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Islam Makhachev and Jon Jones are going back and forth online.

Makhachev recently discredited Jones’ title run in the Ultimate Fighting Championship because of repeated drug-testing violations. Jones fired back at Makhachev, claiming the UFC’s drug-testing partners at the time had dismissed his failures as unintentional and not performance-enhancing.

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Jon Jones invokes Islam Makhachev's lone loss before the UFC pound-for-pound king targets Jones' past In addition to defending his run-ins with USADA, “Bones” further boasted his near-perfect record while reminding Makhachev of his lone career loss against Adriano Martins in 2015. Jones listed several reasons why he considers his legacy superior to that of Makhachev, referencing praise he once received from Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, before taking a shot at Daniel Cormier.

Jones wrote on X:

“Let’s start this week by dispelling rumors that have been spread by people chasing me: 1. If you believe USADA…

Adrian Yanez looks set to return to action at Madison Square Garden.

Yanez (18-6-1) is booked to face Juan Diaz (16-1-1) in a bantamweight matchup on Nov. 14 at MSG in New York City, per Marcel Dorff. This marks the third matchup tied to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s next event in the Big Apple, UFC 334.

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Adrian Yanez reportedly set to face Juan Diaz at Madison Square Garden Yanez enters the matchup after returning to the win column with a knockout victory over former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt in July, marking just his second win over the last three years.

Meanwhile, Diaz submitted Malcolm Wellmaker in his Octagon debut in May after earning a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series last year. He’s riding a nine-fight win streak and has never been finished.

The UFC has yet to officially announce any fights for UFC 334. So far, apart from Yanez vs. Diaz, the only other reported matchups for the card are Bilal Hasan v…

Luis Hernandez upheld his perfect record with an impressive finish on Week 6 of Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10.

The Dade County police officer submitted Hugo Guillon via rear-naked choke at 1:01 of the second round of their clash on Sept. 15 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas to earn an Ultimate Fighting Championship contract.

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Luis Hernandez submits Hugo Guillon to improve to 8-0 on DWCS Week 6 The middleweight matchup between Hernandez and Guillon kicked off with Hernandez closing the distance and taking his opponent down. The latter worked back to his feet before throwing Hernandez to the canvas with a judo throw.

The pace remained high throughout the opening round and intensified in the second frame. Hernandez survived a submission attempt by Guillon and soon found himself in a dominant position. He then took Guillon's back and locked in a rear-naked choke, forcing the tap.

“Feels surreal,” Hernandez, now 8-0, said in his post-fight inte…