Santiago Ponzinibbio is not a fan of the UFC rankings. After Ponzinibbio knocked out Neil Magny in 2018, the now 34-year-old was ranked inside the top-15. However, he has been dealing with health issues and has not fought since November of 2018, but will return on January 16 against Li Jingliang. For Ponzinibbio, when he
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The family of Irwin Rivera has released an official statement after the UFC fighter was arrested on attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his two sisters earlier this week. Rivera, 31, was reportedly not himself leading up to the attack. His one sister, Lezlye Campos, recognized the odd behavior and decided to fly out to
The UFC kicks off 2021 with a three-event, eight-day run on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. The UFC Fight Island stint will also welcome fans into the arena for the first time since emerging from the pandemic induced lockdown in the spring of 2020. The three events start with UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
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PhotoCred: BleacherReport / MMAFighting The war of words between current and former UFC flyweight champions has begun as Deiveson Figueiredo responded to Henry Cejudo’s recent trash talk on Thursday. After receiving his honors as Fighter of the Year from MMA Fighting, Brazil’s Figueiredo gave a short speech via video with the mentioning of “Triple C”.
8:37 PM ET UFC fighter Irwin Rivera was arrested Thursday on two counts of attempted murder, according to an incident report obtained by ESPN. He was booked just after Noon local time after being apprehended by the Boynton Beach Police Department and is being held without bail, per online jail records. Boynton Beach Police Department
UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera was arrested and jailed on Thursday on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder. Online arrest records for the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office show Rivera was booked into custody at 12:08 p.m. on Thursday at the Main Detention Center in West Palm Beach. No bond has been set for the
The UFC will kick off 2021 with fans in attendance for the first time since last March. UFC’s return to Fight Island on January 16 will now feature a “limited” number of fans as announced by Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism on Thursday. Fans will also be in attendance for the other two
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Per a report from ESPN, UFC Bantamweight Irwin Rivera was arrested Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida on a pair of attempted murder charges. More specifically, Rivera is accused of stabbing his two sisters. According to the incident report obtained by ESPN, Boynton Beach police officers were called to a residence
UFC fighter Irwin Rivera arrested on murder charges UFC bantamweight fighter Irwin Rivera has been arrested. He has been charged with two counts of First Degree Murder. MMAWeekly.com confirmed that Rivera was arrested and booked on Thursday in Palm Beach, Fla., following a report by MMA Fighting. Though Palm Beach officers did not respond to
It’s been a tough road to say the least if you’re just looking at a won-loss record. Moras is only 3-5 in the Octagon, but as with a lot of things in the world of mixed martial arts, numbers don’t tell the whole story. In Moras’ case, she’s been fighting killers from the start, beating
Image via Petr Yan/ UFC Russia on Instagram Petr Yan will still look to defend his bantamweight title for the first time against Aljamain Sterling. According to MMAJunkie, Yan and Sterling will meet on March 6 at UFC 259 at a location TBD. The bout is also the third title fight on the card. Petr
12:11 PM ET The world’s biggest mixed-martial-arts promotion is adding to its contribution toward a long-running brain study. The UFC is donating an extra $1 million to the Cleveland Clinic to help fund brain health research for the next five years, the promotion announced Thursday. The Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in
New main event, new poster. On Thursday, the UFC released its official poster for UFC Fight Island 8, which takes place on Jan. 20 in Abu Dhabi and will be headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny. Welterweight takeover #UFCFightIsland8: @MikeMav22 vs @NeilMagny [ #InAbuDhabi | @VisitAbuDhabi ] pic.twitter.com/gRaGBN0fIR —
Leon Edwards is tired of waiting to return to action. The last time Leon Edwards competed in a UFC Octagon was in July of 2019. The reason for this long layoff isn’t because of a serious injury that he needed to recuperate from or because of intense contract negotiations. In fact, there may be no
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) will kick off its 2021 fight campaign with the “Knucklemania” pay-per-view (PPV) fight card on Feb. 5 in Lakeland, Fla., headlined by former UFC strawweight star Paige VanZant. “!2 Gauge” will be making her bare knuckle debut opposite BKFC veteran Britain Hart, who is fresh off her technical knockout victory