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PhotoCred: Sirius XM’s MMA Today Diego Sanchez has seen his lengthy run in the UFC come to an abrupt and unceremonious end ahead of what was to be a bout with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone this Saturday. After being released from the promotion following a 16-year tenure, Sanchez began leaking some footage of and audio from
Jim and Matt are joined by two winners from this past Saturday’s card, and a UFC fan who happens to be a top MLB pitching prospect, on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, Jim and Matt are joined by this weekend’s main event winner, Jiří Procházka. He shares how it feels to be on the
10:00 AM ET For the first time ever, the UFC has published an official concussion protocol for fighters. The UFC Performance Institute released Tuesday a robust digital journal entitled “A Cross-Sectional Performance Analysis and Projection of the UFC Athlete.” The 484-page study uses data collected between 2017 and 2019 as reference material for mixed martial
A battle between two top-5 bantamweights is going down at UFC 264 this July when strikers Irene Aldana and Yana Kunitskaya touch gloves. Originally reported by ESPN Deportes on Tuesday, Irene Aldana will be making her first trip to the Octagon this year when she meets Yana Kunitskaya. The main event of this card will
Editorial News After a couple of weeks off, Bellator MMA is back in action this Friday, May 7, as they bring a bantamweight title fight and continue on with their Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix tournament. The main event of Bellator 258 will see defending bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta defend his title against former UFC
Until 2019, fighters who popped for pot in Florida could expect a suspension with the state’s boxing commission’s zero-tolerance policy on the plant. On Tuesday, the Florida State Athletic Commission voted to remove marijuana from the list of banned substances for which it monitors, commission spokesperson Patrick Fargason confirmed to MMA Fighting. The vote came
Professional Fighters League (PFL) will be moving from ESPN2 to ESPN for the “Werdum vs. Ferreira” regular season event, which takes place this Weds. night (May 6, 2021) from inside Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. As the name suggests, PFL 3 will be headlined by former UFC heavyweight champion and decorated jiu-jitsu wizard
Manager not keen on Khamzat Chimaev fighting Nick Diaz, eyes bout with Neil Magny After a strenuous battle with COVID-19 and even a suggestion of early retirement, no. 15 ranked welterweight Khamzat Chimaev is ready for a return to the octagon after taking the fight game by storm in 2020. One opponent that has been
Image: @ColbyCovMMA on Instagram UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington blasted Conor McGregor for wanting a title shot at 170lbs, calling the MMA superstar “a joke.” Covington is one of the top-ranked contenders at 170lbs right now and is likely next in line to fight UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman following his big KO win over
WHAT’S NEXT? Prochazka has to on the short list of contenders to face the winner of the bout between champion Jan Blachowicz and challenger Glover Teixeira, but if that fight takes place as expected in September, will Prochazka wait for what will likely be the end of the year, or stay busy? If he stays
11:49 PM ET The anticipated bout between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz has a new date and location. Diaz has a minor, undisclosed injury and his welterweight fight with Edwards will no longer take place as the co-main event of UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday night. Edwards-Diaz
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
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