Articles: MMA

Mostafa Rashed Neda and Osama Elsaidy already know how this argument ends. Except they have two different answers. Neda won their first meeting by split decision in March 2016. Nine months later, Elsaidy stopped him in the second round. Almost a decade later, PFL has put them together again with Neda installed as a substantial […]

Badreddine Diani has made subtlety unnecessary. His route past Hazem Kayyali runs through clinches, takedowns, and long stretches in which Kayyali’s striking becomes irrelevant. Diani has eight submission wins in 11 professional wins; Kayyali arrives with six knockouts in nine victories and a very different preference for where Friday takes place. Bookmaker Sportsbook‘s opening line: […]

Abdelkrim Zouad usually keeps the judges out of the conversation. Seven of his eight victories have ended inside the distance: three by knockout and four by submission. Omar Hussein presents the awkward counterpoint. Across 19 professional fights, nobody has stopped him with strikes. Bookmaker Sportsbook‘s opening line makes Zouad -220 and Hussein +172. Omar Hussein […]

Fatima Al Ammari is making her senior amateur MMA debut. Bookmaker Sportbook wants -305 for the privilege. That price makes considerably more sense as a judgment on Al Ammari’s combat-sports résumé than her MMA résumé, because the latter barely exists. The 18-year-old Saudi is a four-time national Muay Thai champion and four-time national boxing champion, […]

Wang Cong has apparently looked at Natalia Silva, the UFC’s unbeaten No. 1 flyweight contender, and concluded that everyone else has been doing it wrong. She wants to outstrike her. “I will definitely outstrike her on the feet,” Wang said during UFC 332 Countdown, while calling Silva the toughest UFC opponent she has faced and […]

Deiveson Figueiredo sees Payton Talbott’s striking excellence and thinks he can walk straight into it. “If I fight at my level, aggressively, I’m sure I’m going to go right at him.” That is considerably more interesting than the price. Figueiredo completed his main camp in Thailand before arriving early in Salt Lake City to acclimate […]

King Green has spent 2026 refusing to behave like a 40-year-old. Three fights, three wins, and now Esteban Ribovics arrives barely three months after Green’s July appearance. Green has long treated activity as part of his identity; Ribovics enters from the opposite direction, describing himself before his August return as a “new version” after sharpening […]

Imanol Rodriguez has never heard a professional scorecard. Seven fights have produced seven finishes. Six ended by knockout or TKO, including his UFC debut against Kevin Borjas. Alden Coria brings a different clock to Salt Lake City. Coria has never been knocked out across 17 professional results and has now won consecutive UFC fights over […]

Damian Pinas has clarified what he intends to do with Andrey Pulyaev. “I want to KO that guy,” Pinas told UFC Unfiltered ahead of UFC 332. That sounds less like promotional theatre when you attach it to a 10-1 middleweight with nine knockouts and eight first-round finishes. Pulyaev brings considerably more UFC experience. Damian Pinas […]

Marcus McGhee is fighting Benardo Sopaj, but he is talking about time. At 36, McGhee admits he doesn’t want to keep “fighting back” against unranked opponents after already sharing the cage with current champion Petr Yan. His solution is revealing: make his victories emphatic enough that the UFC sends him upward again. Sopaj, 26, arrives […]