Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight contender Pedro Munhoz has done enough work at 135 pounds to secure himself a spot in the Top 5 of the division rankings, though it’s safe to say “The Young Punisher” doesn’t plan to rest on his laurels. The good news for Munhoz is that a victory over a “living
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While it may seem odd to say the timing of a global pandemic worked out for someone, in ways it did for lightweight Evan Elder. Coming off an in injury in his most recent fight this past January over Orell Fisher at Shamrock FC 327, Elder was able to use the time during lockdown to
7:43 PM ET Dominick Reyes has a theory as to why Jon Jones is moving up to heavyweight from light heavyweight, the division Jones lorded over for nearly a decade in the UFC. The contenders at light heavyweight have simply gotten “too good” for Jones to keep up with, Reyes told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in
UFC flyweights Cortney Casey and Priscila Cachoeira will battle inside the octagon on Oct. 31, multiple sources told MMA Fighting following a report from Combate. The promotion has yet to announce the exact location for the Fight Night event, which will feature a middleweight showdown between Uriah Hall and Anderson Silva as the headliner. Casey
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
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