Khabib Nurmagomedov. Tony Ferguson. What else do you need to know? The two lightweight stars adorn the official poster for UFC 249, which was released Thursday. THE WAIT IS OVER! Your Khabib vs Ferguson poster has arrived! #UFC249 pic.twitter.com/ulKZJd07Um — UFC (@ufc) February 20, 2020 Nurmagomedov brings his unbeaten record and undisputed championship into the
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Owner of wins over Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort and Kelvin Gastelum over the course of his storied career, Weidman believes he has another title run in him, and it starts when he faces Norway’s Hermansson, whose recent body of work has seen him defeat the likes of “Jacare” Souza, David Branch and Gerald Meerschaert.
Image Credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images Head coach Javier Mendez isn’t pretending that he or Khabib Nurmagomedov have control over the UFC’s decision making. Nurmagomedov is scheduled to put his UFC lightweight gold on the line against Tony Ferguson on April 18. The 155-pound title bout will headline UFC 249 inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Is this the 17th story about Diego Sanchez and his crazy guru, Joshua Fabia, to run this week? Yes, yes it is. However, when my options boil down to a story of Fabia chasing professional fighters around with a “real, sharp blade” or the barely noteworthy news that Edmen Shahbazyan’s bout
Watch Conor McGregor take out Cowboy Cerrone in 40 seconds: UFC 246 full fight video Conor McGregor returned to the Octagon in January, marking his first UFC bout in more than a year. There was no time for ring rust, as he took out Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone just 40 seconds into their UFC 246 main
The trilogy fight between light heavyweight legends Shogun Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been added to UFC 250. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported that the UFC has added the third fight between the PRIDE veterans to UFC 250, which takes place on May 9 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. UFC president Dana
7:12 AM ET IT WAS LATE summer 2009, and Paul Felder was at a party with his theater friends. Felder had graduated from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts the previous year, and he was revealing his new passion in life. It wasn’t what they were expecting. “They were like, ‘Wow, that was insane. That was
DUBLIN — Leah McCourt shed light on the roller coaster of emotions she has felt since being promoted to the Bellator main event. The Northern Irish star hopes to change the perception of Irish MMA with her headline performance and discussed how her faith has kept her calm under the spotlight. McCourt also spoke about
“It’s something very special,” he said. “I am Maori, I do come from the native people of New Zealand, so being able to perform in front of them live is incredible. A lot of my family hasn’t seen me fight live because a lot of my fights have been overseas, so I’ve definitely not taken
Image Credit: Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dustin Poirier is looking to fight again in May. Poirier, who’s the former interim lightweight champion, has not fought since he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242. In the fight, “The Diamond” had success as he had a tight guillotine choke, but the champ
Jan Blachowicz clobbered Corey Anderson last weekend in the UFC Rio Rancho main event and the reward for his efforts, assuming the promotion is in line with this outline, is a title shot against reigning light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. That might comes as bad news to Dominick Reyes, who was hoping to score an
Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson, Brandon Vera on board for ONE: Infinity series (James Goyder is the owner/editor of AsianMMA.com) ONE Championship has announced three ‘apex’ events that will feature the top talent on the roster. The shows will take place in Jakarta, Manila and Tokyo. The first batch of fights were announced on Thursday. ONE
Image via @dustinpoirier on Instagram UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier says he is planning a return to the Octagon in May after having not fought since last September. We last saw Poirier at UFC 242 when he was choked out by UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. That loss snapped a six-fight unbeaten streak for Poirier,
Dan Hooker won Performance of the night with this first round knockout of James Vick at Fight Night San Antonio last year. Next up for Hooker is a main event matchup with Paul Felder on home soil in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, February 22. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience
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8:30 PM ET Dominant UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will look to defend her title next against Joanne Calderwood at UFC 251 on June 6, multiple sources told ESPN. Both sides have agreed to the 125-pound championship fight, per sources. The UFC has not finalized a location or venue just yet, although sources say it
Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko won’t have to wait long for her next title defense as she’s expected to face Joanne Calderwood at UFC 251 on June 6. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting that verbal agreements were in place for the fight following an initial report from ESPN. As of now, the UFC hasn’t made