George Garcia

5 days ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Farah Hannoun |Brian Garcia |George Garcia

Eric Del Fierro experienced all of former UFC champion Dominick Cruz's ebbs and flows. Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is largely responsible for putting the lower weight classes on the MMA map. The former WEC and UFC champion is widely considered one of the greatest bantamweights of all time. An injury riddled career prevented Cruz from having a long title reign, but the Alliance MMA standout was able to defy the odds on numerous occasions throughout his career.

1 week ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Farah Hannoun |George Garcia |Brian Garcia

Dan Ige is happy to fight Patricio Freire next – if it can happen this summer. Ige (19-9 MMA, 11-8 UFC) finished Sean Woodson by third-round TKO last month at UFC 314, and is aiming for a quick turnaround. In a recent episode of MMA Junkie's Spinning Back Clique, his head coach Eric Nicksick campaigned for a fight against former Bellator two-division champion Patricio Freire (36-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Ige revealed that the UFC is also interested, but he hasn't heard any recent developments.

1 week ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Farah Hannoun |George Garcia |Brian Garcia

Gilbert Burns thinks too many people are counting out Jack Della Maddalen at UFC 315. Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) challenges welterweight champion Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the May 10 main event (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Bell Centre in Montreal. Della Maddalena is a moderate underdog against Muhammad, and many top contenders in his division such as Sean Brady and Ian Machado Garry are picking the champion to win.