A few days later, he found out they had been shifted into the main event slot a week later. “I was already excited that the fight got rebooked for August 15 and we were fighting again, and then I got even more excited when the fight got moved to the main event,” said Munhoz, who
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Former UFC interim champion Carlos Condit will make his Octagon return on October 3 when he faces fellow veteran Court McGee at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. MMA Junkie reported the bout Wednesday afternoon following Condit announcing the fight on “The Buck and Dex” podcast. This will be the first action of 2020 for both
Former Bellator lightweight champion and current free agent Michael Chandler has hinted at a potential UFC fight against Dustin Poirier. Chandler recently finished his Bellator contract with a stunning KO win over former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in the last fight of his deal. He has made it clear that he intends on testing
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Michael Chandler is perhaps the face of Bellator MMA. Without arguing that he’s the absolute best fighter on the roster — though he’s certainly one of them — Chandler has been with the promotion since his fourth professional fight! He’s fought 23 times under their banner, won a tournament, become champion,
UFC president Dana White on Tuesday night said that he is working on what could potentially be the final fight of Anderson Silva’s career. White is targeting a fight for Silva opposite Uriah Hall at an Oct. 31 event. “We’re working on a fight for (Silva) coming up soon here. He will fight again,” White
Daniel Cormier plays as himself in the UFC 4 video game. Felice Herrig, John Dodson, Junior Dos Santos and Jairzinho Rozenstruik check in. Marlon Vera video chats with his wife; Sean O’Malley starts his quarantine. Stipe Miocic puts his coaches to work. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with
9:33 AM ET UFC president Dana White said he’s open to Jon Jones‘ first fight at heavyweight being for the title, but that wouldn’t happen before Francis Ngannou gets his shot at champion Stipe Miocic. “[Jones is] the longtime light heavyweight champion. In my opinion he’s the greatest of all time, and if he wants
Johnny Walker believes Jon Jones would be successful if he moves up to heavyweight next. Jones announced Monday he had officially vacated the UFC light heavyweight belt and would possibly walk away from the sport despite staying on the United States Anti-Doping Agency testing pool for a few months. Just got off the phone with
Key Stats: 3.75 strikes landed per minute, 4:40 average fight time, 85% takedown defense What It Means: Alonzo Menifield is a powerfully built, ultra-aggressive fighter who is always looking for the fight-ending strike. He throws heavy, looping punches that have real malice behind them. With that said, he sometimes rushes forward and into clinch situations
Dana White addressed the possibility of cuts being made to the UFC roster when speaking with reporters following his Tuesday Night Contender Series show last night. White was asked if fighters currently on the roster should be worried that cuts are coming to make way for new fighters being signed from the Tuesday Night Contender
The full betting odds have been released for the 11 fights scheduled to take place Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar event. In the main event, No. 5 ranked bantamweight Pedro Munhoz will lock horns with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. The bout will mark Edgar’s 135lbs debut after a long career
Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his division title against undefeated 185-pound bruiser Paulo Costa in the UFC 253 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on Sat., Sept. 26, 2020 inside Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Adesanya (19-0), who captured the division crown by planishing Robert Whittaker last October,
Before they were champions: Watch Conor McGregor defeat Max Holloway [embedded content] On Aug. 17, seven years ago, two future UFC featherweight champions met on the prelims of a UFC Fight Night event in Boston. Two years later, Conor McGregor would win the interim title on his way to becoming the undisputed champion, and three
12:21 AM ET Longtime champion Jon Jones announced Monday that he’d be vacating the UFC light heavyweight title. One day later, there is a resolution on what will happen next with that prestigious belt. A bout between top contenders Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz was already set for UFC 253 on Sept. 26, as reported
According to Dana White, Jon Jones is officially no longer the UFC light heavyweight champion. The UFC president spoke with reporters following Dana White’s Contender Series Season 4: Week 3 and was asked about Jones’ announcement on Monday that he was vacating the title. “It’s official, yeah,” White said. “While we were here, I actually
PEDRO MUNHOZ VS. FRANKIE EDGAR Originally slated to take place last month on Fight Island, this fight getting pushed back actually gives it the five-round treatment it deserves as bantamweight stalwart Pedro Munhoz finally welcomes Frankie Edgar to the 135-pound weight class. Munhoz has crafted an outstanding career inside the UFC cage. He arrived in
A pivotal heavyweight tilt between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis has been set. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has reported that Blaydes vs. Lewis is scheduled to headline a UFC Fight Night card on Nov. 28. It’s a bout that both men had been calling for and they will get their wish. Breaking: Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) vs.
Blue-chip prospect Kay Hansen will next square off against rising women’s strawweight Cory McKenna at a UFC event later this fall. The UFC announced the Hansen vs. McKenna bout during Tuesday night’s Dana White’s Contender Series 29. Check the new fights announcements below via Zach Candito. Contender this season already 5 fights on season 4