11:00 AM ET Legendary Brazilian heavyweight Fabricio Werdum will make his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira, PFL president Ray Sefo told ESPN. A former UFC champion, Werdum (24-9-1) will headline a PFL event May 6 in Atlantic City. The card will also feature 2019 PFL champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison against Mariana
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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has done a lot in his nine-year MMA career, but the result of his most recent fight was a first for him: He lost. Going up a weight class to challenge for the light heavyweight title, Adesanya fell short, losing by unanimous decision to champion Jan Blachowicz in the main
In possibly the biggest fight of his career, Belal Muhammad faces No. 3. ranked Leon Edwards but will not have his head coach in the corner following a positive COVID test. The news came at a bad time considering this will be Muhammad’s first five-round fight and also the first time headlining a UFC card.
PhotoCred: Twitter – @AngieOverkill Dominick Cruz opened up an unexpected can of worms after his win at UFC 259. One of which that his Alliance MMA teammate Angela Hill has some thoughts on. Defeating Casey Kenney by way of a hard-fought split decision in the final prelim of the night, Cruz would follow-up his first
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ahead of Conor McGregor’s return vs. Dustin Poirier, all talk described an unreal return to form for the former double champ. His camp described him as “best shape he’s ever been in” and his coaches promised a focused Irishman. UFC President Dana White said the following just a couple weeks prior
After arguably the most bizarre title change in UFC history, newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling gave his response to the MMA community on his podcast “The Weekly Scraps” following his DQ victory over Petr Yan at UFC 259. While Yan clearly delivered an illegal knee to Sterling, who by definition was a grounded
UFC light heavyweight champion talks about his performance against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 and who he is looking to face next. 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/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+,
Aljamain Sterling asks to skip Petr Yan rematch after UFC 259 for Henry Cejudo, asks Dana White, Dan Hardy fired by BT Sport and is no longer working directly with the UFC, Islam Makhachev wants Tony Ferguson and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in
Updates to UFC FIGHT NIGHT: EDWARDS vs MUHAMMAD Due to injury, please note the following updates for this weekend’s event: · The heavyweight bout between Ben Rothwell and Philipe Lins is being rescheduled to a later date. · The featherweight bout between Ricardo Ramos and Zubaira Tukhugov has been canceled from the card. Additionally, due to visa issues,
Mar 7, 2021 Aljamain Sterling became UFC bantamweight champion in a shocking way Saturday in Las Vegas as an illegal knee forced a stoppage to his fight against Petr Yan. With Sterling grounded, Yan held Sterling’s arms and kneed the challenger in the face, which is an illegal strike. The fight was paused and after
If the UFC wants to promote an event in Dallas or Houston, all it needs to do is apply. That’s according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees the boxing commission that regulates MMA events in the Lone Star State. “They have to find a venue, and they have to send us
If things had gone Israel Adesanya’s way at UFC 259, The Last Stylebender would have sought to become the first man to hold a world title in three divisions simultaneously. “Dare to be great” is an expression that Israel Adesanya uttered after coming up short in his bid to unseat light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz
Image via @jonnybones on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC heavyweight Jon Jones took a shot at Israel Adesanya’s coach, saying “Your boy has almost no takedown defense or offense off his back.” Adesanya lost a unanimous decision to Jan Blachowicz in the main event of this past Saturday’s UFC 259 event. Aside from being statistically
There was a time when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, and former top Welterweight contender, Ben Askren, couldn’t stand each other. The two men would constantly trade verbal jabs at one another in interviews and social media. But after “Funky” came over to UFC in 2019 in an unprecedented trade with ONE Championship,
UFC Vegas 22 co-main event pulled after Jamahal Hill tests positive for COVID-19 The UFC Vegas 22 fight card is in search of a new co-main event after the light heavyweight tilt between no. 14 ranked Paul Craig and no. 15 ranked Jamahal Hill was pulled as a result of Hill testing positive for COVID-19.
Darren Stewart is one of those athletes who is a couple different bounces away from being a fixture in the Top 15 and a fighter people are steering clear of in the UFC middleweight division. Heading into his bout with Eryk Anders this weekend, the 30-year-old from East London is 5-3 over his last eight
10:32 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling says health is his primary focus following a championship win over Petr Yan last weekend in Las Vegas — but an immediate rematch against Yan is also on the horizon. “I was doped up on morphine in the hospital, and texted [UFC president Dana White] and said,
This is The A-Side Live Chat. WWE Superstar Big E joins José Youngs and E. Casey Leydon to react to some of the biggest stories in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include fallout from UFC 259, Jan Blachowicz’s win over Israel Adesanya, Amanda Nunes’ TKO over Megan Anderson, Petr Yan’s DQ loss to Aljamain Sterling, and