Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight veterans Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will duel TONIGHT (May 13, 2020) from inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. I don’t know that anyone predicted such an incredibly successful move to 205 pounds for Smith. Sure, he got smacked down by Jon Jones in his title shot,
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Joe Rogan on commentating at UFC 249 amidst pandemic: ‘I decided, I gotta do one’ <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Joe Rogan was a part of history on Saturday night, commentating on the UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje broadcast. UFC 249 was the first major professional sporting event to
UFC president Dana White says his promotion will spend around $150,000 on COVID-19 tests for the UFC Jacksonville series. White has been adamant for the last two months that the UFC’s show would go on despite the coronavirus pandemic affecting every sports league around the world. After the original UFC 249 card was canceled, White
The UFC is making up for lost time. Less than four days removed from UFC 249 — the event that marked the promotion’s return to action amid the COVID-19 pandemic — we are already primed for another 11-fight lineup. Wednesday’s card couldn’t possibly match the name value of Saturday’s all-star occasion, but it is not
The American Gangster Chael P. Sonnen earns a stunning submission of black belt Shogun Rua, then grabs the mic to call out Wanderlei Silva.
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MMA community on cancelled UFC 249 bout of Jacare Souza and Uriah Hall, UFC should take actions against Jeremy Stephens for missing weight 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
3:39 PM ET The UFC went eight weeks without an event — March 14 to May 9 — because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s time for the organization’s second live card in just five days. UFC 249 felt like a breath of fresh air for the sports world. And it would be hard to
Ricky Simon Key Stats: 59.4% takedown accuracy (7th), 0.59% bottom position percentage (5th all-time among BW), 19 takedowns landed (tied 8th) What It Means: Ricky Simon is a spry up-and-coming bantamweight who leans heavily on his wrestling to impose his will. With a high work rate, his opponents often have to spend most of their
UFC Jacksonville goes down tonight (Wed. May 13, 2020) from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and we have the results. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy. It’s headlined by a meeting between Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira in a light heavyweight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Earlier today, WOWT reported that an Iowa man later identified as UFC veteran Timothy Gorman was arrested on Sunday night. Officers pulled over a vehicle driving on the shoulder and called a K-9 unit for “detected clandestine activity.” As a result of the eventual vehicle search, officers “uncovered 121 pounds of
Following a series of will it or won’t it happen in regards to her originally scheduled April 18 bout, bantamweight Sarah Moras will finally have her first chance to fight since her win this past September over Liana Jojua at UFC 242. Thanks to the novel coronavirus, Moras has seen multiple delays in her fight,
Dan Hardy believes he would knockout Anthony Pettis if they were to fight. Hardy was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome in 2013 leaving him unable to fight. Yet, in 2018 the Englishman announced he was cleared to compete again and in 2019 said he has joined the USADA testing pool. Although Hardy has taken those steps,
UFC bantamweight Brian Kelleher believes that it’s time that USADA stops punishing fighters for using marijuana. Following Kelvin Gastelum’s second positive test for marijuana, Kelleher defended the one-time interim middleweight challenger, saying the substance does not have performance-enhancing effects. “The way that people get caught, it’s very unfortunate, because I could’ve drank alcohol last night,
12:41 PM ET UFC president Dana White said Tuesday that he expects the lightweight unification bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje to happen on Fight Island this summer. “I don’t know if it will be the first one, but it will be on Fight Island, unless miraculously the world comes back
While 2019 wasn’t the strongest for Italian MMA, Marvin Vettori restoked the fire when he took home a pair of wins in his first two bouts back from a suspension. The 26-year-old middleweight prospect gained the most notoriety for taking middleweight champion Israel Adesanya to a split decision in early 2018. Since then, Vettori, who
Image Credit: Getty Images It looks like UFC 249 was a home run despite the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC held its first event since March 14th this past Saturday night (May 9). UFC 249 was held inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. No fans were in attendance. The main event featured an
Bellator 219: “Awad vs. Girtz” went down March 29, 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. Hard-hitting Lightweights squared off in the main event as Saad Awad (23-10) faced off with Brandon Girtz (15-8). To the surprise of some, that fight went the distance and was incredibly close, with Girtz rocking Awad several