The UFC is headed back to Louisville, Kentucky on June 8, and on Thursday, a number of match-ups were officially announced for UFC Louisville. Among the fights unveiled for the Fight Night at the KFC Yum! Center, light heavyweight Dominick Reyes will face off with Dustin Jacoby, in a fight that could see both men’s spot on the roster on the line. Reyes (12-4) has been on a considerable slump, winless in his last four starting with a shot at then-champ Jon Jones in February 2020. While some may have scored that bout for Reyes, his three subsequent bouts saw him finished, all via KO/TKO. Those l ..read more

UFC APEX – UFC welterweight Uros Medic knows he has a scrap on his hands as he gets set to face Tim Means at UFC Vegas 91 on Saturday night. “He shows up to fight. I’m excited it’s going to be a good fight,” Medic told reporters on Wednesday. “He is a veteran. You’ve got to respect that. This is a sport where men die young, and when you see an old man you got to respect that.” Medic (9-2) comes into this fight having lost his last bout against Myktybek Orolbai who used a wrestling-heavy game plan. Having drawn Means in this one could turn this bout into a standup war. “He probably watched my l ..read more

Canada’s Mike Malott will be looking to get back in the win column this July. Welterweight Malott (10-2-1) will face Gilbert Urbina (7-3) at a UFC Fight Night on July 13, 2024. News of the booking was first reported by SportsNet. Malott subsequently confirmed the report on social media. No venue, location, or broadcast plan has been officially announced for the event, which comes just two weeks after UFC 303 closes out International Fight Week in Las Vegas. Malott will be looking to erase the memory of a late-third round TKO loss to Neil Magny at UFC 297 in Toronto, where the hometown fave (Ma ..read more

UFC APEX – UFC flyweight Alex Perez is normally talked about when bringing up canceled fights, but he gets to play hero as he stepped in on 4-weeks notice to fight Matheus Nicolau at UFC Vegas 91 on Saturday night. “I had put my name in for another fight for the April 6 card. They were looking for somebody and I was like hey I can make this weight. They didn’t get back to me,” Perez told reporters on Wednesday. “When Manel (Kape) got hurt they called me and I said yeah.” Perez (24-8) made a quick phone call to make sure he could hit the weight, but after he was good to go. “I was like wait let ..read more

Joaquin Buckley wanted on the UFC St. Louis card, and while he was campaigning for the main event spot, co-headliner will have to suffice. UFC President and CEO Dana White announced on Wednesday that Buckley, the hometown hero, would face Nursulton Ruziboev in the Fight Night card’s co-main event. The event takes place on May 11, 2024 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO. Buckley (18-6) is riding a three-fight win streak since returning to welterweight in May 2023. Those three wins have seen him finish both Andre Fialho and Vicente Luque, while going the distance against Alex Morono. Form ..read more

Bangkok – Former ONE lightweight MMA champion Ok Rae Yoon makes his return to the cage to face Alibeg Rasulov at ONE Fight Night 23 on July 5. Ok (17-4) held the ONE Championship lightweight title when he defeated Christian Lee in 2021 before ultimately dropping the belt to him in their rematch nearly a year later. He holds victories against former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and former ONE featherweight champion Marat Gafurov. His victory over Gafurov put him on the map, but his brawl with Alvarez set him up for a title fight against Lee. With his record against Lee at 1-1 in title ..read more

UFC APEX – 300k bonuses may have only been for UFC 300, but Tim Means is hoping that becomes the norm as he prepares to take on Uros Medic at UFC Vegas 91 on Saturday night. “I hope ya’ll keep the same energy. Show up with $300,000 bonuses,” Means told reporters on Wednesday. “Don’t mess around. Let’s talk about it. Let’s at least sit down in the room whenever we do our rules meeting over here Saturday night and let’s have a discussion. Damn right.” What should the number be raised to? “$300,000. It can’t go back you know. It’s not bragging if you back it up like for real. What are we doing? W ..read more

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez’s attempted murder trial, which will take place in Santa Clara County, CA, has a date set, with September 9, 2024 the expected starting point. The trial date was set on Wednesday by Judge Elizabeth Peterson, with Velasquez appearing in court in person alongside his attorney. Velasquez is currently free on bail after being accused of attempted murder following a high-speed chase that saw him fire shots into another vehicle. MMA Fighting was among the outlets first reporting the news. The fighter, who jumped to pro wrestling and the WWE followi ..read more

The undercard for June’s UFC 303, which will mark the return to action of MMA’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, continues to grow. On Monday, promotion officials gave an early look at the event’s line-up, announcing that a previously reported bout between Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr. would serve as the night’s co-main event. Along with that news, the company revealed via press release the addition of two more match-ups: at women’s bantamweight, Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson, and at flyweight, Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez. Bueno Silva (10-3-1, 1NC) will be competing for the firs ..read more

The UFC will make it’s return to Manchester, England on July 27 at UFC 304. The promotion made the announcement on Wednesday. UFC 304 will mark the promotion’s first European event of 2024. With two UFC champions from England it only made sense that a PPV would be the event to have in Manchester. “I’m so excited to get back to Manchester. And no better time than this summer,” UFC CEO Dana White said in a press release. “We have two champions from the UK and fans have been dying for a UFC PPV event, so here we come to the largest indoor arena in the UK.” UFC interim champion Tom Aspinall had po ..read more