Image: @ufc on Instagram Maycee Barber suffered her second loss in a row at UFC 258 and proceeded to apologize to Dana White right after the setback. In last Saturday’s co-main event, Barber took on Alexa Grasso in her return to the Octagon after tearing her ACL at UFC 246 last January in a loss
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A championship tripleheader will have the entire sports world tuned in for UFC 259 on March 6. In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will attempt to make history when he challenges Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight title. With a win, “The Last Stylebender” will become just the fifth fighter in UFC history
UFC’s Colby Covington refuses Dana White’s Leon Edwards bout offer, Kamaru Usman meets Dana White post UFC 258 bout against Gilbert burns and starts negotiations for Jorge Masvidal The Ultimate Fighter Season, Justin Gaethje on Charles Oliveira deserving UFC lightweight title bout or not, Yoel Romero in great shape ahead of Bellator debut against Anthony
The funny thing was that Rosa didn’t grow up wanting to throw punches for a living. He played hockey, lacrosse and football, and while he continued to play hockey in college, when that was over, he wondered what was next to stoke his competitive fire. “After college, it was, ‘What do I do now?’” he
8:04 PM ET Former UFC fighter Bryan Caraway has been charged with four felonies in a 2018 case involving the alleged theft of an all-terrain vehicle belonging to his ex-girlfriend, former UFC champion Miesha Tate. Caraway was charged with fraud, first-degree attempted theft, filing a false insurance claim and making a false statement on a
Unsurprisingly, heavyweight headliners Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis had zero issues with the scale Friday. The same could not be said for a quartet of fighters competing at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 19 event. At Friday’s official weigh-ins, Rafael Alves set the record for the biggest weight miss in UFC history, coming in at 157.5 pounds,
The UFC is continuing to put on events every weekend as on February 20, UFC Vegas 19 goes down from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In the main event of the card, top-five heavyweight contenders collide as Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis finally fight. The two have been on a collision course and it’s
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently finalized the 265-pound showdown between No. 2-ranked Curtis Blades and No. 4-ranked Derrick Lewis, who collide in the UFC Vegas 19 main event tomorrow night (Sat., Feb. 20, 2021) inside APEX center streaming entirely on the ESPN+ digital network. Both heavyweight headliners made their respective marks without incident and like
UFC Vegas 19 is green-lighted following Friday’s official weigh-in, but it wasn’t without numerous issues. After Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis had their previously scheduled date derailed by COVID-19, neither had an issue leading up to Saturday’s UFC Vegas 19 heavyweight headliner. Blaydes stepped on the scale at 259 pounds, while Lewis weighed 263 pounds.
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has sent a birthday message to one of his chief rivals, undefeated boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. McGregor and Mayweather met in the boxing ring in 2017 in a massive crossover spectacle. McGregor, who was making his pro boxing debut, performed surprisingly well in the fight’s early rounds, but
Key Stats: 1:10 average fight time, 74% striking accuracy, 71% striking defense What It Means: Tom Aspinall has been a juggernaut through two UFC fights, earning a pair of quick finishes both times out. He is a powerful man who moves well for his size, and when he lets his hands go, he’s got some of
1:58 PM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is stepping in to face Leon Edwards in a five-round main event at UFC Fight Night on March 13, multiple sources told ESPN. Muhammad is replacing Edwards’ original opponent, Khamzat Chimaev, who was forced to withdraw from the bout last week due to lingering effects from COVID-19. The
Mario Bautista is jumping on an opportunity. Inactive since last February, Bautista (8-1) is stepping in as a short-notice replacement for an injured Randy Costa to fight Trevin Jones (12-6, 1 NC) in a bantamweight bout at UFC 259 on March 6 in Las Vegas. MMA Fighting confirmed the news with sources with knowledge of
Colby Covington feels he has a strong handle on why the door is now closed on his recently rumored fight against Jorge Masvidal. A fight between former friends Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal had been in the works for weeks. Dana White himself confirmed that this was the fight the UFC wanted, and Covington was
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Just about a week ago, the king of watching regional MMA and frequent Midnight Mania highlight, Caposa, posted a strange knockout. In his native Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Hotak stopped Leonardo Barbosa with a knee to the body. The crowd went wild, but Barbosa’s reaction to the strike was … strange. See
Belal Muhammad steps up to face Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 187 on March 13 Welterweight Belal Muhammad has agreed to step in and face Leon Edwards in the UFC on ESPN+ 45 main event on March 13. Sources told ESPN of the development on Thursday. Muhammad (18-3) is ranked No. 13 in the
UFC middleweight Julian Marquez revealed that he’s still talking to Miley Cyrus by DM, saying that “she knows who I am (and) she follows me.” Marquez had an unbelievable comeback at UFC 258 last weekend when he submitted Maki Pitolo in the third round of a fight he was bound to lose via unanimous decision.
Former teammates Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns have to push aside their past ties to one another, at least for one night, when they clash for the welterweight championship at UFC 258 on Saturday, February 13. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription