Virna Jandiroba Looking To Continue Momentum Saturday

Virna Jandiroba (15-1) is 1-1 in the UFC. She rebounded well from her debut loss by defeating Mallory Martin in December 2019. Jandiroba is a submission specialist, finishing 12 of her 15 victories by submission. DraftKings has Jandiroba's salary listed at $9,000. She has have averaged 76 points per contest through two UFC bouts. In […]

Felice Herrig Looking For First Win Since 2017

Felice Herrig (14-8) will enter the Octagon on Saturday looking for her first win since 2017. Herrig, who took all of 2019 off, will enter the cage with Virna Jandiroba, who has only lost once in her pro career. The long-time UFC veteran has competed against the world's best strawweights either in the UFC or […]

Danny Chavez Set For UFC Debut

Danny Chavez (10-3) enters the UFC on a three-fight winning streak. The Colombian Warrior is making his UFC debut but trains with UFC talent on a daily basis with such fighters as Ricardo Lamas and Cezar Ferreira. Chavez is a grinding-style fighter, winning seven of his 10 career wins by decision. It does look like […]

TJ Brown Returns To Action Trying To Get First 2020 Win

TJ Brown (14-7) suffered defeat in his 2020 debut back in February. The 30-year-old earned his UFC contract in 2019 after winning via third-round submission on the Contender Series. Thirteen of his 14 wins have come by a finish with nine of those being submissions. DraftKings has the heavyweight listed at $8,800 for Saturday's slate. […]

Parker Porter Will Make UFC Debut Saturday Night

Parker Porter (10-5) is set to make his UFC debut Saturday night. The former Bellator MMA veteran has most recently competed in CES, where he has won his last two in a row by finish. Two of his five career losses have understandably come to MMA greats Gabriel Gonzaga and Jon Jones. The 35-year old […]

Christopher Daukaus Set To Open Up UFC 252

Heavyweight Christopher Daukaus (8-3) will make his debut in the UFC Saturday night, opening up the action for UFC 252. Six of his eight wins have come by knockout along with one submission win. Daukaus has spent most of his time fighting for CFFC, winning his last bout by first-round knockout in August 2018. He […]

Alexey Oleinik Unable To Win 60th Career Bout

Alexey Oleinik met an unfortunate end to his night, being knocked out in the main event's second round. He was only able to reel off two significant strikes. He was able to land his lone takedown and held control of Derrick Lewis for 2:21 of the first round. The Russian almost finished Lewis with a […]

Derrick Lewis Earns Knockout In Main Event

Derrick Lewis won his third bout in a row, knocking out veteran Alexey Oleinik in the second round. Lewis landed 35 significant strikes, dominating the standup activity. As expected, he was almost caught in a scarf-hold submission near the end of the first round. Lewis came out quick in the second round and knocked out […]

Omari Akhmedov Unable To Get The Win

Omari Akhmedov was unable to get the victory over his biggest task to date in Chris Weidman. Akhmedov landed 33 significant strikes in the bout and landed half of his takedowns, going 4-for-8 in that department. The No. 11 middleweight will try to rebound in his next bout, which will probably be against someone outside […]

Chris Weidman Wins In Return To Middleweight

Chris Weidman won a very close decision against Omari Akhmedov. With the win, Weidman returns to the win column for the first time since July of 2017. Weidman collected 67 total strikes, with 25 of those being significant strikes. This was a make-or-break bout for Weidman if he wanted to continue his career. In his […]

Maki Pitolo Unable To Get Out Of The First Round

Maki Pitolo ran into a roadblock in his UFC journey, losing a first-round submission to Darren Stewart on Saturday night. Since his Contender Series win, Pitolo is now 1-1. Pitolo still looked solid in defeat, landing some big shots. As long as he continues to grow and leave this loss in the past, Pitolo can […]

Darren Stewart Impresses With First-Round Finish

With less than four minutes into the first round, Darren Stewart locked in a guillotine choke on Maki Pitolo on Saturday night. Stewart has now won two of his last three bouts, rebounding from his fight with Bartosz Fabinski. Pitolo only landed 12 significant strikes but landed his only takedown attempt of the night. The […]

Julija Stoliarenko Loses First Fight Back In The UFC

It does not get much tougher than having to make your debut against a top-10 fighter, but that's what Julija Stoliarenko did Saturday night in facing Yana Kunitskaya. Stoliarenko spent most of her time either clinched on the cage or under Kunitskaya's control on the mat. Stoliarenko is a dangerous fighter, but defeating someone in […]

Yana Kunitskaya Dominates To Take Decision

Yana Kunitskaya dominated the former Invicta FC champion, Julija Stoliarenko, by unanimous decision. Kunitskaya landed 43 significant strikes, but the biggest number of the night was her 13:16 minutes of control time out of the 15-minute fight. Her opponent was only able to land six significant strikes throughout the bout. The No. 8 women's bantamweight, […]

Scott Holtzman Loses By Knockout

Scott Holtzman's bid for three wins in a row fell short at the hands of a Beneil Dariush first-round spinning back fist. Holtzman was only able to land nine significant strikes in the four-plus minutes of action. Prior to the loss, Holtzman had won five of his last six bouts. The 36-year-old can still be […]

