8:37 PM ET Ben Askren isn’t really sure how to compute what happened over the weekend. The former UFC fighter and multiple-time MMA champion was knocked out in the first round by Jake Paul in a boxing match last Saturday night in Atlanta. Askren, a former Olympic wrestler, was never a great boxer. So, getting
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News A Bellator women’s flyweight showcase between Valerie Loureda and Hannah Guy is being moved to a new event later next month. MMA reporter James Lynch was the first to report the news, which was then confirmed by MMAFighting.com citing Bellator MMA officials, although no reason for the movement was given. Bellator’s next star making
Two big boys will collide on June 5 when Jairzinho Rozenstruik faces Augusto Sakai in the main event. As originally reported by Combate, both Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai will have an opportunity to return to the win column when the two square off in June. This will be the second consecutive main event for
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After his submission win at UFC 228, Zabit Magomedsharipov discusses his incredible kneebar submission from the back, what the submission is called, wanting to show his grappling doesn’t have holes and more. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read
UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko returns to the Octagon to face former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade in one of the three title UFC 261 title fights on Saturday, April 24. 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/
Welcome to Midnight Mania! West Coast hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg has established an odd career for himself. It’s been nearly 30 years since his appearances on The Chronic and his debut masterpiece, Doggystyle, yet the rapper remains involved in … everything! The Snoop D-O-Double G has his hands in various films, a stage play, and
UFC 261 fans not required to wear masks | COVID-19 Precautions On Tuesday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced two partnerships to assist in fan safety for those attending Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view. The event sold out the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. in minutes. The event represents the first, sold out, major sporting
Conor McGregor -Manchester United (photo via @ManUtdInPidgin) Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has expressed interest in purchasing the football club Manchester United. On Tuesday the heavily scrutinized plans for a European Super League seemingly fell apart after football fans worldwide came together to protest the idea. Manchester United was among the teams slated to
Both events, which sold out in less than five minutes, mark the return of fans attending UFC events with full capacity. Fans will be offered the face coverings by UFC event staff as they enter each arena. UFC 261: USMAN vs. MASVIDAL 2 will take place on Saturday, April 24, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in
7:51 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view will not be the first card in UFC history to have two women’s championships on the line. That distinction goes to a 2015 event in Melbourne, Australia, which is notable for two other reasons: first, for filling Etihad Stadium with 56,214 fans, the most ever to
News Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports UFC Vegas 24 medical suspensions are now available. The main event saw former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker put on a dominant performance against Kelvin Gastelum, and stake his claim for a rematch with the champion Israel Adesanya. Robert Whittaker defeated Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) Whittaker
Joanna Jędrzejczyk has demanded that she face the winner of the Weili Zhang vs. Rose Namajunas bout, and she could care less about your opinion on the matter. Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk has become quite familiar with title fights during her illustrious career in this sport. In fact, since 2015, only two of
With only 10 bouts on the docket by the time fight night rolled around, the UFC Vegas 24 injury list is minimal. Two fighters from Saturday’s main card and one preliminary heavyweight could potentially be out of action until October according to the list of medical suspensions released Tuesday by mixedmartialarts.com. That list includes Chase
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is slowly inching his way back into the upper echelon of the promotion’s pound-for-pound rankings, thanks to a unanimous decision win over Top 10 middleweight Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Vegas 24 headliner last weekend in “Sin City.” “The Reaper,” who was once ranked as high
UFC 261 Embedded: Namajunas packs, Weili trains, and Usman shaves his head Rose Namajunas packs; champ Zhang Weili trains with a team that became stronger during COVID. Champion Kamaru Usman shaves his head and sends off some military men. Champion Valentina Shevchenko visits a gym in Florida with her sister and coach. [embedded content] (Courtesy
Image Credit: Top Rank Boxing Clay Collard is excited to get back into MMA. In 2019 and 2020, Collard had 14 boxing fights and he became a big boxing star for Top Rank. He was beating a ton of top prospects but his goal was to return to MMA and now that the PFL is
Ten years removed, the fight is largely forgotten. When it does come up, Krantz looks back at the loss in high spirits. After all, there’s not much shame in lasting longer in the cage with Poirier than Conor McGregor did in their rematch. “I remember I was trying to cut weight with an Airdyne bike