Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-on-espn-65-commentary-team-broadcast-plans-set-michelle-waterson-gomez The UFC opens its April schedule Saturday with UFC on ESPN 65, which goes down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. As always, some marquee on-air talent will be there in “Sin City” to
UFC commentator Jon Anik believes his broadcast partner and former bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz is hitting a new stride on the mic. A mainstay on the UFC broadcast team, Anik looks forward to spending more time with Cruz as a commentary partner now that he has retired from competition following a shoulder injury that prompted the
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/2025-ufc-mma-retirement-tracker-champions-women-legends-contenders March 24, 2025 10:41 pm ET (This story was updated to add new information.) MMA is a constantly evolving sport with a revolving door of athletes entering and exiting. Currently, fighters from the era who
Dominick Cruz believes criticism toward Sean Strickland’s performance at UFC 312 is unfair. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) was heavily chastised for how he fought against middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. After losing their first fight at UFC 297 by
Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz felt his career was “on borrowed time” as he dealt with a recurring shoulder issue. The injury bug has haunted Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC), affecting multiple areas of his body, leading to many starts and stops over his professional MMA career that began in 2005. Even though he
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-312-recap-du-plessis-strickland-weili-live-stream-analysis February 10, 2025 8:00 am ET Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian
UFC CEO Dana White fully supports Dominick Cruz’s decision to retire from MMA. Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his final fight on Feb. 22 against Rob Font, but sustained another serious shoulder injury that forced him to pull the plug on his career sooner than
