The salaries for the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view card in Jacksonville, Florida will not be revealed to the public. Nolan King of MMAjunkie.com spoke to Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations Patrick Fargason, who said that salaries will not be made available publicly. Fighter salaries for #UFC261 will NOT be available
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“I’m really happy those fighters are on the same card with me. It shows how China’s MMA has really developed a lot. I hope in the future there will be more young generations who come to fight in the UFC and show how great Chinese athletes are.” Objectively, Zhang has been great over the course
10:00 PM ET Australian Jimmy Crute is in little doubt where he’ll be this time next year. Some might call it confidence, others cockiness, but the outside noise matters little to a bloke who spent much of 2020 alone with his thoughts. Alone with his thoughts and dog, Buddha, in the back of a van,
News UFC Credit: UFC UFC 261 is set up to be one of the biggest and most relevant cards on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 2021 calendar. The massive 13-fight card is the promotion’s return to Jacksonville, Florida, and the first event with fans (not celebrity 1%ers) in attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world.
The UFC 261 pre-fight press conference took place earlier today, and here are some of the highlights from the event. After Dana White celebrated the return of a live crowd for the UFC 261 event as well as the press conference itself, we also heard ceremonial remarks from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Jacksonville Mayor
At the UFC 261 weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Jacksonville, Fla., are set to step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have the live video. In the main event, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal must not weigh more than 170 pounds, the maximum for welterweight title fights.
Rose Namajunas and Kamaru Usman train with Justin Gaethje for their upcoming title fights, excited to have fans in attendance again. Namajunas recovers with an ice bath and team pedicures. Champ Zhang Weili arrives in Jacksonville. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Less than a year after their first clash back at UFC 251, Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal are set to go to battle once again. Many would argue that the result — a dominant decision win for the champion — didn’t necessitate a rematch, but there were some unusual circumstances. Notably,
Even prior to the novel coronavirus putting a halt to MMA for a big portion of 2020 for most fighters, for featherweight Canaan Kawaihae, it was just part of a larger layoff that he had been on since then end of 2018. Luckily for Kawaihae, he was able to provide for his family because of
Image: Oscar De La Hoya on Instagram Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has apologized after his commentary during last Saturday’s Triller: Askren vs. Paul event in Atlanta. De La Hoya joined the Triller commentary booth during Saturday’s pay-per-view and appeared to be under the influence. Oscar’s commentary was actually so outlandish that it began
That means that Grant has to be on his A-game. “I can’t hold back on my punches; I have to go forward and strike and follow through. I have to use my set-ups and everything I see. In the past I had a tendency of trying to finish a fight a specific way,” Grant said.
8:07 AM ET Anthony Pettis Anthony Pettis is a former UFC and WEC champion and one of the most popular, well-known mixed martial artists of the last decade. The 34-year-old made headlines in late 2020, when he fought out his UFC contract and then signed an exclusive deal with PFL. The move brought a nine-year
News Dec 14, 2019; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Kamaru Usman (red gloves) reacts after defeating Colby Covington (not pictured) during UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports At UFC 261, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will defend his title in a rematch against ‘BMF’ champion, Jorge Masvidal. It has been well
Jessica Andrade believes she is fighting the pound-for-pound best female on Saturday night in Valentina Shevchenko. In the first of thee title fights at UFC 261, Andrade is set to face Shevchenko in an interesting matchup. Since the flyweight division opened, Shevchenko has dominated everyone. However, she lost to Amanda Nunes at bantamweight, but according
Between the Links returns 48 hours away from the UFC’s championship triple header this Saturday night in Jacksonville. Host Mike Heck is joined by MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew as he looks to avenge his loss from last week’s show to fellow MMA journalist Drake Riggs. This week, the panel will discuss the fallout of Jake
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya was at the Triller commentary table for the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren-led “Fight Club” pay-per-view (PPV) card last Sat. night (April 17) inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of lending his valuable insight to the promotion’s live stream, the aging “Golden Boy” instead chose to shout
UFC 261 Pre-fight Press Conference Live Stream Watch the UFC 261 Pre-fight Press Conference live stream on MMAWeekly.com. The press conference takes place on Thursday, April 22 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. It features Dana White, Kamaru Usman, Jorge Masvidal, Zhang Weili, Rose Namajunas, Valentina Shevchenko, and Jessica Andrade. UFC 261 welcomes
UFC president Dana White says that UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is now the greatest fighter ever to compete at 170lbs. Up until now, most people would have same that Georges St-Pierre was the greatest welterweight ever. But in his last fight, Usman broke GSP’s record of most consecutive wins at 170lbs with his knockout