Beneil Dariush Lands Potential Knockout Of The Year

Beneil Dariush showcased his amazing striking, landing a spinning back fist capable of knockout of the year nominations. The forearm landed on Scott Holtzman's face, leading to the first-round knockout. Dariush landed 36 significant strikes in the four-plus minutes of action. Benny has now won his fifth fight in a row, with the last four […]

Laureano Staropoli Unable To Earn Decision Nod

Laureano Staropoli was unable to get the win against the veteran Tim Means on Saturday night. He did land a total of 81 strikes, with 71 considered significant strikes. The majority of the shots landed were to the head of his opponent, with 47 considered head strikes. He was also unsuccessful in his lone takedown […]

Tim Means Gets It Done With Hard-Fought Decision Win

The veteran Tim Means did what was needed Saturday night to earn the unanimous-decision victory over Laureano Staropoli. Means collected 85 strikes, with 55 of those listed as significant strikes. The Dirty Bird was also 2-for-6 on his takedown attempts. The 36-year-old has now flipped-flopped wins and losses over his last four outings. The New […]

Joaquin Buckley Unable To Earn Victory In UFC Debut

Joaquin Buckley had about as tough a task anyone can have in their UFC debut facing Kevin Holland. Buckley landed 40 significant strikes, mainly to the body of the much-taller Holland. Buckley was matched up with Holland about a week before the bout. Hopefully, he will have more time to prepare for his next opponent. […]

Kevin Holland Showcases In Headline Prelim

Kevin Holland is back on a roll after defeating Joaquin Buckley after his third-round knockout victory Saturday night. He now has two knockout wins in a row, moving to 5-2 in the UFC. Holland looked impressive, using his reach and landing his strikes almost at will. Statistically, Holland landed 79 significant strikes while not attempting […]

Alex Munoz Drops First Professional Bout

Alex Munoz suffered his first professional loss, and it came in the Octagon to Nasrat Haqparast by decision. Statistically, Munoz's numbers were not promising, landing only 37 significant strikes through 15 minutes of action. That's only 2.4 significant strikes per minute. The takedown department did not fare much better, as he only landed one of […]

Wellington Turman Finished in Third Round

Wellington Turman ran into a tough test on Saturday night, dropping his second in three bouts, this time to Andrew Sanchez. In the four minutes of action, Turman landed 21 significant strikes and missed on his only takedown attempt. Turman moves to 1-2 in the UFC, with his lone win coming via decision. He does […]

Nasrat Haqparast Gets Back On Track With Win

Nasrat Haqparast fought hard to win 30-27 on all three of the judges' scorecards. Statistically, he dominated, landing 104 significant strikes compared to Alex Munoz's 37. Ninety three of Haqparast's strikes landed to his opponent's head. As far as he could control, Haqparast kept the bout on the feet with no takedown attempts. The German […]

Andrew Sanchez Scores Big First-Round Knockout

TUF 23 alum Andrew, Sanchez scored Saturday night's first knockout with a first-round finish of opponent Wellington Turman. Through a bit over four minutes of action, Sanchez landed 28 significant strikes. With the knockout, Sanchez moved his career wins-by-knockout number to seven out of his 12 wins. Sanchez looked solid against a tough Brazilian fighter […]

Justin Jaynes Submitted In Third Round

After a near finish in the first round, Justin Jaynes found himself finished by a rear-naked choke in the third round. Jaynes was only able to land 41 significant strikes and did not land his only takedown attempt. He also took a solid beating in the second round, arguably getting a 10-8 score in the […]

Gavin Tucker Wins Via Rear-Naked Choke

Gavin Tucker showed his resilience Saturday night after a rocky first round. His opponent, Justin Jaynes, landed an uppercut with less than two minutes left that floored Tucker. Jaynes then locked in a guillotine choke, which Tucker was able to break free from. Tucker even landed an arm triangle of his own that nearly finished […]

Peter Barrett Unable To Get His First Octagon Win

Peter Barrett faced one of the hardest tasks possible in his UFC featherweight debut: defeat the unstoppable Youssef Zalal. Barrett's night almost ended in the first round when a spinning back kick sent him to the mat. He was able to stay in the fight and make it to the decision. Barrett was able to […]

Youssef Zalal Wins Third Bout Of 2020

Youssef Zalal continued his impressive 2020 run, winning his third bout of the year. Zalal took all three rounds, according to all the judges on Saturday night. Fifty four of the 82 strikes landed by Zalal were marked as significant strikes. He also landed a few takedowns, landing three of his five attempts. The bout […]

Ali Al Qaisi Drops Debut In Very Close Contest

Ali Al Qaisi, the UFC's first Jordanian-signed fighter, lost his debut in an extremely close split-decision loss. He landed 44 significant strikes and had a total of 54 strikes. He was also only 2-for-9 on his takedowns. In what was a close back-and-forth battle, Al Qaisi ended up dropping to 8-4, losing his first bout […]

Irwin Rivera Earns Hard-Fought Decision In Opener

Irwin Rivera earned a very hard-fought split decision in Saturday night's opening bout. The numbers were pretty close on the night, with Rivera landing 45 total strikes and 36 significant strikes. He also landed two takedowns on the night, matching his opponent's number. The bout with the newcomer Ali Al Qaisi was extremely close. Nothing […]