6:25 AM ET ABU DHABI — A non-title UFC lightweight rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier is official for UFC 257 on Saturday, as both fighters successfully made weight during Friday’s weigh-in. McGregor (22-4), a former undisputed champion at lightweight, weighed-in at 155 pounds. Poirier (26-6), who won an interim lightweight champion in 2019,
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At the UFC 257 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Abu Dhabi are set to step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have the live video. In the main event, former two-division champion Conor McGregor faces off with former interim lightweight champ Dustin Poirier in a rematch of a 2014
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has one last hurdle to clear before making this weekend’s fights official, and that comes early this morning at the UFC 257 weigh ins on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Since Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier — who headline the Jan. 23 pay-per-view (PPV) lineup — have never missed weight, we
Conor McGregor’s return to the Octagon is set following Friday’s official UFC 257 weigh-in. He’ll square off with Dustin Poirier in a main event rematch on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. McGregor was the first fighter to the scale, hitting 155 pounds on the nose. It marks his first fight since taking out Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone
“I discovered the magic power of f****** cracking, throwing with heat,” Sanchez said with a grin. “In my last fight I felt confident and calm and composed unlike before. Now I can think in there and I can make wise choices. I think I’m going to build off that last fight.” View Sanchez’s Athlete Profile
Image Credit: Dan Hooker’s Instagram (photographer not listed) Dan Hooker slammed Charles Oliveira for saying he couldn’t make weight at UFC 257. Originally, the UFC wanted to book Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira at UFC 257 but the Brazilian said he couldn’t make weight on short notice. Dan Hooker ended up taking the fight against
Uriah Hall picked up a very significant win in his middleweight career when he defeated the legendary Anderson Silva. His new history with Silva, has him facing someone Silva lost to twice in Hall’s upcoming bout against Chris Weidman at UFC 258. With the emotional victory over the legendary Silva behind him, Hall is preparing
7:09 PM ET Conor McGregor went into last year with the desire to fight at least three times before the calendar turned to 2021. Now, the former UFC double champion has even more ambitious goals: seven fights in the next 18 months, he said Thursday on Stephen A’s World. “The truth is the fight game
Standout Ricky Simon and Brian Kelleher are trying to rebook their cancelled fight on the upcoming UFC 258 card. Simon called out Kelleher after submitting Gaetano Pirrello on Wednesday at UFC Fight Island 8. The pair have been booked on two previous occasions. The first time, at UFC Vegas 9, was called off after Simon’s
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, has gone on record to say that Charles Oliveira was offered a fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 257 but ultimately turned down the fight due to the short nature of the turnaround time. “Do Bronx” was just a couple of weeks removed from his dominant performance against
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is set to make his octagon debut on Fight Island at UFC 257. Chandler’s promotional debut will be a three-round co-main event bout against City Kickboxing product and number six ranked lightweight Dan Hooker. Many fans are looking at Chandler as an anomaly, not knowing what to expect from
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway joins Jon Anik backstage after his dominant performance in the main event of Fight Island 7.
Max Holloway vs. Calvin Katter full fight reactions by UFC community, Nate Diaz on the results of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Dana White meeting, Dana White says Khabib will fight against, if UFC 257 Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier ends in spectacular fashion, Max Holloway ready to step in, just one week after Calvin Kattar win, Alexander
Dana White addressed the media during a post-fight press conference at UFC on ABC 1/#UFCFightIsland7 in Abu Dhabi. For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Upcoming events: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/schedule Fighter rankings: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Chimaev The breakout star of 2020, Khamzat Chimaev came out of nowhere to capture the imagination of fight fans around the world, and on March 13, he headlines his first UFC event when he faces the third-ranked welterweight in the world, Leon Edwards. Fighting out of Birmingham, England, Edwards has won
Russian MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko has been admitted into a Moscow hospital specializing in treating COVID-19. News of Emelianenko’s hospitalization was first reported by RIA Novosti and later reported by RT Sport. Information on Emelianenko’s condition is currently scarce, but a statement issued on the Russian star’s social media accounts thanked his fans for their
Conor McGregor has shared his thoughts on Khabib’s “stipulation” for a return. Following the meeting between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dana White last week, Dana White revealed the outcome: Khabib would return if someone from the lightweight division motivates him to return through their performances. White targeted the stipulation mostly at the lightweights who will be
6:50 AM ET THE ONLY TIME Dustin Poirier wanted to fight an opponent outside of the cage was the week of UFC 178. Poirier remembers standing behind a curtain at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas in September 2014, waiting to get on the scale. He recalls seeing a few scuffles in the