Welcome to MMA Junkie's 2025-Year End Award show! On this annual, special edition of "Spinning Back Clique," we take a look ...

Yan’s improbable redemption earns him 2025’s Fighter of the Year award on the men’s side, while Valentina Shevchenko left no ...

The 2025 Fighter of the Year conversation was a no-brainer in its closing months. Merab Dvalishvili was on a trajectory to ...

Henry Cejudo justified his pick for the 2025 Male Fighter of the Year. Islam Makhachev had a stellar year after defending his UFC lightweight title a division record four times with a quick submission ...

Silva, who's on a 13-fight overall winning streak and hasn't lost since 2017, announced herself as a serious threat at 125 ...

Mackenzie Dern, the No. 5-ranked UFC strawweight fighter, is getting set to be back in action with her second fight of 2025 at UFC 321 this weekend. She will face off against No. 1-ranked Virna ...

How do the best mixed martial artists on the planet measure up against each other, regardless of division? That's the question our USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie women's pound-for-pound rankings aims to ...

It was only this past February that former Olympian judo competitor Ronda Rousey — and the first woman to ever sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) mixed martial arts company — was ...

With 2025 nearly in the books, theScore's Nick Baldwin celebrates the best of the best in mixed martial arts with nine year-end awards.Male Fighter of the YearWinner: Islam Makhachev Chris Unger / UFC ...