The final UFC Pay-Per-View of the year, UFC 256, promises to be an historic one, as flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo looks to set the record for fastest consecutive UFC title defenses when he faces No. 1 ranked contender Brandon Moreno. Also on the card, former interim lightweight champion and No. 3 ranked contender Tony Ferguson
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The UFC is targeting a high-level lightweight bout between streaking fighters Islam Makhachev and UFC vet Drew Dober for UFC 259 in March. As initially reported by ESPN, a fight between Islam Makhachev and Drew Dober is in the works for UFC 259 on March 6. The ESPN report cited March 6 as an option
6:59 PM ET Charles Oliveira transitioned from mount to armbar. His legs kept Tony Ferguson in place with Ferguson’s back on the canvas. Oliveira torqued on Ferguson’s left arm hard with Ferguson unable to defend. With time expiring in the first round, Oliveira completely hyperextended Ferguson’s arm — but Ferguson would not tap out. That’s
The UFC 256 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com. UFC officials will announce the winners of the “Fight of the Night” and the “Performance of the Night” bonuses, and winning fighters
The final Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pay-per-view (PPV) will go down tonight (Sat., Dec. 12, 2020) as UFC 256 unfolds live on ESPN+ PPV from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno flyweight title fight serving as the main attraction. Before Figueiredo and Moreno duke it out for
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Image via @ufc on Instagram Darren Till issued a hilarious response to a callout from fellow middleweight contender Marvin Vettori this afternoon on social media. Vettori stepped in for Till against Jack Hermansson at last weekend’s UFC Vegas 16 and emerged victorious by way of unanimous decision. It was an impressive showing from ‘The Italian
UFC 256: FIGUEIREDO vs. MORENO will take place Saturday, December 12 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas and will stream live on Pay-Per-View, exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT in both English and Spanish. Preliminary fights will air nationally in English on ESPN2 and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes, as well as being simulcast in
The UFC 256 weigh-ins are now complete! Every fighter on the card successfully made weight, so we are all set for tomorrow night! The main event will feature Deiveson Figueiredo defending his flyweight title for the second time against Brandon Moreno. In the co-main event, a major fan-favorite scrap is in store for us when
7:51 AM ET I think I might have been wrong about Deiveson Figueiredo. Prior to UFC 255, which was a whopping three weeks ago, I said I didn’t know if Figueiredo was the guy to make people care about the flyweights, at least to a degree they haven’t before. I thought it was more likely
When Kevin Holland tested positive for COVID-19, and was subsequently removed from his main event matchup with Jack Hermasson, many thought his 2020 would be over. Fast forward just a few hours later and Holland found himself another booking a week later on the final PPV event of the year against a perennial middleweight contender.
We had another profitable night of bets making it back to back weeks. Some of our bets were refunded as the Landwehr and Santos fights were cancelled last second. Our bets ended up going 3-2 on the night for a total win of 1.53 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the
It wasn’t that long ago that Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov were supposed to fight at UFC 249. This was back in May. It would be the fifth failed attempt to host the lightweight grudge match. After Khabib was unable to compete due to COVID-19 travel restrictions he was replaced by lightweight brawler Justin Gaethje.
Dana White reacts to fighter vaccines and antitrust lawsuit in full UFC 256 scrum [embedded content] As a pandemic plagued 2020 winds down, UFC president Dana White met with the media to not only address UFC 256 – the promotion’s final pay-per-view event of the year – but he also addressed plans for vaccines and
Presented by Hyperice, Tony Ferguson does cardio a la trampoline; Brandon Moreno starts quarantine. Charles Oliveira begins his weight cut. Mackenzie Dern eyes sub of the year; champ Deiveson Figueiredo expects another KO. Figueiredo, Moreno and Kevin Holland attend media day. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live
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Tonight’s UFC 256 event is headlined by a short-notice flyweight title fight between champion Deiveson Figueiredo and challenger Brandon Moreno. Figueiredo (20-1 MMA) notched his first career title defense at last month’s UFC 255 event, defeating Alex Perez in the very first round with a guillotine choke. The victory marked the Brazilians fifth in a
It does, and while Ferguson has always marched to the beat of his own drummer since emerging victorious on season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2011, he could always be relied on to deliver excitement and a supreme effort on fight night. And if there was to be a setback like this one, Ferguson