Alessio Di Chirico Scores The Night's Biggest Surprise

Just over two minutes of total action is all it took for Italian fighter Alessio Di Chirico (13-5) to turn around his fortunes on Saturday night. Riding a three-fight losing streak and almost on his way out of the UFC, Di Chirico landed a huge head-kick knockout on rising knockout star Joaquin Buckley. Manzo came […]

Dusko Todorovic Drops First Professional Bout

Dusko Todorovic (10-1) was unable to build off of the momentum from his UFC debut in October of last year, dropping Saturday night's main-card opener to fellow undefeated fighter Punahele Soriano. Both fighters came out of the gates strong, looking to take over the striking game. Todorovic ate a big left from Soriano, which dropped […]

Punahele Soriano Has A Big First-Round Finish

It was a great night for Punahele Soriano (8-0) on Saturday, as he remained undefeated with his first-round knockout of Dusko Todorovic. With only 12 seconds to go in the round, Soriano scored a knockdown that led the referee to stop the bout. The 28-year-old Hawaiin native is now 2-0 in the UFC plus a […]

Calvin Kattar Could Enter Title Talks With A Win

Calvin Kattar (22-4) will be placed on a massive stage Saturday as he headlines the UFC's first card of 2021 and also the first card to air on the ABC network. The 32-year-old has won four of his last five bouts, with his lone defeat coming against Zabit Magomedsharipov in November of 2019. As with […]

Max Holloway Set To Headline 2021's First UFC Card

Max Holloway (21-6) is set to fight in the UFC's first main event of 2021. It's been a bumpy road for the former featherweight champion as of late, as he's lost three of his last four bouts, including dropping his title to current champion Alexander Volkanovski. Holloway is one of the UFC's all-time greatest strikers […]

Matt Brown Could Go Out On A High Note

At 40 years old, Matt Brown (22-17) has made statements recently hinting that his matchup with Carlos Condit could be his swan song. Brown has been part of the UFC since 2008, when he was apart of the Ultimate Fighter Season 7 cast. Though he never won a championship, you will be hard-pressed to find […]

Carlos Condit Looks To Showcase His Popularity

Carlos Condit (31-13) is a veteran of the UFC since 2009 and has been a member of the purchased WEC organization since 2007. With that said, Condit's staying power is based largely on his fan-favorite style of fighting. Twenty eight of his 31 career professional wins have come by finish. There are no other unranked […]

Jingliang Li Hopes To Get Back On Track With A Huge Win

Jingliang Li (17-6) steps into the Octagon for the first time in 2021 as he faces the returning Santiago Ponzinibbio, who is coming off of a two-year layoff. Li's last bit of action came in March of last year, when he lost a unanimous decision to Neil Magny. The UFC veteran has been with the […]

Santiago Ponzinibbio Returns To Action After Two-Year Layoff

Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-3) returns to the Octagon after a two-year absence. The last time we saw him, he defeated Neil Magny in November of 2018. After several medical issues, it appears the top-ranked welterweight is ready to return to action and seek his spot back at the top of the rankings. He returns to action […]

Alessio Di Chirico Needs A Win To Stay Afloat

Alessio Di Chirico (12-5) enters Saturday's event with his back against the wall. The Italian striker has been with the UFC since 2016 but has lost his last three bouts and could be on his way out with a fourth straight defeat. Manzo had his last taste of victory in July of 2018 when he […]

Joaquin Buckley Would Love To Pick Up Where He Left Off

Joaquin Buckley (12-3) put his name on the UFC map with his knockout-of-the year-performance against Impa Kasanganay at UFC Fight Night in October of last year. Not one to let the momentum slip away, Buckley scored another knockout, this time in the second round against Jordan Wright in November of 2020. Through three bouts in […]

Dusko Todorovic Looks For Another Impressive Finish

Undefeated Russian Dusko Todorovic (10-0) will look for his second UFC victory after defeating Dequan Townsend easily in his debut back in October of last year. Finishing Townsend in the first round, Todorovic has now finished nine of his 10 victories. With another big performance, Thunder can make a huge step up in the middleweight […]

Punahele Soriano Can Make A Statement With Win

Undefeated middleweight Punahele Soriano (7-0) will look to kick off the UFC's first main-card bout of 2021 with a bang. It has been a little over a year since his last UFC outing when he knocked out Oskar Piechota in the first round back at UFC 245 in December of 2019. Competing against tough competition […]

Geoff Neal Unable To Finish Off 2020 With Main-Event Win

Geoff Neal gave it his best effort on Saturday in the main event, dropping a unanimous decision to Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson 50-45 on all three judges' scorecards. Statistically, Neal landed 85 significant strikes (110 total strikes), which is pretty impressive against an elusive and safe fighter like Thompson. Neal still has a ton of potential […]

Stephen Thompson Shines On Saturday

Stephen Thompson showed he still has plenty left in the tank by dismantling the up-and-coming Geoff Neal by unanimous decision on Saturday. Thompson dominated on all of the judges' scorecards, taking it 50-45 across the board. Statistically, Thompson's numbers looked great for 25 minutes of action, landing 171 significant strikes (191 total strikes), which breaks […]

