Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion, Jose Aldo, will be getting the next 135-pound title shot when he collides with Henry Cejudo in the UFC 250 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on May 9 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. That booking left a lot of fans aggravated at the way the promotion continues to overlook more
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UFC 248 Countdown: Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero [embedded content] At UFC 248, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces the dangerous Yoel Romero. See these two athletes train and prepare for their upcoming bout on March 7. TRENDING > Dana White continues to press for Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov rematch UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is prepared to go 11 rounds of boxing with Floyd Mayweather, but it comes at a price. Rumors have been circulating that boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC president Dana White are working together to create a crossover fight. “Pretty Boy” will expect to bank a cheque if he collides
10:25 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Deiveson Figueiredo added to the turbulent history of the UFC men’s flyweight division Saturday by winning a title fight in which he was not eligible to capture the belt. Figueiredo opened up a cut on Joseph Benavidez‘s forehead, possibly on a clash of heads, and knocked him out with a
Henry Cejudo is having a field day with the limbo at the top of the flyweight division. The former 125-pound champ, who relinquished his belt the moment Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez clashed at UFC Norfolk, talked tough after Figueiredo’s knockout win left the division without a successor. Responding to UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith’s
“It kind of sucked to lose,” she told UFC.com. “At first, people were saying, ‘Congratulations. It was amazing.’ And I’m like, ‘Wait, that’s not the right word to use.’ But it just kept coming, honestly. There was a lot of support coming in. It was definitely nice to see.” Watch UFC Norfolk this Saturday on
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Ion Cutelaba vs. Magomed Ankalaev ended in controversy. The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Norfolk event on Saturday night (February 29, 2020) from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Ankalaev stunned him with a head kick then fired
Floyd Mayweather is still sniffing around the MMA world, looking for another big easy payday. But it isn’t going to come against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Dagestani lightweight champion had previously expressed an interest in boxing Mayweather, but in a recent interview with TMZ Sports he walked that way back. Now the only way he’d do
Megan Anderson wants a title shot after first-round KO at UFC Norfolk [embedded content] Former Invicta FC featherweight champion Megan Anderson called for a title shot after her first-round knockout victory at UFC Fight Night Norfolk. The Australian stopped Norma Dumont in the first round, landing a right hand that crumbled her opponent. Coming off
Israel Adesanya defeated middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 last year in decisive fashion with a second round knockout. Now 18-0, Adesanya faces Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+,
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Image via @henrycejudo on Instagram Manager Ali Abdelaziz claims that UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo will defend the flyweight title after taking on Jose Aldo at UFC 250. The vacant flyweight title was supposed to be won by either Joseph Benavidez or Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Norfolk. But Figueiredo missed weight at the official weigh-ins,
9:52 PM ET The largely dormant UFC women’s featherweight division got a shot in the arm Saturday night. Two of them, in fact. Felicia Spencer put on a dominant performance in defeating Zarah Fairn by first-round ground-and-pound TKO in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo in Norfolk, Virgina. And earlier in
The UFC Portland poster has been released. Alistair Overeen and Walt Harris will headline the show in an anticipated heavyweight clash in the main event on April 11 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Former UFC champion Carla Esparza will face Michelle Waterson in the co-main event. The UFC Portland event will be televised
A wild couple days ended with a definitive result in the Octagon on Saturday at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, but more cloudy skies for the 125-pound weight class, as Deiveson Figueiredo’s second-round stoppage of Joseph Benavidez earned the Brazilian a signature win but left the UFC flyweight title vacant due to Figueiredo’s inability to make
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Felicia Spencer vs. Zarah Fairn didn’t last long. The two fighters met in a women’s featherweight bout at the UFC Norfolk event on Saturday night (February 29, 2020) from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Spencer didn’t waste any time in getting a takedown
With the US presidential election coming up in November and the Democratic nomination process in full swing, it’s already extremely hard to ignore all the divisive and whacked out political news being sprayed at us like a firehose. It’s even leaking through into our mixed martial arts again! If you thought it might go away
ONE King of the Jungle highlights: Sexyama lands blistering KO for first post-UFC win <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> ONE: King of the Jungle took place behind closed doors because of concerns over the coronavirus in Singapore. So UFC veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama found himself performing in front of an