UFC president Dana White called a matchup between UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade a “very fun fight.” A dominant Shevchenko defeated challenger Jennifer Maia via unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 255. The win improved Shevchenko’s UFC flyweight record to a perfect 6-0, and she is quickly running out
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Cody Garbrandt is dealing with complications stemming from COVID-19. Back in August, the former bantamweight champion got COVID-19 and then tore his bicep which forced him out of the Deiveson Figueiredo title fight. Now, months after getting the virus, Garbrandt revealed in an Instagram story he is still dealing with the complications for COVID-19. “Disclaimer
4:16 PM ET A potentially major news story happened behind closed doors last week, as PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison made the 146-pound featherweight limit for the first time in her career. A former two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, Harrison (8-0) is under contract with PFL, but received permission to fight Courtney King (4-1)
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Renato Moicano was all set to tango with Rafael Fiziev this Saturday night (Nov. 28, 2020) at UFC Vegas 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. But after Moicano tested positive for COVID-19, he was forced to withdraw from the event. No fret, the promotion wasted no time in setting another date, as MMA Fighting reports that
[embedded content] It’s taken several weeks to get to this point, but UFC president Dana White has finally confirmed that the UFC 257 headlining rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier has been inked by both parties. How the Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier rematch came together? Following months of frustration over his UFC scheduling
The 27-year-old Albazi makes his second trip into the UFC cage this weekend in a flyweight clash with fellow sophomore Zhalgas Zhumagulov, looking to extend his winning streak to three and build off his impressive debut performance. Back in July, Albazi accepted a fight against Canadian Malcolm Gordon, filling in for his original opponent on
UFC President Dana White has responded to rumors that Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak is considering shutting down combat sports events in the state amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Nevada is currently enduring a spike of COVID-19 cases, and amid widespread fears of overflowing hospitals and overworked medical staff, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has reported
Following his defeat to Uriah Hall, UFC President Dana White said that former middleweight champion Anderson Silva would not fight in the UFC again. Silva had one fight left on his contract but was released from the promotion last week. The 45-year-old posted to Instagram recently and stated that he still has the desire to
7:44 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko once again showed her brilliance in a unanimous-decision win over Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Things were a little dicey for Shevchenko through two rounds. She actually — gasp — lost the second round. But then Shevchenko used her precision
In the 19th episode of On to the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday’s UFC 255 event at the UFC APEX. We react to Deiveson Figueiredo’s next title defense being on the books against fellow event winner Brandon Moreno at UFC 256. Future fights
Viral KO sensation Joaquin Buckley made a successful return at UFC 255, scoring a less spectacular but no less effective knockout of Jordan Wright during the prelims of UFC 255. It was another entertaining performance from Buckley, who clearly wants to keep the momentum going with another fight sooner rather than later. And this time
Coming off a split-decision loss to Myles Jury at Bellator 243 this past August, lightweight Georgi Karakhanyan was able to get back on track when he picked up a split-decision victory over Bryce Logan at Bellator 251 on November 5. For Karakhanyan the win was not only a way to get himself back on track,
Deiveson Figueiredo, Alex Perez, Valentina Shevchenko, Jennifer Maia and the rest of the UFC 255 matchups faced off after weighing in on Friday morning. The UFC 255 main card kicks off at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday night. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT
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UFC 255: FIGUEIREDO vs. PEREZ will take place Saturday, November 21 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. Fans will be able to purchase UFC 255: FIGUEIREDO vs. PEREZ online at ESPNPlus.com/PPV or on
Image via @spiderandersonsilva on Instagram UFC legend Anderson Silva criticized UFC president Dana White and the world’s top MMA promotion “after an attempt to force my retirement.” Silva suffered a knockout loss to Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 12 on Halloween and after the fight, White said that the UFC would not be offering him