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Calvin Kattar and Max Holloway, UFC Fight Island 7

100+ UFC Moments You Might Have Forgotten From 2021

With 43 UFC events throughout 2021, on top of all of the other events such as Bellator, PFL, ONE, etc., you probably forgot about many of the moments that happened throughout the year. Well, we've got you covered. So...
Kamaru Usman UFC

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Fighter of the Year

A number of MMA fighters had statement years in 2021. Rose Namajunas became the first UFC athlete to win a title twice in the same division, reclaiming her strawweight belt and defending it against Weili Zhang. Charles Oliveira's long...
Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler, UFC 268

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Fight of the Year

Coronavirus pandemic, year two. The world has opened up again. Well, sort of. The delta variant is waning; say hello to Omicron. Well, despite the pandemic still dragging on, 2021 felt just a little more normal than the previous...
Cory Sandhagen hits Franke Edgar with a flying knee at UFC Vegas 18

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Knockout of the Year

Knockout of the Year was an easy call in 2020. Probably the easiest call ever thanks to Juaquin Buckley and the kick heard around the world. 2021 was a little more competitive. Do you go with a dazzling flying...
Anthony Hernandez UFC

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Submission of the Year

There were plenty of dazzling submission wins across the MMA landscape in 2021, which made picking a Submission of the Year that much harder. Andre Muniz came very, very close to taking the honor after breaking the arm of...
Sergio Pettis Bellator 272

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Comeback of the Year

The sport of MMA managed to make its way throughout most of 2021 with just a handful of major comebacks within fights. Then, the dam burst, and the final few weeks of the year saw several strong candidates for...
Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal, UFC 261 face-off

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Event of the Year

2021 saw the return of fans after an extended run of empty venue shows from multiple MMA promotions. The UFC set up shop in the Apex, Bellator holed up in Uncasville, ONE Championship ran their events in their home...
Julianna Pena, UFC 269

MMA 2021 Year in Review: Upset of the Year

It's that time of year again — time for our year-end MMA awards. For the first time since we started handing them out at the end of each calendar year, we've included an Upset of the Year category. Yes,...
Francis Ngannou, UFC 260

UFC Needs Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis Rematch in 2022

Francis Ngannou will look to unify his heavyweight title against interim champ Ciryl Gane next month — but there's another big title fight that needs to happen in 2022. One gigantic heavyweight title fight that will draw a lot of...
Nick Fiore

Blind Reacting to Five MMA Prospects Vol. 2

We're back with another five prospects to look in this second instalment of our Blind Reacting series. There are plenty of solid prospects floating around in the MMA world, and any one of them could be your next Anderson...