11:52 AM ET UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov said Tuesday that Georges St-Pierre is the only person he’d be motivated to fight after Saturday’s bout against interim champ Justin Gaethje. “I really become excited when I think about Georges St-Pierre,” Nurmagomedov said on ESPN’s First Take. “I don’t know if he wants to fight with
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Image: Anderson Silva on Instagram UFC legend Anderson Silva confirmed that his upcoming middleweight fight on Halloween against Uriah Hall will be his last. Silva is the oldest fighter on the UFC roster at 45 years of age and he has really struggled in the latter stages of his legendary career, losing two straight bouts
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UFC president Dana White answered media questions following Tuesday’s DWCS 31 event in Las Vegas. Topics included Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz 2, Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns, Daniel Cormier’s retirement and more. For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Upcoming events: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/schedule Fighter rankings: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook:
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Big business is set to go down on Fight Island. In an interview with TMZ, UFC President Dana White explained that he expects UFC 254 to surpass the buys of UFC 229, which currently holds the UFC record at 2.4 million buys. “This thing’s trending of the charts for us right
UFC 254 Embedded: ‘I’m going to capitalize on this opportunity’ [embedded content] Title challenger Justin Gaethje reflects on how far he’s come from a small town. Jared Cannonier visualizes a win and inspires Walt Harris. Gaethje and Robert Whittaker talk to media about their upcoming bouts. Go behind the scenes ahead of Khabib Nurmagomedov and
Upon being added to the UFC Anti-Doping Program, an athlete who voluntarily and promptly discloses the use of a prohibited substance prior to testing will not be deemed to have committed a violation if they test positive from the prior use. While Sherman provided sufficient evidence that his use of anastrozole occurred prior to entering
Jon Jones recently confirmed that he did indeed hide under a cage to avoid drug-testers from the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 2010. For several years the story had been something of an urban myth in the MMA world. Jones admitted to the story during a Twitter back-and-forth with Israel Adesanya recently. He says that
7:58 AM ET Want to know what it’s like to compete against Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon? Ask someone who thought he would take it easy sparring with Nurmagomedov because he was about 70 pounds heavier — only to realize he needed to give it more gas. Ask Daniel Cormier. “There have been times when
Khabib Nurmagomedov is not a man of mystery. Ahead of his showdown with Justin Gaethje in the UFC 254 main event, the undefeated lightweight champion isn’t exactly keeping his plans for the fight a secret. In fact, Nurmagomedov is more than happy to lay out his game plan just days away from the fight and
Image: PFL The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship format, today announced that the 2021 PFL Season will begin April 23 on ESPN2 in primetime. The remaining Regular Season events will take place on April 29, May 6, June 10, June 17, and June
Michael Chandler flew all the way to Abu Dhabi just to make weight and go home. That’s according to reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who doesn’t think the former Bellator MMA 155-pound titleholder needs to be serving as backup for the UFC 254 pay-per-view (PPV) main event. “Thank you Michael Chandler, go home and
Watch Khabib submit Dustin Poirier ahead of UFC 254 [embedded content] Watch UFC lightweight champion submit Dustin Poirier ahead of his return to the Octagon at UFC 254. Khabib fights for the first time since he defeated Poirier when he faces Justin Gaethje in the UFC 254 main event on Saturday on Fight Island in
Can’t get a bigger winner than someone who earned himself a title shot with his win last Saturday night, so here in the number one spot is Mr. Brian Ortega. I have to admit I had my doubts about Ortega coming back against a fighter like Chan Sung Jung, not just because of his long
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is looking to return to the Octagon in 2021. Jedrzejczyk is coming off a very close split decision loss to Weili Zhang for the strawweight title. It is considered the Fight of the Year and since then, the COVID-19 situation hit which has left her stuck in Poland. “Because of the COVID situation,
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje takes place Saturday, October 24th from the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The main card will be available exclusively on PPV through the ESPN+ streaming service. The event is headlined by a lightweight unification bout between undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Justin
10:51 AM ET Jon Jones sat in the bowels of Houston’s Toyota Center in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, when he was asked by reporters about his controversial unanimous decision win over Dominick Reyes about 90 minutes earlier in the main event of UFC 247. The light heavyweight title fight was a close