Billy Quarantillo Takes The Loss But Has Big Striking Numbers

Combining for the most significant strikes landed in a three-round featherweight bout on Saturday, Billy Quarantillo lost via unanimous decision to Shane Burgos (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Statistically, the numbers were huge, with Quarantillo landing 164 significant strikes (196 total strikes) compared to Burgos' 193 significant strikes. Unfortunately for Quarantillo, he was unsuccessful in all 14 […]

Shane Burgos Puts Up Big Numbers In Decision Win

The punches came in bunches at UFC 268 on Saturday for Shane Burgos as he got back on track by taking a unanimous decision from Billy Quarantillo (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Statistically, the numbers were huge, with Burgos landing 193 significant strikes (232 total strikes) compared to Quarantillo's 164 significant strikes. These combined significant strikes set […]

Michael Chandler Suffers Decision Loss Saturday

After a spectacular showing in his UFC debut, Michael Chandler has now lost back-to-back bouts, this time by unanimous decision to Justin Gaethje (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) on Saturday. Statistically, the numbers were close, with Chandler landing 103 significant strikes (104 total strikes). What really hurt was the fact that he went 1-for-6 on his takedown […]

Justin Gaethje Scores Unanimous Decision Saturday Night

With high striking numbers on both sides, Justin Gaethje was able to pull out a unanimous decision over Michael Chandler (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) on Saturday. Statistically, Gaethje out-struck Chandler by landing 116 significant strikes (133 total strikes) while not attempting any takedowns. In his first bout in 13 months, Gaethje rebounded from his loss to […]

Kamaru Usman Set To Defend His Title Yet Again

Since winning the UFC middleweight title in March of 2019, Kamaru Usman has successfully defended his crown four times with a fifth attempt on the way as he is set for a rematch with Colby Covington to headline UFC 268 on Saturday night. One of the most dominant champions in the UFC today, Usman has […]

Colby Covington Takes Another Crack At The Championship

After his fifth-round TKO loss to the champion in December of 2019, Colby Covington (16-2) rebounded nicely with a fifth-round TKO of his own to knock out former champion Tyson Woodley in September of last year. It's been about 14 months, and Covington returns to action to take another crack at current champion Kamaru Usman, […]

Rose Namajunas Has A Chance To Assert Her Dominance

With only 10 wins in her young MMA career, Rose Namajunas (10-4) is already on her second reign as the UFC's strawweight champion. Namajunas captured the title with a spectacular first-round head kick to dethrone then-champion Weili Zhang, who will get the rematch in Saturday's co-main event. A finisher even in the strawweight ranks, seven […]

Weili Zhang Hoping To Regain Title In Co-Main Event

On a 21-fight winning streak since suffering a loss in her MMA debut, Weili Zhang (21-2) dropped the women's strawweight championship to Rose Namajunas in April via first-round TKO. Looking to avenge that loss and regain her crown, Zhang takes her 17 career finishes (out of 21 career wins) into the co-main event of UFC […]

Marlon Vera Looking For Big Name To Add To His Resume

Marlon Vera (19-7-1) has faced several top-notch talents recently and gave Sean O'Malley his first loss while going the distance with Jose Aldo. Most recently, Vera earned a unanimous decision over Davey Grant in June. The dangerous featherweight has earned finishes in 16 of his 19 career wins, with 10 of those wins coming by […]

Frankie Edgar Hoping To Turn His Fortunes Around

Very few fighters in the UFC have the tenure of former champion Frankie Edgar (24-9-1). Edgar, a member of the UFC since 2007, will make his second appearance of 2021 hoping to erase the memory of a 28-second knockout in February. A tough wrestler with the ability to take his opponents through 15 minutes of […]

Billy Quarantillo Hoping For Big Win On Big Stage

Set for his first numbered UFC event, Billy Quarantillo (16-3) rebounded nicely from his first UFC loss by securing a third-round TKO victory in July. With the competition taking a step up, this might be the best time for Quarantillo to strike, facing a struggling Shane Burgos. Since entering the UFC, Quarantillo has gone 4-1. […]

Shane Burgos Hoping To Avoid Three-Fight Losing Streak

Featherweight action takes to the UFC 268 main-card stage when Shane Burgos (13-3) enters the Octagon on Saturday. On a back-to-back losing streak, something he has never done as a professional, Burgos will look to turn his fortunes around against Billy Quarantillo, who is coming off of a July TKO victory. With a knack to […]

Michael Chandler Returns To Action At UFC 268

It has been six months since Michael Chandler (22-6) lost his bid to become the UFC's interim lightweight champion, but there is no doubt that he is ready to rebound from that loss and end 2021 with a victory. In order to do so, though, he will have to face the ever-dangerous Justin Gaethje. A […]

Justin Gaethje Returns To Action To Battle Michael Chandler

You will be hard-pressed to find another fighter as consistently exciting for the fans as Justin Gaethje (22-3). After coming off of a loss to arguably the greatest lightweight ever in Khabib Nurmagomedov, Gaethje will look to rebound against a fighter who is nearly as dangerous in the form of Michael Chandler. Gaethje has earned […]

Jan Blachowicz Drops Championship On Saturday

Jan Blachowicz's most impressive run of his career came to a disappointing end on Saturday at UFC 267 when he lost his championship to Glover Teixeira via second-round submission. In 8:02 of action, Blachowicz landed 28 significant strikes (53 total strikes) and stuffed four of Glover's six takedown tries on the night. It was just […]

