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Sep 25, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Robbie Lawler gestures toward Nick Diaz during UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports In a stunning end to his UFC 266 fight with Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz quits in the third round after a strike that dropped him to his knee. From
Conor McGregor may not have made it to Las Vegas to watch UFC 266 in person, but “The Notorious” was watching the pay-per-view along with the rest of us and sharing his thoughts on the card via Twitter. He heaped praise on some, like Valentina Shevchenko. Others, like Alexander Volkanovski, he mocked. And then there
Dana White, Oscar De La Hoya trade verbal jabs on Twitter over UFC 266 fighter pay It seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon promoting for higher fighter play in the UFC … except the fighters themselves. And the latest voice of the cause is none other than UFC president Dana White’s arch-nemesis, Oscar
Lauren Murphy, Robbie Lawler and Brian Ortega arrive in Las Vegas to get their fight weeks underway. Alexander Volkanovski does a high-energy photo shoot; Ortega takes questions from his girlfriend. Lawler and Nick Diaz open up about their rematch. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
Nate Diaz on UFC 263 Leon Edwards result and his potential UFC title bout, Jorge Masvidal predicts UFC 263 Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori main event card, Francis Ngannou on Jon Jones heavyweight bout and Dana White decision, Diego Sanchez plans to move to boxing after Joshua Fabia back and forth, Lauren Murphy on the
Less than 24 hours after the UFC 267 co-main event between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan was lost, another main card bout between Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev has been canceled. It was revealed Sunday that former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos went under the knife for an arthroscopic procedure on his knee
Lauren Murphy issued a statement following her fourth-round TKO loss to UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 266. Murphy earned her first UFC title shot off of a five-fight win streak, but as Shevchenko showed on Saturday night, there are levels to this game. The champion was able to have her way with
1:28 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski‘s status as the best featherweight in the world has been solidified. After escaping several close submissions attempts, Volkanovski poured on the damaging blows to beat Brian Ortega via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-44) Saturday night in the main event of UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Volkanovski retained
Grant Dawson will compete in October after all. Sources close to the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting that a lightweight matchup between Dawson and Ricky Glenn is set for the UFC’s event on Oct. 23 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. MMA DNA was first to report the booking. Dawson was initially slated to
Sep 25, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Valentina Shevchenko celebrates her TKO victory and title defense against Lauren Murphy during UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Alexander Volkanovski once again proved his championship mettle Saturday night at UFC 266. The UFC featherweight champion out of Windang, Australia was nearly
Things haven’t been too easy for the fighters out of City Kickboxing in New Zealand since COVID-19 finally pierced the country’s bubble and sent everyone into varying degrees of lockdown. Not that it was perfect beforehand … on the plus side, Israel Adesanya got to enjoy a New Years Eve festival with 40,000 people. On
UFC 266 highlights & recap: Robbie Lawler takes out Nick Diaz Watch the UFC 266 highlights and recap from the highly anticipated rematch between former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and returning fan favorite Nick Diaz. The two first met in the Octagon at UFC 47 in 2004. Diaz won that bout, but wasn’t so lucky
UFC 266 featured a featherweight main event title fight and a women’s flyweight title fight. Valentina Shevchenko reigns supreme at 125 pounds and Alexander Volkanovski proved his championship status is no fluke. There was a lot to take away from UFC 266, here are some things that stood out. Nick Diaz Returns Diaz has not
Jake Shields claims Nick Diaz was “pressured” into taking tonight’s UFC 266 rematch with Robbie Lawler “before he was ready”. The MMA Icon, Diaz (26-10 MMA), returned to action from a six year hiatus this evening in hopes of defeating ‘Ruthless’ for a second time. The pair had originally collided seventeen years ago in a
2:02 AM ET Why can’t all nights of fighting be like this? Why do we get swept up in trashy melodramas when we instead could stimulate our minds and endorphins with a night of fighting such as what we just witnessed at UFC 266? Saturday night had everything. Alexander Volkanovski stood up to another challenge
With UFC 266 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday’s event in Las Vegas, including Alexander Volkanovski’s decision win over Brian Ortega in a main event classic, Valentina Shevchenko’s dominant flyweight title defense, and Robbie Lawler evening things up with Nick Diaz
Sep 25, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Alexander Volkanovski reacts following his victory and title defense against Brian Ortega during UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports UFC featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski earned a twentieth straight win and defended his title for a second time with a unanimous decision win