A fighter with 13 Octagon appearances under his belt has been honest about his career.
Petr Yan’s win over Merab Dvalishvili in the final title fight of 2025 may have been the single best performance from any fighter in the entire year.
The Russian’s stunning display to earn his revenge also continued a trend that we saw take place over the last twelve months.
Nine of the eleven UFC divisions have started 2026 with a different champion compared to this time last year, with Alexander Pantoja’s injury seeing him also lose his belt at UFC 323 last month.
Belts may have changed hands a lot last year but one fighter has been honest about whether he’ll ever get his hands on one.
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Cody Brundage theorizes that he might not be selfish enough to be a UFC champion
Cody Brundage suffered a controversial split decision loss last time out to move his record in the UFC to 5-6-1.
The American debuted back in September of 2021 and has produced some impressive highlights, with five first round finishes under his belt including a slam KO.
His biggest opportunity came when Brundage said he’d ‘shock the world’ by beating Bo Nickal on the UFC 300 main card, though this didn’t go to plan for him.
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The 31-year-old recently told MMA…
2026-01-08 04:00:00
