A key welterweight bout between perennial division contenders Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal headlined tonight’s UFC Vegas 17 event. Thompson (15-4-1 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since UFC 244 in November of 2019, where he earned a unanimous decision victory over Vicente Luque. Prior that win, ‘Wonderboy’ was coming off the
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UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has been voted BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year. The Russian, 32, extended his perfect professional record to 29 wins with an emotional victory over interim champion Justin Gaethje in October. The UFC lightweight champion fought just months after the death of his father, coach and mentor Abdulmanap. Considered by
5:20 PM ET The lawyer for a well-known mixed martial arts coach says a video that triggered the coach’s sexual assault arrest actually shows he did not commit a crime. Rafael “Barata” de Freitas, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach for prominent UFC fighters such as Holly Holm and Michelle Waterson, pleaded not guilty to a charge
Olympic gold medalist Szymon Kolecki will headline KSW 58 on Jan. 30 as the former weightlifting champion takes on Martin Zawada in the headline fight from Poland. KSW officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Saturday. A two-time medal winner in the Olympics, Kolecki transitioned to mixed martial arts after his weightlifting career was
Jose Aldo will enter the Octagon tonight against Marlon Vera as a man embracing a new beginning that will culminate in another world title. Jose Aldo already has established a Hall-of-Fame career, but at 34 years old, he still believes he is venturing into a fresh start tonight when he competes against Marlon Vera in
All good things must come to an end. We had a horrible night of bets last week ending our two card winning streak. Our bets ended up going 1-8-1 on the night for a total loss of 4.65 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the handicapper profile name MMAInformed.com. Year to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to stage its final event of 2020 as UFC Vegas 17 goes down later tonight (Sat., Dec. 19, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ESPN+-streamed event will feature a Welterweight bout between Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal. In the co-main event, Jose Aldo will face Marlon
UFC Vegas 17: Thompson vs. Neal weigh-in face-offs [embedded content] UFC Vegas 17: Thompson vs. Neal, the fight promotion’s final event of 2020, is set following Friday’s weigh-in at the Apex in Las Vegas. Though the UFC Vegas 17 fight card was whittled down from 16 to 12 bouts after COVID-19 and injury cancellations, the
Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping responded to some disgusting comments from a Twitter user Friday night. Bisping (30-9 MMA) retired from the sport shortly following his knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum in November of 2017. ‘The Count‘ has since gone on to become a fan favorite on microphone performing duties as a UFC analyst.
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The 30-year-old Neal was ordered to refrain from training for a month, staying in his apartment before slowly getting back into the gym. And if you know Neal, one of the most important things to the UFC welterweight contender is embracing the grind. That meant staying out of intense training sessions at Fortis MMA in
2:32 PM ET The UFC is finalizing an important bantamweight fight for early 2021, as Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar have verbally agreed to meet on Feb. 6, sources told ESPN on Friday. The fight represents a meeting between two of the best 135-pounders in the world. Sandhagen (13-2) is coming off a second-round TKO
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 17 results for the Thompson vs. Neal event on Saturday, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 17 Twitter updates. In the main event, two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson returns to headline his fifth Fight Night event, facing the surging Geoff Neal in a replacement
Anthony Johnson is not as confident as Yoel Romero that they will be facing one another in their Bellator debuts. When Anthony Johnson and Yoel Romero separated from the UFC only to later join Bellator’s light heavyweight division, it didn’t take long for fans to collectively start thinking the same thing: Johnson vs. Romero. Even
Jose Aldo will be trying to avoid a dreaded four-fight losing streak tomorrow night (Sat., Dec. 19, 2020) at UFC Vegas 17 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he takes on bantamweight contender Marlon Vera in the co-main event. This is a big opportunity for Aldo to say the
(James Goyder is the owner/editor of AsianMMA.com) Remaining undefeated for nearly a decade requires a lot of ability and, sometimes, a little bit of luck. Lowen Tynanes didn’t get any of the latter at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday as he dropped a split decision to Marat Gafurov at ONE: Collision Course. It was
UFC women’s strawweight contender Nina Ansaroff has announced her return to the Octagon three months after having a child with Amanda Nunes. Ansaroff and Nunes announced back in September the birth of their first child Raegan Ann Nunes. Incredibly, just three months later and Ansaroff is already ready to get back in the cage. The
With just 57 seconds spent in the Octagon, Williams appears acclimated to the increased exposure, attention and buzz that comes with stunning UFC wins. Williams, who said he experienced “legal troubles” in the past, takes pride in his how he has turned things around in a positive light that catches people’s attention. “When people started