Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dustin Poirier has really refined his kickboxing style in the last few years. For years, he was more of a brawler than boxer, constantly breaking his stance to lunge forward with power punches. That began to change around 2017 after his loss to Michael Johnson, as Poirier really grew sharper with
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Coming off a 2019 that saw him go undefeated in his first three fights, welterweight Darian Weeks was looking to carry over that momentum into 2020 when the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic put those plans on hold for most of the year. When he was finally able to get back into MMA, Weeks
Preview the UFC 258 main event between the undisputed welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (17-1) and challenger Gilbert Burns (19-3). 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 Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) To
At the Mayweather vs. McGregor final press conference, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor squared off Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com MMA Fighting is your home for exclusive interviews, live shows,
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Conor McGregor appears ready to get back to his trash-talking self. In the lead-up to McGregor’s fights against Donald Cerrone and Dustin Poirier, the Irishman refrained from trash-talking. Instead, he complimented both men and appeared to turn a new leaf. However, after McGregor lost by second-round TKO to
With many faces both old and new coming your way, UFC FIGHT PASS has a jam packed week ahead. On February 13th UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will attempt to defend his title against former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258. Other bouts on the card include a flyweight showdown between Maycee Barber and Alexa
7:26 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and his challenger, Gilbert Burns, step into the Octagon on Saturday night, they will be kicking off an unprecedented run of title bouts. From this weekend’s UFC 258 event through UFC 260 six weeks later, there will be six fights in which a belt
Frankie Edgar seems to have already put Saturday night’s heartbreaking loss behind him. The former lightweight champion took on Cory Sandhagen in a pivotal bantamweight co-main event matchup at UFC Vegas 18. “The Answer” fell victim to a beautifully timed flying knee that put him out cold 28 seconds into the fight as he suffered
Dustin Poirier’s UFC 257 fight kit earned over $26,000 for his Good Fight Foundation which has championed everything from building water wells in Uganda to buying school supplies for children in Louisiana. Over the past couple of years, Dustin Poirier has worked on his charity and in the lead-up to his rematch with Conor McGregor,
Former UFC middleweight Chris Leben retired from combat sports following his epic knockout victory over Quentin Henry at the “KnuckleMania” pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in Lakeland, Florida, a fitting end for the hard-hitting “Crippler.” Watch the video highlights here. “It was a beautiful way for me to cap my career,” Leben said at the
Watch Gilbert Burns dominate Tyron Woodley en route to UFC 258 title shot [embedded content] Gilbert Burns earned his shot at the UFC welterweight title with a dominating performance over former champion Tyron Woodley in May. Burns challenges UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 258 on Saturday, February 13. Take
Tom Brady UFC President Dana White and numerous pro fighters weighed in after Tom Brady earned his seventh career Super Bowl tonight. Brady left his longtime home of New England last offseason and signed with the NFC’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 43-year-old quarterback led the franchise to its first playoff appearance since 2003 this postseason.
Key Stats: 7:40:51 total fight time (1st all-time), 70 takedowns landed (4th all-time), 2,339 strikes landed (3rd all-time) What It Means: At 39 years old, Edgar showed he has plenty left in the tank in a hard-fought bantamweight debut against Pedro Munhoz. Perhaps the most encouraging thing was that fight looked like a classic fight
2:28 PM ET A fighter hoping to make his UFC debut this weekend will have to wait. Askar Askar was not medically cleared to compete Saturday night at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, the promotion announced. His scheduled bout with Cody Stamann has been canceled. Askar took the fight earlier this week on short
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Alistair Overeem has issued a statement following his TKO loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 on Saturday night. Alistair Overeem made his plans for the future crystal clear: keep fighting until winning the UFC heavyweight championship and then retire from the sport. At UFC Vegas 18 last night, he suffered another setback when
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action last night (Sat., Feb. 6, 2021) to stage UFC Vegas 18 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Alexander Volkov knockout Alistair Overeen in the headlining act (highlights). In the co-main event of the evening, Cory Sandhagen knocked out former Lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar, in the
While the first half of 2020 was a wash for light-heavyweight Fabio Cherant, he was able to rebound and have a productive second half of the year, picking up back-to-back wins. For Cherant, who was coming off a loss in only bout of 2019, to salvage 2020 with two straight wins made the struggles he