Image: @dustinpoirier Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier is not closing the door on a potential fight with Tony Ferguson. Poirier and Ferguson were linked to a fight at UFC 254 on October 24 or many weeks. Regrettably, this dynamite lightweight matchup hit a snag this week, when news surfaced that Poirier and the
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Michelle Waterson battles veteran bruiser Angela Hill in the upcoming UFC Vegas 10 strawweight main event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Sept. 12, 2020) on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Original headliner Glover Teixeira was scratched after testing positive for COVID-19. Both Waterson and Hill successfully made weight at today’s UFC
UFC Vegas 10: Waterson vs. Hill Live Results (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC Vegas 10: Waterson vs. Hill (aka UFC on ESPN+ 35) bout from the Apex in Las Vegas is scheduled
Waterson actually views the change in circumstances as a potential advantage in the matchup. Saturday will mark her third main event in the UFC. On top of the championship rounds extension, there’s a lot of responsibility that comes with the opportunity. Your name is on the poster, there’s media obligations, and it can lead to
Brian Kelleher isn’t a fan of how Sean O’Malley handled his UFC 252 loss to Marlon Vera. After the fight, O’Malley made it clear Vera did not beat him, but instead his ankle injury was the reason he lost. He also believed he was dominating the fight until his ankle gave out. For Kelleher, he
5:18 PM ET Next month’s highly anticipated fight between Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson isn’t happening anymore, according to Poirier. “UFC and I didn’t come to terms,” Poirier told ESPN. “I will not be fighting on Oct. 24.” Poirier recently traveled from his home in Lafayette, Louisiana, to South Florida to begin his training camp
UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa went to great lengths to sell the fans on what his fight with Israel Adesanya will look like, but the champ couldn’t care less. A video featuring a Costa’s training partner, Vanderlei “Toquinho” Goncalves, as a cowardly stand-in only proved to Adesanya that he’s getting in the challenger’s head.
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has addressed the recent video released by his soon to be opponent Paulo Costa. Earlier this week the undefeated Brazilian took to social media where he shared a video of him beating up a ‘Stylebender’ impersonator. For Adesanya (19-0 MMA), the video only assists in proving his theory that he
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paulo Costa might just be the biggest Middleweight on the roster. The 29-year-old Brazilian is not small at six feet tall, and then there’s the added weight of all that muscle. In the off-season, Costa has even swelled up to 220 pounds! The bulky Brazilian isn’t quite that heavy currently, but
Just hours away from her scheduled bout versus Jesse Miele at Bellator 241 in March, featherweight Leslie Smith became one of the first fighters to have her fight and entire card scrapped due to the onset of the novel coronavirus. For Smith, who had seen just about every circumstance surrounding a cancellation before in her
First, Angela Hill calls in to make her case against her split decision loss to Claudia Gadelha, share how it feels to be the first African-American female to headline a UFC card, and her thoughts on opponent Michelle Waterson’s recent comments on her game plan. After Jim and Matt recap the results from Dana White’s
Cat Zingano is very happy with her decision to part ways with the UFC and sign with Bellator. In the co-main event of Bellator 246, Zingano will be taking on Gabrielle Holloway in her promotional debut. So far, the former UFC title challenger has had nothing but praise for her new promotion. “It was a
7:26 PM ET In 2014, UFC strawweight Angela Hill became the first Black American woman to sign with the promotion, and on Saturday, she’ll become the first to headline a card when she faces Michelle Waterson in a Fight Night main event. Hill’s fight was originally scheduled to be the co-main event until Glover Teixeira
In his 17-year career, Ed Herman has seen it all. But even he wasn’t prepared for the chaos that defined the first nine months of 2020. Amid social unrest, a global pandemic, and now wildfires sweeping the west coast of the United States, millions have seen their best laid plans crumble, including athletes on the
Image Credit: UFC (photographer not listed) Tyson Nam expects to earn another knockout win when he faces Matt Schnell at UFC Vegas 10. Nam is coming off his first UFC win as he scored a 32-second knockout win over Zarrukh Adashev back in June. For the Hawaiian, after the win, he was looking to make
With Glover Teixeira sidelined by coronavirus, strawweight veterans Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill will take over headlining duties for the upcoming UFC Vegas 10 main event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Sept. 12, 2020) inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both “Karate Hottie” and “Overkill” were on hand earlier today (Sept. 10) to
Coming off of losses in his first two UFC fights, flyweight Tyson Nam needed to deliver in his June UFC Fight Night bout versus Zarrukh Adashev should he hope to stay with the promotion. Thankfully for Nam, he was able to do just that. Just 32 seconds into the fight Nam was able to finish
On top of that, Mazo had the pleasure of working with former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg as a training partner. Mazo was complimentary of the former champion, and she enjoyed picking up small habits just from working closely with Cyborg. “Every camp has something different,” Mazo said. “Something that made a difference in