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.
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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
Gerald Meerschaert isn’t too happy with the UFC double-booking Khamzat Chimaev. On September 19, Meerschaert is set to fight Chimaev, but the UFC has already announced he will be fighting Demian Maia on Fight Island if he wins. So, for Meerschaert he doesn’t like the fact the UFC has double-booked his opponent. He also isn’t
5:23 PM ET The UFC wants to book a highly anticipated fight between Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson on Oct. 24, but it isn’t a done deal just yet. “I’m in,” Poirier told ESPN on Wednesday. “… I just need to be compensated if they want this fight. Simple as that.” Ferguson has verbally agreed
Veteran Liz Carmouche is ready to make a splash in her new promotional home with Bellator after a series of “weird” changes with UFC ownership spelled the end of her octagon tenure. Carmouche, a one-time UFC bantamweight title challenger, felt a shift when the promotion was acquired in 2016 by entertainment giant WME-IMG, resulting in
UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem says that he “still has a score to settle” with rival Jairzinho Rozenstruik and he wants a rematch. Overeem is coming off of an impressive fifth-round TKO victory over Augusto Sakai at UFC on ESPN+ 34. The veteran heavyweight has won four of his last five fights by knockout, with
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Just how long can a grudge match simmer? Per ESPN, UFC is once again attempting to book Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba, this time for UFC 254 on October 24. The two have technically fought once already, but Cutelaba played such an effective possum that the referee believed him, calling off
Watch Michelle Waterson choke out Paige VanZant ahead of UFC Vegas 10 [embedded content] In her second UFC fight Michelle Waterson secured a first-round finish over Paige VanZant in Sacramento. Headlining once again, Waterson faces Angela Hill on Saturday, Sept. 12, at UFC Vegas 10 (aka UFC on ESPN+ 35). (Video courtesy of UFC) TRENDING