Image via Petr Yan/ UFC Russia on Instagram Petr Yan is confident he will remain the UFC’s bantamweight champion after Saturday night. In the first of three title fights on the stacked pay-per-view card, Yan is set to defend his belt against Aljamain Sterling. It’s a very intriguing matchup as the Russian is a striker
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Opponent: Don’Tale Mayes What You Need To Know: “Bam Bam” earned one of the most cathartic wins of 2020, knocking out Stefan Struve at UFC 254 and snapping a 3-fight skid. He takes on Mayes, who earned his first UFC win in his third try, scoring a unanimous decision win over Roque Martinez last November.
1:13 PM ET Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder agreed to fight just last week. Now, the fight will no longer be happening Saturday. The women’s strawweight bout between Hill and Yoder was removed from UFC Fight Night just hours before start of the event due to COVID-19 protocols, the promotion announced Saturday. Yoder said in
Former strawweight champion Carla Esparza is expected to face Yan Xioanan in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout at the upcoming UFC event on May 22. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the matchup following an initial report from MMA DNA. A winner of four fights in a
Dustin Poirier is leaving the door open for a fight against Nate Diaz at 170 pounds. Dustin Poirier has not forgotten the date of November 3, 2018. This was supposed to be the day that Poirier fought Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden. That honor would instead go
Jorge Masvidal had a blast at the “Canelo” fight on Saturday night. Not only did he get to enjoy a one sided drubbing from “Canelo” Alvarez delivered unto Avni Yildirim, he ended up interviewing Alvarez after the fight. After that interview he spoke with IFL TV about Alvarez’s performance. “I love to see the disparity,
Watch Aljamain Sterling submit Cory Sandhagen to earn title shot at UFC 259 [embedded content] Aljamain Sterling earned his title shot against bantamweight champion Petr Yan by defeating Cory Sandhagen in a title eliminator bout at UFC 250 in June, 2020. “The Funk Master” and Yan make up the first of three title bouts featured
Magomed Ankalaev Wins UFC light heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev wants to get a top-five opponent after picking up six sixth straight win at UFC Vegas 20. Ankalaev defeated Nikita Krylov via unanimous decision in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 20 card. Although he wasn’t able to get the finish, Ankalaev was mostly able
Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz faces middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6. Watch Blachowicz claim the light heavyweight belt at UFC 253 last year against Dominick Reyes. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
“With that understanding is how I’ve approached a lot of situations where I could potentially get into a fight with a White kid or a bunch of White kids,” he said. “I’m gonna be the one that you look at first. I’m gonna be the troublemaker, defending myself or not. So there’s been too many
11:37 PM ET Ciryl Gane, the UFC heavyweight contender, picked up a critical notch in his belt. Ciryl Gane the budding UFC star? Maybe not so much. Gane completely controlled Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a one-sided, unanimous decision win (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. But
Six years passed between Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera’s first and second fights. But the result of the rematch at UFC Vegas 20 was set almost from the outset by a single technique. The calf kick, ever-present in today’s octagon, was Munhoz’s key to dismantling Rivera over three rounds. First one that I threw, I
Dana White was not impressed with what he saw from Ciryl Gane in his victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas 20. Cyril Gane can fully expect to enter the top 5 of the UFC rankings after his victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas 20, but he is hardly likely to climb the popularity
Back in September of 2020, Paulo Costa got taken apart by Israel Adesanya and finished in the second round of their fight via TKO, a loss he has never taken particularly well. Even now, nearly six months later, he’s still talking about it and trying to explain away why “The Last Stylebender” was able to
Ciryl Gane responds to Dana White’s comment on fight | UFC Vegas 20 [embedded content] Hear everything Ciryl Gane had to say after defeating Jairzinho Rozenstruik at the UFC Vegas 20 post-fight press conference. Gane was told that UFC president Dana White seemed rather unimpressed by his performance, though Gane dominated Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas
Image via @ufc on Intsagram (photographer not listed) UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal says a title matchup with champion Kamaru Usman is being targeted for September. There have been plenty of rumors about Masvidal fighting Usman again in a rematch after he stepped up last year at UFC 251 and lost a unanimous decision on
“I’ve been through it to get to it,” he said. “I tell the guys in the gym all the time, I hit the scene pretty quick right after turning pro. I got to the UFC and then getting cut so fast, I realized looking back that this whole time has been a journey I’ve come
12:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim: A win is a win for Ciryl Gane UFC matchmakers have prepared a seasonal tasting menu of heavyweight fighting for your dining pleasure. The main course, a championship bout at UFC 260 between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou, is still a month away from coming to the table. But Saturday