Conor McGregor bids to prove he is still a major force as an MMA fighter when facing Dustin Poirier for the third time at UFC 264. Notorious powered to a first-round win when they met back in 2014 but was stopped in the second in Abu Dhabi at the start of this year.
We have already enjoyed one title fight in the UFC this year, with Kamaru Usman successfully defending his welterweight belt in style and setting a record winning streak for the division in the process. As the sport continues to recover from the disruption of COVID-19, we have picked out the 10 MMA fights we would most like to see during the rest of 2021.
With several highly-anticipated fights across the worlds of boxing and MMA expected to take place in 2021, there could well be some new records set for the number of pay-per-view buys. We have taken a look at the biggest pay-per-view fights in the history of combat sports so far to set the standard that the next generation of super fights would have to reach.
We’ve looked at where three of the MMA’s leading promotions – the UFC, Bellator and the ONE Championship – have held their events to date. The UFC is, unsurprisingly, dominated by events based in the United States. In fact, there have been more UFC events held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas than in any country besides the United States itself.
Some UFC champions have come and gone but others have dominated for long periods. Retaining a title is no easy task so here we analyse all UFC results to see which fighters have done the best job of remaining the one to beat.
Conor McGregor returns to the octagon after over 15 months on the sidelines when taking on Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 and sparks are set to fly. The Notorious will be determined to get back to winning ways after losing his grudge match with Khabib Nurmagomedov via a fourth-round submission.
Darren Till is fancied to get back on track when taking on Jorge Masvidal at the O2 Arena on Saturday night in our UFC London predictions. The Liverpool fighter failed to claim the welterweight title when outwrestled by Tyron Woodley last September but looks ripe for a return to winning ways.
Conor McGregor faces a daunting return to the octagon when taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in Las Vegas. The Irishman will be back in the same arena where he lost to Floyd Mayweather in the boxing ring, but fighting under very different circumstances.
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There is a bumper MMA card at the Honda Center in California on Saturday night and we’ve picked out our UFC 214 predictions, including the headline rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones. Those old rivals will battle it out for supremacy in the light-heavyweight division but there is also … Read more
Floyd Mayweather Jr may be the firm favourite to get the better of Conor McGregor in their August 26 boxing match but there is plenty of evidence to suggest UFC is winning the battle of the combat sports in the UFC vs boxing popularity stakes. Comparisons between the two sports … Read more
The Barclays Center will play host to UFC 208 where Holly Holm and Germaine De Randamie will face off in the card’s main event for the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight title. Holm will always be remembered for her highlight-reel knockout of seemingly invincible Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in Australia to … Read more