UFC Vegas 37 live weigh-in results & video: Smith vs. Spann The athletes competing on Saturday’s fight card step on the scale on Friday to make their UFC Vegas 37 weigh-in results official. The fights take place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Ranked light heavyweights Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann square off in the
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UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko defended the UFC ring card girls following the comments by Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov recently had some negative things to say about MMA ring card girls, essentially suggesting that they are pointless. That led to a number of the ring card girls, such as Arianny Celeste and Brittany Palmer, coming
In Las Vegas, Nevada, inside the APEX, UFC Vegas 37 will pit Ryan “Superman” Spann against the scrappy and charismatic Anthony Smith. Smith will fight down in the rankings once again to remind the light heavyweight division that sometimes the best talking you do is with your hands. It’s safe to say that Smith is
6:35 PM ET Carlos Condit, one of the best MMA welterweights of the aughts and beyond, has retired from the UFC, his longtime manager, Malki Kawa of First Round Management, confirmed Thursday with ESPN. Nicknamed “The Natural Born Killer,” Condit was a former UFC interim welterweight champion and had been with the promotion for 12
One of the rising stars of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has her next assignment. The promotion revealed on Thursday that Taylor Starling will face Randine Elkholm in the featured bout of BKFC Fight Night Montana. The event takes place Oct. 9 at the MetraPark First Interstate Arena in Billings and will air on the BKTV
Dec 2, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Jose Aldo (blue gloves) enters the arena before the fight during UFC 218 at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Mixed martial arts is a constantly churning cauldron of news, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship is usually the big spoon that often stirs the fight news
Three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion Bo Nickal is trading his singlet for mixed martial arts (MMA) gloves, Nickal, 25, will make his MMA debut against David Conley (1-0) at Island Fights 69 inside the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla. on Fri., Sept. 24, according to MMA Junkie. The middleweight contest will be contested
Having originally supposed to have faced Tyree Fortune last December, light-heavyweight Grant Neal finally got the bout this past May, and showed why the extra time he had to prepare for the fight paid off with a first round submission win. For Neal not only was the win a long time coming, but it helped
Conor McGregor and Michael Bisping Michael Bisping believes Conor McGregor was “out of his mind on the pain pills” during his altercation with Machine Gun Kelly at the VMA’s. McGregor (22-6 MMA) was involved in a scuffle with the multi-platinum recording artist at last weekend’s MTV Music Awards. While the altercation did not result in
Luke Rockhold talks about his upcoming fight against Sean Strickland at UFC 268, his issues with the UFC, why he decided to return, if the fighters will ever unionize, and more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Monday. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour
Former champion and UFC color commentator Michael Bisping is familiar with how Conor McGregor acted at the 2021 MTV Music Video Awards on Sunday, insinuating that the superstar was wasted on pain medication. McGregor, UFC’s biggest cash cow, was seen in a scuffle with the multi-platinum recording artist Machine Gun Kelly. After a brief altercation,
4:54 PM ET Joseph Benavidez, one of the most influential lighter-weight fighters in MMA history, is hanging up the gloves. Benavidez told ESPN on Wednesday that he is retiring from the UFC after 10 years with the promotion and 15 years as a pro overall. News of Benavidez no longer being on the UFC roster
One of the most decorated college wrestlers in recent history will officially make the move to MMA on Sept. 24 as Penn State great and three-time NCAA champion Bo Nickal has booked his first fight. Nickal made the announcement on Thursday with a fight booked on a boxing/MMA hybrid card in Pensacola, Fla., which is
Nov 30, 2018; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Joseph Benavidez (red) reacts after defeating Alex Perez (not seen) during a flyweight bout at The Pearl. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports In a new interview, newly-retired Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight great Joseph Benavidez explained making his decision official, and the overwhelming appreciation he has received
Longtime UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith returns to action this Sat. night (Sept. 18, 2021) in a high-stakes showdown opposite 205-pound bruiser Ryan Spann. They’ll headline the UFC Vegas 37 MMA event on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith (35-16), currently sitting at No. 6 in the official
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
Image: @UFC on Instagram UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje blasted “quitter” Charles Oliveira ahead of the Dustin Poirier title fight at UFC 269. Oliveira knocked out Michael Chandler at UFC 262 to become the new UFC lightweight champion, and he will put his belt on the line against Poirier at UFC 269 in December. Gaethje
Deiveson Figueiredo will get the trilogy bout he’s been pushing for when he meets rival Brandon Moreno at UFC 269. First reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Brandon Moreno will fight Deiveson Figueiredo for the third consecutive time when the two collide in December. According to the report, The UFC’s first choice was to book Moreno