Hailey Cowan broken leg | Hailey Cowan IG Hailey Cowan is going to be out for a while. Cowan was set to fight Tamires Vidal on May 18 at UFC Vegas 92, but was pulled from the bout due to injury. On Friday, Cowan showed off a gnarly leg break that forced her off the card. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hailey Cowan-Brennan (@allhailmma) “A couple weeks ago I rolled my ankle wrestling. I continued training for the fight, thinking I had a bad ankle sprain— if you know me, you know I am stubborn and ignore pain relatively easily, so I didn’t complain much and begged to continu ..read more

Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Max Holloway is proud of his place in the UFC history books, so he doesn’t think his story needs embellishing. One incredible stat is that Holloway has never been knocked down in 29 appearances for the promotion. Holloway out-struck and put down the feared Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, and has also thrown hands with the likes of Alexander Volkanovski, Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor, Yair Rodriguez, Jeremy Stephens, and several other fighters known for their ferocious knockouts. None of those names have been able to ..read more

After a week off following UFC 300, the UFC returns to the APEX for UFC Vegas 91, which will serve as the go-home show for next weekend’s UFC 301 pay-per-view event. While absence does make the heart grow fonder, it’s pretty clear from an interest standpoint this weekend that the UFC is playing second fiddle to BKFC and its annual KnuckleMania card. Ahead of the weekend doubleheader, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and Alexander K. Lee preview Saturday’s KnuckleMania 4 and UFC Vegas 91 events. Additionally, they’ll discuss Mike Perry’s return to the BKFC ring as he faces Thiago Alves in ..read more

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC is taking more Fight Night cards on the road recently than they have in quite some time. While the full card and main event quality hasn’t been much different than we’ve seen in the last few years, could this mean the end of UFC Fight Night cards at the UFC APEX? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck discusses whether or not this could be the beginning of the end for UFC APEX shows. Additionally, Mike answers questions about Mike Perry’s return to action this weekend in Los Angeles at BKFC KnuckleMania 4 aga ..read more

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Matheus Nicolau is finally on the verge of a UFC return. The longtime flyweight contender and his fellow UFC Vegas 91 headliner Alex Perez both made weight at Friday’s official weigh-ins, rendering their main event official. Nicolau tipped the scales at 125.5 pounds, while Perez weighed in at 126 pounds, both meeting the 126-pound limit for a non-title flyweight contest. Nicolau has been out of action for more than a year after repeated attempts to book a matchup against Manel Kape have fallen through. Nicolau was once again set to face Kape at U ..read more

Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images By all accounts, Thiago Alves thought his fighting career was done. After knocking out Uly Diaz to become BKFC middleweight champion in 2021, the now 40-year-old Brazilian veteran didn’t get an offer that enticed him enough to fight again. With his focus shifting towards coaching, as he’s now one of the primary instructors at American Top Team in Florida, Alves never retired but also didn’t expect to compete again. That all changed when BKFC came calling with a huge payday and a chance to face Mike Perry at KnuckleMania IV on Saturday. “I’m always active,” A ..read more

Photo by Matt Davies/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In just eight UFC fights, Alex Pereira has won titles across two divisions and defeated five former champions along the way. He’s done it all primarily as a devastating striker, displaying incredible knockout power but still showing some deficiencies expected of a lifelong kickboxer with only 12 total MMA fights on his resume. Pereira is fresh off of headlining one of the biggest cards in history at UFC 300, and he capped off the night with a brutal knockout of Jamahal Hill. Assessing that performance, analyst and fighter Anthony S ..read more

Photo by Richie Banks/Zuffa LLC Rose Namajunas wasn’t the only person Amanda Ribas had to worry about ahead of her last fight. It's tough to be a professional athlete. Put all the surface-level factors that come with it aside and being a public figure is practically its own job. After five years and counting on the UFC roster under MMA's brightest lights, Brazilian flyweight and strawweight contender Ribas is no stranger to the attention. However, things went a little too far ahead of her last time out at UFC Vegas 89 this past month. Ribas, 30, was welcomed to Las Vegas the week of her fight ..read more

Beneil Dariush | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Beneil Dariush resumed sparring in March after taking some significant time off from hard sessions in the gym, Kings MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro recently revealed on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast. Dariush had an eight-fight winning streak snapped by Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan in 2023, both via stoppage due to strikes — after which, Cordeiro asked the 34-year-old lightweight to take some time off. It wasn’t the only time Dariush suffered head trauma in 2023. “Benny had a very rough year last year,” Cordeiro said ..read more

Just days away from BKFC KnuckleMania IV, Mike Perry and Thiago Alves came face to face for a tense staredown following the pre-fight press conference. The former UFC fighters headline the first ever BKFC card in Los Angeles after the California State Athletic Commission voted to sanction bare-knuckle fighting in the state. Perry looks to stay undefeated in bare-knuckle competition after he finished former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez in his most recent outing. As for Alves, he also holds a perfect record in BKFC at 2-0 including a middleweight title win back in 2021. In the co-main event, Mick ..read more