Negotiations to make Canelo Alvarez’s Cinco de Mayo weekend fight an all-Mexican showdown against unbeaten countryman Jaime Munguia intensified Friday, a key figure in the talks told BoxingScene. Alvarez, boxing’s most popular fighter and its unquestioned top pay-per-view draw, has turned away from a highly…

Javier Mendez is not taking Bekzat Almakhan lightly ahead of UFC Fight Night 238. After struggling to net an opponent, Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) drew newcomer Almakhan (17-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in Saturday’s main card (ESPN+) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.…

SURREY, British Columbia – Khabib Nurmagomedov is confused by the UFC’s current bookings in the lightweight division. Nurmagomedov (29-0 MMA, 13-0 UFC), a former UFC lightweight champion, has seen his good friend and protege Islam Makhachev takes the reigns in the weight class following his…

Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Shamil Gaziev made weight for their big man battle at the APEX. The UFC Vegas 87 headliners were the largest fighters on the scales, but both were well within the heavyweight limit as they served as bookends for Friday’s official weigh-ins. Gaziev…

Henry Cejudo has a vision for Ilia Topuria’s first title defense, and it requires shaking up the UFC 300 lineup. The UFC’s new featherweight champion has quickly become a star, and has called for several fights outside his division. Cejudo, a former two-division UFC champ,…

Middleweight Kyrone Davis says every step of his professional journey has led him to his next fight – and what he envisions will be the biggest win of his career. At the very least, Davis should make for a stern test of undefeated Elijah Garcia…

Top super welterweight contender Sebastian Fundora and hard-hitting Serhii Bohachuk will meet for the vacant WBC super welterweight world championship on Saturday, March 30, but it will be far from the first time they’ve shared a ring, as Fundora explained ahead of his opening bout…

LAS VEGAS – Tyson Pedro has had a little taste of that highly touted prospect life. Now he wants to show Vitor Petrino there can be a downside to it. That downside for Pedro (10-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) came in 2017 when he was 5-0…

LAS VEGAS – After a very successful debut year in the UFC, Vitor Petrino has his sights set on continuing what he started. Brazil’s undefeated light heavyweight rattled off three victories in 2023 after being signed to the promotion following his appearance on Dana White’s…