UFC light heavyweight Jamahal Hill does not think the UFC is documenting his ascent the way they have done others before him. Khamzat Chimaev. Sean O’Malley. Maycee Barber. Mike Perry. Johnny Walker. These are just a few names who were considered “hype trains” shortly after their arrival in the UFC. There have been many others
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The UFC’s recent pattern of one month Fight Island, two months Las Vegas continues. The promotion has been shuttling their shows back and forth between Abu Dhabi and their UFC APEX arena in Vegas since a brief stint in Florida marked their return to action in May. A pattern emerged: July on Fight Island, August
UFC 257: The Thrill and Agony of Conor McGregor’s loss to Dustin Poirier [embedded content] Go behind the scenes of UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2 for a closer look at the thrill of victory and agony of defeat for the athletes on fight night. Watch the full episode exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. (Video
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Jessica Andrade says she is planning on fighting UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko sometime later this spring. After defeating Katlyn Chookagian in her 125lbs debut last fall on Fight Island, UFC president Dana White confirmed that Andrade would be next in line for Shevchenko after she took out Jennifer Maia at UFC 255. So
Overeem (47-18, 1 NC, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) aims to continue his momentum with another highlight reel finish. Among the most decorated heavyweights in MMA, the former Strikeforce champion and K-1 World Grand Prix winner has picked up thrilling KO wins over Junior Dos Santos, Mark Hunt and Brock Lesnar. Overeem now hopes
Former Bellator flyweight champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has no desire for an immediate rematch with Juliana Velasquez after the Brazilian took her title at Bellator 254. That doesn’t line up with what champions usually say, but Macfarlane is honest to a fault. When she finally got around to watching the five-round fight, she told MMA Fighting,
UFC lightweight Beniel Dariush believes that the one thing that might be more influential than Max Holloway’s five-star performance at UFC on ABC 1 are the words he said after the fight. The stage was set for the UFC to make its return to network TV when UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar hit the
Conor McGregor took his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 pretty well on the surface, but you know he’s gotta be steamed about the defeat scuttling another big money boxing bout with Manny Pacquiao. You’ve got to roll a whole bunch of tangential figures like general sponsorship and whiskey sales into McGregor’s UFC paydays
Wrestling superstar Bill Goldberg praises Dustin Poirier ahead of WWE Royal Rumble [embedded content] Bill Goldberg is probably the most famous athlete known for mixed martial arts that has never fought in mixed martial arts. A longtime fan of the sport, Goldberg adopted a mixed martial arts persona for his character when he became a
Former UFC standout James Vick suffered his third consecutive stoppage loss at tonight’s XMMA event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Vick (13-6 MMA) became a free agent in October of 2019, this after the UFC opted against renewing his contract. ‘The Texecutioner’ returned to action in tonight’s XMMA headliner for a welterweight bout with Andre
It’s a bold move, but he’s right. At bantamweight, the list of fighters with a claim to be in the title picture is a long one, but with flyweight getting its sea legs again thanks to the emergence of champion Deiveson Figueiredo as one of the UFC’s best, a trio of wins might be all
1:23 PM ET USADA gave a six-month suspension to UFC women’s bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington on Thursday for the use of two banned substances, the agency announced. According to a USADA release, Pennington informed UFC’s anti-doping partner on Nov. 17 that she had used two prohibited drugs: 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064. USADA tested Pennington and the
Former World’s Strongest Man turned MMA fighter Mariusz Pudzianowski will return to the cage this spring to headline a KSW event. Pudzianowski will fight at KSW 59: Fight Code,” which takes place March 20, the promotion announced during the broadcast of KSW 58 on Saturday in Lodz, Poland. Pudzianowski’s opponent and the event’s location were
Petr Yan and T.J. Dillashaw are in agreement that they should fight one another when T.J. Dillashaw makes his Octagon return. UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan is set to defend his bantamweight championship against Aljamain Sterling in five weeks at UFC 259, but he is already surveying who might be his next opponent should he
Nik Lentz is as tough as they come, but the newly retired UFC fighter may have just crossed the line of no return. Lentz, who lost to Movsar Evloev via split decision last weekend at UFC 257, retired after the fight citing issues with his vision dating back to a previous loss to Arnold Allen.
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons I always find it interesting when there is a change in
Lightweight Michael Chandler announced his arrival to the UFC and the rest of the division with a massive first-round knockout over Dan Hooker in the UFC 257 co-main event. 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