Marvin Vettori made the most of his big opportunity at UFC on ESPN 19. The Italian middleweight accepted a main event against one of the division’s toughest customers in Jack Hermansson. And not only did Vettori (16-4-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) earn the biggest victory of his career with a...
Fighters from around the globe dream of the day they’ll step into the UFC octagon for the first time. For one athlete, Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 19 event marked that special moment in their career. Check out this week’s rookie report to see what kind of first impression he...
Ilia Topuria continued the perfect start to his career at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 19. In what his most high-profile win to date, Topuria (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) took out veteran Damon Jackson (18-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) with a first-round knockout in their featherweight preliminary bout, courtesy of some...
Heading into next year, Louis Smolka’s goals are a little less about himself. Smolka (16-7 MMA, 7-7 UFC), who has talked in the past about turning his life around after battling a drinking problem, has gone 2-2 since rejoining the UFC roster in November 2018. He returns Saturday against...
The UFC’s final month of action this year begins on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 19, which takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a main card that airs on ESPN2 following prelims on ESPN+. After multiple changes to the headliner, Jack Hermansson (21-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC)...
LAS VEGAS – Four years into his UFC run, Italian middleweight Marvin Vettori has been pining for a big opportunity. On Saturday night, he gets it. “I’m super happy,” Vettori told MMA Junkie. “My whole journey comes down to an opportunity like this. It’s not a title fight, but...
Gerald Meerschaert had dreams of a home-cage early Christmas present a couple years back, but Jack Hermansson had other ideas. The middleweights threw down in the middle of the UFC on FOX 31 prelims in December 2018 in Milwaukee, where Meerschaert trains at Roufusport. Hermannsson was fighting in the...
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from October 2019: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for October. At the bottom of the post, let us know...
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