Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) makes its return to ESPN this Sat. night (Dec. 7, 2019) featuring a titanic tilt pitting longtime mixed martial arts (MMA) veteran and former champion kickboxer, Alistair Overeem, opposite undefeated 265-pound rising star, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who won all three of his UFC fights by way of knockout. In the UFC on
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[embedded content] (Courtesy of TMZSports) Jorge Masvidal is nearing two decades as a professional fighter and he’s ready to get paid like one of that top athletes in the world. Though Masvidal has been fighting professionally since 2003, it’s only in the last year that he has ascended to the upper reaches of mixed martial
Scott Askham has been reborn under the KSW banner banking three stoppage outings en route to claiming the promotion’s middleweight title since his arrival under the banner, but he isn’t ruling out challenging for a second KSW title in the future. This weekend in Gliwice, Poland, the English middleweight will look to claim his biggest
2:54 PM ET A women’s MMA pioneer’s time in the UFC has come to an end. Liz Carmouche, who lost to Ronda Rousey at UFC 157 in 2013 in what was the first female fight in UFC history, was released from the promotion on Thursday, her manager Kyle Stoltz told ESPN. The decision to release
Edgar is currently preparing for his bantamweight debut against Cory Sandhagen at UFC Raleigh on January, but wanted the opportunity to face Jung first. No. 5 ranked featherweight Edgar, who has been a veteran of the sport since 2007, looks to add another iconic win to his legendary career by taking on the No. 7
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Liz Carmouche admits the way she was released by the UFC caught her off guard. Carmouche was brought out to UFC Washington for fight week. Little did she know, the promotion had already decided to release her. A UFC official told MMAJunkie that matchmakers were unaware that Carmouche was
Tito Ortiz and Alberto Del Rio do not like each other and that was made apparent at today’s weigh-ins. On Dec. 7, Ortiz will be making his Combate Americas debut when he battles Del Rio, who also serves as the promotion’s president. The two have gone back-and-forth in interviews trash-talking each other. So, when they
Frankie Edgar replaces Brian Ortega, will fight Chan Sung Jung at UFC South Korea Brian Ortega is out and Frankie Edgar is in. The former UFC lightweight champion will square off with Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) in the UFC Fight Night featherweight main event in Busan, South Korea. Edgar had been slated
Combate Americas “Tito vs. Alberto” takes place TONIGHT (Sat., Dec. 7, 2019) at Payne Arena in McAllen, Texas. In the 210-pound Catchweight main event, “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (20-12-1) fights former AAA and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Heavyweight champion Jose Alberto Rodríguez (9-5), better known in lucha libre as Alberto El Patron. Combate
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Oleinik saw something in opponent Viktor Pesta that he liked and he got his arms around it.
7:12 PM ET Amanda Nunes was driving around Miami with her then-girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, looking for a bar. They had just watched teammates from American Top Team compete in a kickboxing event and were trying to watch UFC 157. The date was Feb. 23, 2013, and the main event was historic as Ronda Rousey was
Frankie Edgar has agreed to replace Brian Ortega against Chan Sung Jung on weeks’ notice in the featherweight main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21, but wasn’t pulled from his bantamweight debut against Cory Sandhagen just a month later. It remains to be seen if Edgar will be healthy enough to take another fight
Image Credit: John Locher / Associated Press Frankie Edgar was more than willing to step up when the UFC needed him. Chan Sung Jung was set to take on Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21. Those plans went awry when Ortega went down with a torn ACL. Despite being
“That was, by far, my favorite part of the day,” Carmouche said of participating in the wreath laying. “Knowing the history of all the fallen soldiers and people who lost their lives, to think I can come back here, I’ve studied and seen movies on it, but I never actually saw the ceremony first-hand. It
Renan Barao’s time as a UFC fighter has come to an end. Barao is the former UFC bantamweight champion but has been on a skid as of late. He has dropped five straight and is just 2-8 in his last 10 leading to the UFC releasing him from his contract. Combate was first to report
Since leaving the UFC in mid-2017, middleweight Scott Askham has been on a tear. Following a split-decision win in his first fight after his release, Askham has picked up three straight finishes, including his most recent fight in May when he defeated Michal Materia for the KSW middleweight title. Speaking to MMAWeekly.com prior to his