Miguel Baeza Looks For Third Straight UFC Knockout

Miguel Baeza (9-0) looks to continue his dominant run through the UFC, so far with two impressive knockouts. Seven of his nine career wins have come by knockout, including a knockout over veteran Matt Brown in May. DraftKings has the rising star listed at $8,700 for Saturday's bout with Takashi Sato. Baeza has been a... Read More

Spike Carlyle Looking To Earn His Second UFC Win Of 2020

Spike Carlyle (9-2) will look to hit double-digit wins as a professional as he takes on Bill Algeo to open up Saturday's main card. This will mark Carlyle's third bout in the UFC and third bout of 2020. So far, he's split his UFC bouts and would love a win here to move to .500.... Read More

Bill Algeo Returns To The Octagon Seeking First UFC Win

Bill Algeo (13-5) looks to rebound from his August loss in his debut as he takes on Spike Carlyle to open the main card of this weekend's UFC event. Alego typically finishes his opponents, with nine of his 13 career wins coming by finish. In his lone UFC bout, Algeo averaged 7.87 significant strikes per... Read More

Deiveson Figueiredo Dominates In First Title Defense

Deiveson Figueiredo continued his run of dominance in the flyweight division, earning a quick submission over Alex Perez to remain the UFC's flyweight champion. In just a touch under two minutes, Figueiredo caught Perez in a guillotine choke, causing the challenger to tap out. With the win, Figueiredo has now earned 20 wins, with 17... Read More

Alex Perez Unsuccessful In Bid For Championship

Alex Perez was just outmatched in his main-event battle on Saturday against flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo. In less than two minutes of action, Perez landed six significant strikes and was 0-for-2 on his takedowns. While attempting to take Figueiredo down, Perez found himself caught in a guillotine choke, forcing him to tap out. Prior to... Read More

Valentina Shevchenko Continues To Dominate

Valentina Shevchenko showed why she is the dominant champion of the women's flyweight division, earning the unanimous-decision victory over challenger Jennifer Maia. Bullet landed 62 significant strikes (249 total strikes) along with nailing five of her six attempted takedowns. Shevchenko is starting to clear out her division, making a third bout with Amanda Nunez more... Read More

Jennifer Maia Gives A Valiant Effort In Title Bout

Though she was unable to beat the champion Valentina Shevchenko, Jennifer Maia put up a fight and took the champion to a decision on Saturday. Statistically, Maia only collected 36 significant strikes (94 total strikes) in the 25 minutes of action. She also landed one of her two takedown attempts in the bout. Maia looked... Read More

Mike Perry Comes In Overweight And Loses Decision

Mike Perry, who came into the bout on Saturday overweight for the first time, had an absolute battle with Tim Means but was unable to pull out the victory. Perry dropped the unanimous decision with Means doubling Perry's significant-strike output. Perry collected 64 significant strikes (69 total strikes) and only landed one of his five... Read More

Tim Means Wins Three-Round Battle With Mike Perry

Tim Means went to war on Saturday with Mike Perry, who missed weight for the 170-pound welterweight bout, and pulled out the unanimous-decision win. Statistically, Means' numbers looked very solid, as he scored 128 significant strikes (143 total strikes) along with rejecting four of Perry's five attempted takedowns. The bout had its moments for each... Read More

Cynthia Calvillo Goes The Distance But Can't Get The Win

Cynthia Calvillo suffered a loss on Saturday, breaking her three-fight winning streak. Calvillo was able to land 60 significant strikes in 15 minutes of action. Her game plan to victory was going to be to get Katlyn Chookagian to the mat and use her ground game. Unfortunately, she was unable to do so and could... Read More

Katlyn Chookagian Dominates In Top-Five Battle

Katlyn Chookagian did everything needed to dominate in her top-five clash against Cynthia Calvillo on Saturday. Using her superior striking, Chookagian landed 69 significant strikes, with 45 of those landing to the head of her opponent. She used her jab well to keep the grappling style of Calvillo at bay. Her takedown defense was on... Read More

Shogun Rua Drops Main-Card Opener Saturday

Shogun Rua was unsuccessful in his bid to pull off the victory over Paul Craig on Saturday in a bout that was a rematch from a previous draw result between the two fighters. Rua landed only 10 significant strikes (25 total strikes) in less than seven minutes of action. Craig was able to keep control... Read More

Paul Craig Pulls Out The Victory In Rematch

Paul Craig did not let the rematch go to the judges, submitting Shogun Rua in the second round via a tapout. Craig was able to keep the majority of the first round on the mat, which is exactly where he needed the bout to go to give him the best chance for a win. In... Read More

Alex Perez Hoping For Upset To Earn Championship

Alex Perez (24-5) has won his last three in a row to earn a spot in UFC 255's main-event spot Saturday night and is looking to earn the UFC flyweight title. Perez typically drags his opponents into deep waters and pulls out the decision win, but he does have 12 finishes on his record. Perez... Read More

Deiverson Figueiredo Looks To Begin Title Defense

Deiveson Figueiredo (19-1) headlines UFC 255 as he defends his UFC flyweight championship for the first time against challenger Alex Perez. Figueiredo is one of the smaller weight-class fighters who truly has one-punch knockout power. Nine of his 19 wins have come by TKO/KO, which is a rather high number for a flyweight. Make no... Read More

