Coming off a one-sided decision victory over former UFC champion Tony Ferguson in December, Charles Oliveira attempted to dominate a wild animal over the weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This time, however, he only lasted a few seconds on top. Oliveira, who currently has an eight-fight winning streak in the UFC, released videos and photos
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Gilbert Burns does not believe Jorge Masvidal should be in the title picture and that the six days’ notice he had prior to UFC 251 is irrelevant. Reports of a potential rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have remained strong after Usman’s post-fight callout of Masvidal at UFC 258. Usman’s opponent at the event,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! In a recent interview with ACA fighter Magomed Ismailov, Khabib Nurmagomedov spoke about several of the names closely associated with his career. He doubted Conor McGregor’s chances of making a real comeback, as “a man can’t have two primes.” He also expressed doubt regarding Tony Ferguson, who Khabib painted as too
UFC Vegas 19 Fallout: Derrick Lewis’s record-tying KO; Jon Jones’s move to heavyweight [embedded content] MMAWeekly’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber and Jeff Cain break down the weekly news in MMA and talk about the upcoming UFC events in Las Vegas. The boys also wrap up the UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs. Lewis, where Derrick Lewis pulled off
PhotoCred: MMA Fighting UFC Vegas 19 got off to a hot start with a plethora of awesome finishes, and it would end the night on the same note. However, directly before the main event, there was some controversy at bantamweight — UFC President Dana White believes the judges got things right. At 135-pounds, top-ranked contenders
UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis talks with Michael Bisping backstage after his stunning knockout of Curtis Blaydes in the UFC Vegas 19 main event on Saturday night. 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
Derrick Lewis speaks to the media post-fight after his second-round uppercut knockout win over Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 185 in Las Vegas. #UFCVegas19 #UFC #DerrickLewis For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
NIKITA KRYLOV VS. MAGOMED ANKALAEV Looking for an early victory that will propel them up the rankings, light heavyweights Nikita Krylov and Magomed Ankalaev meet in Saturday night’s co-main event. Still only 28 years old, Krylov got back into the win column in his lone appearance of 2020, registering a unanimous decision victory over Johnny
8:04 AM ET Ariel Helwani: It’s time to focus the attention on Derrick Lewis One of the big storylines heading into Saturday night’s main event was what should Curtis Blaydes do if he beats Derrick Lewis? Ordinarily, a victory like that — which would have been his fifth in a row — over a quality
The UFC’s bantamweight division has become one of the deepest in all of MMA and former champion T.J. Dillashaw is ready to take a run at the new crop of contenders. Should he get booked directly into a title shot, he’ll sign on for that opportunity too. Dillashaw, 35, has been out of action since
Aljamain Sterling is still not done laying into UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan for pulling out of their scheduled fight on December 12. It has now been confirmed for weeks that Petr Yan will be defending his bantamweight championship against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on March 6, but whenever the subject is brought up
Former UFC fighter Travis Fulton, who also competed for WEC, IFL, KOTC and dozens of other stateside combat sports promotions, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child porn, and receipt of child porn. That’s according to a report from The Courier. “The Ironman,”
Watch Amanda Nunes demolish Ronda Rousey ahead of UFC 259 [embedded content] UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes defended her belt and took down one of the biggest names in UFC history when she finished Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 back in 2016. Now a two-division champion, Nunes will put her featherweight title on the line
Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Paige VanZant will reportedly return to the BKFC ring for a fight with a “well-known name” sometime this summer. VanZant who achieved massive fame as a member of the UFC roster, signed with BKFC late last year, and finally made her debut with the bare knuckle promotion
“Oh, one hundred percent,” Erosa said. “Even watching the last Nate fight when he fought Darren Elkins, you can just tell he’s one of those gritty guys and you know that he’s not gonna take ‘no’ for an answer. He’s going to be in your face, he’s going to be willing to die that night
6:47 PM ET Chas Skelly stood in the Octagon and waited for his opponent, Jamall Emmers, to make his entrance. But Emmers never came out. The UFC Fight Night bout between Skelly and Emmers was cancelled Saturday when Emmers was unable to compete after suffering back spasms backstage, according to the UFC broadcast. Skelly was
Raoni Barcelos will compete on the UFC’s final event of the month after all. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Barcelos is now expected to meet promotional newcomer Marcelo Rojo at UFC Vegas 20. Rojo replaces Raphael Assuncao who was forced to withdraw from the bout. Per sources,
Khabib Nurmagomedov believes that it is time for Frankie Edgar to call it a career. At UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov, Frankie Edgar competed in a bout that could have very well earned him a world title shot with a victory when he took on Cory Sandhagen in the co-main event. Instead, there are