UFC APEX renamed to Meta APEX.

Clement Leong

14 Jan 2026 — 1 min read

Mixed Martial Arts

🚨 Israel Adesanya vs Joe Pyfer will headline UFC Seattle on March 28, 2026.

🚨 Kayla Harrison is out of her Women’s UFC Bantamweight title fight against Amanda Nunes at UFC 324 on January 24, 2026 due to injuries – a herniated disc in her neck which required surgery this week. No word on rescheduling yet.

🚨 Dana White to begin working on the UFC White House fight card right after UFC 324.

🚨 Paddy Pimblett says he’ll keep it on the feet against Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 for the Interim UFC Lightweight title – says he has the perfect gameplan and will finish him within three rounds.

🚨 Paulo Costa to fight Azamat Murzakanov at Light Heavyweight at UFC 327 on April 11, 2026 in Miami, FL.

🚨 UFC APEX to be renamed to Meta APEX as the UFC reached a partnership with Meta in 2025.

🚨 Rob Font vs Raul Rosas Jr. is booked for UFC 326 on March 7, 2026 in Las Vegas, NV.

🚨 Arman Tsarukyan says he wants the real title but doesn’t want to sit around waiting especially if UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria only fights once a year. He adds that winning the BMF belt would still be great especially if Charles Oliveira wins because it gives him a storyline, a belt and a path to the real title next.

🚨 UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski plans to take no damage at UFC 325 on January 31, 2026 against Diego Lopes in hopes for a quick turnaround perhaps with Movsar Evloev or Lerone Murphy.

🚨 Arman Tsarukyan is open to moving down to Featherweight, just for the title fight.

🚨 Colby Covington doesn’t see anyone beating UFC Middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev anytime soon.

🚨 Paddy Pimblett says Ilia Topuria is small compared to him and isn’t that wide either; there’s weight classes for a reason. At Lightweight, Pimblett says Topuria’s face will get messy.

🚨 Sean O’Malley vs Song Yadong is the new co-main event for UFC 324 in the wake of the fallout of Harrison vs Nunes.

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UFC 324 could be Justin Gaethje's last hurrah.

Mixed Martial Arts 🚨 Justin Gaethje’s coach says UFC 324 on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, NV for the Interim UFC Lightweight title against Paddy Pimblett will be the last run, if not victorious; they won’t stay on as a gatekeeper and look at money fights. 🚨 Kamaru Usman

Dana White gives update on White House card.

Mixed Martial Arts 🚨 Sean Strickland says before his rematch with Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312, he was riding with a motocross athlete and broke his shoulder. The UFC reached out to him about the rematch and Strickland says you don’t say no to the UFC because they’re

Paddy Pimblett suggests Ilia Topuria vacates title.

Mixed Martial Arts 🚨 Michael Bisping warns UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall to not rush back to sparring too soon after eye surgery as to not further complicate things as things can never be the same again if things go wrong. Bisping says he rushed back too soon to sparring and

Joe Rogan questions whether Tom Aspinall is done.

Mixed Martial Arts 🚨 Joe Rogan says UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall may not ever fight again. “Tom still can’t see. He’s got a f**ked up right eyeball stilll. The reality is he might not ever fight again. If he has surgery on his eye and it doesn’