A new bantamweight matchup is set a fall UFC event. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Chris Gutierrez and Felipe Colares will take place on Oct. 9 at a location and venue yet to be officially announced. As of now, a headliner has yet to
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Michel Prazeres versus Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC Vegas 30 was a welterweight booking with some wild size differences between the 5’6″ Brazilian and 6’1″ native of Uzbekistan native. However, while Prazeres is a tank of a welterweight, he didn’t have a strength advantage over his opponent over the fight’s two rounds. Shavkat Rakhmonov submits Michel Prazeres in the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ahead of a seriously high-profile event like UFC 264, all eyes are on the fighters for any signs of weakness. Pre-fight speculation regarding a strange limp on media day, supposed botched weight cuts (far before weigh-in day!), and iffy training camps can run rampant, and should always be taken with a
Watch the KO that earned Sean O’Malley a UFC contract | Video Sean O’Malley appeared on Dana White’s contender series in July 2017 and earned a UFC contract after scoring a first-round knockout. O’Malley (13-1) competes on the UFC 264 main card on July 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against promotional newcomer Kris
UFC featherweight Dan Ige has predicted that Dustin Poirier will once again defeat Conor McGregor at UFC 264. Ige’s comments come ahead of the highly anticipated trilogy fight between McGregor and Poirier at July’s pay-per-view. The two lightweight stars first met in a 145-pound contest back at UFC 178 in 2014. The Irishman won the
Jun 29, 2021 Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN. Kris Moutinho will replace Smolka, Moutinho’s manager, Tyson Chartier, told ESPN on
Sean O’Malley will fight at UFC 264 after all. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the new booking that a matchup between O’Malley (13-1) and UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho (9-4) is being targeted for next Saturday’s pay-per-view in Las Vegas. Moutinho steps in on short-notice for an injured Louis Smolka, following a number
A heavyweight title will be on the line at UFC 265. It just won’t be the one currently held by reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. First reported by ESPN, and then confirmed by MMAFighting, Derrick Lewis vs Ciryl Gane will be the new headliner of the August 7 event, and interim heavyweight
Sean O’Malley says he agreed to fight Ricky Simon but the bantamweight contender declined because he couldn’t make weight. Simon was one of many bantamweights who called out O’Malley after the news that Louis Smolka was out of the fight. “Suga” then went on Instagram seemingly accepting the fight but just minutes later he took
Chael Sonnen remembers his infamous, and often-memed, encounter with Wanderlei Silva on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) like it was yesterday. Sonnen and Silva’s blood feud came to a boiling point while coaching opposite teams on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 in 2014. A pre-weigh-in altercation turned physical when Sonnen took
Sean O’Malley now facing UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 After Louis Smolka pulled out of his bantamweight main card bout with Sean O’Malley at UFC 264, the UFC was looking at several options to fill in as replacements. No. 10 ranked bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili volunteered his services along with no. 10 ranked
Dustin Poirier narrates a famous passage from a Theodore Roosevelt speech delivered in 1910 ahead of his trilogy fight with Conor McGregor, which headlines UFC 264 on July 10. Order UFC 264 now: https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Khabib Nurmagomedov admits he wouldn’t have been satisfied if he ever won a UFC title in the fashion that Aljamain Sterling did. Back in March, Sterling challenged Petr Yan for the UFC bantamweight title. Sterling won the gold via disqualification after Yan delivered an illegal knee to the head of a downed Sterling. “The Funk
7:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira, right, defeated Michael Chandler in a fight to remember at UFC 262 to win the UFC lightweight championship. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There were dominant performances by champions, title-fight upsets and a surprising phenomenon that appears to be gaining momentum. About the only thing the MMA world didn’t have in the first
The UFC featherweight champion is on the board. Alexander Volkanovski’s team scored his first win of The Ultimate Fighter 29 as his last middleweight pick Bryan Battle defeated Brian Ortega’s last middleweight pick Kemran Lachinov. The two went the distance in a bout that was contested primarily on the feet, with Battle taking a convincing
UFC 246 post-event facts: Conor McGregor enters rarefied air with finish of Donald Cerrone Unknown Conor McGregor looks fight ready for UFC 264, sharing a photo on Instagram of his ripped physique with the caption, “Twelve days.” McGregor, who has more than 40 million followers on the social media site, returns to the octagon in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Love him or hate him, Sean O’Malley has quickly become one of the biggest names among the lighter weight classes. “Suga” has a dynamic fighting style — even his biggest haters would have a hard time disagreeing there — and a unique way of marketing himself. After all, he’s still an
PhotoCred: MMA Mania Jeremy Stephens was just a day away from stepping into the Octagon with Drakkar Klose in what would have been his last time out. As one of the longest-tenured athletes in the UFC, Stephens has practically seen it all — but having a fight canceled via shove was a new experience. Stephens