8:00 AM ET DOROTA JURKOWSKA WAS sitting in her home in Warsaw, Poland, in the middle of the night on April 8, 2017, her face illuminated by the glow of a computer screen. She was nervous, nearly to the point of feeling ill, and wouldn’t sleep at all until the following day. She had just
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News UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra spoke recently with MMA Junkie‘s John Morgan, and offered some sage advice for Megan Anderson ahead of her longshot fight vs. Amanda Nunes at UFC 259. Anderson faces +700 odds on Saturday. However, at UFC 69 on April 7, 2007, Franco “Francombat” Richard bet $37,000 on Matt Serra vs. Georges St-Pierre
Jan Blachowicz doesn’t think we’ll be seeing Israel Adesanya visit the UFC’s 205 area code after he is sent packing this Saturday. In the UFC 259 main event, Jan Blachowicz will be defending his light heavyweight championship against a man trying to invade the division and plunder its gold. That man is none other than
At UFC 259 this weekend (Sat., March 6, 2021), Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya attempts to become the fifth UFC fighter in history to hold two belts at the same when he challenges 205-pound kingpin, Jan Blachowicz. He does this not just because of the fame or the money, but because of his philosophy on martial
UFC 259 Embedded: Megan Anderson ready to ‘shock the world’ UFC 259 Embedded features the fighters from Saturday’s championship tripleheader pay-per-view event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the main event. The UFC 259 co-main event sees Amanda Nunes put her featherweight title on
Israel Adesanya is days out from the toughest fight of his career, according to his head coach, Eugene Bareman. Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, is slated to move up to light heavyweight to challenge Jan Blachowicz in a bid for a second-title at UFC 259 this Saturday. While Adesanya will enter this potentially career-changing fight
Islam Makhachev stands as another reminder of how intensely competitive things are in the UFC lightweight division. Entering 2020 on a six-fight winning streak and sporting an 18-1 record overall, the longtime teammate and training partner of Khabib Nurmagomedov was coming off a year where he earned a pair of quality victories over Arman Tsarukyan
2:04 PM ET Israel Adesanya was always going to be the smaller man moving up a division to fight Jan Blachowicz. But the UFC middleweight champion might be even lighter than many expected. Adesanya told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview that published Tuesday that he is currently walking around at less than 200 pounds
A matchup between lightweight submission specialists is set to take place next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Jim Miller and Joe Solecki will square off at the UFC’s event on April 10, which currently does not have a venue or location. MMA Junkie was first to
Rory MacDonald draws David Michaud in his first fight in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2021 season. The PFL announced their full fight card for the April 29 event, PFL 2 which is headlined by MacDonald and Michaud along with some other familiar welterweights and light-heavyweights. At the end of 2019 during their last event,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor’s role in the whiskey business may be changing. A recent news release from Becle, a Mexican beverage company best known for their Jose Cuervo Tequila brand, included the line, “On February 23, 2021, the Company provided notice of the exercise of its call option to acquire 51% of the
Rory MacDonald and David Michaud headline PFL 2 in main event; Ray Cooper III, Emiliano Sordi, Chris Camozzi, Jordan Johnson and Tom Lawlor star in PFL 2 main card NEW YORK (March 2, 2021) –The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced its main event and full card matchups
PhotoCred: Sherdog / CBS Sports Aljamain Sterling is brimming with confidence ahead of his bantamweight title shot against Petr Yan at this weekend’s highly anticipated UFC 259 event. This Saturday on pay-per-view the UFC will hold a total of three title fights, which includes a men’s bantamweight bout between Yan and Sterling. Aljamain Sterling (19-3
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Thiago Santos Key Stats: 11 KO/TKO wins (tied 2nd all-time), 4.36 strikes landed per minute, 64% takedown defense What It Means: Santos is perhaps light heavyweight division’s most potent knockout artist. He is never not looking to put his opponent out with every strike he throws, and he has the athleticism and ferocity to put
7:20 AM ET UFC 259 represents a milestone during a stretch of fights that will have major consequences for the rest of the year. Three title bouts will shape the future of four divisions, with the card in Las Vegas headlined by a champion-vs.-champion clash between light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz and middleweight Israel Adesanya. If
Submission wizard Jimmy Flick has his next fight. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Flick (16-5) and Francisco Figueiredo (12-3-1, 1 NC) have agreed to meet in a flyweight bout at a UFC event on May 8. A location and headliner are still to be determined for that card. The