Marlon Vera Goes The Distance With Jose Aldo

Coming off of an impressive win, Marlon Vera was unable to replicate the outcome on Saturday, dropping a decision to the Brazilian legend Jose Aldo. Vera took the second round to even things up at one round each heading into the third and final round. Aldo was able to utilize his ground game to take […]

Jose Aldo Controls The Bout To Take The Decision

Jose Aldo showed much of his old ways on Saturday night, securing a unanimous-decision win over Marlon Vera in the night's co-main event. Aldo took control of the first round, landing some big leg kicks and working some body strikes. After a second round that saw Vera take the round, Aldo utilized the ground game […]

Khaos Williams Unable To Secure Another Highlight Win

Khaos Williams was unable to keep up his legendary knockout streak and suffered his first UFC loss on Saturday, which was by unanimous decision to Michel Pereira. Williams tallied 55 significant strikes (62 total strikes) in the 15 minutes of action. The matchup was very close until the closing seconds of each round. After taking […]

Michel Pereira Takes Khaos Williams To The Limit

Michel Pereira implemented his game plan to perfection, taking the unanimous-decision victory over Khaos Williams on Saturday night. Statistically, Pereira tallied 44 significant strikes (56 total strikes) along with landing both of his takedown attempts. Pereira also secured one submission attempt, a rear-naked choke, which allowed him to take the second round. With the win, […]

Marlon Moraes Drops Another Bout Due To TKO Stoppage

Marlon Moraes lost his second bout in a row and third in four bouts on Saturday night. This is back-to-back matchups now where Moraes was stopped via strikes. Though the bout was only 1:13 in length, Moraes scored two takedowns, landing only nine significant strikes (12 total strikes.) If not for a split-decision win over […]

Rob Font Earns A Big TKO Stoppage

Rob Font made a massive statement Saturday night, dismantling the veteran Marlon Moraes. After a heated exchange to start out while being taken to the mat, Font let his hands go, dropping Moraes about two minutes into the contest. Just over two minutes into the first round, Font was announced as the winner via stoppage. […]

Greg Hardy Unable to Finish Marcin Tybura

Greg Hardy looked amazing in the first round of action on Saturday night but was unable to keep up the pace in the second round. In the second frame of action, Hardy was worn down and the veteran Marcin Tybura took the second-round TKO victory. Through almost 10 minutes of action, Hardy tallied up 50 […]

Marcin Tybura Weathers The Storm

As expected, Marcin Tybura faced a heavy onslaught by Greg Hardy throughout the first round of action on Saturday. The veteran Tybura made adjustments in the second round and actually ended up earning the TKO stoppage in Round 2. Statistically, through 9:31 of action, Tybura collected 51 significant strikes (60 total strikes) while only landing […]

Geoff Neal Has Big Opportunity On Main-Event Stage

Geoff Neal (13-2) is returning to the Octagon after a year layoff, last competing in December  of 2019 when he knocked out Mike Perry in the first round. Since joining the UFC, Neal is undefeated at 5-0. Four of those wins are by finish and his lone decision was against Belal Muhammad. Overall, 10 of […]

Stephen Thompson In Main Event On Saturday

The fifth-ranked UFC welterweight, Stephen Thompson (15-4-1), is set to take over the main-event stage against Geoff Neal on Saturday. It's been over a year since we've seen Thompson in action when he earned a decision victory in November of 2019 against Vicente Luque. Prior to the win, he was 1-3 since fighting to a […]

Marlon Vera Looking For Second Huge Win In A Row

Marlon Vera (18-6-1) has another chance for a career-changing win on Saturday, coming off of derailing the hype train of Sean O'Malley in August. Vera now has a chance to claim a win over arguably the greatest featherweight of all time in Jose Aldo. Chito leaves very little to chance with the judges, earning finishes […]

Jose Aldo Steps Into The Octagon On Saturday

Jose Aldo (28-7) returns to the Octagon for the second time in 2020 after coming off of a loss to bantamweight champion Petr Yan back in July. The future Hall of Famer is coming off a three-fight losing streak, but all of the bouts were against very tough competition. DraftKings has the legend listed at […]

Can Khaos Williams Earn His Third Impressive Victory Of 2020?

Since bursting onto the UFC scene in 2020, Khaos Williams (11-1) has scored two knockouts, with both coming under 30 seconds. In his most recent bout, Williams knocked out fellow heavy striker Abdul Razak Alhassan last month in 30 seconds. It's unrealistic to assume he can continue to knock out fighters in 30 seconds. How […]

Michel Pereira Faces Surging Star Saturday Night

An even .500 in the UFC, Michel Pereira (24-11) returns to the Octagon for the third time in 2020. Pereira has a good mix of finishes in his professional career with 10 knockouts/TKOs and six submission finishes. Though he is 2-2 in the UFC, both of those wins have come by finishes, and he scored […]

Rob Font Returns To Action Against Marlon Moraes

Rob Font (17-4) steps back into the Octagon on Saturday night for the first time in over a year and the second time since December of 2018. When Font was active, he finished fights, finishing 11 of his 17 career wins. This will mark his 11th appearance inside the Octagon, where he averages 80.6 fantasy […]