UFC 255 has been dealt a devastating blow, with Robbie Lawler withdrawing from his scheduled bout against Mike Perry. Mike Perry was set to take on arguably the biggest name he’s ever been pitted against in one Robbie Lawler at UFC 255 in a bout with a high potential for fireworks, but it was not
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7:10 PM ET An anticipated welterweight bout is off the UFC’s next pay-per-view main card. Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler is out of a scheduled bout with Mike Perry at UFC 255 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The UFC is seeking a replacement to fight Perry, sources said.
MMA Fighting has Bellator 250 results for Thursday’s fight card from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, former Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will square off against Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima for the vacant Bellator middleweight title. Brandon Girtz will face Henry Corrales In a featherweight contest in the
Image via@trailblaze2top on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC middleweight Kevin Holland received a short-notice opponent for UFC Vegas 12 after Makhmud Muradov withdrew from Saturday’s event. Holland vs. Muradov was set to be a part of the main card for this Saturday’s UFC event, which features a main event between middleweights Uriah Hall and Anderson
Competing in his third different division, Jared Cannonier rolled off three straight big finishes to start his middleweight career and looks like a threat at the top of the weight class. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit
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A middleweight contest just got a little bit more interesting, as Paulo Borrachinha and Oluwale Bamgbose got into a little scrap at UFC 212 ceremonial weigh-ins.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov managed to dominate at UFC 254 (HIGHLIGHTS!), overwhelming Justin Gaethje in the second round to sleep him with a triangle choke before immediately retiring. To make the situation even more impressive, Nurmagomedov revealed he endured a camp from hell. He came with receipts too, providing x-rays of his broken
Heading into his bout against Brady Huang at Contender Series 2020 this past August, bantamweight Adrian Yanez wasn’t feeling overwhelmed by the opportunity being presented himself, but rather the opposite. With a potential UFC contract on the line, Yanez was relaxed as could be and went out and picked up a 39-second first round TKO
During the bushfire containment and recovery period, Red Cross teams provided relief efforts five states and territories. The team also provided support to 27,500 people at 100 relief and recovery centers across the country. Funds received were routed to the Red Cross Grant Program that assisted 3,500 people. Nine months after launching their grants and
Anderson Silva’s final UFC fight will take place this weekend against Uriah Hall. Silva first debuted in the promotion over 14 years ago. The 45-year-old recently said the company just isn’t the same after the Fertitta brothers sold it in 2016. “I think the UFC changed for me when Lorenzo came out,” Silva said to
8:37 AM ET “I know only one thing what I want from UFC,” Khabib Nurmagomedov said moments after his victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. “You guys have to put me No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, because I deserve it.” That he does. And despite the undefeated lightweight champion having announced his
Cody Law didn’t know exactly how he’d end up making his professional fighting debut but he probably couldn’t have scripted a better journey. The 25-year-old prospect was once a top-ranked high school wrestler, who ended up joining the coveted Penn State wrestling program under Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson. While he picked up several big
Jennifer Maia is hoping to “surprise the world” when she fights UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 255. Maia was granted the title shot against Shevchenko after pulling off an incredible submission victory over former top contender Joanne Calderwood over the summer. The UFC matched Maia up against the champ Shevchenko, and they
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight headline machine Mike Perry will not be fighting at the UFC 255 pay-per-view (PPV) event next month in Las Vegas, but not because of “Platinum’s” never-ending personal problems. It seems Robbie Lawler has been injured and forced to withdraw. “So Lawler pulled out due to an injury,” Perry wrote on
It’s been a year of both ups and downs for strawweight Vanessa Demopoulos. Following two straight wins to kick off the year, including an LFA championship victory in July, Demopoulos’ momentum was halted in her next bout, losing to Corey McKenna at Dana White’s Contender Series 2020 in August. Looking back on her two fights
Fresh off a blistering performance on the Contender Series, Adrian Yanez makes his first foray into the Octagon opposite fellow newcomer Victor Rodriguez on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Yanez scored one of the more impressive finishes thus far this season on the Contender Series in mid-August when he knocked out Brady Huang with a
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 254! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Khabib Nurmagomedov gets his wish and unseats Jon Jones as the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world after submitting Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Justin Gaethje dropped three spots to #10, which allowed Dustin Poirier (#7),