Historically speaking, Week 5 has produced the second fewest graduates over the first six seasons, with just 18 fighters earning contracts thus far. But that group includes the first DWCS fighter to garner championship gold, Jamahal Hill, ranked flyweight Maycee Barber, and promising prospects Cameron Saaimna and Denise Gomes, each of whom delivered tremendous performances …
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UFC 293 Official Weigh-In Show Who: All UFC 293 Athletes | View The Fight Card When: Friday, September 8 at 3:50pm AEST (1:50am ET/10:50pm PT) Watch: LIVE on UFC.com, YouTube, Facebook and Twitch This event is closed to the public, but available for viewing on Youtube, Twitch, Facebook and UFC.com
And now, armed with three straight stoppage victories, a pair of successful title defenses, and a little bit of buzz, the Lethbridge-based titleholder is really starting to feel like he’s putting all the pieces together. “I was literally just thinking that today, about all the stuff I’ve been through, thinking, ‘Maybe all the stuff I’ve …
Once-beaten bantamweights meet in the middle of this week’s show as Serhiy Sidey shares the cage with Ramon Tavares. The third Battlefield Fight League champion to compete on Contender Series this season, Sidey enters on a five-fight winning streak since suffering his one and only loss to Mateo Vogel, who turned in a solid performance …
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After reclaiming the middleweight strap in April, Israel Adesanya returns to Australia to begin his second reign atop the division with a title defense against American contender Sean Strickland. Just when it seemed like things were taking a familiar turn in Adesanya’s championship rematch with Alex Pereira in April, the Nigerian-born superstar flipped the script. …
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Moises is cool with that. “I’m going to stop their party,” he laughs. “I’m going to be the guy who is going to make everybody sad. I used to fight for RFA and every fight for RFA or LFA I was going to fight the hometown guy. So it’s something that I’m used to.” MORE …
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Paris, France – UFC makes its highly anticipated return to Paris with a thrilling heavyweight contenders’ bout as No. 1 ranked Ciryl Gane takes on No. 8 Serghei Spivac at the Accor Arena on Saturday, September 2. Gane, who has become a household name in France, fights in front of a home crowd for the second time in two …
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UFC makes its highly anticipated return to Paris with a thrilling heavyweight contenders’ bout as No. 1 ranked Ciryl Gane takes on No. 8 Serghei Spivac at the Accor Arena on Saturday, September 2. Gane, who has become a household name in France, fights in front of a home crowd for the second time in two years. In the …
Namajunas returns to action for the first time since dropping the strawweight title to Carla Esparza last May in a fight that was largely void of action. She holds a pair of wins over reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili and has been one of the best female fighters on the planet for the past six …
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MAIN CARD Main Event – Heavyweight Bout: Ciryl Gane (250) vs Serghei Spivac (256) Co-Main Event – Women’s Flyweight Bout: Manon Fiorot (125) vs Rose Namajunas (125) Lightweight Bout: Benoit Saint Denis (156) vs Thiago Moises (156) Paris Fight By Fight Preview | Order UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland Light Heavyweight Bout: Volkan Oezdemir (205) vs Bogdan Guskov …
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“She’s a great fighter, and not only that, she is a great opponent for the fight,” Fiorot said. “She’s also a person who is pretty famous, and it was important for me to fight someone like that in the UFC world.” “The Beast” believes the only thing Namajunas brings to the table that she hasn’t …
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As far as three-fight runs go, going twister, seven seconds, and then putting Poirier to sleep is pretty dang good, and it rightfully resulted in Jung landing his first of two championship opportunities. Following his loss to Aldo, Jung pressed pause on his MMA career to complete his mandatory military service, ultimately being away from …
“Let’s just say the first few years and moments [in the UFC], everything was really good. I was flying, everything was perfect and then it was like the way to hell,” Oezdemir said. “Some losses, some injuries, some troubles with different things. After that, you have to rebuild, you go through the highs and the …
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Due to visa issues, Muin Gafurov is out of his bout against Taylor Lapilus. Due to a medical issue, Lucas Almeida is also out of his bout against William Gomis. As a result, Caolan Loughran will now face Taylor Lapilus in a bantamweight bout and William Gomis will take on Yanis Ghemmouri in a featherweight bout. UFC …
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The Las Vegas native Cuamba flashed impressive speed with his hands early, cracking Vogel with some good, clean shots. But each time, the Canadian kept coming forward, chopping at Cuamba’s lead leg and connecting with several clean strikes of his own. In the third, Vogel finally put Cuamba on the canvas, taking his back out …
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After the training session, the athletes participated in a variety of interviews with media in attendance. Additionally, the first Mexican-born UFC champion and Cuervo athlete ambassador Brandon Moreno attended the media day and was available to media for a scrum at the Cuervo La Rojeña distillery, the oldest distillery in Latin America. Get More Info …
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