MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 9 results for the Overeem vs. Sakai fight card in Las Vegas, live blog of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 9 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a heavyweight showdown between Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai. Overeem has won three of his past four fights, while
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Image Credit: Deiveson Figueiredo’s Instagram (photographer not listed) Deiveson Figueiredo has sent Cody Garbrandt a heated a message ahead of their fight. In the main event of UFC 255, Figueiredo is looking for his first flyweight title defense when he battles Garbrandt. It is a very interesting fight and the first time Garbrandt will be
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Of all the very dangerous men and women on the UFC roster, Francis Ngannou ranks highly among the most intimidating. He’s massive, in great shape, and has world-record shattering power behind his punches. He’s simply a scary man! Enter Hoga Le Pitchichi, who clearly does not feel fear. Hoga is a
Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill elevated to UFC Vegas 10 main event, increased to five rounds One day after news broke that Glover Teixeira had tested positive for COVID-19 and his UFC Vegas 10 main event bout opposite Thiago Santos had been postponed, UFC officials have already named a new main event. Not surprisingly, the
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“Every fight is your most important and if you’re going to get a top contender you obviously want to beat that guy to make a run at the title and that’s the chance I had against Cody,” Kelleher said. “I tried to take him out. The entire fight I was trying to finish it, I
The UFC on ESPN+ 34 weigh-ins are now complete! Tomorrow night, UFC on ESPN+ 34 (aka UFC Vegas 9) will take place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, former title challenger Alistair Overeem (#6) will face Augosto Sakai (#9) in a fight that promises to provide high-level striking for
8:02 AM ET What Alistair Overeem is doing — especially at this stage of his career — you just don’t see every day. Veterans of his caliber are not always willing to accept this kind of a fight. Overeem (46-18) will face Augusto Sakai (15-1-1) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday,
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Image via Brave CF UFC President Dana White has revealed his immediate plans for Khamzat Chimaev, arguably the hottest prospect in the UFC at present. Chimaev was the breakout star of the UFC’s four-event stint on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi this past July, picking up a pair of stoppage wins over John Phillips at
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility this Sat. night (Sept. 5, 2020) for UFC Vegas 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a heavyweight main event pitting longtime veteran Alistair Overeem opposite once-beaten bruiser Augusto Sakai. Overeem (46-18, 1 NC) is coming off a technical knockout win over Walt Harris at UFC on
Dana White takes blame for fighter scuffle at UFC Vegas 9 Face-Offs [embedded content] During Friday’s UFC Vegas 9 face-offs following the official weigh-in, welterweight Michel Pereira slapped his opponent Zelim Imadaev. The two were quickly separated but UFC president Dana White took responsibility for the incident. “That was on me,” said White. “I blew
Key Stats: 43.5% control time percentage (2nd all-time among WFLW), 1.95 submissions per 15 minutes (1st all-time among WFLW), 10:48 average fight time (4th shortest all-time among WFLW) What It Means: While Montana De La Rosa has improved in mixing up striking into her game, her base and her bread-and-butter is her grappling. She is
Michael Chandler is currently a free agent but has been calling out UFC fighters in Dustin Poirier and now Leon Edwards. After it was reported that Kamaru Usman would fight Gilbert Burns and Jorge Masvidal would rematch Nate Diaz, many wondered who would be next for Edwards. Burns responded a tweet giving a few names
1:45 PM ET UFC fighters Jamahal Hill, Tim Elliott, Luis Peña and Deron Winn were all suspended and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday after recent positive drug tests. Hill, Elliott and Peña tested positive for cannabis, while Winn was for amphetamines. Hill’s first-round TKO victory over Klidson Abreu on May 30
Thiago Alves has a new opponent for his bare-knuckle boxing debut. The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship announced Thursday that MMA veteran Phil Baroni is out of the scheduled main event of BKFC 12 on Sept. 11 and stepping in for him to fight Alves is The Ultimate Fighter 16 alumnus Julian Lane. No reason was
In an emotional video posted on his social media, UFC president Dana White pleaded with the Iranian government not to execute Navid Afkari. According to the BBC, the 27-year-old Akfari is facing execution in Iran after he “was handed two death sentences over the murder of a security guard during protests in Shiraz” two years
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 255 is still more than two months away, but things are already heating up between Flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and contender Cody Garbrandt. In the video above, a shirtless “Deus Da Guerra” aggressively steps up to the camera and promises to “take off” the head of Garbrandt. The Brazilian also