USADA on Monday announced that an independent arbitrator issued a decision that Gilbert Melendez should receive a two-year suspension after failing a drug test last October. Melendez had contested USADA’s jurisdiction, as the UFC had released him from his contract a few days prior to him submitting the drug sample in question. Melendez was unaware
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Image: UFC on Instagram Stephen Thompson says he is still interested in having a rematch with Jorge Masvidal. When Masvidal agreed to step up on short notice and fight Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 he said he wanted to fight Thompson as his first title defense. “Another dude that we’re going to definitely be scrapping
5:53 PM ET The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended veteran MMA fighter Gilbert Melendez for two years, despite Melendez no longer being under UFC contract. Melendez, meanwhile, is arguing that USADA had no right to test him in the first place. USADA, the UFC’s contracted anti-doping partner, announced Monday that it had won
A light heavyweight fight between Johnny Walker and Ryan Spann is currently in the works for UFC 253 on Sept. 19 with a location for the card still to be determined. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Monday following an intial report from ESPN. After starting his UFC career with four straight
Potentially the biggest winner of Fight Island – figuratively and, by securing his second win in 10 days, literally – Khamzat Chimaev stole the show once again, stopping UFC debutant Rhys McKee in the first round. Chimaev broke the UFC record for fewest days between both appearances and wins, and his encore might’ve been more
Gilbert Melendez (Photo: Christian Petersen/Zuffa) Gilbert Melendez has spoken out on his two-year suspension from USADA. Melendez was flagged by USADA for a violation of the anti-doping policy. While Melendez isn’t an active member of the UFC roster anymore, the test was administered back in Oct. 2019 which was a month before “El Nino’s” UFC
After Gilbert Burns was forced out of his welterweight title fight against Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 earlier this month, Jorge Masvidal finally came to terms with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) which allowed him to step in on less than a week’s notice. While there were reports that “Gamebred” was in fact already training, he
Watch Derek Brunson knock out Lyoto Machida (UFC on ESPN+ 31 free fight) [embedded content] Derek Brunson is set to headline Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 31 opposite Edmen Shahbazyan in a last-replacement main event. The UFC called on Brunson vs. Shahbazyan to step up to headliner status after Irene Aldana had to pull out of
Khamzat Chimaev set the UFC record for quickest turnaround between wins at Fight Island 3 on Saturday. 10 days ago Chimaev defeated John Phillips via submission, and on Saturday defeated Rhys Mckee via TKO. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
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Khamzat Chimaev hosted a post-fight press conference after his TKO win over Rhys McKee at UFC on ESPN 14, which took place Saturday on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. 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 on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on
UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev has mocked Bellator star Dillon Danis for his recent callout attempt, and then he proceeded to challenge Demian Maia. Danis, who trains with Conor McGregor, joined the Bellator roster in 2018 and has tallied two victories. He is yet to be defeated and he has used his victories to justify wild
5:22 PM ET After a controversial stoppage at Saturday night’s UFC event in Abu Dhabi, the referee and commentator involved in a postfight confrontation are defending themselves. After referee Herb Dean left the Octagon following a prelim bout between Francisco Trinaldo and Jai Herbert at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till, he appeared to get
In the second installment of MMA Fighting’s On to the Next One, Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday night’s UFC on ESPN 14 event in Abu Dhabi. Future fights were discussed for headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till, Mauricio Rua, Fabricio Werdum, Alexander Gustafsson, Khamzat Chimaev, and more.
It’s rare that we have athletes competing in the final bout of the evening highlighted in this space, but this is one of those occasions where choosing anyone else would have been inexcusable. Shahbazyan earned his UFC contract with a 40-second knockout win over Antonio Jones on July 17, 2018 as part of the second
Khamzat Chimaev (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) All aboard the Khamzat Chimaev hype train. Chimaev has quickly taken the MMA world by storm. “Borz” had fight fans buzzing with his second-round submission victory over John Phillips in his UFC debut. He followed that up with a first-round TKO win over Rhys McKee just 10 days later at
Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone as UFC on ESPN 14 blew the roof off Flash Forum last Sat. night (July 25, 2020) on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The “Whittaker vs. Till” event marked the final “Fight Island” card until at least September. Plenty of fighters were left licking