Cory Sandhagen cemented his spot in line for a bantamweight title shot earlier tonight (Sat., Oct. 10, 2020) live on ESPN+ from inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., when he finished No. 1 ranked contender Marlon Moraes with a spectacular spinning wheel kick in the second round of their main event.
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It has been two years since The Ultimate Fighter last aired a new season. That was Heavy Hitters, which featured Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum as coaches. UFC president Dana White has been talking about the series making a comeback soon on ESPN. The coaches for the comeback have yet to be revealed, but White
UFC Fight Night headlined by top bantamweight contenders Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen, takes place this Saturday, October 10, from UFC FIGHT ISLAND on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island. All bouts will be streamed exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. with the main card beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT and the prelims
We had another small winning week last week. Our bets ended up going 2-1 on the night for a total profit of 1.80 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the handicapper profile name MMAInformed.com. Year to date we are +10.95 units with an overall ROI of 5%. Our straight bets currently
The UFC on ESPN+ 37 post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen will collide in a bantamweight bout UFC on ESPN+ 37’s co-main event will see a featherweight clash between Edson Barboza and Makwan Amirkhani. More action will also be featured on the main
11:55 PM ET Brian Ortega‘s most-tenured coach won’t be able to corner him for a huge fight next week. Rener Gracie, the well-known Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach and member of the world-renowned Gracie family, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and was unable to make the trip with Ortega to Abu Dhabi, Gracie announced Friday night
The Bellator Paris live stream online is for the Bellator Paris prelims Thursday afternoon. The Bellator Paris prelims are slated to begin at 1:45 p.m. ET. The portion of the card is as follows: Terry Brazier vs. Yves Landu Ilias Bulaid vs. Ivan Naccari Dominique Wooding vs. Fabacary Diatta Maguy Berchel vs. Lucie Bertaud Jean
Former UFC title challenger Nate Diaz took to social media this evening where he proclaimed Dan Hooker as the “number welterweight right now”. While Hooker (20-9 MMA) is undoubtedly a great fighter, he currently is not in the conversation for title contention at 170-pounds. So why would the ‘Stockton Slugger’ make such a suggestion you
The quest to find Khamzat Chimaev’s next opponent has been a difficult task to say the least. High-ranked opponents don’t see enough upside in a matchup with the rising prospect while Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) doesn’t want to turn to low-ranked options because they need “Borz” to get a big enough push. At this point,
Reece McLaren scores first round stoppage at ONE: Reign of Dynasties ONE: Reign of Dynasties took place in the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday. There was no live audience in attendance, but the card featured fighters from all over Australia and Asia. Reece McLaren scored a stoppage win over Aleksi Toivonen in a flyweight fight.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ON ESPN+®: ORTEGA vs. THE KOREAN ZOMBIE will take place Saturday, October 17 from UFC FIGHT ISLAND on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island. The main card will begin at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT in English and Spanish on ESPN+, with the prelims kicking off at 4 p.m. ET / 1
Marlon Moraes got his revenge for a split decision loss to Raphael Assuncao back in his UFC debut with this first-round finish last year. Moraes (23-6-1) faces Cory Sandhagen (12-2) in the main event of Fight Island 5 on Saturday, October 10. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with
The UFC on ESPN+37 weigh-ins are now complete! All fighters successfully made weight for the event. Tomorrow night (October 10), UFC on ESPN+37 will take place on Fight Island. In the main event, former title challenger Marlon Moraes will face Cory Sandhagen in a fight that will have major bearings on the bantamweight rankings. Moraes is
7:50 PM ET A story about former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones hiding under the cage at his gym years ago to avoid taking a drug test has been part of MMA lore for years. But it had never been verified, often chalked up to trash talk from an opponent, a tall tale that
MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Island 5 results fo the Moraes vs. Sandhagen event Saturday night, live blog of the main event, and live UFC Fight Island 5 Twitter updates. In the main event, Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen will square off in a key bantamweight contest. Moraes and Sandhagen have both won four of
UFC middleweight standout Marvin Vettori (15-4-1 MMA) has gone 3-0 since dropping a split decision loss to Israel Adesanya in April of 2018. Despite the Italian’s recent success, the UFC’s reigning middleweight champion in Israel Adesanya recently revealed that he would never fight Vettori again. In a interview with MMAJunkie, ‘Stylebender’ had the following explanation
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is desperately trying to find rising phenom Khamzat Chimaev a meaningful fight at either 170 or 185 pounds, but it’s been difficult to get an opponent to sign on the dotted line. Chimaev, who made his Octagon debut on “Fight Island” back in July, has taken the MMA world by storm
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya have had a longstanding feud, which generally devolves into trash-talking on social media. That was again what happened recently, but interestingly, Jones outed himself, admitting to an infamous story about how he evaded drug testers at the Jackson Wink gym in