Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold believes he’s the only one who can defeat Israel Adesanya. The 37-year-old is set to return in August against Paulo Costa. It’s been a long road back to the octagon for the former UFC middleweight champion. Rockhold last competed against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239 in July 2019. Furthermore,
Month: July 2022
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Kamaru Usman has earned the right to do whatever he wants in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). So if the reigning UFC welterweight champion and pound-for-pound king wants to skip an entire weight class to compete at light heavyweight then who are we to tell him no. After all,
PFL 6 Full Fight Card Video Highlights The 2022 PFL Regular Season has come to a close! The Welterweights and Women’s Lightweights brought the action delivering spectacular finishes all night! Watch the best highlights from Martina Jindrova, Kayla Harrison, Ray Cooper III, Magomed Umalatov, and more. PFL 6 Results: Kayla Harrison Makes Quick Work of
Sean O’Malley wraps his camp and dyes his locks. Champion teammates Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski take over the PI, then Max Holloway gets his turn. Jared Cannonier starts his business trip. UFC 276 is on Saturday, July 2. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
Dricus Du Plessis talks to MMA Junkie and other media outlets at UFC 276 (#UFC276) media day ahead of Saturday’s prelim fight vs. Brad Tavares in Las Vegas. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-276 Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get the
Kevin Holland liked what he saw from UFC middleweight Sean Strickland during the UFC 276 pre-fight press conference at T-Mobile Arena. Strickland arguably came out victorious on the microphone at the UFC 276 press conference. He used his typically brash trash-talking to attack UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya along with some fans in attendance. Holland
8:05 AM ET Randy Couture made his UFC debut on May 30, 1997, at UFC 13. UFC held the card in front of just more than 5,000 people in Augusta, Georgia. There was no regulation for the event; the rules changed from card to card to accommodate local fighting commissions or avoid political scorn. It
Alexander Volkanovski’s coach Eugene Bareman admits to being impressed by Max Holloway. This Saturday, Volkanovski faces Holloway in a featherweight title trilogy bout as the co-main event of UFC 276, and having already spent 50 minutes coaching against him, Bareman is acknowledges that Holloway impressed him with his improvements between fights. “I’ll just say that
LAS VEGAS – UFC FIGHT PASS®, the world’s leading streaming service for combat sports, today announced the launch of UFC Fight Pass Podcast Central, the home for UFC and MMA-centric podcasts hosted by some of the most knowledgeable insiders in the sport. UFC Fight Pass Podcast Central will be the one-stop destination for hardcore UFC
PhotoCred: Drake Riggs Kayla Harrison received a lot of hate following the cancelation of her fight with Julia Budd. That’s despite the fact that she didn’t pull out. The former lightweight tournament winner was set to face the former Bellator featherweight champion this Friday at PFL 6. However, a week before the fight, Budd pulled
Luke Rockhold is the only middleweight who can beat Israel Adesanya. That’s according to recent comments the former champion made to MMA Junkie as he prepares for his Octagon return at UFC 278, a three-round banger opposite former title challenger Paulo Costa on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah. LIVE! Watch UFC 276 PPV
UFC 276 Main Event Weigh-in Video: Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier The fighters competing in Saturday’s UFC 276 main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and No. 2 ranked Jared Cannonier officially weighed in on Friday. Adesanya weighed in at 183.5 pounds while Cannonier tipped the scales one pound heavier at 184.5 pounds. See how they
Petr Yan has sent a message to Sean O’Malley ahead of UFC 276 this weekend. At UFC 276, Sean O’Malley will face the man who has been widely considered to be the toughest challenge of his young career. Of course, Marlon “Chito” Vera would have something to say about that given that he is the
12:27 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC inducted MMA’s version of “The Odd Couple” into its Hall of Fame on Thursday, as former titleholders Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov officially joined its Modern Wing. Cormier and Nurmagomedov were both in attendance on Thursday inside T-Mobile Arena. Cormier, 43, is a former two-weight champion in
Khabib Nurmagomedov had plenty of influences in his career who helped lead him to a historic run through the UFC and a perfect 29-0 record before retiring. But it’s hard to imagine anybody had a bigger impact than his father. On Thursday as he was inducted into the UFC Hall of fame, the ex-lightweight champion
One look at the Instagram page of “The Tarantula,” and you’ll see a young man taking advantage of everything life has to offer. And he’s not about to start changing that philosophy now. “You only live once, you gotta make it fun,” said Turner, who has a different type of fun scheduled for this weekend
Image via @ufc on Instagram Max Holloway was full of trash-talk at the UFC 276 pre-fight press conference. Holloway and Volkanovski are set to meet in the co-main event for the third time with the Aussie winning their first two bouts by decision. The second fight, however, was by split and many thought the Hawaiian
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s International Fight Week for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and that means stacked pay-per-view (PPV) cards, star-studded events, and a new Hall of Fame class to induct. This year’s Hall of Fame class was led by former UFC champions and long-time teammates, Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Both currently retired, “DC”