11:01 PM ET Leon Edwards had not competed in nearly two years. This was obviously not the result he hoped for in his return. Edwards accidentally poked Belal Muhammad in the right eye in the opening seconds of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Muhammad dropped
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Carlos Felipe inked a new four-fight deal with the UFC, and the first bout of his new contract will take place June 12 against Jake Collier. Multiple people close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting. Combate first reported the matchup for UFC 263. Felipe (10-1) started off his UFC career with a
The UFC Vegas 21 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. This fight saw a lackluster ending after a pretty decent first round. Things went wrong in the second round as Edwards came
UFC Vegas 21 provided fight fans with an entertaining night of fights last night (Sat., March 13, 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw the main event bout between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad end early due to an inadvertent eye poke from “Rocky” (highlights). As a result, the bout ended in a no contest
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In his first UFC bout since 2018, Brazil’s Matheus Nicolau won a three-round split decision over Manel Kape in flyweight action. Scores were 29-28 twice and 28-29 for Nicolau, now 16-3-1. Kape falls to 15-6. Two minutes in, Nicolau got a takedown and quickly went to work, pushing Kape to the fence. As Kape rose, he
UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling called for “new gloves” following last night’s Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad No Contest result. Edwards landed an accidental eye poke at the beginning of the second round that left Muhammad unable to see, resulting in the fight being called off. It was yet another unfortunate eye poke in MMA
11:27 PM ET Helwani: Not the type of ending anyone wanted How depressing was that? I mean, I really can’t decide whom I feel worse for at the moment: Belal Muhammad, who just suffered what appears to be a gruesome eye injury in the biggest fight of his life, or Leon Edwards, who had his
A 20-month layoff was the last thing Leon Edwards wanted but he couldn’t have ever imagined his long awaited return to the UFC would end in a no decision. An accidental eye poke delivered by Edwards left Belal Muhammad unable to continue and the fight was stopped by the ringside physician along with referee Herb
Leon Edwards feels that his next fight should be for the world championship and not a rematch against Belal Muhammad after UFC Vegas 21’s disqualification conclusion. The controversy from UFC 259 certainly carried over into yesterday’s UFC Vegas 21 event. Eryk Anders turned in his best Petr Yan impression with an illegal knee of his
UFC Vegas 21 went down last night (Sat., March 13) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured a Welterweight scrap between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. Unfortunately, the fight came to an anti-climactic ending in round two after the fight ended in a no contest (NC) due to an inadvertent eye poke from
Leon Edwards addresses horrific eye poke on Belal Muhammad at UFC Vegas 21 Leon Edwards spoke at the UFC Vegas 21 post-fight press conference, addressing his fight-ending eye poke on Belal Muhammad in the night’s main event. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Edwards was obviously disappointed by the sad turn of events when he
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UFC continues its run of events at UFC APEX with a compelling welterweight matchup as No. 3 ranked Leon Edwards and No. 13 Belal Muhammad collide in the main event. In the co-main event, ranked light heavyweights aim to steal the show as No. 10 Misha Cirkunov takes on No. 13 Ryan Spann. UFC Fight
4:40 PM ET UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards will finally step back into the cage to face Belal Muhammad in the main event of Saturday’s Fight Night in Las Vegas. Edwards has not fought since July 20, 2019, more than 19 months ago. The layoff has been due to myriad reasons, including COVID-19 lockdowns, canceled
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 21 results for the Edwards vs. Muhammad, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 21 Twitter updates. In the main event, Leon Edwards could have a title shot next if he gets past Belal Muhammad in a key welterweight contest. Misha Cirkunov and Ryan Spann will
News Angela Hill is currently ranked #12 in the women’s strawweight division heading into her fight vs. the unranked Ashley Yoder. With a loss, “Overkill” will be on a three-fight losing streak, and could fall from the rankings. So he needs a win, a big one, as she acknowledged in a recent interview with Nick Atkin