Rank no.4 Justin Gaethje (26-5) takes on rank no.5 Paddy Pimblett (23-3) for the Interim Lightweight belt in the main event of the evening. Which feels strange considering the 3 contenders above them being overlooked but with the introduction of the BMF belt at UFC 326 between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveria, the only person left out of the equation is rank no.1 Arman Tsaryukyan. Justin Gaethje is a veteran of the UFC with 14 fights under his belt, winning 9 of those fights, 6 via KO/TKO. He successfully bounced back after his loss to Max Holloway in the last…

21-4 Merab Dvalishvili is set to defend the UFC Bantamweight belt for a record-breaking 4th time in a calendar year, after successful defences over Nurmagomedov, O’Malley and Sandhagen already this year. When these two faced-off back in 2023 it was Merab who exceled, winning in fashion by Unanimous Decision in a dominant 45 – 50 performance. Yan stating, he was not 100% at the time due to injury. Injury or not one thing remains true, Merab is a ‘Machine’, who has been consistently dominate as champ, he holds the record for most takedowns in UFC history, and most takedowns in…

After a last-minute withdrawal ahead of the fight with (then) lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, 22-3 Arman Tsarukyan now sees himself up against Kiwi Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker. Arman looks to remind the division why he is no.1 contender for the belt (now held by Illia Topuria). Dan Hooker has his own eyes set on the same goal after years of entertaining fights against some of the best in the division. Dan is coming for gold and believes if he defeats Arman, he will get the title shot. Arman is on a 4-fight win streak and is 9-2 in the UFC…

Could UFC 322 be the Fight Card of the year?There is always something special when the UFC headlines at Madison Square Garden, and with five current/former champions on display this Sunday, UFC 322 promises just that. Jack Della Maddalena vs Islam Makhachev Jack Della Maddalena by KO/TKO or Islam Makhachev by Submission @2.02 Welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena (18-2) defends the belt for the first time 6 months after obtaining it through a unanimous decision victory over Belal Muhammed. The champion aims to defend the belt on an 18-fight win streak, undefeated in the UFC and looks strong on his…

Tom Aspinall defends the heavyweight belt for the first time against 13-2 former interim champ Cyril Gane. Aspinall (15-3) is dominance personified, reinforced by some rather impressive stats. Tom is 8-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming via a noncontact knee injury, he returned a year later and defeated Curtis Blaydes in Round 1, a fate seven Heavyweight fighters have been met with, when against Aspinall who has seven first round wins, the most by any fighter in nine octagon appearances, with only one fight ending in round 2, no later. He has the shortest average fight time…

Former champ 35-11 Charles “Do Bronxs” Oliveria looks to bounce back and find his form after a decisive R1 loss to current Champ Illia Topuria only 3 months ago. Gamrot in a similar scenario bouncing back from a split decision loss against Dan Hooker, by securing a unanimous decision win over Klein. Gamrot has won 4 of the last 5 with 3 by decision. Oliveria struggling for form, has 2 wins from his last 5 fights. A huge opportunity for Gamrot who finally gets his opportunity albeit at short-notice against a Top 5 Lightweight and put his name in contention…

21-1-1 Current champ and 12-3 ex-champ run it back for the Light Heavyweight Championship in the Main Event of the evening. Alex Pereira gets his opportunity to take back the belt, having lost to Magomed in a 5-round unanimous decision back in March. Since his loss to Adesanya back in April 2023, Periera put on an impressive 5-fight win streak in the Light Heavyweight division before falling short in what was a relatively lethargic performance. Equally impressive was Ankalaev’s display against Pereira in what is now a 12-fight win streak for the Russian mixed martial artist, with 11 by KO/TKO…