Daniel Cormier believes that his longtime nemesis Jon Jones deserves to have the biggest payday of his career but that the figure should still fall within reason. The negotiations between Jon Jones and the UFC regarding a heavyweight superfight against Francis Ngannou have been as well documented as they could be from the intel we’ve
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News UFC May 12, 2018; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Sean Strickland before a fight against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos during UFC 224 at Jeunesse Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports At UFC on ESPN 23, fifteenth ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Sean Strickland entered the night looking to continue his hot streak, following a two-year
The highly anticipated fight between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz will no longer take place at UFC 262 in May. Instead, it has been pushed back a few weeks to UFC 263. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from Yahoo! Sports. The change happened after Diaz suffered
With T.J. Dillashaw out of commission because of a cut (details here), women’s Strawweight contenders Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson take center stage at UFC Vegas 26 this Saturday (May 8, 2021), which will be simulcast on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The evening also features a Heavyweight tussle pitting Ben
Joanna Jedrzejczyk shares photo of nasty cut Former stawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk shared a photo of a nasty cut on her leg that she suffered during training on Monday. Jędrzejczyk had to take a trip to the ER to get the wound stitched up, but the injury won’t keep her out of training for long.
A new lightweight champion will be crowned at Toyota Center on May 15, as Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler do battle in the main event of UFC 262. Brazil’s Oliveira found his groove when returning to the lightweight division in 2017, and since then, he has gone 9-1, winning eight straight over the likes of
UFC champ Kamaru Usman wants Michael Chiesa at UFC 263, Conor McGregor and Colby Covington congratulate Dana White and the UFC for public move, Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou on social media, Diego Sanchez on his UFC release and Donald Cerrone situation, Anthoyn Rumble Johnson on Bellator Yoel Romero fight cancellation and much more! Informations
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes issued a statement following his brutal knockout loss to Jiri Prochazka at UFC Vegas 25. Reyes entered this fight against Prochazka on the heels of back-to-back losses to Jon Jones and Jan Blachowicz, so he badly needed to get a win and get back
Anybody probably can do it, but only a percentage of a percentage of the world’s population is willing to walk up those four steps and fight. It takes a special kind of courage to put it all on the line like that, man or woman, amateur or professional. And whatever the reason there is for
7:00 AM ET Former All-Pro NFL running back Marshawn Lynch has joined the PFL as an investor and brand ambassador, the promotion announced Thursday. Lynch, whose fandom of MMA is well known, is the latest celebrity to partner with the league. He joins a list that includes comedian Kevin Hart and music artist Wiz Khalifa.
Donald Cerrone has a new opponent this Saturday at UFC Vegas 26, Alex “The Great White” Morono. Marcell Dorff of MMA DNA broke the news of the replacement on Monday, shortly after Giga Chikadze volunteered to replace Sanchez to fight Cerrone in the main event. As of this writing, there still is no official main
Featured News Credit: PFL On Thursday night, inside the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Professional Fighters League returns with their third event in the 2021 season. The card is a showcase of both the heavyweight and women’s lightweight divisions and features returning season two champion Ali Isaev and Kayla Harrison. Also
Welterweight veteran Alex Morono will step in on short notice to fight Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26 after Diego Sanchez was released from the promotion. Cerrone and Morono have verbally agreed to fight after Cerrone drove to Las Vegas this past week for the ESPN+ event on Saturday at UFC APEX, according to multiple
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is assembling a bantamweight matchup between 135-pound slugger Sean O’Malley and well-traveled veteran Louis Smolka for the upcoming UFC 264 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for July 10 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. That’s according to MMA journalist Ryan Frederick. O’Malley (13-1) blasted his way back into the win column
UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended two years for anti-doping violation Brazilian heavyweight Raphael Pessoa has accepted a two-year suspension by the United States Anti-Doping Agency following his second UFC anti-doping violation. USADA officials announced the suspension on Monday. “Pessoa Nunes, 32, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) as the
Image via @randamarkos on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC women’s strawweight Randa Markos questioned her opponent Luana Pinheiro for not continuing after an illegal upkick at UFC Vegas 25. Pinheiro and Markos met in the headliner of the UFC Vegas 25 preliminary card. Right from the start of the fight, Pinheiro was controlling where the action
In 2014, Chikadze and his sister Keso started a charity titled “Knockout Cancer,” which assists individuals fighting cancer with financial support for medical bills, chemotherapy and medical evaluations. Typically, Chikadze uses money from his fights and endorsements to fund Knockout Cancer’s efforts. “Usually, we finance the medical bills and also, we support post chemotherapy and
6:53 AM ET In Jon Jones‘ absence, the UFC’s light heavyweight title picture is quickly shaping up into one of the most competitive and intriguing across the entire promotion. Jan Blachowicz looked dominant against Israel Adesanya and faces another daunting challenger in Glover Teixeira later this year. But on Saturday, Jiri Prochazka threw his name