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2025 MMA awards: Joshua Van's breakout year earns him multiple honors

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LOOKING BACK ON THE YEAR
On second thought: Regrading every 2025 UFC PPV
With the benefit of hindsight and comparison, take a look back at how all the UFC pay-per-views stack up.

WISH LIST
Encore, Aspinall! Encore, Topuria! Five UFC rematches to look for in 2026
Here are five matchups that Brett Okamoto wants to see again in the Octagon next year.

MMA
MMA divisional rankings: Manel Kape makes a big move to close 2025
Here's a look at every weight class to determine the best of the best in UFC, PFL and beyond.


UFC
MMA pound-for-pound rankings: Petr Yan's upset win disrupts nearly the entire top 10
Yan regains the UFC men's bantamweight title and rearranges the ESPN P4P rankings.


UFC
UFC inks deal with prediction betting platform
The UFC's parent company announced a multiyear partnership with Polymarket on Thursday, increasing the prediction market's presence in the American sports landscape as it prepares to launch in the U.S.


Jon Jones
UFC
Jon Jones' complicated legacy of MMA greatness and personal troubles
Some consider Jon Jones MMA's GOAT, but his legacy continues to be tainted by issues away from the Octagon.

news - mma
UFC's Dricus vows 'unimaginable' revenge in 'return to glory'
South African UFC fighter Dricus du Plessis says he will return to the Octagon stronger than ever after his middleweight belt loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319, saying his 'pursuit of greatness will be unimaginable for the average minded.'

MMA
After four tumultuous years away from MMA, is McGregor staging a comeback?
Conor McGregor wants to fight at the White House in 2026 and has begun drug testing. Can a comeback really happen?

Top Headlines
- Ditcheva pulls out of Feb. 7 bout with latest injury
- Silva stops Woodley in 2nd, wants Weidman next
- PFL featherweight champ Khaybulaev suspended
- After Joshua, J. Paul interested in UFC's Pereira
- Topuria says 'false allegations' behind UFC hiatus
- Kape wants shot at Van after brutal TKO of Royval
- Bautista, Oliveira booked for Fight Night Feb. 7


















