YouTube celebrity and part-time pro boxer Logan Paul recently found out what it feels like to spar with a top-ranked UFC fighter. This past weekend ahead of UFC 248 in Las Vegas, Paul stopped by the UFC Performance Institute, where he met up with top-ranked middleweight contender Paulo Costa, who was in town to watch
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A decorated grappler who was always ticketed to be a contender, but didn’t quite get there initially, Burns has used the last 15 months to transform himself into one of the most interesting names in the welterweight division. During that time, the 33-year-old Brazilian has gone 4-0, collecting a pair of wins at lightweight before
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Former referee and current Bellator color commentator “Big” John McCarthy believes the judges missed the boat on the opening round of Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero. Adesanya put his UFC middleweight championship on the line against Romero this past Saturday night (March 7). This was Adesanya’s first undisputed title defense.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Professional YouTuber and professional boxer, Logan Paul, has talked quite a bit about making the crossover to MMA. Paul has met with Bellator boss Scott Coker to discuss a potential future there, and he’s also been discussed as a possible opponent for CM Punk. In the video above, Paul trains with
Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk escape UFC 248 battle with no serious injuries UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk pushed each other to the limits over five rounds in their championship fight this past weekend, but miraculously neither fighter ended up with any serious injuries afterward. Following a bloody battle over 25 minutes,
Zhang Weili, Sean O’Malley and Li Jingliang train at UFC PI. Joanna Jedrzejczyk juggles cauliflower ear and stilettos. At media day, Jose Quinonez goes for blood, Zhang practices her English, and headliners Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero face off. UFC 248 is Saturday, March 7. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience
At UFC 248 weigh-ins, Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero square off for the final time Friday evening in Las Vegas. Watch UFC 248 Stream: http://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/482924/595608/9070?sharedid=MMAFighting Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Subscribe to the podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/mmahour
Image via @morgan_chapa on Instagram If you are a casual martial arts fan and you watch only UFC events, you probably haven’t heard of French featherweight Morgan Charriere. But what if we tell you that the Frenchman will probably be the next big thing in Europe’s MMA? “Luffy” spent the first years of his professional
Mar 8, 2020 LAS VEGAS — The crowd knew exactly what it was witnessing: one of the greatest fights in UFC history. Before the start of the fifth round between Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk on Saturday night, the fans at T-Mobile Arena gave the two women a standing ovation. Even fighters in the crowd
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This sport deserves a lot of respect. I saw the MMA belt that I had won, how responsible I became, the discipline I acquired, the combinations that I connected, that security I had when I tried to try it and that desire to want to do it again but much better … -Of course! The
Image Credit: Bellator Patricio Freire is ready to go into battle for the 35th time in his pro MMA career. Freire is set to put his Bellator featherweight gold on the line against Pedro Carvalho this Friday night (March 13). The title bout will also serve as a quarterfinal match in the Bellator Featherweight World
Weili Zhang had to travel a long and grueling road to make it to her first-ever title defense at UFC 248 last Sat (March 7, 2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the coronavirus outbreak spread all over China, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s strawweight champion had to unexpectedly pack her bags in order to
Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero didn’t exactly light up the crowd at UFC 248, but they did light up the fighter payroll. The two fought a rather lackluster affair. Romero held the center of the Octagon throughout the fight, while Adesanya attacked his lead leg with kicks. Neither fighter went much beyond that over the
Image via @stylebender on Instagram (photographer not listed) Israel Adesanya believes that he proved Yoel Romero isn’t “made of steel” at UFC 248. Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, defended his title against Romero in the card’s main event, winning a controversial and undeniably slow decision over the Cuban. Ahead of this Adesanya vs. Romero fight,
4:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya is still the UFC middleweight champion, escaping a bizarre battle with Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday night. Zhang Weili, meanwhile, held on to her strawweight title in an instant classic against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event. The
KSW two-division titleholder Mateusz Gamrot will finally return to action on March 21, but neither of his belts will be on the line. The Polish promotion announced Friday that the featherweight and lightweight champion will meet former UFC fighter Kevin Souza in a non-title lightweight contest at KSW 53 in Lodz, Poland, on March 21.
The fourth round saw the same pace as the previous three as they continued to unleash combinations with plenty of heat behind them inside the pocket. Jedrzejczyk’s patented cardio was on display, appearing the sharper of the two in the fourth round, but to her credi, Zhang kept applying the pressure while firing powerful striked.