7:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Ryan Bader lost his Bellator MMA light heavyweight championship to Vadim Nemkov last August, he felt sorrow and deep disappointment. The first emotion comes with the territory of losing your place at the top of the mountain. The second emotion was self-directed letdown. On his way to a second-round
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A middleweight bout between Kyle Daukaus and Aliaskhab Khizriev has been pulled from this weekend’s UFC Vegas 23 card. UFC officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday with the fight being pulled due to COVID-19 protocols. The bout is expected to be rescheduled for a later date. After suffering a loss in his
Charles Oliveira is super confident he will become the new UFC lightweight champion on May 15. In the main event of UFC 262, Oliveira and Michael Chandler are set to fight for the vacant lightweight title. It’s a fight many pundits are torn on who will win, but for Oliveira, he doesn’t think Chandler has
The last time UFC President Dana White met with Japanese combat sports icon Nobuyuki Sakakibara, he left with ownership of PRIDE Fighting Championship. No hard feelings, I suppose. “Floyd surprised me by inviting Dana over to his house during a meeting,” Sakakibara wrote on Instagram. “It’s been 15 years since we have last met.” Sakakibara
Take a look back at Mackenzie Dern’s UFC rise Mackenzie Dern is off to a fast start in her UFC and MMA career with a 5-1 record in the promotion and a 10-1 record overall. Dern also holds a 60-percent submission rate in her professional career. Dern faces her first top five ranked opponent at
UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey recently got a series of tattoos marking her MMA wins and she posted the video of it on her YouTube channel. Rousey posted the video of her commemorating her MMA wins with a tattoo listing every single one of her victories with the time of the finish. For example,
“I’ve been humbled – luckily not in front of a million people like the last fight was in front of, but I’ve been humbled in front of my friends and family on the regional scene twice,” he said of his two pro losses to Cesar Balmaceda and Nikolas Motta. “Neither time was I taking anything
4:28 PM ET UFC bantamweight Aspen Ladd will return to competition against Macy Chiasson on July 24, multiple sources told ESPN. Ladd (9-1) has not fought since she defeated Yana Kunitskaya in December 2019, due to a torn ACL last June. The 26-year-old has long been considered one of the best prospects in female mixed
Maycee Barber and Miranda Maverick are about to clash in a battle of flyweight prospects. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Barber (8-2) and Maverick (9-2) will fight at a UFC event on July 24, following an initial report from ESPN that cited UFC President Dana White. Both fighters also
It looks like fans and Petr Yan may be in for a long wait for Aljamain Sterling to return for a UFC 259 rematch. Petr Yan entered UFC 259 as bantamweight champion but would go on to lose the strap after illegally kneeing Sterling in the face. This left all parties involved with an unpleasant
Get ready for UFC 260: Miocic vs Ngannou 2 on Saturday with a collection of top finishes from fighters competing on the card. The UFC 260 main card kicks off at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday night. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
YouTube star Jake Paul and UFC veteran Ben Askren went toe-to-toe verbally at the Triller Fight Club presser for their April 17 pay-per-view fight. 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 More: http://www.mmafighting.com Subscribe to the podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/mmahour MMA
Jon Jones and his team expecting $50 million from UFC/Dana White to face Francis Ngannou next, Belal Muhammad will face UFC Legend Demian Maia at UFC 263 and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Controversial UFC Heavyweight and former NFL star Greg Hardy appears to have another date booked inside the Octagon. Hardy went on Instagram to confirm he’s accepted a bout on July 10th, the date for UFC 264. The venue has yet to be decided, but Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 3 is
Former UFC flyweight champion and winner of the ONE Championship flyweight grand prix, Demetrious ”Mighty Mouse” Johnson, spoke at virtual media day for ONE on TNT ahead of challenging Adriano Moraes for the ONE flyweight championship. Despite holding the flyweight belt for over six years over the course of two title reigns in the promotion
Image via @UFC on Instagram Robert Whittaker is confident he will beat Kelvin Gastelum on April 17. Whittaker and Gastelum were supposed to fight at UFC 234 for Whittaker’s middleweight title. But, on the day of the event, the champ was forced out of the bout. Now, in the main event of UFC Vegas 24,
First, stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze joins the show. He shares stories about growing up with a magician as a dad, explains how and why the UFC has become his favorite sport, relives the one day he took an MMA class (it didn’t go well), and discusses his new Netflix special, The Greatest Average American. Then,
8:18 AM ET Roman ModrowskiESPN.com Editor’s note: This was originally published on April 6, 2020. The Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm was empty, save for a few fighters shadow boxing and getting a feel for the Octagon in the middle of the floor. Suddenly, one of the fighters scaled a side of the cage and