Welcome to Midnight Mania! For the second time in four years, UFC President Dana White appeared at the Republican National Convention (RNC) to support President Donald Trump, a longtime friend of White’s and UFC. In his speech, White expressed his belief that it is “critically important to re-elect President Trump.” In addition, White spoke of
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While he had admittedly faced difficulty as many people did during the initial lockdown of the novel coronavirus pandemic, welterweight Adrian Haribeaj was able push through and not let it get the best of him. What kept Haribeaj going was the idea that he would be able to return to fighting in 2020 and opportunities
A highly anticipated battle of the unbeaten headlines UFC 253 on September 26 as middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0) faces Paulo Costa (13-0). Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ON ESPN+®: OVEREEM vs. SAKAI will take place Saturday, September 5 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas with all fights carried exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish. The main card begins at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, with the prelims kicking off at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. A
6:00 PM ET One of the greatest fighters in the history of mixed martial arts might have only one fight left. Anderson Silva, the UFC’s former 10-time defending middleweight champion, told ESPN on Wednesday he is prepared for the possibility his next fight against Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night on Oct. 31 will be
Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has injected himself into the news after players from the NBA and MLB initiated strikes in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. It all started when members of the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their playoff game on Wednesday night, starting a domino effect
Former UFC fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller has been charged with residential burglary and car theft. The 39-year-old is currently on probation for a domestic violence charge. He pled not guilty to the charges earlier this week. Miller is being held at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach without bail until a pre-trial hearing on September
Francis Ngannou has responded after UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic said he was looking for new challenges, which could be Jon Jones. UFC president Dana White said that Ngannou was next for Miocic in the wake of his trilogy fight victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 252, but since then things have changed. Former UFC
Event: UFC Vegas 10: “Santos vs. Teixeira”Date: Sat., Sept. 12, 2020Location: UFC APEX in Las Vegas, NevadaBroadcast: ESPN+ (5pm/8pm ET) UFC Vegas 10 Main Event on ESPN+: 205 lbs.: Thiago Santos vs. Glover Teixeira UFC Vegas 10 Main Card, Prelims on ESPN+: 125 lbs.: Andrea Lee vs. Roxanne Modafferi155 lbs.: Frank Camacho vs. Brok Weaver125
When he first set his mind towards 2020, middleweight Zak Cummings was eager to rebound from his defeat to Omari Akhmedov at UFC 242, but unfortunately his first bout of the year would have to wait. Following failed negotiations for a proposed match-up early in the year, Cummings’ return to the octagon was further delayed
Aug 24, 2020 Anthony Smith faces Aleksandar Rakic in the light heavyweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The main card is on ESPN+, starting at 9 p.m. ET, and the prelims are on both ESPN and ESPN+ at 6 p.m. Smith (38-15, 8-4 in
Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre smiles when he thinks about a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. But it takes three to tango, and he believes one party doesn’t want to dance. Speaking to BT Sport, St-Pierre called the chances of another return to the octagon “incredibly low” given the likely outcome of another
A pair of flyweights entering on six-fight winning streaks faced off in the middle of this week’s five-fight card as 32-year-old Jacob Silva took on Kansas City-based prospect Jeffrey Molina. Molina declined a touch of gloves out of the gate, opting instead to kick Silva’s lead leg out from under him right away. Silva caught
Luke Rockhold is putting the middleweight division on notice. Rockhold has not fought since he was knocked out by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239. Since then, he has been hinting a retirement but recently said he will be coming back. Part of the reason he is returning is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and him
Anthony Smith is still interested in a fight with Luke Rockhold. Ahead of Rockhold moving up to the light heavyweight division, he trashed Anthony Smith. He claimed he would be able to have success at 205 if someone like Smith did. “Lionheart” did not like those words and since then the two have trashed one
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov had it all figured out. The Lightweight champion seemingly wants to follow his father’s wishes and retire at a largely unprecedented 30-0. That leaves two bouts left for “The Eagle,” and one of those is firmly booked against interim kingpin Justin Gaethje. Assuming he survives the Gaethje car crash,
Watch Aleksandar Rakic’s stunning KO of Jimi Manuwa ahead of UFC Vegas 8 this weekend [embedded content] Aleksandar Rakic steps into the Octagon this weekend at UFC on ESPN+ 33 (aka UFC Vegas 8), where he faces Anthony Smith in the main event. It’s an opportunity for Rakic to take a huge step in his
For the coaches challenge during season 17 of The Ultimate Fighter, Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen had an excavator obstacle course race for $10,000 and $1,500 for each member of the winning coaches’ team. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of