Glover Teixeira Earns Light-Heavyweight Championship

Not only did Glover Teixeira earn his sixth straight victory on Saturday, but he clinched the UFC light-heavyweight title via second-round submission. Teixeira's 40th win earned him his biggest prize to date. In 8:02 of action, Glover landed 23 significant strikes (71 total strikes) and landed two of his six takedown tries on the night. […]

Cory Sandhagen Suffers Decision Loss Saturday Night

Though he was coming off of a split-decision loss in his last Octagon appearance, Cory Sandhagen was given a huge opportunity to face Petr Yan for the interim title at UFC 267's co-main event on Saturday. Unfortunately for Sandhagen, Yan was the victor via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46). In 25 minutes of action, Sandhagen […]

Petr Yan Wins Interim Title On Saturday

Re-acquiring his championship belt in interim form, Petr Yan defeated Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) on Saturday to earn the interim championship to sit in place of injured champion Aljamain Sterling. In 25 minutes of championship action, Yan collected 149 significant strikes (158 total strikes) while stuffing five of Sandhagen's six takedown […]

Dan Hooker Suffers Another Loss

With another loss, Dan Hooker has now dropped three of his last four contests, including Saturday's first-round submission loss to Islam Makhachev. In 2:25 of total action, Hooker was only able to land four significant strikes (19 total strikes) and was taken down once, leading to the end of the contest. Don't let the overall […]

Islam Makhachev Continues To Impress With Another Finish

One of the hottest lightweights in the world, Islam Makhachev continued his impressive run by securing a first-round submission win via kimura against Dan Hooker on Saturday. On a run since 2015, Makhachev landed only two significant strikes (13 total strikes) in 2:25 of action, but he scored the only takedown he needed to eventually […]

Marcin Tybura's Five-Fight Winning Streak Snapped

Marcin Tybura's five-fight winning streak came to an end on Saturday at UFC 267 with Tybura dropping a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) to Alexander Volkov. In 15 minutes of action, Tybura landed 58 significant strikes (73 total strikes) but missed all 16 of his takedown tries and didn't have a single attempt on the […]

Alexander Volkov Takes Decision Win Saturday

Coming off of a decision loss to the current interim champion, Alexander Volkov rebounded nicely with a unanimous-decision win over Polish veteran Marcin Tybura on Saturday at UFC 267. Volkov dominated on the scorecards, earning 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 on the three cards. Through 15 minutes of action, Volkov tallied 75 significant strikes (89 total […]

Jingliang Li Suffers First-Round Submission At UFC 267

Though Jingliang Li was on a nice run in the UFC, winning three of his last four fights, he suffered a decisive first-round submission loss at the hands of Khamzat Chimaev on UFC 267's main card on Saturday. In 3:16 of fight time, Li landed absolutely zero strikes while absorbing 25 significant strikes (58 total […]

Khamzat Chimaev Earns First-Round Finish In His Return

Continuing his undefeated ways, Khamzat Chimaev looked as impressive as ever by earning a first-round, rear-naked choke in Saturday's victory over Li Jingliang on the main card of UFC 267. In 3:16 of action, Chimaev landed 25 significant strikes (58 total strikes) and was not struck even once by Jingliang. With the win, Chimaev now […]

Volkan Oezdemir Drops Four Of Last Six Fights

After winning three straight fights coming into the UFC, Volkan Oezdemir has now dropped four of his last six UFC contests after losing a unanimous decision to Magomed Ankalaev in Saturday's UFC 267 main-card opener. Getting out-struck by the Russian, Oezdemir was only able to land 48 significant strikes (56 total strikes) in 15 minutes […]

Magomed Ankalaev Takes Unanimous Decision

Continuing his hot run in the UFC, Magomed Ankalaev earned a unanimous-decision win over Volkan Oezdemir to open up the main card of UFC 267 on Saturday. Statistically, Ankalaev was able to out-strike the kickboxer by landing 66 significant strikes (76 total strikes) while only securing one of his four takedown tries. Improving to 16-1 […]

Glover Teixeira Has An Opportunity In Front Of Him

On a five-fight winning streak heading into Saturday's main event at UFC 267, Glover Teixeira (32-7) has a chance to capture the UFC light-heavyweight title as he takes on the champion Jan Blachowicz. His five wins aren't against pushovers, either. The victories are against some tough opponents, such as Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith. DraftKings […]

Jan Blachowicz Set To Defend His Crown

On the hottest run of his career, light-heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz (28-8) steps into the main event of UFC 267 this Saturday with a chance to defend his crown against another veteran in the form of Brazil's own Glover Teixeira. The champion is riding a five-fight winning streak, including a victory over dominant middleweight champion […]

Cory Sandhagen Has A Huge Opportunity Saturday

Though he's coming off of a split-decision loss in July, Cory Sandhagen finds himself in a great position on Saturday when he walks into UFC 267's co-main-event spot with a chance to capture the interim bantamweight championship. Prior to his loss, Sandhagen scored two huge knockout victories to help propel him to the top of […]

Petr Yan Has A Chance To Regain His Title

After losing the bantamweight title due to an illegal shot to now-champion Aljamain Sterling, former champion Petr Yan (15-2) will take to UFC 267's co-main-event spotlight on Saturday with an actual chance to regain that crown, albeit in an interim role, against Corey Sandhagen. With Sterling out with an injury, a Yan win would practically […]