Credit: Showtime/Amanda Westcott The long-anticipated return is official. Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury has been signed to take place on Dec. 18 in Tampa, Fla., as the popular YouTuber turned pugilist looks to win a fifth straight fight to start his fighting career. Paul is 4-0 since his debut as a professional boxer in January
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The formula has worked, and it has Gaethje on the cusp of undisputed gold. Wittman said seeing Gaethje raise the belt won’t mean much more to him because he is always happy watching his pupil win any fight, but he did go on to say he knows that level of success won’t negatively change who
Newly-crowned UFC light heavyweight kingpin Glover Teixeira was only minutes removed from his UFC 267 championship-winning performance over Jan Blachowicz in Abu Dhabi when he came face-to-face with consensus No. 1 title challenger Jiri Prochazka. “Denisa,” who from a distance looks like Ironbar from Beyond Thunderdome — thanks to his Muay Thai “war hair” —
UFC 268 Countdown Video: Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler Preview the UFC 268 main card matchup between former lightweight title challengers Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler on UFC Countdown. UFC 268 is on Saturday, November 6 live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC 268 features two world title rematches. In the main
Daniel Woirin, the coach of UFC welterweight fighter Benoit Saint Denis says that “never in my life would I have thrown in the towel.” Saint Denis suffered one of the most brutal, prolonged beatings we have ever seen in UFC history during his welterweight fight against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC 267. During the
Looks like Jake Paul went for a trick instead of a treat for Halloween this year. Paul has been feuding back and forth with UFC President Dana White for a while, calling him out for underpaying his fighters and suggesting that he likes to partake in extracurricular activities involving his nose. Most recently, White went
5:17 PM ET ABU DHABI — Petr Yan might not be the official champion of the UFC’s bantamweight division — but it sure feels like the weight class belongs to him. Yan (16-2) claimed the interim bantamweight title at UFC 267 on Saturday by defeating Cory Sandhagen (14-4) via unanimous decision. The 135-pound title fight
ABU DHABI — Strawweight Amanda Ribas spoke with reporters backstage at Etihad Arena following her unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 267 and discussed getting back on track after her first UFC loss, fighting in front of fans once again, what she was going to say before her interview with Daniel Cormier was
July 26, 2020; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khamzat Chimaev (red gloves) of Czechia celebrates after his TKO victory over Rhys McKee (not pictured) of Northern Ireland in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island . Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports If there was
Volkan Oezdemir has never lost confidence in himself. The ups and downs of a winning streak, title shots, and a losing skid have built the light heavyweight contender into the fighter that he is today. And while the Switzerland native still believes in himself, he knows that he always has something to prove when he
Conor McGregor doesn’t seem to do well when it comes to long stretches between fights. His best work in the Octagon came when he was extremely active: three fights in 2015 to win the featherweight title and three fights in 2016 ending with him becoming the champ champ. It’s gotten sparse since then. Including the
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Anthony Johnson congratulated his former foe Glover Teixeira on winning the UFC light heavyweight title, telling him “you deserve the belt.” Teixeira submitted Jan Blachowicz in the second round with a rear-naked choke in the main event of UFC 267 to capture the UFC light heavyweight title for the first time at age 42. It
Jan Blachowicz isn’t wasting much time thinking about what’s next for his career after losing to Glover Teixeira at UFC 267. In arguably one of the biggest upsets of 2021, the 42-year-old Teixeira finally broke through during his legendary career to submit Blachowicz in the second round and earn the UFC light heavyweight title. He
5:45 PM ET Glover Teixeira got a UFC light heavyweight title shot seven years ago and lost, like most everyone else does, to Jon Jones. At that point, Teixeira was already 34 years old and most wrote him off. He had his nice UFC run, many thought, and that would be it. Instead, Teixeira got
Two of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s rising stars are set to face off in Florida. The BKFC announced Saturday that Britain Hart and Pearl Gonzalez will fight at BKFC 22 in Miami on Nov. 12. This event is scheduled to be headlined by a cruiserweight title bout between former Bellator champion, UFC fighter, and