7:23 AM ET Leon Edwards‘ first fight since mid-2019 ended prematurely in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event when he accidentally poked Belal Muhammad in the eye, ending the bout in a no contest. After such a long period of inactivity, one major question hangs in the air — how far away is Edwards from
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This past Saturday, Leon Edwards faced Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC Vegas 21. The bout was Edwards’ first since July of 2019 and things did not go according to plan. After a good opening stanza, in the second round Edwards poked Muhammad in the eye, ending the fight and resulting in a
Colby Covington is not known to have a filter when placed in front of a camera, and he certainly continued to live up to that reputation and then some when discussing some details behind his recent fight negotiations. Last Saturday at UFC Vegas 21, Leon Edwards took on Belal Muhammad in the night’s main event.
For weeks we’ve been hearing very good things about the long awaited Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury boxing superfight, the biggest heavyweight battle to go down in decades. Well, it will be if it comes together. Because despite word that the fight is completely sorted and ‘all but signed,’ a very frustrated Tyson Fury came
Ryan Spann addresses spectacular UFC Vegas 21 knockout Ryan Spann discusses his spectacular UFC Vegas 21 co-main event knockout of Misha Cirkunov on Saturday night in Las Vegas. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Spann put on a spectacular performance at UFC Vegas 21. Not only did he eat a heavy punch from Cirkunov, he
Israel Adesanya chats with the crew shortly after weighing in on Friday morning and ribs Daniel Cormier about his plans to be a double champion for longer than he was. 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/
While Vucenic has no ill will for Charriere, personally, he does note that Charriere’s path of YouTube fame has led to a fanbase that is loud, but uninteresting. “A lot of Morgan’s fans probably couldn’t name, you know, ten MMA fighters,” Vucenic said. “They just know Morgan Charriere and because he’s French they’re just backing
Image: @Jonnybones on Instagram In a since-deleted Tweet, UFC superstar Jon Jones taunted his haters by suggesting that steroids are turning him into “quite the shooter.” Jones will be making his UFC heavyweight debut later this year and he has spent the last year or so bulking up in preparation for the move. In addition
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
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
Watch Francis Ngannou lay Alistair Overeem out cold Take a look back to Francis Ngannou and his performance against Alistair Overeem at UFC 218, which produced one of the knockouts of the year in 2017. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Ngannou next faces off with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic for the second time at
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