Former bantamweight champion Petr Yan believes he shouldn’t have been the first champion to lose his belt by disqualification and called out Jon Jones for not losing his belt to Anthony Smith in the same fashion. The conclusion of the bantamweight title fight between Yan and Aljamain Sterling was very messy. After a back-and-forth war
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UFC Vegas 21 — which is set to go down this Sat. night (March 13, 2021) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada — has lost a Heavyweight fight between Ben Rothwell and Philipe Lins, which was scratched from the ESPN+-streamed fight card due to injury according to a report from MMA Fighting. The report
Fabricio Werdum and Renan Ferreira headline PFL 3 in main event; Kayla Harrison, Mariana Morais, Ali Isaev, and Genah Fabian featured in PFL 3 main card NEW YORK (March 9, 2021) –The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced its main event and full card matchups for PFL
Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm has shed some light why she was forced out of a planned fight with Julianna Pena. Holm and Pena were slated to collide on May 8, in a bout that could have earned the winner a crack at reigning bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Regrettably, news surfaced over the weekend
Sabina Mazo I feel in the past years it’s been evolving so much; you see more and more girls on the card and girls fighting for the belt with high level technique. Girls are savage and they always go in there and give their all. I feel it’s always exciting to see women and I’m
12:39 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes, the most dominant female fighter in mixed martial arts history, did her thing again on Saturday in an absolute thrashing of No. 1 featherweight contender Megan Anderson. Nunes (21-4) forced Anderson (10-5) to tap to an armbar at 2:03 of the opening round of their featherweight title
A battle of big men is only a couple of weeks away. UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will put his belt on the line against Francis Ngannou in the main event of UFC 260 on March 27 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will defend
Jordan Espinosa’s team has issued a half-response to Tim Elliott’s inadvertent public allegations of domestic abuse against Espinosa. During the UFC 259 prelims, Tim Elliott turned in a one-sided domination of Jordan Espinosa with suffocating grappling as the main ingredient. The biggest story coming out of the fight wasn’t Elliott’s performance, though. It was the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Aljamain Sterling is dealing with a lot of hate after UFC 259 for something that is hardly his fault. After all, he did not force Petr Yan to throw an illegal knee, nor was it his decision to name the blow intentional and disqualify the Russian boxer. All of this was
Monster looking into Dominick Cruz allegations against Hans Molenkamp Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz made a strange call-out following his UFC 259 win over Casey Kenney on Saturday. “The Dominator” Monster Energy business development representative Hans Molenkamp. Cruz challenged Molenkamp, a mixed martial arts practitioner himself, to a charity fight and accused Molenkamp of
PhotoCred: After suffering back-to-back losses for the first time in his career, Dominick Cruz got back to his winning ways at UFC 259 — which led to an unexpected callout. When asked by Joe Rogan what was next for Cruz following a split decision nod against Casey Kenney, the former two-time bantamweight champion suggested a
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya moves up in weight to challenge light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6. 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+, visit
Outlook: The underdog got it done again. Jan Blachowicz did what no man has done in mixed martial arts: he defeated Israel Adesanya. Moreover, he did it in rather comfortable fashion. While the fight was competitive, the scorecards indicated a relatively clear win for the Poland native, so there is not another “champ champ” in the
7:17 AM ET With four champions in action, UFC 259 was always going to have an outsized fallout compared to almost any other UFC card. And while Amanda Nunes continued to bolster her GOAT credentials with a thorough defeat of Megan Anderson, that’s as close as pre-show expectations for the three pay-per-view title fights came
UFC President Dana White is at least entertaining the idea of a title fight between Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena after The Ultimate Fighter 18 winner announced the cancellation of her fight with Holly Holm. The tougher sell might be Nunes, who thinks Pena needs to do more to earn her shot. Pena on Saturday
Dan Hardy is no longer working with the UFC as a commentator after a reported incident occurred between himself and another employee. As originally reported by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer newsletter, Dan Hardy has been fired by the UFC and BT Sport following the alleged argument with the employee. After the story was
It’s been over two years since Roger Huerta last competed in mixed martial arts (MMA), but it seems “El Matador” is ready to mount his comeback. The scrappy Lightweight is in line to face Christopher Gonzalez at the upcoming Bellator 255 fight card on April 2, 2021. Huerta is currently in the midst of a
Watch Leon Edwards defeat Rafael dos Anjos ahead of UFC Vegas 21 headliner [embedded content] UFC welterweight Leon Edwards entrenched himself near the top of the division with this July 2019 victory over former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. After COVID-19 put Khamzat Chamaev indefinitely on the sidelines, Edwards is now slated to headline Saturday’s