Check out the best photos from Mauricio Ruffy’s first-round TKO win over Jamie Mullarkey at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports) Jamie Mullarkey, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-1" data-username="mmajunkie" > on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Mauricio Ruffy, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-2" data-usern ..read more

Check out the best photos from Dione Barbosa’s unanimous decision win over Ernesta Kareckaite at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports) Ernesta Kareckaite, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-1" data-username="mmajunkie" > on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Dione Barbosa, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-2" dat ..read more

Check out the best photos from Ismael Bonfim’s unanimous decision win over Vinc Pichel at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports) Vinc Pichel, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-1" data-username="mmajunkie" > on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Ismael Bonfim, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-2" data-username="mm ..read more

Check out the official scorecards from all 13 fights at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Gallery will be updated throughout the event.) Alessandro Costa, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook from Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (The gallery will update throughout Saturday's event.) #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-1" data-username="mmajunkie" > on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Alessandro Costa vs. Kevin Borjas, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook from Farmasi Arena in Rio de J ..read more

Alessandro Costa kicked off UFC 301 quite literally Saturday as he defeated Kevin Borjas in the card’s prelim opener. The TKO stoppage came at 1:35 of Round 2 and began with a series of leg kicks by Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) that killed the lead leg of Borjas (9-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC). The flyweight bout took place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Related Alessandro Costa def. Kevin Borjas at UFC 301: Best photos With a fast-paced and back-and-forth Round 1 in the bag, the finishing sequence began after the break. Costa found damaging success with leg kicks that sat Borjas down on the can ..read more

Check out the best photos from Alessandro Costa’s second-round TKO win over Kevin Borjas at UFC 301 at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (Fight and venue photos by Jason Silva, USA Today Sports) Kevin Borjas, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-1" data-username="mmajunkie" > on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/feed Alessandro Costa, UFC 301 Share Share this image gallery on Facebook : Best photos from Rio de Janeiro #UFC301 #UFCRio" data-anchor="vg-2" data-userna ..read more

Tim Welch weighed in on a past sparring session between UFC champions Sean O'Malley and Alexandre Pantoja. Bantamweight champ O’Malley and flyweight champ Pantoja have previously bickered about a sparring session that allegedly took place in 2017, with each claiming that they got the better of the other. O’Malley’s version is that he put Pantoja down in Round 1 of the session but eventually tired and got choked out in Round 3. As Pantoja (27-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) gears up for his second title defense against Steve Erceg (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 301 headliner, the topic was brought up a ..read more

Daniel Cormier credits Jose Aldo for giving the lighter weight divisions legitimacy. Aldo (31-8 MMA, 13-7 UFC) returns vs. Jonathan Martinez (19-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 301 (Pay-per-view/ESPN/ESPN+) co-main event at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Aldo, a former WEC and UFC featherweight champion, had a dominant reign in the octagon with seven title defenses before eventually opting to drop down to bantamweight. Cormier praised Aldo for drawing people in with his performances. “I didn’t respect small guys to that degree before Aldo,” Cormier said on his ESPN show “Good Guy/Bad Guy ..read more

UFC welterweight Matt Brown is hanging up the gloves after 30 career octagon appearances. Brown (24-19 MMA, 17-13 UFC) took to social media on Saturday and announced he’s retiring from MMA competition following a nearly 19-year career that began with his October 2018. According to “The Immortal,” who turned 43 in January and hasn’t fought since a first-round knockout of Court McGee at UFC on ABC 4 in May 2023, he is leaving active competition to focus on other ventures in his career (via X): Not doing it again. I’m out. That’s the announcement. My life will now be dedicated to serving others ..read more

Stephen A. Smith is outraged to hear that the terms for Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson have been elevated. Paul (9-1) vs. Tyson (50-6) will be officially sanctioned as a professional fight by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations. The bout takes place July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys, and streams live on Netflix. It will be an 8-round fight with 2-minute rounds. Tyson will be 58 when he steps into the ring for the first time since November 2020, 31 years Paul’s senior. Smith went off on the bout being classified as professional. “I’m sad – I’m s ..read more