Marlon Moraes Hopes To Bring Back His Magic

Former bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes (23-7-1) enters the Octagon for the ninth time on Saturday night. Moraes is coming off of a second-round knockout/TKO in October and needs a win to get back into immediate title talks. Magic is a finisher, with 16 of his 23 career wins coming by KO/TKO or submission. DraftKings has […]

Talia Santos Has A Tough Task Saturday Night

Taila Santos (16-1) rebounded from her first career loss by taking a unanimous decision from Molly McCann back in July. Santos has knockout ability, finishing 10 of her 16 career wins by knockout/TKO. After winning a decision on the Contender Series to earn her UFC contract, Santos has gone 1-1, with both bouts going to […]

Gillian Robertson Looking For Third Win To Close Out 2020

Gillian Robertson (9-4) has won her last two bouts and four of her last five. On Saturday, she takes on Taila Santos, who is a long-time veteran of the sport. Robertson is a dangerous submission fighter, ending six of her nine career bouts with submissions. These two were actually scheduled to meet in June, but […]

Greg Hardy Faces A Tough Task Saturday

Greg Hardy (7-2) will meet an extremely tough test in Polish heavyweight slugger Marcin Tybura in Saturday's main-card opening bout. The Prince of War is currently on a two-fight winning streak after losing a unanimous decision to a very tough opponent in Alexander Volkov. Hardy has only won once by decision, winning six of his […]

Marcin Tybura Looking For Fourth Straight Win

Marcin Tybur (20-6) has a big opportunity to stop the hype train of Greg Hardy as well as win his fourth bout in a row to open up Saturday's main card. Thirteen of Tybur's 20 career wins have come by a finish, with seven of those being submissions. After losing three of four, Tybur has […]

Brandon Moreno Goes Toe-To-Toe With The Champ

Brandon Moreno put on an amazing performance and ended up with a majority draw in his battle for the UFC flyweight title on Saturday. Moreno kept the striking numbers close, collecting 132 significant strikes (139 total strikes) and landing four of his attempted eight takedowns. If it weren't for a point deduction against the champion, […]

Deiveson Figueiredo Retains Title In Main-Event Draw

Deiveson Figueiredo put in another amazing performance for 2020, but a point deduction ended up costing him the win on Saturday. He did retain his title due to a majority draw (47-47, 47-47, 48-46). Coming off of a title defense just three weeks ago, Figueiredo tallied 137 significant strikes (147 total strikes) and landed two […]

Tony Ferguson Drops Second Bout In A Row Saturday Night

Tony Ferguson lost his second bout in a row on Saturday, dropping the night's co-main event to veteran Charles Oliveira. Ferguson was outstruck on the night, landing only 19 significant strikes (26 total strikes) and being taken down on all three of Oliveira's takedown tries. The bout almost ended in the first round when Oliveira […]

Charles Oliveira Dominates In Saturday's Co-Main Event

Charles Oliveira earned the biggest win of his career on Saturday night, defeating Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision in the co-main event. Oliveira outstruck Ferguson, landing 41 significant strikes (86 total strikes), including landing all three of his attempted takedowns. At the end of the first round, Oliveira locked in a dangerous armbar, which made […]

Virna Jandiroba Unable To Pull Out The Victory Saturday

Virna Jandiroba was unable to get her striking game going as she met fellow jiu-jitsu black belt Mackenzie Dern on Saturday night. Jandiroba was outstruck in the 15-minute bout, only landing 63 significant strikes (80 total strikes), but she stopped all five of Dern's attempted takedowns. Jandiroba started to build momentum at the very end […]

Mackenzie Dern Uses Her Strike To Beat Fellow Grappler

Mackenzie Dern had to get it done on her feet in her battle with Virna Jandiroba, a fellow amazing grappler, on Saturday night. Dern controlled the striking war to take the unanimous-decision victory. Statistically, Dern tallied 82 significant strikes (101 total strikes) but failed to land any of her five attempted takedowns. Dern utilized her […]

Jacare Souza Suffers Devastating Loss On Saturday

Jacare Souza's return to the middleweight division didn't come with fireworks on his side. Souza dropped his third bout in a row, losing a first-round TKO stoppage to rising star Kevin Holland. Souza is now 41 years old and is possibly on the way out of the UFC with the talk of massive fighter cuts […]

Kevin Holland Wins Fifth Fight Of 2020

Kevin Holland won his fifth fight of 2020 on Saturday night, earning a huge TKO victory over legend Jacare Souza in the first round. Though the bout was only 3:15, Holland landed 15 significant strikes (21 total strikes), including a huge right hand that floored Souza while both fighters were on the mat. After a […]

Junior Dos Santos May Be On His Way Out

Junior dos Santos suffered a disappointing second-round TKO loss on Saturday, his fourth straight loss. In a touch over 7:30 of action, dos Santos only landed 10 significant strikes (11 total strikes) and missed his lone takedown attempt. dos Santos did land a couple of solid shots to end the first round, but it was […]

Ciryl Gane Scores Biggest Win Of Young Career

Ciryl Gane took care of business Saturday night, finishing long-time UFC veteran Junior dos Santos via second-round knockout. Gane dominated the striking numbers, landing 59 significant strikes (61 total strikes) along with denying dos Santos' lone takedown attempt. After a dominant first round, Gane continued that in the second round, landing a big elbow that […]

