Michael Chandler discusses his performance at UFC 274, his finger injury warming up before the fight, his issues in the first round, his take on the viral knockout photo, his post-fight promo, who he wants next, the injuries he might have suffered, why he doesn’t want to face Dustin Poirier, if Charles Oliveira deserved to
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11:48 AM ET The two-sport plan for WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight champion Claressa Shields over the next 18 months is starting to take shape, but it’s no longer clear whether it will include an undisputed middleweight title fight against WBO champion Savannah Marshall. Shields told ESPN on Tuesday that a possible fight with Marshall,
Two disabled athletes collided in an MMA bout this past Saturday in Paraupebas, a small town located 12 hours away from the major Brazilian city of Belem. The bout took place as the curtain jerker of ABCF Fighting 23 and featured Geova Rodrigues Botelho in the blue corner and Pedro Costa in the opposite side
First, Jim, Matt, and Megan are joined by Andre Petroski fresh off his win over Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs Rakic over the weekend. He reveals that he used a sequence he learned from Rener Gracie on The Ultimate Fighter to submit Maximov, opens up about why he called out Gerald Meerschaert
Sean O’Malley, Dominick Cruz Sean O’Malley has weighed in on the upcoming Alex Volkanovski vs Max Holloway trilogy fight. Alex Volkanovski (24-1 MMA) and Max Holloway (23-6 MMA) have already met in the Octagon twice. It was to be ‘The Great’ who won both fights. At UFC 245 in December of 2019, Volkanovski defeated Holloway
Dubai will still get to see Floyd Mayweather in action after all. Originally set to take place this past weekend (Sat., May 14, 2022), Mayweather’s Showcase in the Skies event — where the boxers will compete atop the Burj Al Arab helipad — was postponed after the death of United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa
UFC Vegas 55 live results begin at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Saturday, May 21, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click on the fight below in the UFC Vegas 55 live results section for live stats or jump down to the written UFC
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk thinks the recent fights in the division show that a path back to the title is still possible for her. Jędrzejczyk is set to make her Octagon return in a rematch against Zhang Weili at UFC 275. This marks her first fight in the UFC since her first fight
9:50 PM ET Aleksandar Rakic tore the ACL in his right knee in a UFC Fight Night main event loss to Jan Blachowicz last Saturday in Las Vegas, Rakic’s manager Marcelo Brigadeiro confirmed to ESPN on Monday evening. Early in the third round, Rakic took a step back following a Blachowicz combination. When Rakic planted
Aleksandar Rakic suffered a torn ACL in his right knee as a result of a freak injury that occurred in his main event fight with Jan Blachowicz at UFC Vegas 54. Rakic underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed the damage done to his knee, which will require surgery. Typical recovery time from an torn
Clint Winters, creator and Chief Scientific Officer, agrees. “When you look at UFC and really all professional sports, you’re dealing with the best athletes in the world. At that level, a one-percent improvement can be the difference between being a champion or not. One of GameDay Ready’s goals for CONOCB2 is for athletes to recover
Image: @cainvelasquez on Instagram Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has been denied bail once again. In late February, Velasquez was arrested for attempted murder, as well as a litany of other charges. According to reports, the former champion shot at a car and traffic and struck a man. Over the next few weeks, more
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It may be time for Paddy to stop being so fatty. Per a report from FirstSportz, UFC is rumored to be targeting Paddy Pimblett vs. Ottman Azaitar for its return to London, England on July 23, 2022. It hasn’t taken long for Pimblett to build a name for himself inside the
Stawweight champ Carla Esparza sports UFC belt during her wedding | Photo (Photo by Kevin Chang / LA Times Staff Photographer) Newly crowned UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza became a two-time women’s 115-pound titleholder when she defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC at UFC 274 on May 7. A week later she walked down the
UFC bantamweight Ashlee Evans-Smith’s return to the Octagon will have to wait until next year after she tested positive for a steroid by USADA. USADA announced the news of Evans-Smith’s positive test, along with a 14-month suspension, on Monday. According to USADA, Evans-Smith tested positive for “an anabolic androgenic steroid of exogenous origin” following urine
UFC President Dana White shared his reactions to UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje + Namajunas vs Esparza 2 after the fights at the post-fight press conference and answered questions from the media. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC.
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UFC fighter Muhammad Mokaev signs with Conor McGregor’s Paradigm Sports Management, instead Ali Abdelaziz Dominance MMA management which includes Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, and others, UFC fighter Dustin Poirier is looking for another opponent since Dana White and the UFC showed no interest in Nate Diaz bout, Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad react and much