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,
admin
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
Watch Rose Namajunas speak from The Octagon following her thrilling first round KO over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 from Madison Square Garden. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR To order UFC Pay-Per-Views, visit http://www.ufc.tv/events Connect with UFC online and on Social: Website: http://www.ufc.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ufc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ufc Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ufc Snapchat: UFC
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
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Vegas 20! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: No Changes Women’s Flyweight: Antonina Shevchenko is now ranked #13, one spot above Taila Santos, who now sits at #14. Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes Women’s Featherweight:
UFC welterweight sensation Khamzat Chimaev, who also wrecked shop at 185 pounds, was ready to call it quits this week, telling his social media followers that a long and painful battle with COVID-19 was enough to send him into retirement. Unfortunately for “Borz,” his career isn’t over until Ramzan Kadyrov says it is. The Chechen
UFC 259 Embedded: Israel Adesanya mocks Paulo Costa, ‘I know the drunken fist’ 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
Chael Sonnen blasted the “fake tough guys” atop the UFC welterweight division, suggesting that “none of the top-five guys want to fight.” Sonnen was a guest on the “Victory Loves Company” podcast with Jim West and James Lynch, and was asked his thoughts on the UFC welterweight division. Kamaru Usman currently is the champion and
DOMINICK CRUZ VS. CASEY KENNEY The “middle child” of this week’s trio of bantamweight battles features former champion Dominick Cruz returning to action and competing in first three-round, non-title fight since September 2014 as he takes on the steadily improving and quietly surging Casey Kenney. Cruz fought for the first time since losing the bantamweight
Feb 14, 2021 Kamaru Usman accomplished much on Saturday night at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. He won his 13th straight UFC welterweight fight, which broke Georges St-Pierre‘s record for most victories at 170 pounds. Usman also tied the great Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most wins in a row to start a UFC career, and
Khamzat Chimaev appeared to announce his retirement from MMA three weeks after lingering COVID-19 symptoms forced him to withdraw from UFC Vegas 21. But UFC President Dana White said the rising UFC welterweight star is actually readying for a June comeback. Chimaev wrote on Instagram (translated from Russian), “Thank you all so much for supporting
Dana White has come forward to assure the public that Khamzat Chimaev is not going anywhere. On Monday, UFC breakout star Khamzat Chimaev published an Instagram post that seemed to announce his retirement from MMA. Given the drastic COVID-19 complications that Chimaev has been enduring for the past several weeks, it would be easy to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! While capturing two title simultaneously is an incredible accomplishment and monumental task in itself, defending both straps is perhaps an even greater challenge. One is forced to always look further passed the current challenger, as there is never a truly calm path ahead so long as the double champ is responsible
Watch Petr Yan annihilate Jose Aldo to win bantamweight title | UFC 259 free fight [embedded content] Petr Yan captured the bantamweight title when he defeated Jose Aldo UFC 251 last year on Fight Island. Yan makes his first title defense against top contender Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6, at the