Jennifer Maia Can Earn The Win Of A Lifetime Saturday

Jennifer Maia (18-6-1) is faced with a tough uphill battle in Saturday's co-main event as she takes on the division's champion, Valentina Shevchenko. Maia could earn the upset of upsets if she is able to get past the three-time defending champion. Maia is an active striker, landing 4.08 significant strikes per minute with a landing... Read More

Valentina Shevchenko Looks To Shine In Co-Main Event

Valentina Shevchenko (19-3) takes to the co-main event role on Saturday, where she will defend her UFC flyweight title for the fourth time. Since dropping a razor-close split decision to Amanda Nunez in 2017, Shevchenko has won all five bouts since then. She is also a dangerous finisher, with 13 of her 19 wins coming... Read More

Tim Means Could Have A Big Showing Saturday

Tim Means (30-12-1) has split his two 2020 bouts thus far and will look to break .500 with a victory on Saturday's main card. In what looks to be a standup battle until the end, Means averages 4.92 significant strikes per minute with a landing rate of 46.51%. If his numbers are indicative of how... Read More

Mike Perry's Bout Has Fight-Of-The-Night Potential

Mike Perry (14-6) takes to the cage for the second time in 2020 on Saturday as he battles Tim Means in search of his second win in as many bouts. Perry is coming off of a unanimous-decision victory over Mickey Gall. Perry will definitely try to keep this a striking battle, where he averages 4.36... Read More

Cynthia Calvillo Returns To Action In Big Flyweight Bout

Cynthia Calvillo (9-1-1) will finally get to make her second appearance inside the Octagon this year after her last bout against Lauren Murphy was canceled due to Calvillo having to pull out of the October bout. Calvillo can get it done in a multitude of ways, finishing five of her nine wins. She will have... Read More

Katlyn Chookagian Enters Octagon For Fourth Time

Katlyn Chookagian (14-4) will return to the Octagon for the fourth time in 2020. After the loss to the champion Valentina Shevchenko, Chookagian has gone 1-1, dropping her last contest to Jessica Andrade last month. Eleven of Chookagian's 14 career wins have come by decision, so her path to victory is always to grind it... Read More

Paul Craig Facing Shogun Rua Again On Saturday

Paul Craig (13-4-1) will get a rematch against Shogun Rua after the two fought to a draw in November of 2019 at Saturday's UFC 255 main card. Since the draw, Craig won an impressive first-round submission in July. Where Shogun has dominated with knockouts, Craig has submitted his opponent in 12 of his 13 victories.... Read More

Mauricio Rua Gets Another Shot At Paul Craig

Mauricio Rua (27-11-1) is set to rematch Paul Craig on Saturday after the two fought to a draw in November of 2019. Since then, Rua has defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira via split decision in July. Shogun has looked solid in his last seven bouts, going 5-1-1. Once easily considered the best light heavyweight in the... Read More

Paul Felder Drops Split Decision Saturday

Proving to be the ultimate company man, Paul Felder took a main-event spot against a tough Rafael dos Anjos on just five days of notice. Felder was ranked seventh in the UFC's lightweight division, while dos Anjos is not ranked. On only five days of notice, Felder's striking was solid, as he landed 98 significant... Read More

Rafael dos Anjos Earns 30th Career Win

Though the numbers may be similar, make no mistake about it, Rafael dos Anjos dominated Saturday's main event against Paul Felder. Felder took the main-event spot on five days of notice. dos Anjos tallied 92 significant strikes (155 total strikes) along with only six takedowns on his 22 attempts on the night. dos Anjos had... Read More

Abdul Razak Alhassan Suffers Big Knockout

Abdul Razak Alhassan was hoping to rebound from his first UFC loss, which happened back in July. Alhassan's night did not go as planned on Saturday, though, as he was viciously knocked out by a right hand fromm Khaos Williams, which had him out before he hit the mat. Alhassan has shown sparks, winning all... Read More

Khaos Williams Easily Scores Knockout On Saturday

Khaos Williams only landed five significant strikes on Saturday, but one of them was the knockout of the night. After landing with the quick left, Williams followed it up with a short right that had Abdul Razak Alhassan out before he hit the mat. In Williams' two UFC bouts, he has a grand total of... Read More

Miranda Granger Drops Unanimous Decision To Ashley Yoder

Miranda Granger did not have an answer for Ashley Yoder's ground game on Saturday, dropping a unanimous decision. Granger tallied up 33 significant strikes (87 total strikes) along with being taken down on two of Yoder's four attempts. Granger knew coming into the bout that she needed to keep this a standup battle, but she... Read More

Ashley Yoder Uses Her Ground Game To Come Out On Top

Ashley Yoder controlled Miranda Granger on the ground to walk out with the unanimous decision on Saturday. Yoder tallied 26 significant strikes and 151 total strikes in the 15 minutes of action. She also landed two of her four takedown attempts along with three submission attempts. Those takedowns and submission attempts are what really scored... Read More

Brendan Allen Runs Into First UFC Roadblock

After starting out 3-0 inside the UFC, Brendan Allen ran into his first roadblock in Sean Strickland. In the 8:28 of action on Saturday, Allen landed 51 significant strikes (53 total strikes) and was didn't attempt any takedowns. A lot of Allen's game depends on getting the takedown and pounding on his opponent. Strickland came... Read More