The year will get a lot more interesting for “Thunder” should he defeat Soriano, a fellow unbeaten graduate of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series that also scored a knockout in his UFC debut, halting Oskar Piechota in less than four minutes. Todorovic calls the Hawaiian his “toughest challenge yet,” and it’s the kind of
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PhotoCred: SGB Media When being paired to shoot a commercial together, TJ Dillashaw and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson had to be on their best office behavior. In July 2018, men’s clothing company Van Heusen released a commercial displaying their new Flex Collection. Showing off the new wares were none other than UFC superstars Stephen Thompson and,
2:12 PM ET The UFC has “essentially” struck marijuana as a punishable offense in its anti-doping policy, the promotion and anti-doping partner USADA announced Thursday. Beginning retroactively Jan. 1, a positive drug test for carboxy-THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, will no longer be considered a violation — unless USADA is able to prove that
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Ryan Hall’s long-awaited return to the Octagon now has a date and opponent attached to it. As originally reported by BJPenn.com, Ryan Hall’s opponent for his return bout will be #11-ranked featherweight Dan Ige. With Hall ranked #13, the winner of this bout will, in all likelihood, crack into the top 10. Of the seven
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be LIVE at 4 a.m. ET for the UFC Fight Island 7 weigh-in event, where 22 hungry fighters will climb on the scale for this Sat. night’s (Jan. 16, 2021) mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+ and ABC from inside Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. The
UFC president Dana White wants to see what Conor McGregor can accomplish being fully dedicated to mixed martial arts in 2021, but it appears the Irish superstar may not be ready to commit wholly to MMA this year. McGregor in 2020 teased a boxing match opposite Manny Pacquiao. Having done the same with Floyd Mayweather
Watch UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Kattar For Free On ABC At 3pm/12pm ETPT “This is the biggest opportunity to do it – being on ABC, the debut, it’s a history making card within itself. So, to go out there and do what I do best, in front of the most people I’m probably going to
Image Credit: UFC (photographer not listed) Tyson Nam wasn’t surprised the UFC booked him against Matt Schnell for the third time. Nam and Schnell were supposed to fight on September 12 and December 19 but a botched weight cut by Schnell and Schnell pulling out canceled both of those fights. However, Nam knows the UFC
7:46 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders As the UFC looks to kick off 2021 with two elements that were sorely lacking for most of 2020 — Conor McGregor and fans in attendance — this brief pause in the calendar offers the perfect window to take stock and look ahead. So who will have the best
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UFC president, Dana White, is expecting a back-and-forth fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor. In the main event of UFC 257 on January 23, Poirier and McGregor are set to have their rematch six and a half years in the making. It’s a very intriguing matchup, and the Irishman has said he will KO
This weekend (Sat., Jan. 16, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for UFC Fight Island 7, the first event of the New Year. Given the more strict COVID-19 testing to even arrive in Abu Dhabi (details), as well as the tighter bubble in place, there’s
While the first part of 2020 was not as productive as it could have been for strawweight Loveth Young with a loss in January to Vanessa Demopoulos at LFA 81 followed by the Covid-19 lockdown, the end of the year went decidedly better. In her second bout of 2020, Young picked up a devastating first
Calvin Kattar has climbed up the featherweight ranks since joining the UFC with impressive performances and finishes in big-time matchups. 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)
Spencer Fisher was a popular fighter in the UFC lightweight division for seven years. When an abnormal brain scan ended his career in 2013, he went to work for the UFC. When the fight promotion was sold in 2016, he was one of the people let go. Now, he’s living with the damage he suffered
What It Means: The first thing of note when it comes to Kattar is his boxing. It is patient, heavy-handed and technically among the best in the promotion. He’s a patient fighter, which sometimes leads to slow starts, but he has improved his urgency and ability to read his opponent in his recent run up
PhotoCred: Las Vegas Review-Journal After continuous studies reveal more information, the UFC keeps on looking at ways to improve fighter health. In most sports that involve contact with the head, it’s unfortunately common to see brain health deteriorate or be impacted over time. Recently it was revealed via MMA Fighting of the severity of former