28 men have tried to solve the master’s level of the fight game that is Khabib Nurmagomev, and Justin Gaethje believes to possess the path the others did not. When viewing a typical Khabib Nurmagomedov domination, it’s hard to say if anyone in the UFC has what it takes to hand him his first defeat.
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image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Colby Covington has sent a message to Khamzat Chimaev. Chimaev has been the talk of the town ever since his debut on Fight Island in July. He had two fights in 10 days with two stoppage wins. He then knocked out Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 11
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to “Fight Island” last weekend to stage UFC 253 and it turned out to be a massive success. According to a recent report by The Athletic, UFC 253 pulled in over an estimated 700,000 PPV buys worldwide. The PPV card was led by a main event grudge match between UFC
UFC Fight Island 4: Holm vs Aldana Odds Breakdown [embedded content] Check out the odds and breakdown for UFC Fight Island 4 (aka UFC on ESPN 16) featuring Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana with the best in the business. This is an MMAWeekly EXCLUSIVE with Cage Side Seat’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber, as he and world-renowned
“I always say that Instagram can be very deceiving in terms of what people put out — but I am in a good place right now,” said Holm, whose social media feed is filled with playful videos, pictures of her “ride or die” travel companion River, and post-training pictures with her team from the Jackson-Wink
8:04 AM ET For the first time in Holly Holm‘s MMA career, she is accepting fights with no clear path to a UFC championship. From the moment Holm crossed over from boxing in 2011, it was almost certain she would sign with the UFC and fight for a title. And over the past five years,
Diego Sanchez was defeated by Jake Mathews at UFC 253. Following the one-sided loss, some had been calling on the 38-year-old longtime veteran of the cage to retire. In a statement released through Instagram, however, Sanchez says he went into his UFC 253 bout injured. He had a torn labrum in his hip. “Warriors don’t
At the UFC Fight Island 4 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Abu Dhabi are set to step on the scale Friday morning. In the main event, former champ Holly Holm and Irene Aldana can weigh no more than 136 pounds for their non-title bantamweight title bout. The UFC Fight Island 4
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the under-the-radar UFC Fight Island 4 card on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The UFC Fight Island 4 event will be topped by a women’s bantamweight fight between the division’s former champion, Holly Holm, and surging Mexican contender Irene Aldana. If Aldana wins this
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is roughly 24 hours away from staging its UFC Fight Island 4 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and locked for this Sat. night (Oct. 3, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. That’s where former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm makes her return against surging Mexican sensation
Khabib Nurmagomedov on retirement, Conor McGregor, and Dana White’s Surprise [embedded content] Khabib Nurmagomedov has Justin Gaethje standing before him at UFC 254 on Oct. 24 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. But might that be the final time we see the UFC lightweight champion competing in the Octagon? Nurmagomedov has mentioned retirement several times
First, Matt details what really went down during his altercation with Joshua Fabia, Diego Sanchez’s coach, on Dana White: Lookin’ FWD to a Fight – Return To Fight Island. Then, Carlos Condit calls in from Fight Island to discuss his upcoming bout against Court McGee this Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Aldana, how
Someone’s unblemished record has to go when middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0) clashes with challenger Paulo Costa (13-0) in the main even of UFC 253 on Saturday, September 26 live on Pay-Per-View. Order now: https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only). Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
1:09 PM ET Isabella Mir, the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, is going to follow in her father’s footsteps. Mir, 17, has signed with Ikon Fighting Federation to make her pro MMA debut on Oct. 22 in San Carlos, Mexico, her manager, Malki Kawa, told ESPN. She will be fighting Danielle Wynn
Jessica-Rose Clark will have to wait until deep into 2021 before making her next appearance in the UFC. The bantamweight veteran revealed on Thursday that she suffered a torn ACL in her knee that will require surgery. The typical recovery time for major reconstructive knee surgery like that ranges between nine months to one year,
Conor McGregor has reportedly been negotiating with Manny Pacquiao’s team for his second professional boxing match. According to his first boxing opponent, Floyd Mayweather, the Irish superstar’s punching power is too soft. “If I could pick an easy $300 million, absolutely,” Mayweather said on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast regarding a possible rematch with Conor. “Same way, same results.”
Image: UFC on Instagram Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled October 17 bout with Nikita Krylov. Oezdemir and Krylov were slated to co-headline the upcoming UFC event Fight Island. However, due to a knee injury, ‘No Time‘ was forced to withdraw from the contest. “I’m
Jessica-Rose Clark had an amazing performance at UFC Vegas 11, dominating Sarah Alpar across three rounds before violently finishing her in the third round with some mean muay thai. While it didn’t earn her a Performance of the Night bonus, it did put her on many people’s radar at women’s bantamweight. Unfortunately, it now looks