Brazil’s Jafel Filho will look to make a statement in front of his home crowd when he faces undefeated prospect Clayton Carpenter in a high-stakes flyweight showdown at UFC Rio on Saturday. Filho (16-4) enters UFC Rio looking to rebound...

One of a planned three heavyweight fights at UFC Rio (though Usman vs. Walker wound up cancelled) saw Vitor Petrino take on Thomas Petersen. Petrino had started his UFC run at 205 pounds, but after back-to-back losses, moved to heavyweight...

Beatriz Mesquita (or simply Bia Mesquita) made her debut at Saturday's UFC Rio, where the 24-time BJJ world champ faced off against "Russian Ronda" irina Alekseeva. Mesquita, for nearly a decade, had won nothing but gold in the jiu-jitsu world;...

Flyweights Lucas Rocha and Stewart Nicoll faced off on the UFC Rio preliminary card on Saturday, as the UFC returned to Brazil for the first time in over a year. The promotion's last visit had come in May of 2024,...

Strawweight action at UFC Rio saw Julia Polastri take on former 115lb title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Polastri was a sizeable favorite in the bout, despite the experience edge of Poland's Kowalkiewicz, who had lost her last two bouts. Kowalkiewicz pressed the...

There's blowing weight, and then there's how Saimon Oliveira came into his UFC Rio fight with Luan Lacerda. Coming in a full eight pounds over the bantamweight limit, Oliveira forced a 144lb catchweight, basically making the bout a featherweight affair....

This Saturday's UFC Rio sees the octagon return to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a Fight Night event with a modified main event, and a whole lot of Brazilian talent. Charles Oliveira was originally slated to face Rafael Fiziev in...

The anticipated clash between Valter Walker and Mohammad Usman, set for UFC Rio this Saturday night, has been scrapped after Usman suffered an injury, forcing him out of the bout. The cancellation removes one of the card’s most intriguing heavyweight...

A bantamweight battle featuring a couple of American and Canadian prospects is set for next month's UFC 322 in New York City. Undefeated 135lb prospect Malcolm Wellmaker (10-0) will face off against Serhiy Sidey (12-2) at the event, which takes...

Injuries and withdrawals are a simple fact of the fight game, about as certain as death and taxes if you're fighting at a high level. So it was no surprise when Rafael Fiziev was forced out of his UFC Rio...