<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/aJESccVShy19WHHRrPyTInBRBfU=/0x0:1620x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67030100/great_divide___most_to_gain_3.0.jpg"> <small>MMA Fighting</small> <p><em>The Great Divide is a recurring feature here at MMA Fighting in which two of our staff debate a topic in the world of MMA — whether it’s news, a fight, a crazy thing somebody did, a crazy...
<img alt="Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/K4OCwXTAlXv-RbNNtky46wv9dDQ=/0x0:3000x2000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67030390/GettyImages_1142603511.0.jpg"> <small>Zuffa LLC via Getty Images</small> <p>Headliners from <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> will answer questions from the media on Wednesday morning at a live-streamed media day.</p> <p>The video is expected to begin at 10 a.m. ET. </p> <aside><div data-anthem-component="actionbox"...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZLqnJ1ia7ulzHNOA8qV8DNlHe10=/150x0:1770x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67027277/alex_still.0.jpg"> <small>MMA Fighting</small> <p>YAS ISLAND, Abu Dhabi — At <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> media day, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4234/alexander-volkanovski">Alexander Volkanovski</a> talks about <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1541/max-holloway">Max Holloway</a> criticism of their first fight, how he plans to become the greatest featherweight of all-time, becoming a published author,...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/iT4Rzp0CZ2CMn2vDOU3DFOtLCyU=/0x0:2400x1600/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67027431/203_Alexander_Volkanovski.0.jpg"> <small>Alexander Volkanovski | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4234/alexander-volkanovski">Alexander Volkanovski</a> doesn’t feel there’s any serious bad blood between him and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1541/max-holloway">Max Holloway</a>, which is why he’s finding some of the pre-fight chatter confusing.</p> <p>On Saturday at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> in...
<img alt="Rose Namajunas" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/9E6pdT3DdKCeadI1SghTrlnQQ0E=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67027804/306_Rose_Namajunas.0.0.jpg"> <small>Rose Namajunas | Esther Lin</small> <p>The ‘<a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> Countdown’ video features two title fights, and the rematch between <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2360/jessica-andrade">Jessica Andrade</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2024/rose-namajunas">Rose Namajunas</a>, that will happen Saturday night in Abu Dhabi. In the co-main event, <a...
<img alt="Mike Brown" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jBBT8GKZSjvurr-_kJHx1qQ7ILA=/0x0:1620x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67027936/002_Mike_Brown.0.0.jpg"> <p>“BMF” champ <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/520/jorge-masvidal">Jorge Masvidal</a> is down one corner at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> after his longtime American Top Team coach <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/202/mike-brown">Mike Brown</a> came up positive for COVID-19. </p> <p>MMA Fighting learned of the news from multiple people aware of Brown’s...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FftVXi0YAx8xIFsfYfPTlta5OBA=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67028388/101_Max_Holloway_x_Alexander_Volkanovski.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1541/max-holloway">Max Holloway</a> isn’t sure what to make of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4234/alexander-volkanovski">Alexander Volkanovski</a>’s attitude heading into their rematch at <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> on Saturday night.</p> <p>While the Australia-born featherweight enters the fight as the reigning and defending 145-pound...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pPcdZE_eazKdFizevfUzxnOnKFc=/0x0:602x401/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67028387/Captura_de_Tela_2017_05_16__s_19.50.33.0.png"> <small>Amanda Ribas (center) trains with Nina Ansaroff (left) and double-champion Amanda Nunes (right) at ATT. | Photo via Amanda Ribas</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1125/ufc-251">UFC 251</a> could mark the final time <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2025/paige-vanzant">Paige VanZant</a> enters the octagon, and that’s one of the things...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jJ-jKrZP0yyUE1NccBT194lq4UU=/0x0:2880x1920/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67028586/111_Jon_Jones_x_Thiago_Santos.0.jpg"> <small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>One-time light heavyweight title challengers <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/938/thiago-santos">Thiago Santos</a> and <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/388/glover-teixeira">Glover Teixeira</a> will go through each other to get another shot at the belt. </p> <p>The UFC is working on a Sept. 12 headliner for Brazilian light...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/boeTnfAmzbi6QBvrltADRE38XTA=/2x0:2998x1997/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67028797/Encarada___Rose_Namajunas_x_Jessica_Andrade.0.jpg"> <small>Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade will meet for a second time at Abu Dhabi's Yas Island on July 11. | Alexandre Loureiro, UFC</small> <p>Many people saw <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2360/jessica-andrade">Jessica Andrade</a>’s brutal knockout over <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2024/rose-namajunas">Rose Namajunas</a> as a fluke, pure luck.</p> <p>Andrade...