Cageside Press

Houston, TX — Russian Maxim Grishin got a lot of credit for taking a heavyweight fight at UFC 271 after opponent William Knight blew past the light heavyweight limit by a full 12 pounds. In the end, Grishin (32-9-2) earned...

A middleweight championship rematch headlines an excellent UFC 271 card and Cageside Press has its picks set. Back in 2019, Israel Adesanya won the middleweight title by dominating then-champion Robert Whittaker on the feet. Now two and a half years...

One of three City Kickboxing fighters competing on the UFC 271 card was Carlos Ulberg. And after Blood Diamond came up short in his debut earlier on Saturday's card, it was Ulberg getting the team back in the win...

Capping off the early preliminary card at UFC 271 were bantamweights Mana Martinez and Ronnie Lawrence. Both fighters had found success in their UFC debuts last year, and were looking to build on it. Lawrence attacked the legs early, circling...

Making his debut on the UFC 271 early preliminary card was Contender Series winner A.J. Dobson. The undefeated middleweight was paired up with Jacob Malkoun, entering his third UFC fight in search of a second win in the promotion. His...

Bantamweight action on the UFC 271 preliminary card saw Brazilian vet Douglas Silva de Andrade up against Sergey Morozov. Entering his third bout in the promotion, Morozov was coming off his first win, over Khalid Taha last July. Andrade, meanwhile,...

The debut of "Blood Diamond" finally arrived on Saturday night, early on the UFC 271 card. A teammate and training partner of Israel Adesanya, Diamond (properly Mike Mathetha) went up against Jeremiah Wells, who stepped in to replace Orion Cosce. Wells...

UFC 271's curtain jerker was not supposed to be a heavyweight match-up. In fact, it wasn't supposed to open up the Houston card at all. But after William Knight blew weight by a full 12 pounds for his light...

There was plenty of movement in ONE Championship's heavyweight division at Friday's Bad Blood in Singapore. The main event crowned a new interim champion, with Anatoly Malykhin stopping Kirill Grishenko care of a highlight reel knockout to claim gold, double...

Joe Rogan will not be in the booth for Saturday night's UFC 271 broadcast. The longtime UFC color commentator and podcast host (The Joe Rogan Experience) has come under fire in recent weeks, caught in something of a political maelstrom...