Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya isn’t letting his ‘horror movie’ plan for Alex Pereira fall through after UFC 281. Adesanya lost to Pereira in a stunning fifth-round TKO at UFC 281 on Saturday. After appearing close to cruising to a win on the judges’ scorecards, Adesanya got caught with a barrage of punches from
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Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are done fighting, but they’re still promoters at heart. ‘Iron Mike’ and ‘The Real Deal’ graced the boxing ring on two occasions in the 1990s. Both matchups are historic and well-remembered, but for very different reasons. In 1996, they met for the first time, with Holyfield pulling off a shocking
The show appears to be going on with Hasim Rahman Jr. and DAZN boxing this weekend (Sat., Nov. 19, 2022). It was revealed earlier today (Mon., Nov. 14, 2022) that Rahman’s original opponent in the Misfits 003 boxing event headliner, Vitor Belfort, was out of their match due to undisclosed reasons. No word was originally
UFC 281 highlights & recap: Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler Watch the highlights video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 281 lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler. UFC 281 fight card on Saturday, November 14, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [embedded content] UFC 281 highlights & recap: Israel Adesanya vs Alex
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Intro recapping the weekend with UFC 281 and all the news. 2 p.m.: Chris Gutierrez joins us in studio to
Nov 13, 2022 Alex Pereira defeated Israel Adesanya by fifth-round TKO in the main event of UFC 281 to become the new middleweight champion Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Adesanya hurt Pereira at the end of Round 1 and then dominated the ground game in the third before Pereira took over in
“It’s hard to lose it twice,” he laughed. “It’s already gone. So I was content but, at the same time, I wanted to fight. I stayed in the gym, helping other guys, made a few trips down to South Florida to keep me sharp, trained with the local fighters in Louisiana, worked on other business
Good morning, MMA fans! Welcome to the MMA News Tracker! Here are some of the latest happenings across the world of MMA. Michael Chandler Loves Idea Of Eddie Alvarez’s UFC Return, White Implies Disinterest Image Credit: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com At UFC 281, Michael Chandler turned in another instant classic when he battled Dustin Poirier on the
Dustin Poirier feels Michael Chandler bent the rules during their UFC 281 scrap. Poirier and Chandler did battle inside Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 12. This fight was about as good as advertised. There was a ton of action on the feet, but there were also some grappling exchanges that ultimately
Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler was an undeniable banger that more than deserved its place as Fight of the Night at UFC 281. The two lightweights left it all in the cage, with Poirier walking away the victor after submitting Chandler two minutes into the third round (watch the highlights here). But “The Diamond” was
Dana White says Jon Jones will ‘for sure’ fight next year The long awaited octagon return of former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is right around the corner according to UFC president Dana White. Jones last fought in February 2020, defeating Dominick Reyes by unanimous decision at UFC 247. Six months later Jones vacated
Artur Szczepaniak didn’t need much time to pick up his ninth career victory. On Saturday, Szczepaniak faced Brian Hooi in a main card fight at KSW 76, and the Polish welterweight delivered a one of the best highlights of the weekend, finishing Hooi with a devastating head kick and punches just 43 seconds into the
1:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Alex Pereira had Israel Adesanya‘s number in kickboxing. He has it in MMA too. Pereira, the only man to ever knock out Adesanya, stopped him again via TKO at 2 minutes, 1 second of the fifth and final round Saturday night in the main event of UFC 281 at
Register For Presale | VIP Experiences Looking to join the exclusive list of double-champs in UFC history, Volkanovski enters his first fight on home soil since 2018 on the heels of a dominant 145-pound reign that includes four successful title defenses over the likes of Max Holloway, Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung. But in
UFC President Dana White weighed in on the late-round conclusion to Alex Pereira’s win over Israel Adesanya at UFC 281. Pereira rallied late to defeat Adesanya via fifth-round TKO in the UFC 281 main event. Adesanya appeared minutes away from retaining the middleweight title, but Pereira proved to be his kryptonite once again with a
Former UFC title challenger Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has passed away at the tender age of 38. It was late last month that MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz asked everyone to say a prayer for Johnson during an interview with ESPN. – Advertisement – “Rumble, he’s going through some health problems right now. It’s very sad,” Abdelaziz
UFC 281 went down last night (Sat., Nov. 12, 2022) inside Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., featuring a Middleweight title fight that saw Alex Pereira take out Israel Adesanya via a come-from-behind technical knockout win in round five (see it again here). In the co-main event, Zhang Weili reclaimed the women’s Strawweight champion,
MMA Twitter reacts to the news of Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson’s death On Sunday, Nov. 13, rumors began circulating that Anthony “Rumble” Johnson had died. It was known that he was suffering from an illness but what exactly happening to him was not exactly clear. During an interview with ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto last month, Johnson’s