News UFC Apr 23, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Valentina Shevchenko flexes while on the scale during weigh-ins for UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports The first of UFC 261’s trio of title fights featured a pair of the most exciting strikers in the UFC. Valentina Shevchenko versus Jessica
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Conor McGregor has decided to share his generosity with a nonprofit organization located in Lafayette, Louisiana that is not named “The Good Fight Foundation.” The name of the organization that Conor McGregor bestowed $500,000 to is the Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana. Like Dustin Poirier‘s Good Fight Foundation, the BGCA is located in Lafayette.
Image via @ufc on Instagram Jorge Masvidal says he will fight again and would be open to facing Nick Diaz next time out. At UFC 261, Masvidal suffered a KO loss to Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title. It served as their rematch from last July where Usman won a decision. Although the result was
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor made good on his promise to donate $500,000 to charity except he didn’t go through Dustin Poirier’s foundation. Instead, the Irish superstar donated directly to the Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana in Lafayette, La., which is an organization Poirier’s Good Fight Foundation has worked with previously. TMZ first
Rose Namajunas recaptured the UFC strawweight title with a stunning head kick knockout in the first round of her fight with Zhang Weili. An emotional Namajunas spoke to Joe Rogan after the fight. 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
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal has been in the game a long time. A professional since 2003, Masvidal had made the walk to the cage (or ring) 49 times prior, but he wound up suffering his first true knockout loss courtesy of an absolute massive right hand from Kamaru Usman (WATCH IT!). Masvidal is
Jon Jones splits from longtime management team Former UFC light heavyweight champion and top ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Jon Jones, has split with his longtime management team at First Round Management. First Round Management announced on Monday that the company and Jones have parted ways via social media. “After an 11 year journey
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I hate getting into the all-time great debate while a fighter is still active. But Kamaru Usman is making me go back on my word with each performance. On Saturday night, “The Nigerian Nightmare” knocked out Jorge Masvidal in emphatic fashion, and in just five title
7:40 AM ET UFC 261 did not disappoint with its three title fights. All three ended in KOs, with Valentina Shevchenko leading off with a dominant victory over Jessica Andrade, followed by highlight-reel knockouts by Rose Namajunas and Kamaru Usman. The moments were memorable, but Jorge Masvidal was barely up off the mat after getting
Image Credit: Chase Hooper’s Twitter Chase Hooper has his next fight booked. Multiple sources have informed BJPENN.com that Hooper is set to fight Steven Peterson at UFC 263 on June 12 at a location to be determined. Contracts have been signed by both fighters, the sources revealed. Hooper (10-1-1) returned to the win column last
Featured News On April 28, ONE Championship completes its quartet of April events on TNT, with championship gold on the line, and several high-profile rematches and returns. The card will be headlined by a surprise last-minute booking. As reigning light heavyweight champion, Aung La Nsang will now defend his title against current middleweight champion Reinier
Daniel Cormier has decided to accept Jake Paul’s challenge to fight, but the form of combat isn’t what the YouTuber had in mind. Recently, the conflict between MMA legend Daniel Cormier and celebrity boxing sensation Jake Paul made the news when Paul challenged Cormier to a fight. The beef started when Cormier took issue with
With three title fights at the top of the card, there’s little doubt that UFC 261 was promoted as one of the biggest events of the year but hype doesn’t always intersect with reality when the fights actually happen. Except in the case of this past Saturday night, which delivered in every way possible from
A lot of fans (and pundits) were shocked when Jorge Masvidal got knocked out by welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the UFC 261 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Jacksonville. Not Leon Edwards. “I been saying Jorge is shit for three years now,” Edwards wrote on social media. “Do you believe me yet? See
Chris Weidman releases statement: ‘I can’t believe what happened’ Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman suffered a gruesome leg break in his UFC 261 rematch against Uriah Hall on Saturday. He was taken from the Octagon on a stretcher and transported to a Jacksonville, Fla. hospital where he underwent successful surgery on Sunday. On Monday morning,
UFC welcomes back fans at full capacity when it returns to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. on April 24 with a stacked card headlined by three championship bouts. The main event will see a thrilling welterweight championship rematch when Kamaru Usman defends against No. 4 ranked contender Jorge Masvidal. Women’s flyweight champion Valentina
12:54 AM ET UFC 261 featured three title fights and a ton of memorable moments. Some of those moments, like Rose Namajunas knocking out Zhang Weili to win the strawweight title, were filled with exhilaration. Other moments, like Chris Weidman breaking his leg on a kick attempt, were somber reminders about the risks these athletes