Matthew Petela

6 days ago | combatpress.com | Matthew Petela

The UFC heads north to Montreal this weekend for a loaded pay-per-view event complete with two championship fights atop the marquee. The UFC 315 main event will be the first title defense for welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, who claimed the belt via decision over Leon Edwards last July. The Chicago native will be 37 years old this summer, and, if he is going to put together a Hall-of-Fame-worthy title reign, he needs to kick it off with a dominant performance over Jack Della Maddalena.

1 week ago | combatpress.com | Matthew Petela

On Friday, May 2, ONE Championship will host ONE Fight Night 31: Kongthoranee vs. Nong-O II, live from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The event features a night of Muay Thai, submission grappling and MMA action. The event airs live on Amazon Prime Video starting at 8 p.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTSMuay Thai bout: Kongthoranee Sor Sommai vs. Nong-O HamaGrappling bout: Tye Ruotolo vs. Dante Leon – for the welterweight titleMuay Thai bout: Abolfazl Alipourandi vs.

2 weeks ago | combatpress.com | Matthew Petela

Iowa plays host to the Octagon this weekend as the UFC puts on UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo. Cory Sandhagen fell back in the rankings after having a three-fight winning streak snapped in his last fight by Umar Nurmagomedov. He looks to recapture some of the momentum he had built by getting past a former flyweight champion. Deiveson Figueiredo was increasingly struggling to make the 125-pound flyweight championship limit and decided to make the move up a weight class.

2 weeks ago | combatpress.com | Matthew Petela

After a week away from action, the UFC returns with a Fight Night headlined by a pair of welterweights with title aspirations. Ian Machado Garry is coming into this main event with Carlos Prates after losing for the first time in his professional career. He came up short against the indestructible object that is Shavkat Rakhmonov. Prates is yet to look vincible inside the UFC, notching four knockouts thus far in his tenure.

1 month ago | wp.me | Matthew Petela

On Saturday, Apr. 12, the UFC will host UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes, live from the Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla. The event features a battle for the vacant featherweight title between Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes. The UFC 314 early prelims air on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass starting at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the preliminary card on ESPN+ and ESPN at 8 p.m. ET. The main card airs on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. Check below for full results. FULL RESULTSAlexander Volkanovski vs.