Fights come together fast these days, and if you blink, you can easily miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the latest reported matchups to keep you up to date with what’s on the horizon. All bouts featured have been officially announced or confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin
Month: August 2023
Jeff Wagenheim Aug 22, 2023, 12:55 PM ET For the third straight playoff semifinal card, the PFL faces the potential for a bizarre conclusion to its season after one of its competitors for Wednesday’s fight card in New York missed weight on Tuesday. That creates a circumstance in which a fighter can lose a semifinal
Every minute of the light heavyweight title fight between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira felt like a rollercoaster. Prochazka would be in control and then Teixeira would land a crazy strike. Teixeira would be in control, then Prochazka would flip the position. Back and forth they went for nearly the entire fight. Bloodied and exhausted
Mayra Bueno Silva is ready to smash Julianna Pena. On Tuesday, Bueno Silva revealed she tested positive for a USADA-banned substance leading up to her fight with Holly Holm. According to the Brazilian, she says the banned substance was for ADHD as she makes it clear she would never take any performance-enhancing drugs. “I want
Aljamain Sterling wants an immediate rematch, but not immediately. “Funk Master” will abandon his featherweight plans and hang around at 135 pounds for the time being, focused on his goal of recapturing the division crown from newly-minted bantamweight titleholder Sean O’Malley, who stopped Sterling in the UFC 292 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in
Welcome to the latest update to the MMA Fighting pound-for-pound rankings, where every month our esteemed panel sort through the noise to answer one question: Who are the best overall male and female MMA fighters in the world? With UFC 292 in the books, how have the past few weeks affected the global pound-for-pound landscape?
Ryan HockensmithAug 23, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the
Flyweight Kevin Borjas — who won the opening bout of the season — is slated to take on the man he was initially supposed to meet in Week 1, Joshua Van, at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden in November. Van was called up to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov earlier this summer, delivering an impressive debut
Julianna Pena has ripped into Mayra Bueno Silva after it was revealed that the bantamweight contender has failed a drug test. Last month, Mayra Bueno Silva picked up the biggest win of her career when she was able to submit Holly Holm in the second round of their Fight Night main event. Unfortunately, Silva announced
Michael “Venom” Page is still seeking his next fighting home. After a 10-year run in Bellator, one of London, England’s favorite flashy superstar strikers is possibly moving on. Page, 36, revealed last month that he’s testing free agency waters and looks to take his career places it’s never been before. While Page admits that he
Julianna Pena wasted no time unloading on Mayra Bueno Silva after the Brazilian confessed to failing a drug test in relation to her recent submission win over Holly Holm. While the full details surrounding the positive drug test won’t be revealed until Thursday’s meeting of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), Silva has already been temporarily
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2023, 06:58 PM ET UFC women’s bantamweight contender Mayra Bueno Silva, in an Instagram post Monday, said she failed a drug test taken the week of her fight against Holly Holm last month. Bueno Silva is facing discipline from the USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, and the Nevada State
Back in February, Porter ventured to Perth, Australia, where he lost to Justin Tafa by first-round knockout. Saturday night, he steps in with Justin’s little brother Junior, looking for a measure of revenge, along with a second straight victory. “Oh, absolutely!” he said when asked if there he’s looking to exact a little payback by
John Fury, the dad of Tyson and Tommy Fury wasn’t too happy with the way the press conference was going on Tuesday. Tommy Fury and KSI held their press conference to promote their Oct. 14 fight, while Logan Paul was also there as well as his opponent Dillon Danis. With that, the press conference was
Newly-crowned bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley completed his hostile takeover of the 135-pound division with a thrilling, second-round knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Boston. Not only does “Suga” rule the bantamweight roost, but he’s also ranked among the 15 best pound-for-pound fighters in UFC, whatever
Chris Weidman didn’t get the result he wanted at UFC 292, his long-awaited return to action after suffering a brutal broken leg more than two years ago. Just making it back for another fight was probably victory enough, but the 39-year-old former middleweight champion wanted to win – and Brad Tavares had other ideas. Over
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 07:34 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is the latest female fighter in the ESPN boxing pound-for-pound top 10 to make a foray
O’Malley hurt Yan in the first round and cut him with a big knee in the third, which forced both of them to dig deep throughout the entire fight to remain engaged. It was a memorable fight, not only because of the decision, but also because of what was shown from both fighters. Sean O’Malley’s
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