He’s not kidding. And even now, at 28, the lightweight prospect is one of the steadiest, most well-adjusted humans you will ever meet. He may say that he hasn’t evolved since he first stepped on to a jiu-jitsu mat when he was a kid, but perhaps he was already as close to a finished product
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Key Stats: 1.99 knockdowns per 15 minutes (4th all-time), 3:46 average fight time (5th-shortest all-time among LHW), 72% striking accuracy What It Means: Walker is a creative, explosive and, at times, wild striker who loves finding a flashy knockout shot. He is madly unpredictable when he rushes in to exchange. He is best from a
8:02 AM ET The main event and co-main event of UFC 266 featured big victories for reigning champions Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko, but the real stories of the weekend were Nick Diaz, making his return after a lengthy absence from the UFC, and Jon Jones, who after getting his fight inducted into the UFC
Top-ranked bantamweights Pedro Munhoz and Dominick Cruz are expected to collide at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. Multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the bout, though contracts have not been finalized. UFC 269 is expected to take place in Las Vegas and airs live
[embedded content] The press conference for the 2021 PFL championship will take place today at 5 pm ET at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Hollywood, Fl. and you can watch it all in the embedded video above. This will be the league’s third championship event and will feature several champions from previous
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tyron Woodley is far from the only MMA fighter to make his way onto Jake Paul’s hitlist. Now that Paul has defeated Woodley, he seems ready to move on (tattoo or not). At the top of that register is very likely Conor McGregor, the biggest star in the sport with whom
A Canadian newspaper used a photo of Daniel Cormier for Jon Jones arrest A Canadian newspaper has made an epic and hilarious mistake in its coverage of the Jon Jones arrest. The unnamed newspaper ran a photo accompanying their coverage of the UFC Hall of Famers arrest, except they used a photo of Daniel Cormier
Hear from Nick Diaz inside of the Octagon after his rematch with Robbie Lawler at UFC 266. 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. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) To order UFC
Alexander Volkanovski breaks down his win over Brian Ortega at UFC 266, how he got out of two dangerous submission attempts, who he wants to face next, recent tweets from Henry Cejudo and Conor McGregor, and much more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The
UFC 267 loses Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling and Islam Makhachev vs Rafael Dos Anjos bout, Conor McGregor praises Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler for UFC 266 bout, and disrespects Nate Diaz for his boxing skills, Leonardo Santos vs Alexander Hernandez bout will not happen on the next UFC Fight Night event card and much
Recently, former UFC welterweights Tyron Woodley and Dan Hardy had a heated exchange on social media, and it now appears that their spat continued into the DMs. Dan Hardy has been among the most critical of Tyron Woodley’s performance against Jake Paul in their August 29th boxing match. To be specific, Hardy thought Woodley looked
UFC president Dana White explained his thought process behind the UFC 267 interim bantamweight belt, saying “we had to do the interim title.” Sterling defeated Yan via fourth-round DQ back at UFC 259 in May to become the new UFC bantamweight champion. The UFC booked the rematch to take place at UFC 267 in October,
4:45 PM ET Julia Budd, the former Bellator women’s featherweight champion, has signed a contract with PFL, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Budd will make her debut Oct. 27 on the undercard of PFL’s championship event in Hollywood, Florida, against an opponent to be determined. She will then be a part of PFL’s season structure
Valentina Shevchenko is ready to pursue a third fight against Amanda Nunes but there’s only one problem — she doesn’t believe the two-division UFC champion wants anything to do with it. Typically reserved whenever Nunes’ name comes up, the reigning UFC flyweight champion was brutally honest when addressing her former opponent during an appearance on
Credit: YouTube 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 cycle. So much news can come on a given day that it’s hard to catch up with it all. That’s what MixedMartialArts.com hopes to solve in this
Miesha Tate is on the mend after contracting COVID and is narrowing down an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) return date for her fight with Ketlen Vieira. Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Tate (19-7) was scheduled to fight Vieira in the main event of UFC Vegas 40 on Sat., Oct. 16 via ESPN+. “Cupcake” was pulled
Watch the 2021 PFL Championship: Official Press Conference Live Don’t miss the 2021 PFL Championship Official Press Conference streaming live on Wednesday, September 29th featuring all 12 Title Fight contenders as well as Claressa Shields and Abigail Montes. PFL 10 takes place on Oct. 27 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood,
Israel Adesanya is not holding back on Jon Jones amidst his recent run-in with the law. Adesanya and Jones have a bit of history, dating back before Jon vacated the light heavyweight title for a heavyweight move and before Izzy tried to capture a second title. There was even talk about the two fighting each