Ronaldo Souza Looks For A Big Win In His Middleweight Return

Ronaldo Souza (26-8) is a legend of the sport and is still going strong at 41 years old. One of the most dangerous jiu-jitsu practitioners ever to compete in mixed martial arts, 17 of his 26 career wins have come by submission. Though his opponent is 4-0 in 2020 alone, Souza is on a two-fight […]

Kevin Holland Looking For Win No. 5 Of 2020

No one can argue that Kevin Holland (20-5) has had one of the best runs in 2020. Taking advantage of the short-notice calls and the inability of many fighters to compete due to COVID-19, Holland has competed four times thus far in 2020 and has won all four fights. A win on Saturday night against […]

Ciryl Gane Can Shoot Up The Ranks With A Win Saturday Night

Undefeated French heavyweight prospect Ciryl Gane (6-0) will get his biggest name to date as he opens up the main card of UFC 256 on Saturday night against Junior dos Santos. Gane is currently 3-0 in the UFC, with two of those wins coming by finish. This will mark the 30-year-old's first bout of 2020. […]

Junior Dos Santos Hopes To Rebound On Saturday

Junior dos Santos (21-8) has lost his last three bouts in a row and is hoping to avoid a fourth straight loss as he opens the main card of UFC 256 on Saturday night. Prior to the three-fight losing streak, dos Santos was on a three-fight winning streak, including a first-round knockout over top-ranked Derrick […]

Jack Hermansson Unable To Get The Victory

Jack Hermansson dropped his second fight in three bouts, losing a unanimous decision in Saturday night's main event. Statistically, Hermansson kept it close, collecting 122 significant strikes (139 total strikes), but only landed two of his seven attempted takedowns on the night. Hermansson needed this win if he was going to receive a chance to […]

Marvin Vettori Outstrikes Jack Hermansson

Marvin Vettori scored a huge unanimous-decision victory in Saturday's main event (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) to win his fourth fight in a row. Vettori has not lost since dropping a split decision to the current UFC middleweight champion in Israel Adesanya. Statistically, Vettori outstruck his opponent Jack Hermansson, landing 164 significant strikes (202 total strikes) along […]

Jamahal Hill Impresses Saturday's Co-Main Event

Jamahal Hill scored an impressive second-round stoppage against UFC veteran Ovince St. Preux on Saturday, keeping his impressive undefeated record. Hill kept his cool in a very close first round. After unleashing in the second round, Hill eventually pressured St. Preux, leading the referee to call the stoppage. Statistically, Hill tallied 68 significant strikes, with […]

Justin Jaynes Drops Second Straight Bout By TKO

Justin Jaynes dropped his second bout in a row on Saturday, this time by first-round TKO stoppage. In the four minutes of action, Jaynes only landed 22 significant strikes, with 16 to the head of his opponent. Though Jaynes had his body rocked and ended up dropping the bout after crumbling from a knee shot, […]

Gabriel Benitez Scores First-Round TKO Stoppage

Gabriel Benitez earned his first win since May of 2018 with his first-round TKO stoppage of Justin Jaynes in Saturday's main-card bout. Benitez worked the lower body well, landing 28 of his 38 significant strikes to the body or legs of Jaynes. After a big knee to the body dropped Jaynes, Benitez followed it up […]

John Allan Unable To Pull Off Decision In Return

Returning to action after over a year layoff due to a failed substance test, John Allan dropped a close split decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) to the undefeated Roman Dolidze on Saturday. Statistically, Allan landed 29 significant strikes (48 total strikes) in the 15 minutes of action. He also gave up three costly takedowns, which may […]

Roman Dolidze Remains Undefeated

Roman Dolidze remained undefeated and moved to 2-0 inside the Octagon by taking a split-decision win over John Allan on Saturday night. Statistically, Dolidze landed 51 significant strikes (118 total strikes) along with securing three of his five attempted takedowns. It was also the first time in Dolidze's professional career that he went the full […]

Matt Wiman Suffers Massive Knockout Loss

A long-time veteran of the UFC who made his debut when his opponent was 11 years old, Matt Wiman first fought inside the Octagon in May of 2006 at UFC 60. Prior to this bout, Wiman had lost two of his previous three bouts. On fight day, three fights fell apart due to different medical […]

Jordan Leavitt Scores Big In Late Main-Card Addition

Not even part of the night's main card just mere hours before the event, Jordan Leavitt burst onto the scene with a huge 22-second knockout in his UFC debut on Saturday night. The statistics won't be there for this one because it lasted just 22 seconds, but Leavitt landed one strike and a huge slam […]

Marvin Vettori Could Be In The Title Hunt

Marvin Vettori (15-3-1) has won three in a row since dropping a split decision to middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in April of 2018. Nine of Vettori's 15 career wins have come by submission, including a rear-naked, first-round choke that led to victory in his last outing against Karl Roberson in June. DraftKings has the Italian […]

Jack Hermansson Can Find Himself In Title Picture

Jack Hermansson (21-5) has a huge opportunity to find himself near the top of title talks if he can pull out the victory in Saturday's main event against a tough striker in Italy's Marvin Vettori. The Cage Warriors veteran is currently 8-3 inside the Octagon and is coming off of an impressive first-round submission against […]