It's kind of hard to believe, but Valentina Shevchenko has never been MMA Junkie's Female Fighter of the Year – until now. For a dominant UFC champion who racked up seven women's flyweight title ...

The UFC has officially closed up shop for 2025, with no fights left on the calendar for the year. It was certainly a year to remember. From the first card of the year to the last, which occurred at ...

The UFC began in 1993 with fighters of all sizes competing against each other. Four years later, UFC 12 introduced weight classes: heavyweight, for fighters 200 pounds and above, and lightweight, for ...

As it has done for years, the Ultimate Fighting Championship remained on top of the MMA totem pole in 2025. Running a record-tying 520 matches over the course of the calendar year, the organization ...

Last year when I did my fighter of the year articles, the female fighter of the year came from the PFL and not the UFC. Last year, I gave that distinction to Dakota Ditcheva who really became a star ...