UFC returned to San Diego for the first time since 2015 with a pivotal battle between top bantamweight contenders that saw No. 5 ranked Marlon Vera take on former champion and No. 8 ranked Dominick Cruz in the main event. After a back-and-forth three rounds, the power difference was on display as Vera’s strikes received noticeable
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On Saturday night, the MMA leader returned to our screens for its latest fight night offering, UFC San Diego. While pay-per-view fever will shortly be arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah, the sport’s premier promotion had one more stop off on the road to UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2. And in a headliner worthy of
Bryan Battle didn’t expect his welterweight cut to go as smoothly as it did. Battle, who won TUF at middleweight, was set to make his welterweight debut at UFC Vegas 59 against Takashi Sato. Although Battle did a test cut before making the move down, he was still uncertain how he’d feel when he got
Marlon Vera pulled off another great performance last night (Sat., Aug. 13, 2022), knocking out Dominick Cruz with a massive head kick four rounds into their fight (watch highlights). As usual, Cruz used his unorthodox movement to frustrate Vera and claim the first two rounds on all three judges’ scorecards, but “Chito” stayed patient and
Dominick Cruz was up on the scorecards when Marlon Vera knocked him out at UFC San Diego Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz was stopped in the UFC San Diego main event by a head kick by Marlon Vera followed by punches. Cruz was in control in the opening round, but was dropped by a
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Dominick Cruz discusses his UFC San Diego main event against Chito Vera, why Vera doesn’t seem to like him, why he represents himself in fight negotiations with the UFC, his takeaways from a recent rules seminar, wanting to debate ABC president Mike Mazzulli live on-air, his current zen-like state, Petr Yan vs. Sean O’Malley, and
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10:46 PM ET Marlon Vera‘s nickname is “Chito,” a Spanish-language colloquialism that essentially means “shush.” Vera quieted the crowd briefly Saturday, knocking out former two-time champion Dominick Cruz in Cruz’s adopted hometown in the main event of UFC San Diego. Vera landed a left kick to Cruz’s head, putting him out cold in the fourth
Marlon Vera picked a great time to earn the biggest win of his career, and he did so in ferocious fashion on Saturday night against former UFC champion Dominick Cruz. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee react to Vera’s main event finish of Cruz at UFC San Diego and whether or
Jim and Matt talk with Dominick Cruz, Marlon Vera, and “Cousin Sal” Iacono, and preview UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Cruz, on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! Dominick Cruz opens the show ahead of his main event bout against Marlon “Chito” Vera on Saturday night. He offers his reaction to Vera’s smack talk during the
Marlon Vera picked up the biggest victory of his career when he knocked out former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz in the main event of UFC San Diego. Cruz has always had one of the most unique fighting styles in the sport, and even at age 37 his movement and footwork were clearly causing problems for
Aaron Jeffery stepped up on short notice to fight former title challenger Austin Vanderford on the main card of tonight’s Bellator 284 event. Jeffery (13-3 MMA), a former CFFC middleweight champion, had made his Bellator debut back in June, scoring a second-round TKO victory over Fabio Aguiar. After Anthony Adams was forced to withdraw from
Rory MacDonald wasn’t the only fighter to leave his gloves in the cage today. Nina Nunes, formerly known as Nina Ansaroff, announced her retirement after picking up the split-decision victory at UFC San Diego earlier this evening. Nunes largely picked apart Cynthia Calvillo in her women’s Flyweight debut and likely would have been ranked by
Following Saturday’s UFC San Diego fight card, UFC officials announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Fight Of The Night: Nate Landwehr vs David Onama Pechanga Arena in San Diego was on its feet at the final bell of Nate Landwehr vs David Onama, giving a roaring standing ovation upon realizing they had just witnessed
Aug 11, 2022 The PFL has made several last-minute changes to its 2022 semifinals matchups on Friday in Cardiff, Wales. Top-seeded welterweight Rory MacDonald (23-9-1) was supposed to face Magomed Umalatov (12-0), but will now meet Dilano Taylor (9-2) instead. Additionally, heavyweight Matheus Scheffel (16-8) will look to advance to the finals against late replacement
Bruno Silva feels that going toe-to-toe with former GLORY champion and UFC contender Alex Pereira shortened the list of middleweights willing to face him inside the octagon. Silva was on a seven-fight knockout streak going into his clash with Pereira, with the past three in the UFC, when he lost a decision to Pereira in
“Personality-wise, people don’t think I fight,” Moran said. “I’m not an a*****e. People still have this idea that fighters are big, mean and rude and whatnot, but a lot of us are real cool, down to Earth people. Just by looking at me, I look like a salesman. When I tell people I fight they’re