8:07 AM ET Igor Resende Deiveson Figueiredo needed less than two minutes to submit Alex Perez on Nov. 21 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas to retain his flyweight title. The plan was to return home to Brazil shortly after the fight, but then everything changed — quickly. Now, Figueiredo is set to make
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Winning a gold medal at the prestigious Abu Dhabi Combat Club used to be followed by good offers in the MMA world, but that’s been the opposite for Augusto Mendes. ”Tanquinho” climbed to the top of the ADCC podium two years after leaving the UFC, defeating four opponents to be crowned the world’s best 145-pound
The place is here, Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and the time is now. The weigh ins for Bellator 254: “Macfarlane vs. Velasquez” tomorrow night (Thurs., Dec. 10, 2020, on CBS Sports Network) go down today (Wed., Dec. 9, 2020) before undefeated Flyweight stars meet as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0) takes on Juliana Velasquez (10-0).
The UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno fight card has suffered more hits this week as COVID-19 continues to ravage UFC fight cards. Mirroring the increase in COVID-19 cases across the United States, the UFC’s final events of 2020 have seen an uptick in bout cancellations because of the disease caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Presented by Hyperice, flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo prepares for a quick turnaround and convinces his entire team to go blond. Challenger Brandon Moreno watches fights with friends and family then shops for a four-piece suit. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
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Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Yoel Romero appears to be in good spirits following news that he has parted ways with his longtime employer the UFC. On Friday evening ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Twitter that the former UFC middleweight title challenger, Romero (13-5 MMA), was now a free agent. “Yoel Romero’s
No. 12 ranked UFC women’s strawweight Angela Hill is being removed from her bout against No. 9 ranked Tecia Torres. Replacing Hill will be UFC newcomer Sam Hughes, who has finished four of her five victories, including a recent first-round stoppage in October.Dwight Grant is being removed from his welterweight bout with Li Jing Liang.
In moving up to the UFC’s heavyweight division, Jon Jones is looking to leave his comfort zone and venture into a greatness that no one else has ever been. Jon Jones’s light heavyweight run is as good as any fighter’s stint in any division. When you consider his title defenses, finishes, and all the names
1:18 PM ET UFC 256 has lost two more fights because of coronavirus, but the event also has named a replacement fighter for a third bout that previously had been canceled because of COVID-19. Dwight Grant (10-3), who was to face middleweight Li Jingliang (17-6) in an early prelim on Saturday’s card in Las Vegas,
Amanda Ribas already has a new opponent for UFC 257. Ribas and fellow Brazilian strawweight Marina Rodriguez have agreed to meet in a 115-pound contest after Michelle Waterson withdrew from the Jan. 23 pay-per-view event, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. Both sides have verbally agreed but contracts are yet to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently staged UFC Vegas 16 on ESPN+ last weekend (Sat., Dec. 5, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring a Middleweight bout that saw Marvin Vettori stun Jack Hermansson after 25 minutes of action. “The Italian Dream’s” upset win over “The Joker” was good enough to move him up
UFC 256 Embedded: All Episodes Go behind the scenes of UFC 256, where flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is slated to defend his belt against No. 1 contender Brandon Moreno. The UFC 256 co-main event pits top light contenders Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira against one another in a fight the promises to be electric. Watch
Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram Arena Fight Championship 2, an event that was slated to include the MMA return of Artem Lobov, has been cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests. The promotion announced this unfortunate news in a public statement. “Some COVID-19 cases have been detected among the ARENA FIGHT Championship teams,” the statement
KEVIN HOLLAND VS. JACARE SOUZA Illness necessitated the shuffling of matchups at middleweight over the last couple of weeks, resulting in Kevin Holland and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza facing off here. Already one of the standouts since the restart, Holland enters the Octagon in search of his fifth victory of 2020 after posting wins over Anthony
Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has every intention of taking her time in her transition to MMA, but there is a certain somebody she expects to meet during her journey. As premature as it may be, there is no way around it: A fight between Claressa Shields and Kayla Harrison is now possible, and
7:27 AM ET Jon Jones was in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, living room in front of a projection television on July 25. UFC Fight Night aired that evening, and Jones had a keen eye on the undercard as Alexander Gustafsson, one of Jones’ main light heavyweight rivals, was making his heavyweight debut against former champion
Darren Till had a memorable outside-of-the cage run-in with Mike Perry in 2018, and now, he’s sharing his side of the story. When Till was making a name for himself in the UFC as a welterweight, he ran afoul of Perry on a couple of occasions, first when Perry confronted him following Till’s win over