Costa out, Gastelum in against Jared Cannonier for August main event No. 2 ranked middleweight contender Paulo Costa (13-1) has pulled out of his Aug. 21 UFC Fight Night headliner against no. 4 ranked contender Jared Cannonier (13-5). Similarly to when Costa pulled out of his April 17 fight with Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas
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That’s good news for the Alabama native as he approaches his Saturday night co-main event against Marcin Tybura, and not just from a fighting point of view, but a life point of view. It wasn’t easy, considering two 2020 losses and, of course, the tragic death of his daughter Aniah in 2019, but today, he’s
Image Credit: Paulo Costa’s Instagram (@borrachinhamma) Paulo Costa has been forced to withdraw from his slated UFC fight with Jared Cannonier and will be replaced by fellow middleweight Kelvin Gastelum. Costa (13-1 MMA) and Cannonier (13-5 MMA) were expected to headliner a UFC event on August 21 in a location still to be determined. However,
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2:14 AM ET Former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa has withdrawn from a scheduled bout against Jared Cannonier in August, sources told ESPN. Costa (13-1) was scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 21 but will no longer appear on the card, sources said. Kelvin Gastelum (17-7) has agreed to step up in
After being released from the UFC per his request, former title challenger Dan Hardy is highly critical of how the UFC allows its fighters to represent themselves. The fighting veteran has had thirty-five professional fights. Dan Hardy looks back fondly at the times when fighters were afforded the luxury of sponsorships and being able to
Jared Cannonier won’t be fighting Paulo Costa in August. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the new matchup that Kelvin Gastelum (17-7, 1 NC) will now face Cannonier (13-5) in the middleweight main event of a UFC card on Aug. 21 after Cannonier’s originally scheduled opponent Paulo Costa was forced to withdraw. Cannonier
Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 28 weigh-ins took place today from the same site as tomorrow night’s event, the UFC Apex. All 28 fighters on the 14 bout card took to the scales successfully, and made the ESPN+ exclusive event official. Tomorrow’s night of fights kicks off at 4
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Most athletes in Nate Diaz’s position would be feeling the pressure a bit. He’s one of the highest paid men on the roster, but Diaz has lost two of his last three bouts, only competing four times in the previous five years. He’s also a massive underdog to Leon Edwards, who
Tyron Woodley accepts Floyd Mayweather’s offer to help train for Jake Paul All-time boxing great Floyd Mayweather recently offered to help assist Tyron Woodley in preparation for his boxing match against social media magnate and professional boxer Jake Paul. On Thursday, the former UFC welterweight champion said he will accept Mayweather’s services. To Woodley, accepting
“Ilir Latifi is a really good fighter. He’s extremely physically strong, he’s a really good wrestler, he’s got great pressure on the ground, great pressure on the cage and he’s a good puncher. Even then, he’s got low kicks and he’s well-rounded. He’s a tough guy,” Boser said. “I know that he just moved up
Colby Covington says rival Tyron Woodley will throw the Jake Paul fight, suggesting that “he’s just going to go out there and take a dive.” It was officially announced this week that Woodley and Paul will meet on August 28 in a boxing match on Showtime PPV. It’s Woodley’s first fight since he was let
7:44 AM ET Following a rare weekend off, the UFC is back at its Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday with a heavyweight contest between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai. If we’re being honest, this UFC Fight Night offers a redo of sorts for Rozenstruik (11-2) and Sakai (15-2-1), as they are both coming off
YouTube star Jake Paul continues to do everything he can to ruffle the feathers of UFC President Dana White. Paul is an Internet star, who has been diving into the world of boxing. He’s been calling out MMA fighters and even had a boxing match with former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren. Paul
UFC legend Vitor Belfort is the latest addition to Triller’s next boxing event. Triller announced Friday via press release that Belfort (26-14, 1 NC in MMA) will box “famed animal ranger and social media personality” Mike Holston—better known as “The Real Tarzann—on June 19 at loanDepot Park in Miami. The news was first reported by
Credit: PFL Lance Palmer still has a season to complete and the mission of winning a third straight league title. However, the two-time Professional Fighters League featherweight champion still plans on making a move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship eventually. Not because he has soured on his tenure with the PFL. Although recent bumps in
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields, who recently added the IBF Super Welterweight title to her ever-growing list of championships, will finally make her mixed martial arts (MMA) debut for Professional Fighters League (PFL) on June 10. Opposing “T-Rex” on the ESPN2 broadcast will be former Bellator MMA bruiser Brittney Elkin (3-6), no stranger to
UFC president Dana White recently spoke on former title challenger and UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez’s recent split with his former coach and manager Joshua Fabia. Before he addressed Fabia, he first stuck his neck out and gave Sanchez his flowers. “The only thing that Diego is guilty of is being a nice guy,”