Former light heavyweight title contender Dominick Reyes is slated to return to action a little less than two years since his last Octagon appearance.

“The Devastator” (12-4) will lock horns with Dustin Jacoby (19-8) at UFC Louisville on June 8, which is set to go down at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The matchup was announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion in a recent press release.

Reyes is currently on a four-fight losing streak that includes a controversial unanimous decision loss against former light heavyweight king Jon Jones and three consecutive knockout losses at the hands of Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka and most recently, Ryan Spann at UFC 281 in November 2022. While Reyes was initially rumored to make his return to the Octagon in March against Carlos Ulberg, the Victorville, California, native was forced to withdraw from the booking due to the presence of blood clots in one of his legs, a medical issue that required careful monitori…

Canada’s Mike Malott is set to return to the Octagon following his first Ultimate Fighting Championship loss against promotional veteran Neil Magny at UFC 297 in January.

“Proper” (10-2) will take on “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 finalist Gilbert Urbina (7-3) in a three-round welterweight clash at a UFC Fight Night event set to go down on July 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The news was first reported by Canadian outlet Sportsnet in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter). The clash was confirmed by Malott in an Instagram post.

As mentioned earlier, Malott is coming off an upset Round 3 technical knockout loss at the hands of Magny on home soil in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although “Proper” succeeded at outclassing “The Haitian Sensation” for the first two rounds, in the last minute of the bout, an exhausted Malott found himself in the bottom position, with Magny unloading a barrage of punches from top. With only 15 seconds remaining, referee Kevin MacDon…

Jamahal Hill is taking his UFC 300 knockout loss to Alex Pereira in stride and is looking forward to his upcoming clash with Khalil Rountree at UFC 303.

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The buildup to the bout saw Hill repeatedly call out those doubting his ability to defeat Pereira, with things even getting heated between the two competitors during the UFC 300 press conference. Now, following a bitter loss to the reigning divisional champion, Hill has no intentions of obsessing over the defeat and is eager to get back in the win column.

“I mean, I’ve dealt with it by just moving forward,” Hill told Middleasy . ”At the end of the day, fighting is what I do, it's not who I am. It's not my entire life, you know? It's just benefitted other areas of my life in very significant ways. I’ve just got to focus on that and understand that this isn't the end of the road for me. Yeah, it sucks. Yeah, it's unfortunate. Yeah, I saw things going another different way, but it’s an opportunity fo…