UFC President Dana White is defending the promotions decision to give Dominick Cruz a title shot against Henry Cejudo at UFC 249. ‘The Dominator’, who has not competed in over three years, will square off with ‘Triple C’ for the promotions bantamweight world title on May 9 in Jacksonville, Florida. Despite not having won a
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Vicente Luque is no stranger to short-notice bouts. But this one definitely tops previous opportunities when it comes to pre-fight drama. “The Silent Assassin” was matched up against Randy Brown at UFC Portland on April 11, but the entire Fight Night event got canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the company struggling to get
5:30 PM ET UFC fighter Lyman Good tested positive for the coronavirus last month, he told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview Monday. He is the first UFC athlete to publicly acknowledge having tested positive for the virus. Good, 34, said he is now feeling “100%” and is in full recovery. The New Jersey
The high-intensity feud – years in the making – made UFC 40 the biggest event in UFC history up until that time, and if Ortiz wasn’t a star before his bout with the MMA pioneer and former pro wrestling star, his punishing third-round stoppage victory certainly did the trick. After elaborate entrances from both men
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC will return on May 9 with a star-studded card and will also hold events on May 13 and 16. The promotion is looking to get back on schedule. So, they will hold three events in seven days and now the main events for May
It may have taken longer than expected, but Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has managed to bring the premier MMA organization back from COVID-19 closure with the expected staging of UFC 249 on May 9. White, who has dedicated almost every second of every day over the past month to keep UFC on
Video: Dana White talks UFC 249 and safely restarting fights amidst pandemic The UFC is moving forward, beginning on May 9, to get back in the business of putting on regular fight events. UFC President Dana White on Friday confirmed not only that UFC 249 would move ahead on May 9 in Jacksonville, Fla., but
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Image: UFC on Instagram Dana White plans on having Khabib Nurmagomedov fight in September of October against the winner of Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje. Nurmagomedov was expected to return to the Octagon at UFC 249 on April 18 against Ferguson. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic halted those plans as the champion couldn’t get out of
Missing Bellator action? The promotion has you covered with 20 of its most memorable fights available for free now on YouTube. Watch almost six hours of high-stakes Bellator fights above. The list kicks off with the classic first encounter between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 58 and ends with Ricky Bandejas’s highlight-reel finish
4:52 PM ET Bellator MMA announced Tuesday it has postponed a live event scheduled for June 6 in Chicago due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus. The event, Bellator 244, was supposed to feature a rematch between former lightweight champion Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson and take place at Wintrust Arena. “Due to the
“All my guys, if they want to get down and dirty, and they want to really push, they can bite down on their mouthguard and push as hard, if not harder, than anybody in this sport,” Bareman said. “That’s definitely not the best path for victory sometimes, so for me, it’s just about containing that
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC boss Dana White believes he can get Fight Island going in June. The UFC has been pushing through with plans to hold events amid the coronavirus pandemic. The promotion is set for UFC 249 on May 9. The card will be held inside the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After weeks and weeks of failed plans, UFC 249 finally seems to be happening. UFC and Dana White are so confident that the event will run without a hitch — no calls from the governor in Florida! — that they have already booked two more events in the seven days following
Flashback Fight: Remember when Mirko Cro Cop got ‘Cro-Copped’ by Gabriel Gonzaga? [embedded content] Thirteen years ago, Gabriel Gonzaga scored a big upset when he knocked out Mirko Cro Cop with a head kick at UFC 70 in Manchester. The two heavyweights headlined the fight card and it ended in dramatic fashion. UFC 70 took place
Dominick Reyes wants to be the judge, jury and executioner, as he serves up some overdue justice towards Jon Jones. “The Dominator” faced off against the light heavyweight champion in the main event of UFC 247. Jones ultimately claimed the decision victory, but many spectators believed Reyes delivered the stronger performance. Since then, Jones has
A heavyweight fight between Ben Rothwell and Ovince Saint Preux is currently in the works for the upcoming UFC card in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 13. Sources confirmed the expected matchup to MMA Fighting on Friday following an initial report from ESPN. Rothwell was originally attached to the UFC 249 card on April 18 with