Khamzat Chimaev has been considered one of the UFC fastest rising stars since making his debut last year but now his future remains in question as he continues to deal with difficulties after contracting COVID-19. The Chechen-born fighter was forced out of a pair of scheduled matchups against Leon Edwards after suffering from the effects
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News Five states rolled back COVID-19 restrictions this week – Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, and Texas. Since October The Lone Star State has allowed live MMA events with 50 percent capacity and other safety protocols mandated. But on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbot announced he would be opening the state “100 percent.” While some public health experts have expressed alarm, at
Dana White isn’t as convinced about Khamzat Chimaev’s future in the UFC as he sounded just a couple of days ago. 2020 breakout star Khamzat Chimaev shocked the world when he kicked off the month of March with a retirement out of absolutely nowhere. He went from calling out Neil Magny for a June fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev’s future remains uncertain. The Chechen rose to fame quickly inside the Octagon, taking on opponents in multiple weight classes in rapid succession to immediately build a name for himself. All that success was to lead to an absolutely huge jump in competition opposite Leon Edwards, but COVID-19 benched “Borz,”
Dana White says UFC will be first to open up to Texas crowds [embedded content] There is a lot of uproar about who is right and who is wrong when it comes to COVID-19 protocols across the United States. Count UFC president Dana White on the side of getting things opened back up. White has
UFC President Dana White has shared his thoughts on the promotions recent release of heavyweight standouts Alistair Overeem and Junior dos Santos. Earlier this week fight fans were left shocked after news broke that the Ultimate Fighting Championship had parted ways with two of it’s biggest heavyweight draws in ‘The Reem’ and ‘JDS’. The UFC’s
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There no reason to doubt this when you do the math. Four active years in the UFC without a loss is exemplary for any level of fighter at any stage of their career, but it’s near mind-boggling that Song made his successful short notice debut against Bharat Khandare at the tender age of 19. How
7:21 AM ET As Petr Yan prepared for his Zoom interview, the UFC bantamweight champion kept getting up and moving around until he found the right spot. The background he finally settled on — sun-drenched palm trees and sparkling ocean water — could not have been more different from the surroundings planned for him just
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News Welterweight Dan Hardy hasn’t competed since 2012, due to a diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a genetic condition that the Mayo Clinic defines as “the presence of an extra, abnormal electrical pathway in the heart that leads to periods of a very fast heartbeat. In most cases, the episodes of fast heartbeats aren’t life-threatening, but serious
Amanda Nunes is content with the idea of the UFC eliminating the women’s featherweight division, as long as the belt stays with her indefinitely. At UFC 259, “The Lioness” will defend her featherweight title against the long and dangerous, Megan Anderson. Despite criticisms of the featherweight division being shallow, Anderson will look to make history
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special pre-fight press conference TODAY (Thurs., March 4, 2021) for the UFC 259 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (March 6) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The live stream gets underway at 5 p.m. ET. Front and center will be light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz
UFC 259 Live Press Conference video [embedded content] Tune in to the UFC 259 Live Press Conference on Thursday, March 4, on MMAWeekly.com. The press conference is scheduled to go live at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, featuring Israel Adesanya, Jan Blachowicz, Amanda Nunes, Megan Anderson, Petr Yan, and Aljamain Sterling. The press
Petr Yan is hoping to be active in 2021. In 2020, Yan only got to step foot in the Octagon once, but he made good of that one time as he scored a fifth-round TKO win over Jose Aldo to become the new bantamweight champion. After the fight, it was clear Aljamain Sterling would be
That was when Matthews realized what he wanted to do for a job. “Afterwards, while eating KFC with my dad, I told him I’d like to pursue MMA as a career. He said, ‘Let’s do it,’ and the rest is history.” Just three years later, “The Celtic Kid” made his UFC debut, and since then
8:40 PM ET The UFC has released two of its most popular heavyweight fighters. Alistair Overeem and Junior Dos Santos were recently informed by the promotion that they were being released, sources confirmed with ESPN. Dos Santos broke the news himself on his Instagram account, while MMA Junkie first reported Overeem’s release. UFC officials subsequently
Legendary grappler Marcus Almeida will make his long-awaited MMA debut on April 14, when he battles Ji Won Kang at ONE on TNT 4 in Singapore, the company announced. Combate first reported the matchup. The decorate jiu-jitsu player won 13 gold medals as black belt at the IBJJF World Championship between 2012 and 2019, which