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2020 was a bit of a breakout year for the team and Kattar in particular. After a strong 2019, Kattar took advantage of his biggest stage and knocked out Jeremy Stephens with a hellacious elbow when UFC got its schedule restarted with UFC 249. He followed that with a main event victory over Dan Ige
8:46 PM ET HOUSTON — Tony Ferguson‘s wish apparently has been granted. UFC president Dana White made the decision Friday to increase the fight-night bonuses athletes can receive at UFC 262 on Saturday, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN. Typically, fighters can win bonuses for performances of the night, and fight of the night, that are
Charles Oliveira is now the proud owner of a UFC lightweight championship belt. He defeated Michael Chandler on Saturday night at UFC 262 to win the title. Chandler had only one fight in the UFC before he received this title shot. Oliveira, on the other hand, was a very different story. Oliveira had competed in
Cheyanne Buys and Gloria de Paula have agreed to meet inside the UFC octagon on July 31, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The UFC has yet to officially announce the location of the card, but it will likely take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The headlining attraction
Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Kaitlyn Chookagian is declared the winner by decision against Viviane Araujo during UFC 262 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports At UFC 262, Brazilian flyweight Viviane Araujo had a monumental opportunity in front of her. If the seventh-ranked talent could score a win
UFC president Dana White has already made it pretty clear that he has no interest in working with Jake Paul. But according to Paul, that position may not be as final as it currently seems. Paul is no stranger to big ambitions. His big goal when it comes to boxing is a fight against Conor
Charles Oliveira (via @ufc) Charles Oliveira brought the UFC belt back home to Brazil and got a hero’s welcome in his return. In the main event of UFC 262, Oliveira fought Michael Chandler for the vacant lightweight title. Early on in the fight, the Brazilian had success as he had Chandler’s back, but late in
Conor McGregor announces birth of third child Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor announced the birth of his third child on Monday. McGregor made the announcement via Instagram that he and his fiancé, Dee Devlin, welcomed a son, Rian, to the McGregor family. With the birth of Rian, McGregor is now the father of three
It didn’t take as long as Oliveira’s trip to the top of the 155-pound weight class, but Beneil Dariush has been battling it out for over seven years in the Octagon as he waited for his “big” fight. And like Oliveira, when the opportunity came, he seized it. In Dariush’s case, that victory was a
7:49 AM ET Charles Oliveira sits atop the UFC’s lightweight division after a thrilling second-round TKO of Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 262 on Saturday, but did the new champ do enough to surpass Dustin Poirier as the No. 1-ranked fighter in the division? Oliveira wasn’t the only one to make an
Conor McGregor and his partner welcomed a third baby to the family, which rounds out the household to five members now. News of the delivery was first made public by none other than the superstar himself. In a subsequent post made on Instagram, the former double champion sent a message out and let everyone meet
A matchup between Dana White’s Contender Series contract winners will take place in July. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a welterweight bout between Philip Rowe and Orion Cosce has been added to the UFC’s fight card on July 31 which currently does not have a location or
Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Rogerio Bontorin is declared the winner by decision against Matt Schnell at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The opening bout of UFC 262’s main card featured a battle between top-10 flyweights. As eighth ranked Louisiana native Matt Schnell looked to hand ninth ranked
Charles Oliveira is the UFC lightweight champion after stopping Michael Chandler at UFC 262 … but is he the best 155-pound fighter in the world? “Do Bronx” may need to defeat the winner of Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3 to prove that, which probably won’t take that long since “The Diamond” and “Notorious” are
Charles Oliveira (via @ufc) Charles Oliveira has opened up as a betting underdog in potential future fights against Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. This past Saturday night at UFC 262, Oliveira confirmed his status as one of the best in the world when he beat Michael Chandler to capture the UFC Lightweight Championship. In doing
Michael Chandler: “I will be UFC champion before my time is up” Former three-time Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler made a statement in his UFC promotion debut and earned a title shot after one fight with the organization. Chandler was slated as the backup to step in if something happened to either Khabib Nurmagomedov or
Michael Chandler and Beneil Dariush perfect their skills. Tony Ferguson reveals his new mindset. Champion Valentina Shevchenko arrives to corner her sister, Antonina. Charles Oliveira predicts an emotional win. 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