11:00 PM ET One of the best divisions in the UFC has a newly minted contender. Rob Font put on one of the best performances of his career, beating former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt via unanimous decision (48-47, 50-45, 50-45) in the bantamweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Font’s
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Michael Chandler may have a path to a title shot in 2021 after all, as Dana White seems to be leaning towards pairing him against #2-ranked lightweight Justin Gaethje. After Michael Chandler fell short of claiming the UFC lightweight title against Charles Oliveira at UFC 262, the former Bellator champion vowed to get his hands
Cody Garbrandt was already dealing with his loss to Rob Font before Jake Paul decided to throw some jabs in his direction. Font earned a dominant unanimous decision over the former bantamweight champion in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 27 event. Font earned his fourth consecutive win and moved a step closer to a
Featured News UFC Credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 bout between China’s Xiaonan Yan and former strawweight champion Carla Esparza had major implications for the 115 pound division. It was a battle between the third and fourth ranked fighters in the weight class, and the winner could likely be the next challenger
Lightweight contender Paul Felder caught the MMA world by surprise last night (Sat., May 22, 2021) when he announced his official retirement from the sport during the broadcast of UFC Vegas 27 live on ESPN+. Felder, who is ranked No. 9 in the UFC’s lightweight division right now, believes it was time to hang up
Rob Font thinks he may have broken Cody Garbrandt’s jaw | UFC Vegas 27 Rob Font solidified his place at the table fo bantamweight title talks on Saturday when he soundly defeated former champion Cody Garbrandt in the UFC Vegas 27 main event. During the event’s post-fight press conference, Font revealed that he thought he
Lightweights hit their targets: Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler, plus Beneil Dariush and Tony Ferguson. Chandler gets a boost from his dad; Oliveira from Jacare Souza. Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell visits backstage at the ceremonial weigh-in. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
UFC Diego Sanchez done with Joshua Fabia, Conor McGregor replaced by Charles Oliveira in UFC Pound for Pound Rankings, Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier Trilogy could become the biggest bout in MMA history, Kamaru Usman on a potential bout between Charles Oliveira and Khabib Nurmagomedov, Cody Garbrandt on potential title bout after Rob Font matchup,
Yet despite having a semi-straight path to a rematch with Oliveira with a couple wins, after his grueling war with Hooker, Felder admitted that he didn’t know if he wanted to continue to go through the process of getting ready for a fight and leaving his daughter for training camp anymore. Final Results: UFC Fight Night:
Jake Paul was quick to poke fun at Cody Garbrandt after the former UFC bantamweight champion suffered a lopsided decision loss to Rob Font this evening. Font (19-4 MMA) and Garbrandt (12-4 MMA) squared off in the headliner of tonight’s UFC Vegas 27 main event with the winner presumably entering bantamweight title contention. Ahead of
11:27 PM ET If Rob Font was underrated heading into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event against Cody Garbrandt, he took a big step toward establishing his presence in the bantamweight division with a unanimous decision win. The co-main event was considered by some to be a No. 1 contender fight. Carla Esparza was ranked
UFC Vegas 27 lost a fight just hours before the event was slated to get started. Damir Hadzovic vs. Yancy Medeiros in a lightweight bout was supposed to be the second fight on the prelims of this card, but news broke that the fight was pulled to Damir having health issues. The promotion won’t get
Former strawweight champion Carla Esparza earned her first finish since 2014 as she bludgeoned Yan Xiaonan with punches and elbows to get a second-round TKO stoppage and she was rewarded with a Performance of the Night bonus as a result. Esparza was dominant from start to finish as she sought to make a statement with
Featured News UFC Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 bantamweight main event bout between Rob Font and former champion Cody Garbrandt would put the winner within reach of a championship opportunity. An opportunity the Boston native has never had, and one many thought Garbrandt might never get back to after three street
The action delivered throughout UFC Vegas 27’s card last night (Sat., May 22, 2021) live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Rob Font out-classed Cody Garbrandt to a dominant main event win (highlights HERE). In addition to the bantamweight headliner, a collection of main card and “Prelims” fights produced memorable
Take a look back at Yan Xiaonan’s rise in the UFC women’s strawweight division UFC strawweight Yan Xiaonan has yet to suffer a defeat in her UFC career, reeling off six consecutive wins since joining the promotion in 2017. Yan will face former strawweight champion Carla Esparza in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27.
Apparently, the Hemet, California product has a pretty thick skin when it comes to such matters. “I don’t care for the comments section of anything, but if it’s funny, I’m good,” Vanderaa said. “If you can come at me with a funny insult, I’m not one of those people who are like, ‘Oh no, you
Austin Vanderford @ Bellator 259 Austin Vanderford suffered a nasty gash during his unanimous decision win over Fabian Edwards this evening at Bellator 259. Vanderford (11-0 MMA) and Edwards (9-2 MMA) squared off in a pivotal middleweight matchup tonight in Uncasville. Austin, the husband of Paige VanZant, was looking to improve to a perfect 5-0