MMA news: Predicting every UFC champion for 2025
Six new UFC champions were crowned in 2024 as a number of rising stars rose to the occasion inside the famous Octagon – and 2025 promises more of the same.
Sports News Blitz writer Niall Togher predicts every UFC champion for the upcoming season.
MMA betting tips: Joaquin Buckley to KO Colby Covington and end 2024 with a bang
The UFC is set to cap off a memorable 2024 with a fight night event in Tampa headlined by welterweights Joaquin Buckley and Colby Covington.
After initially entering the UFC as a middleweight, despite being just 5ft 10ins, Buckley quickly became a fan favourite due to his style, writes Sports News Blitz’s Niall Togher.
MMA news: Ilia Topuria announces move to lightweight division in 2025
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria took the sport by storm in 2024 by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski to win the title before defending it against Max Holloway.
These two victories over two of the top three featherweights of all time have catapulted Ilia Topuria into the fighter of the year conversations - and the upper echelons of the UFC pound-for-pound rankings, and deservedly so, says Sports News Blitz’s Niall Togher.
UFC 310 betting tips: Alexandre Pantoja to retain the title, Shavkat Rakhmonov to finish Ian Machado Garry
UFC 310 promises exciting matchups, with Alexandre Pantoja defending his flyweight title against Kai Asakura, Shavkat Rakhmonov facing Ian Machado Garry and Ciryl Gane rematching Alexander Volkov in a heavyweight showdown.
Sports News Blitz MMA writer Niall Togher offers expert betting picks and fight previews for these three exciting matchups.
MMA news: Ian Machado Garry blasts ‘absolute coward’ Colby Covington
After stepping in to replace the injured Belal Muhammad at UFC 310, Ian Machado Garry has been extremely critical of former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington.
Rumours of a potential bout between Garry and Covington began to circulate earlier in the year for UFC 303 after a back-and-forth on social media, but the match-up never materialised.
This led to Machado Garry fighting Michael ‘Venom’ Page instead at UFC 303, where he won a decision, writes Sports News Blitz’s Niall Togher…
MMA news: Leon Edwards breaks silence following Belal Muhammad defeat
Ever since losing the UFC Welterweight title to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in July, Leon Edwards has been quiet when it comes to discussing his future.
After Edwards’ name did not seem to be mentioned as a possible replacement opponent for Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 following Belal Muhammed’s injury, many fans wondered when we could see the former champion inside the Octagon again, writes Sports News Blitz’s Niall Togher.
UFC Fight Night betting tips: Yan to finish Figuerido late; Ulberg to own Oezdemir
The UFC heads to China for their next Fight Night event and it will be headlined by a pair of former champions when former two-time bantamweight champion Petr Yan takes on former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo.
Sports News Blitz writer Niall Togher takes a look at the fights and gives some suggested bets for the bouts.
MMA news: Tom Aspinall talks about potential title unification bout vs Jon Jones
After Jon Jones made the first defence of his heavyweight title on Saturday when he finished Stipe Miocic with a spinning back kick to the body, all attention shifts to what is next for him.
Sports News Blitz’s MMA writer Niall Togher reports…
Five famous Conor McGregor fights in Las Vegas
Conor McGregor is one of the most iconic UFC fighters in the history of the sport and he has had many memorable wins in Las Vegas.