Gina Mazany was released from her first stint with the UFC following a first-round TKO loss to Macy Chiasson at UFC 235. The problem? It took her seven months to find out. After an opening round finish on the regional scene in January, “Danger” is getting a second chance with the promotion as she steps
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Although Vettori is on a two-fight winning streak, the Italian’s biggest claim to fame thus far is pushing Israel Adesanya to a split decision back in early 2018. A USADA-suspension kept Vettori out of action for more than a year, but he came back in July 2019 to earn the first of a pair of
Image Credit: MMAJunkie Jessica Eye has spoken out on failing to make weight ahead of UFC on ESPN 10. Tonight (June 13), Eye will share the Octagon with Cynthia Calvillo. The bout will headline UFC on ESPN 10. They’ll do battle inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eye is looking for her second
UFC bantamweight title contender Petr Yan told rising star Sean O’Malley that he is “working for me now” after O’Malley took a shot at the Russian on social media. O’Malley told Yan on Twitter that he doesn’t spell his name the right way, poking fun at the fact he spells it Petr and not “Peter.”
Following a first round TKO win over Valerie Barney at KOTC: Golden Fights in January, bantamweight Gina Mazany was looking to continue her winning ways as 2020 progressed when the novel coronavirus struck and temporarily put a halt to those plans. Luckily for Mazany, events in her private life provided her an outlet to keep
It all unfolds later tonight (Sat., June 13, 2020) at UFC on ESPN 10 live on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as former women’s strawweight contender Cynthia Calvillo moves up in weight to take on former UFC title challenger Jessica Eye in a women’s flyweight main event. In addition, middleweights Marvin
8:00 AM ET On Dec. 6, 2019, UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo barricaded herself in her Washington, D.C., hotel room and wept, alone, for hours — one day before she was to face an undefeated, surging prospect in Marina Rodriguez. Calvillo, who faces Jessica Eye (15-7) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas, was
MMA Fighting has UFC on ESPN 10 results for the Eye vs. Calvillo fight card in Las Vegas, live blog of the top two fights, and live UFC on ESPN 10 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a flyweight showdown between Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo. Also on tap for the co-main event is
Due to health issues preceding today’s UFC Fight Night weigh-in, Darrick Minner has been pulled from his Saturday bout with Jordan Griffin. UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the flyweight bout between Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo, will proceed as scheduled with 10 bouts. The event airs live on ESPN and ESPN+ from the
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Rafael dos Anjos wants to settle unfinished business with Conor McGregor. McGregor recently claimed that he has retired from MMA competition. The “Notorious” one made the announcement at the conclusion of UFC 250 on his Twitter account. Many aren’t buying McGregor’s announcement as he has made this
UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson took a shot at “fat boy” Karl Roberson after the rising contender missed weight by 4.5lbs at UFC Las Vegas. Roberson stepped onto the scale at 190.5lbs for his middleweight bout against Marvin Vettori, which is scheduled to be the co-main event under the headliner between women’s flyweights Jessica Eye
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Last week, a report emerged claiming that Alexander Gustafsson would be ending his retirement and moving up to Heavyweight to face former champion Fabricio Werdum on July 25. Talk later came that this was merely a rumor, but now Gustafsson has released his own statement confirming the fight and explaining his
While the novel coronavirus has altered nearly every facet of life for most people, for welterweight Christian Aguilera the pandemic lockdown didn’t end up affecting his career as much as it might have others. According to Aguilera the timing of things ended up falling in line with the way his career had been playing out
Sean O’Malley quickly became a fan favorite after his memorable debut on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2017 and his popularity has only risen since starting off his UFC career with three consecutive wins. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
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5:56 PM ET Ray Borg has withdrawn from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night bantamweight bout against Merab Dvalishvili because of personal reasons, the UFC said Thursday. Borg’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN that Borg had a “family emergency.” Borg was absent from the card’s virtual media day Thursday and his withdrawal was announced after it. New
At the UFC on ESPN 10 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters taking part in UFC on ESPN 10 on Saturday night will step on the scale Friday morning. In the main event, Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo will have to make the flyweight limit of 125 pounds (with one-pound allowance). The UFC on ESPN 10 official
Due to personal reasons, UFC bantamweight Ray Borg has withdrawn from his bout with Merab Dvalishvili this weekend. Replacing him will be UFC newcomer Gustavo Lopez, who will compete against Dvalishvili in a 140 lb. catchweight bout. Lopez will make his UFC debut riding a three-fight winning streak with all of those victories coming via