Month: July 2022

8:57 PM ET The UFC is moving a bantamweight title fight between defending champion Aljamain Sterling and TJ Dillashaw to the co-main event slot of UFC 280 on Oct. 22, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC 279 on Sept. 10, but the promotion elected to move it to the
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Sean O’Malley is stepping into the biggest challenge of his MMA career. With a matchup between the 27-year-old up-and-comer and former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan — currently No. 2 in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings — being targeted for UFC 280, O’Malley knows his time to push into title contention has officially arrived. And he’s
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Maycee Barber is setting a new history-making goal for herself. Initially, Barber wanted to break Jon Jones‘ record of becoming the youngest UFC champion in history. Jones won the UFC light heavyweight title from Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at the age of 23. However, now at 24-years-old, Barber has missed her window. Maycee Barber Eying New
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If you want to fight for the featherweight title, then you need to meet — or exceed — the accomplishments of Yair Rodriguez, who earned his crack at the 145-pound crown by outlasting two-time title challenger, Brian Ortega, in UFC Long Island’s main event. The only thing standing between “El Pantera” and a shot at
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Get excited for the UFC Long Island featherweight main event matchup between top-ranked opponents Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez, set for this Saturday, July 16th! Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp 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
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Nate Diaz talks to Ariel Helwani on a special edition of The MMA Hour and goes in-depth on his contract status, his desire to fight out his contract and leave the promotion, and when he could possibly fight again. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH
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3:30 PM ET Sean O’Malley is taking a major step up in his next fight, announcing to ESPN’s Ryan Clark on Wednesday that he’ll be facing former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley (15-1 1 NC), one of the sport’s most talented prospects, fought
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Watch the ONE Championship press conference announcing the promotion’s new partnership with Prime Video featuring several ONE stars. The press conference takes place Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. ET and features ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong and Amazon Prime executives as they discuss their new broadcast partnership. Several ONE stars will also be in attendance including Demetrious
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A little more than a year later, the Swedish standout returned to the Octagon, venturing to Fight Island and competing at heavyweight against former champion Fabricio Werdum. Midway through the opening stanza, Gustafsson tapped to armbar that extended his losing streak to three and once again sent the three-time light heavyweight title challenger to the
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Image via LFA on Facebook (Photo Credit: Jerry Chavez) Alex Pereira is responding to the callout from Khamzat Chimaev. Khamzat Chimaev took to ‘Twitter’ with a video of Alex Pereira being declared the winner of his match-up with Sean Strickland saying: “I’m want to fight with this guy @ufc @dana white lets make it” It
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Another massive fight has been added to UFC 280 when the promotion returns to Fight Island. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news today (Weds., July 20, 2022) that the Oct. 22, 2022, pay-per-view (PPV) event will now play host to a pivotal Lightweight contender bout pitting No. 6-ranked Beneil Dariush against No. 9-ranked Mateusz Gamrot.
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