8:04 AM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marcus Gaethje was at dinner with his twin brother, Justin. It was May 8, and the Gaethjes and a few of Justin’s coaches had settled in at Chart House, an
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This is the Ricky Simon we missed in the lead-up to UFC Jacksonville, as he went underground to focus solely on snapping a two-fight losing skid and nothing else. No media, no distractions, nothing to take him out of his single-minded approach to winning that fight with Borg. “I’ve never been on a two-fight skid
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alistair Overeem is hoping to get the chance to rematch Jairzinho Rozenstruik following UFC on ESPN 8. Back at UFC Washington last December, Rozenstruik stepped in on short notice to battle Overeem where he knocked out the veteran with just four seconds left. He was losing the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Yesterday, UFC President Dana White made the journey over to Fox News and talked with host Sean Hannity about the specifics of holding UFC events again and the timeline of fans returning to sports. Naturally, White also took a moment to curse that pesky media again. For reasons unknown — perhaps
[embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) It isn’t yet clear where, but the UFC will return with another Fight Night event on May 30. It is expected to feature Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns. Following a series of three UFC events over the course of eight days in Jacksonville, Fla., UFC president Dana White assured
Image Credit: UFC.com Walt Harris says he will be taking Alistair Overeem up on his offer to train together following his TKO loss. In the main event of UFC on ESPN 8 in Jacksonville, Florida, Harris returned to the Octagon to battle Overeem. It was an important fight for the heavyweight division and early on,
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov received multiple calls from Russian president Vladimir Putin this week as his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, continues to receive treatment in a Moscow hospital. According to Nurmagomedov’s longtime manager, Ali Abdelaziz, Abdulmanap was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors this week as they continue to treat his heart condition
9:32 PM ET Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has been placed in a medically induced coma in Moscow, the fighter’s agent Ali Abdelaziz confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Abdelaziz confirmed Abdulmanap was transported to Moscow from his native Dagestan via airlift earlier this month. Nurmagomedov has publicly stated his
First, Matt and Jim go over their fight picks for last Wednesday’s card, UFC Fight Night: Smith v Teixeira, and Matt offers his take on how Anthony Smith’s corner handled the bout. Then, UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem calls in fresh off his TKO win against Walt Harris on Saturday. He discusses how he managed to
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Anthony Smith claims he wouldn’t hesitate to ditch his cornermen if they ever stop one of his fights. A lot has been made over Smith’s fifth-round TKO loss to Glover Teixeira. Many believe the fight should’ve been stopped sooner. “Lionheart’s” corner took serious heat as they didn’t
Some unfortunate news is coming out of Moscow, Russia, as RT is reporting that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father, Abdulmanap, has once again fallen into a coma and is on life support after his health took a turn for the worse. Last week, Abdulmanap was placed in a medically-induced coma as a result of his ongoing battle
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said on Monday that his father is in critical condition in a Russian hospital following heart surgery due to complications from a previous ailment and the coronavirus. Khabib also noted that he has more than 20 people from his family who have gotten sick and/or died as a result of
Image Credit: UFC on Instagram Alistair Overeem is very confident that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones could win a heavyweight fight with Francis Ngannou. Jones and Ngannou have been going back and forth on social media over the last week or so, with both men expressing their interest in a potential fight. Overeem has
Ricky Simon was able to get back in the win column but it didn’t happen without some drama. Simon entered his UFC Jacksonville bout with Ray Borg after losing back-to-back fights to Urijah Faber and Rob Font. The majority of fans and media members who watched the fight on Wednesday night scored it for Simon,
Following TJ Dillashaw’s title defense against Renan Barao, Conor McGregor tries to drive a wedge between the champ and his mentor, Urijah Faber, on episode 3 of The Ultimate Fighter. Don’t miss new episodes on FOX Sports 1 every Wednesday at 10pm/7pm ETPT.
Conor McGregor’s teammates, Artem Lobov and Dillon Danis, and striking coach, Owen Roddy, react to the near brawl that happened at the Brooklyn stop of the Mayweather-McGregor world tour, plus much more. we would maul them, easily it wouldn’t even be a match they would all get killed pretty easily and fast that was for
Walt Harris loss to Alistair Overeem, MMA community shares opinion, Colby Covington predicted Alistair Overeem to lose against Walt Harris, Dana White and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest news from the world of
7:19 AM ET Now that UFC president Dana White is back in Las Vegas after a frantic three-cards-in-eight-days stretch in Jacksonville, Florida, he said the promotion will turn its attention to the future during a matchmaking meeting on Tuesday. The first order of business likely will be filling up the cards on May 30 and