

UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan says the promotion has told him he will fight for the title in February or March of 2027, according to MMA Mania. He made the comments in an interview with Ariel Helwani; the UFC has not announced the bout. Tsarukyan said he was given two possible...

UFC CEO Dana White has signalled the promotion will not stand in the way if Alexander Volkanovski wants one more run at lightweight before retiring. "If he's got things he wants to do before he hangs it up, I'm sure we'll be very supportive," White told Main Event, also calling the 38-year-old...

Welterweight champion Islam Makhachev is no longer expected to defend his title against Carlos Prates atop UFC 336 in Toronto, first reported by Ag. Fight and then backed by Ariel Helwani, who wrote: "Date doesn't work for Makhachev anymore. Unclear why." The bout had been the UFC's plan but was...

Rizvan Kuniev heads into Saturday's heavyweight bout with Alexander Volkov at UFC 333 already looking past it. Speaking to MMA Fighting at Wednesday's media day, Kuniev said he wants Alex Pereira next if a title shot does not come right away, preferring him over Sergei Pavlovich because he would...