UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa ‘Run for your life’ promo unveiled [embedded content] A highly anticipated battle of the unbeaten headlines UFC 253 on Sept. 26 as middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0) faces Paulo Costa (13-0). Check it the first UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa promo: “Run for your life.” TRENDING > You can bet
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Hear Stipe Miocic’s post-fight comments winning the trilogy fight against Daniel Cormier and defending the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 252 on Saturday evening. 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+,
Dana White hosted a media scrum following UFC on ESPN+ 30 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Topics included Deiveson Figueiredo’s title win over Joseph Benavidez, Jack Hermansson, booking Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa and more. For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Upcoming events: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/schedule Fighter rankings: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC on ESPN 15! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: No Changes Women’s Flyweight: No Changes Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes Women’s Featherweight: N/A Flyweight: No Changes Bantamweight: As you might imagine, Frankie Edgar’s main event
Aug 22, 2020 UFC light heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Fight Night co-main event, his manager confirmed to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, because of a positive COVID-19 test. “He battled Covid previously and presented both + and – tests this week,” Saint Preux’s management company, Knockout Representation, wrote on social media
Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look back at controversial fights and determine whether the judges were rightly criticized for their decision or if pundits need to
First, the guys offer their take on Edgar’s razor-close win over Pedro Munhoz last Saturday, and Matt shares his own Dr. Pimple Popper moment from Brazil back in the day. Aleksandar Rakic is the first to join ahead of his main event bout against Anthony Smith on Saturday. He shares stories of getting kicked off
Last weekend, the always entertaining Thai combat sports promotion Full Metal Dojo returned with an event called Fight Circus. The event, which was presented in partnership with the adult webcam site CamSoda, featured some bizarre special rules bouts, a 2 vs. 1 fight, an intergender grappling match, and lots more. In other words, it was
Sean O’Malley suffered the first defeat of his professional career when he was stopped by bantamweight veteran Marlon Vera in the UFC 252 co-main event earlier this month in Las Vegas, a performance that included an injury to his leg. Like Maycee Barber before him, “Sugar” did not take it well. But his blatant disrespect
Coming into 2020, lightweight Mike Breeden was looking to capitalize off the momentum he had built in 2019 where he won all three of his fights, including two in the LFA. When the novel coronavirus pandemic struck and forced the world into lockdown, things may have changed for Breeden, but he never stopped trying to
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic believes Jon Jones has the tools to have a successful run at heavyweight. Last week, Jon “Bones” Jones vacated his light heavyweight championship to cross over into the heavyweight division. For years, fans have been curious how Jones would fare at heavyweight. Not many people are more qualified to give
4:54 PM ET UFC president Dana White has said Francis Ngannou is next for a heavyweight title shot — and former longtime light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will not hop over him for an opportunity in a new division. For the most part, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic agrees with that assessment. Miocic defeated Ngannou
Top bantamweight Pedro Munhoz has a bad taste in his mouth after UFC on ESPN 15 and wants UFC President Dana White to book him a rematch with Frankie Edgar. The Brazilian vet took to Instagram on Monday to demand from White a rematch with Edgar, who on Saturday took home a split decision that
It was good to see Frankie Edgar back on Saturday night. You know what I mean, FRANKIE EDGAR – moving, staying busy, mixing things up and walking right into the fire in order to get the job done. If this is what we can expect from the former lightweight champ at 135 pounds, well, there
UFC President Dana White delivered some exciting news for fight fans on Saturday evening when he announced that Tony Ferguson had a fight lined up. Although White did not confirm Ferguson’s next opponent, he did suggest that it was “probably” going to be Dustin Poirier. “Dana White says that Tony Ferguson has a fight lined
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paulo Costa and steroid accusations is not a new discussion. The hulking Brazilian has big muscles and loves to talk about/flaunt them, so it’s hardly a surprise that many opponents have insinuated that “Eraser” made those gains with more than lean protein in his system. It’s a primary talking point of
Watch Anthony Smith choke out Volkan Oezdemir ahead of UFC Vegas 8 (fight video) [embedded content] Anthony “Lionheart” Smith earned a UFC light heavyweight title shot against Jon Jones with this performance against Volkan Oezdemir in 2018. Smith next faces Aleksandar Rakic on Saturday, August 29, in the UFC Vegas 8 main event in Las
UFC bantamweight’s Frankie Edgar and Pedro Munhoz faced off after weighing in on Friday morning along with the rest of the fighters competing at UFC Vegas 7 on Saturday night. 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/