The six-pack of contracts brought the total for Season 7 to 36 through eight weeks, leaving this season seven graduates behind the record number of contracts awarded last year. Tuesday night, the four sets of hopefuls that remained on the lineup following Monday’s weigh-ins made the walk to the cage with designs on impressing the …
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On Saturday, Pyfer steps in with Abdul Razak Alhassan, a battle-tested judoka with big finishing power and coming off a second-round stoppage win over Claudio Ribeiro in January. While consistency has largely eluded Alhassan over the course of his UFC career, the veteran 38-year-old has made 11 of his 17 career starts inside the Octagon, …
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The first of this week’s two light heavyweight pairings features Jose Daniel Medina taking on Magomed Gadzhiyasulov. A native of Bolivia, Medina is a 32-year-old veteran with an 11-2 record and six-fight winning streak. He has faced limited competition over the course of his career, but has largely handled his business accordingly, registering 10 wins …
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During the visit, all three athletes met with pediatric patients and their families, providing inspiration and motivation along with UFC Big League Pillows, hats, blankets, and signed gloves. “We had a really good time here today and brought a lot of smiles to these kids’ faces,” said Allen. “This is a great hospital, and they …
“The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was proud to partner with UFC for the inaugural Dick’s Sporting Good’s Back to School Shop with a Cop event,” said Rachel Skidmore, Las Vegas Metro Police Department Director of Office Community Engagement. “It is important to note that this event represents so much more than material possessions. This …
After suffering multiple ACL injuries, Gianatasio took an indefinite break from MMA. Time and health may have been against him, but it wasn’t long before Gianatasio needed to scratch the MMA itch. “I had hit a point in my life where I really needed martial arts back in my life and started going back to …
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I erred on the side of caution — I said 2-2 going into five, and there were two points of emphasis on that for me: I had to take into consideration where we were — we’re in his hometown-ish, you never know what the judges are looking at, and the last thing I wanted was another …
Speaking of fights, based off more than 858 fight combinations, these were the top 10 fights fans want to see: Israel Adesanya vs Dricus Du Plessis Jon Jones vs Sergei Pavlovich Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington Islam Makhachev vs Charles Oliveira Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic Alex Pereira vs Jiri …
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“We were thrilled to welcome UFC athletes Rob Font, Calvin Kattar, and Joe Lauzon to Boston Children’s,” said Michael Bornhorst, Vice President, Corporate Development, Leadership Giving & Events, Boston Children’s Hospital Trust. “Patients and their families joined the athletes in our Seacrest Studio for a meet and greet—even sharing unique fan art! The athletes also …
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At UFC 293, Sean Strickland pulled off one of the biggest title fight upsets we’ve ever seen. For 25 minutes, Strickland made Israel Adesanya uncomfortable, and prevented one of the best strikers to ever step into the Octagon from finding his rhythm. In the first round, Strickland dropped Adesanya with a perfect punch to the …
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“A rematch with Aljamain would get some attention, but I just finished him in two rounds and non-controversially,” O’Malley started. “I know fans want to see me fight Cory Sandhagen, but he’s injured. Merab Dvalishvili is probably the most deserving guy but it’s not just about that in this sport. He’s boring. And then there’s …
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“I go in the back after the fight to tell the kid [Angel] it was an awesome fight and that he was going to get his win money and his ear is hanging off and he’s crying. He could give a f*** about the win money,” White said. “Angel says to me that ‘I want …
Before Sterling defended his belt for a second time, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley finally joined the ranks of the bantamweight elite against Sterling’s old foe: Petr Yan. The fight was considered a huge step up in competition for the Dana White’s Contender Series alumnus, but O’Malley quickly proved he belonged with the best in the weight …
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The women’s strawweight division saw a ton of movement after Marina Rodriguez’ TKO win over Michelle Waterson-Gomez. Waterson-Gomez moved back to No. 14, which made the way for Loopy Godinez and Angela Hill to each move up a spot. In addition, Tabatha Ricci moved up a spot to No. 10 and Amanda Ribas fell one …
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Featherweights with matching 7-1 records meet in the middle of the card this week as Angel Pacheco steps in with Danny Silva. The elder member of this pairing, Pacheco has earned four straight victories, all by stoppage, and wrapped up his camp working with Rob Font, Calvin Kattar, and the rest of the New England …
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“There’s been ups and downs this entire time,” he said. “Sometimes, you’re on top of the world. Other times, you’re not. Right now, I can’t think of the fights that have already passed. I’m excited for this opportunity, and I’m excited to be sitting here.” Even though Means isn’t necessarily putting more weight on this …
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