While training for Pena, de Randamie has had to balance her other full-time job as a police officer in the Netherlands. Even amidst the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns across the world, de Randamie’s job required her to show up to work every day, which she didn’t mind. It came with some stress, though, as
Month: September 2020
9:06 AM ET UFC fans might not have seen the last of Israel Adesanya in the Octagon in 2020. The undefeated UFC middleweight champion told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview posted Wednesday that he’s hoping to compete one more time this year. Adesanya is coming off a second-round TKO of Paulo Costa at UFC
Bellator has a new main event for its first card on CBS Sports Network after the cancellation of Paul Daley vs. Derek Anderson. Daley was aiming for his third straight victory in the circular cage at Thursday night’s Bellator 247 in Milan, Italy, but neither fighter showed up for the weigh-ins. Bellator confirmed that Daley
Paul Felder has made it clear he is interested in big fights and wants to welcome Michael Chandler to the UFC. The three-time Bellator lightweight champion signed with the UFC and is set to be the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight at UFC 254. Yet, for Felder, he is hoping that does not
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington was in the building for Tuesday night’s presidential debate—as a personal guest of Donald Trump. Covington made several appearances during the broadcast, and towards the end, could be heard hailing Trump as the greatest President in US history. Colby Covington at the #PresidentialDebate2020 pic.twitter.com/7YQLCFohh3 — Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) September
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC 253 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which took place last Sat. night (Sept. 26, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. That’s where Israel Adesanya retained his 185-pound strap by smashing former undefeated title contender Paulo Costa. The result was good enough to
Watch Holly Holm’s head-kick KO of Bethe Correia ahead of UFC on ESPN 16 [embedded content] Holly Holm scored an impressive head kick knockout over Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night Singapore in 2017. Holm faces Irene Aldana in the main event of UFC on ESPN 16 (aka UFC Fight Island 4) on Saturday, October
Holly Holm vs Irene Aldana Saturday night’s event is headlined by a clash that could very well determine the next title challenger in the bantamweight division as former champion Holly Holm looks for a second consecutive victory as she takes on surging contender Irene Aldana. After coming up short in her bid to reclaim the
Things got a little heated between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa as the fighters faced off to get one final look at their opponent after weighing in for their UFC 253 bouts. Order now: https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
2:52 PM ET Israel Adesanya put on a spectacular performance at UFC 253. The middleweight champion’s second-round TKO of previously unbeaten Paulo Costa on Sept. 26 was as dominant a title fight victory as we’ve seen in a while. It was the kind of performance that can send a fighter skyrocketing in the rankings. Problem
A featherweight bout is heading to Las Vegas in November with Darren Elkins facing off against Eduardo Garagorri. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the matchup will take place Nov. 7 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas following an initial report from Combate. Elkins is looking to
How big of a favorite is Jon Jones over Israel Adesanya? Well, that depends on whom you ask. Talks of a potential Jon Jones vs. Israel Adesanya bout began to quiet down somewhat leading up to UFC 253, with Jones announcing a move up to heavyweight and all eyes and minds being focused on the
Image Credit: Paulo Costa’s Instagram (@borrachinhamma) MMA manager Wallid Ismail says that UFC middleweight Paulo Costa made a “tactical error” in his fight against Israel Adesanya at UFC 253. Adesanya spent the majority of the first round working from the outside and landing hard low kicks that compromised Costa’s ability to move. Most figured that
The UFC is once again going back to the well with The Ultimate Fighter, despite the show’s ratings circling the drain for over a decade now. But that hasn’t stopped UFC president Dana White from consistently trying to draw some of his biggest fighters into a process that locks them into a long and tedious
[embedded content] (Video courtesy of PFL MMA) During an amateur career that saw her spend more time waiting than actually fighting, for lightweight Laura Sanchez, to finally make her pro debut this past January against Miranda Barber at Chosen Few FC 18 was almost as exhilarating as picking up the win itself was. Perhaps releasing
3 – Brandon Royval The UFC Rookie of the Year race just got a little bit more interesting thanks to the emergence of Brandon Royval. Coming out of nowhere to win his first two Octagon bouts by finishing flyweight contenders Tim Elliott and Kai Kara-France, Royval has not just become a player at 125 pounds,
9:10 PM ET UFC middleweight Paulo Costa referred to his recent opponent and UFC champion Israel Adesanya as “human trash” on Monday, for Adesanya’s postfight actions at UFC 253 on Saturday. Costa (13-1) lost to Adesanya (20-0) via second-round TKO on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Adesanya finished the fight with punches
Ciryl Gane is trading one veteran opponent for another. The UFC announced Tuesday that Gane (6-0) will fight Croatia’s Ante Delija (17-3) at a UFC event on Oct. 17 in Abu Dhabi. Delija steps in for Shamil Abdurakhimov, who withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons. Russian reporter Igor Lazarin was first to report Abdurakhimov’s
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