Cageside Press

Las Vegas, NV — Georgian featherweight Giga Chikadze has not competed since January of 2022, where he suffered a rare and particularly violent setback against Calvin Kattar. Now, the former kickboxer and winner of four straight post-fight bonuses is ready...

Las Vegas, NV — Former UFC and Strikeforce women's bantamweight champ Miesha Tate is looking to get back in the cage this fall. And she's still chasing her title aspirations, and a fairytale ending to her career. "I'm hoping to...

With Henry Cejudo previously announcing that a shoulder injury had taken him out of next month's UFC 292, where he had been booked against Marlon "Chito" Vera, a new opponent has stepped up. Replacing Cejudo in the fight will be...

The long-anticipated fight between Jon Jones and former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, still the promotion's heavyweight record holder for most title defenses in the weight class, is booked. On Friday, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Jones (27-1, 1NC)...

Welterweight prospect Jack Della Maddalena just can't catch a break this week. After originally scheduled UFC 290 opponent Sean Brady — the biggest name of JDM's career — was forced out of their International Fight Week pairing, Maddalena was kept...

All but one fighter successfully made weight for UFC 290 at Friday's official weigh-ins. The lone exception on the International Fight Week card was Jalin Turner, the last man to weigh in during Friday's window. He came in two pounds...

Conor McGregor is not, as of this writing, in the USADA testing pool. At the very least, he has yet to have submitted a documented drug testing sample under the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's program in over a year, and that...

International Fight Week has arrived once again, and with it UFC 290, capping off a week including the annual fan expo, UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and this year, because why not, a Power Slap event. Jokes about the...

Three of the best ten pound-for-pound fighters in the world – in my opinion, not in the official rankings – and five of the best fifteen appear on the UFC 290 main card this week. Alexander Volkanovski is the pound-for-pound...

Las Vegas, NV — Patiently awaiting his first title defense, UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill still doesn't have a date on when he'll get back in the cage. Expected to face ex-champ Jiri Prochazka next, Hill (12-1, 1NC), who...