That's the question our USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie men's pound-for-pound rankings aims to answer. With the calendar turning ...

Valentina Schevchenko leads the way atop our women's pound-for-pound rankings to start the new year. Who's behind her?

Casey O’Neill battles Gabriella Fernandes in a pivotal women’s flyweight showdown at Climate Pledge Arena for UFC Seattle.

UFC paints on a fresh canvas in 2026. A seven-year deal between UFC and Paramount+ begins later this month, removing the ...

Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes is locked in at UFC 324 with a former PFL title challenger and surging UFC contender weighing ...

Dana White believes Kayla Harrison facing Amanda Nunes at UFC 324 represents the highest level of women’s MMA competition ...

As 2026 gets underway, many fighters share the same New Year's resolution: win a UFC championship. Of course, that dream will ...

We wrap up our 2025 MMA Awards with perhaps the biggest of them all: Fighter of the Year. This year was a tough one, as one ...

The new year is set to kick off with plenty of interesting matchups that could see numerous champions dethroned ...

But that certainly did not hamper ‘The Last Emperor’ and prevent him from attaining legend status. And in the eyes of almost ...

Last year, six staffers picked Umar Nurmagomedov to win the bantamweight title, and they were rendered incorrect almost immediately, when Merab Dvalishvili beat him at UFC 311. Even Mike Heck, who ...

Claressa “the GWOAT” Shields truly lives up to her namesake - at 30 years old, she’s of the only boxers in the sport’s entire ...