Bloody Elbow

1 day ago | bloodyelbow.com | Christopher De Santiago

Hardly anybody sees Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira going the distance. Both men in the UFC 317 main event have a near 90% finish rate. Charles Oliveira has the most submissions in UFC history while Spain’s Topuria is coming off back-to-back knockouts of featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and BMF titleholder Max Holloway. Oliveira is a sizable underdog against Topuria, with former titleholders like Jorge Masvidal and Aljamain Sterling believing in Topuria’s KO power.

1 day ago | bloodyelbow.com | Christopher De Santiago

Islam Makhachev ‘feels bad’ for Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira ahead of UFC 317. The UFC 317 main event is right around the corner as former champions Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira fight for Islam Makhachev’s vacant lightweight title on Saturday. Topuria and Oliveira headline this year’s International Fight Week from Las Vegas. As big as the title fight is between the undefeated Spanish superstar and the beloved Oliveira, some fans would have preferred super-fights like Topuria vs.

1 day ago | bloodyelbow.com | Christopher De Santiago

Jon Jones deciding to retire instead of unifying the title against Tom Aspinall has led some to question his legacy. The former two-division champion had his legacy cemented long before he was in talks to fight the interim champion Tom Aspinall. However, Jon Jones kept Aspinall waiting on the undisputed title for nearly 600 days before finally relinquishing his belt with his retirement decision last weekend.

1 day ago | bloodyelbow.com | Christopher De Santiago

The BKFC has parted ways with one of their champions. This time last week, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship officially stripped Franco Tenaglia of the lightweight title after the champion was unable to secure his visa for his first title defense against Tony Soto at BKFC Texas. BKFC boss David Feldman said the real reason Tenaglia was stripped of the title was because he fought outside of the promotion.

3 days ago | bloodyelbow.com | Christopher De Santiago

Tom Aspinall’s promotion to undisputed champion could have come at a better time. The UFC’s interim heavyweight champion for nearly 600 days, Tom Aspinall long chased a title unification with the legendary champion Jon Jones, a bout that never came to fruition. Jones retired from the UFC over the weekend, with UFC CEO Dana White revealing his decision when he was asked about the state of the heavyweight division at the UFC Baku post-fight press conference in Azerbaijan.