UFC referee Mark Smith was seen needing medical assistance after he reffed Ateba Gautier’s fight with Andrey Pulyaev last night. MMA fans are used to seeing fighters leave the Octagon battered and

Zuffa Boxing 1 went down last night (Fri., Jan. 23, 2026) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, ushering in a new era in the boxing world spearheaded by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO, Dana White.

Justin Gaethje seems incapable of producing anything short of spellbinding entertainment, even as the sun begins to set on his remarkable career.

UFC's Seattle return has its main event. Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer will headline UFC Fight Night on March 28. UFC CEO Dana White announced the fight, which streams exclusively on Paramount+, on Tuesday via Instagram. The card will also feature a pivotal women's flyweight showdown between Alexa Grasso and Maycee Barber.

A UFC fight scheduled for Saturday night was canceled after a fighter fainted following the official weigh-in. Cameron Smotherman was scheduled to fight Ricky Turcios at UFC 324 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night.

Better to be safe than sorry … Following the brutal conclusion of UFC 324 last night (Sat., Jan. 24, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, promotion officials confirmed to MMAmania.com that two fighters were transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons after sustaining significant damage in their respective bouts.

MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday's UFC 324 fighter weigh-ins, which featured one of the scariest scale moments in the promotion's history. Paddy Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC) was the first fighter to the scale for his interim lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje (26-5 MMA,

Justin Gaethje defeated Paddy Pimblett by unanimous decision to win the interim lightweight title at UFC 324 LAS VEGAS -- One of the storylines entering UFC 324 was whether Justin Gaethje would retire after facing Paddy Pimblett on Saturday night.