Image Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC play-by-play ace Jon Anik feels the UFC will be able to pull off its planned May 9 event. On April 18, the UFC was scheduled to hold an event inside the Tachi Palace Casino Resort in California. It was set to be UFC 249
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Endeavor talent and media agency is roughly $4.6 billion in debt, which is to be expected considering it paid over $4 billion for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, back in 2016. I’m sure owners Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell were hoping to pay down some of that debt
Flashback Fight: Randy Couture retains title after war with Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 [embedded content] In what most considered the fight of the year in 2001, Randy Couture and Pedro Rizzo faced off for the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 31 in Atlantic City. The event took place at Mark G. Etess Arena at
Watch the top knockouts and submissions from Dustin Poirier’s professional MMA career. Poirier faces lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout on Saturday, September 7 live on Pay-Per-View. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. To start
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Tony Ferguson boss move for UFC 249 weight-cutting, Israel Adesany responds to Tyron Woodley talking about him, Felicia Spencer diasppointed by Amanda Nunes UFC 249, Rachael Ostovich 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
Image Credit: Paulo Costa’s Instagram (@borrachinhamma) Paulo Costa is not a fan of the New York State Athletic Commission and USADA and says he won’t be fighting in New York anytime soon. Back at UFC 212 and 217, Costa got in trouble by the commission and USADA as his doctor gave him an IV to
Joe Rogan has been a fixture of UFC broadcasts for quite some time. But he looked a lot different during his first appearance back in 1997. At UFC 12, Rogan served as a backstage reporter and interviewer for a fight card that featured “Victor” Belfort in a heavyweight tournament and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman facing
8:24 PM ET UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has said the only reason he accepted a fight against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249, is because it’s for an interim 155-pound championship. And yet, he also says he won’t feel like a UFC champion if he wins that belt. Gaethje (21-2) is scheduled to face Ferguson (25-3)
Nebraska (April 25th) Due to current state and county restrictions on public gatherings, UFC Fight Night originally scheduled for April 25th in Lincoln has been canceled. Fans who purchased tickets for the event will receive a full refund at original point of purchase. Purchases made via online or phone will be automatically refunded. UFC looks forward to returning with an
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images One current analyst and former fighter believes Israel Adesanya would have his way with Jon Jones. Many are of the belief that Adesanya and Jones are bound to collide some day. Adesanya is the reigning UFC middleweight champion, while Jones holds the light heavyweight gold. The two
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Back on March 14th at UFC Rio Rancho — the final event prior to general shutdown — Francisco Trinaldo was awarded a fairly uneventful decision win over John Makdessi. It was not a great fight, as neither man was really able to implement their game plan or land a ton of
Daniel Cormier has been working toward retirement for more than a year, but it might not end the way he had always envisioned… and he’s okay with that. Cormier told ESPN‘s Ariel Helwani on Monday that he’s already beginning to train for a third bout with UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, although he doesn’t yet
Image: @stipemiocic on Instagram Stipe Miocic reclaimed his heavyweight belt back in August with a fourth-round TKO victory over Daniel Cormier in their highly anticipated rematch. The Cleveland native holds the record for most UFC heavyweight title defenses. For many, they believe Miocic is the heavyweight GOAT. But, his first fight with Cormier proved he
Professional Fighters League decided to pay athletes a monthly stipend for the remainder of 2020 after suspending the entire season amid the coronavirus pandemic. But not all fighters made the cut. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s business told MMA Fighting that PFL president Ray Sefo sent two different emails to athletes on the
7:58 AM ET This is a special week. Why’s that, you ask? Well, because this marks a year since I have been doing this random thoughts column for ESPN.com. The column has evolved over time, but I’m going back to how it started. Random thoughts. Lord knows I have plenty. And away we go …
Matt and Jim start the show ‘weighing-in’ on Tony Ferguson cutting weight for the now delayed UFC 249 and share why they are pumped to hear Paul Felder wants to fight again. Then, UFC welterweight Niko Price calls in to share what he first thought when offered a chance to fight at UFC 249 against
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images One UFC title contender believes Jon Jones will bounce back from his latest run-in with the law. Jones was arrested on March 26 after police in Albuquerque, New Mexico responded to a criminal complaint of gunfire. The UFC light heavyweight champion was initially facing charges of