12:35 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight contender Joanne Calderwood has decided against waiting for a title shot. Calderwood, who was supposed to fight UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in June before Shevchenko injured her knee, has agreed to fight Jennifer Maia on less than two weeks’ notice after Maia’s original opponent, Viviane Araujo, withdrew
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As much as some may hate to admit it, over the past few years, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has become part of the MMA world. In 2016, after Conor McGregor became the first simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history, Mayweather and McGregor began calling each other out publicly for a boxing match. Most thought it would
“Atmosphere has been great,” Grundy said. “Tom Aspinall is making his debut. Darren Till is main eventing, as always, so (training) camp has been class. Fight Island is great. It’s lived up to everything, really, and I think what (UFC President) Dana (White) has done for the sport is massive, really. I’m enjoying it. I’m
Irene Aldana (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) UFC women’s bantamweight Irene Aldana is the latest fighter to test positive for COVID-19. Aldana was scheduled to take on former women’s 135-pound champion Holly Holm on Aug. 1. This was to be Aldana’s big chance at a coming out party where a win would’ve likely led to a title
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Aljamain Sterling is on one hell of a tear. “The Funkmaster” has won five straight bouts over high-quality competition, showcasing consistent improvement. In his last bout, Sterling faced one of his division’s fastest-rising new contenders in Cory Sandhagen, strangling the expert kickboxer in less than 90 seconds (WATCH IT). Sterilng is
Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana nixed, UFC return to Las Vegas gets new main event Next week’s UFC Fight Night event slated for the Apex in Las Vegas has lost its main event bout between Holly Holm and Irene Aldana. ESPN broke the news on Wednesday before UFC president Dana White enlisted Hall of Famer
Image via @ufceurope on Instagram Former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo has once again called out Alexander Volkanovski to prove that he is the GOAT of mixed martial arts. Cejudo retired from MMA in May immediately following a TKO win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, but in the two months since then,
1:35 PM ET The UFC has been forced to change next weekend’s main event. The Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana headliner has been canceled after Aldana was forced to withdraw. The current plan, according to sources, is to rebook Holm and Aldana for an Oct. 5. main event. As a result, the Derek Brunson vs.
UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov on Wednesday paid tribute to his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, with a passage from the Quran three weeks after the MMA coach’s death from complications due to COVID-19. In a post on his official Instagram page, the 31-year-old Nurmagomedov cited a Quran chapter on honoring and respecting one’s parents in his
WATCH ON UFC FIGHT PASS The rematch between Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero wasn’t contested for Whittaker’s UFC middleweight title, but the UFC 225 main event delivered championship level action a second time at United Center, with Whittaker taking a split decision victory over the Cuban in a grueling 25-minute battle. “Yoel hits like a
Image Credit: Bellator/Spike James Gallagher will be watching the main event of Bellator 242 closely. Sergio Pettis will be facing the man that handed Gallagher his first loss in MMA, Ricky Bandejas. Bellator 242 is the first event from the promotion since COVID 19 put MMA on hold and with Mohegan Sun scheduled to be
Deiveson Figueiredo has accumulated a nice collection of finishes in his climb up the UFC flyweight division. 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+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) To order UFC
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While everyone is seemingly looking for that big-money fight, Dustin Poirier wants the type of showdowns that will add to his legacy. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim Lightweight champion says he only has about five years max left in his combat career, which means all bouts moving forward have to mean more than
[embedded content] Khabib Nurmagomedov is not retiring as some rumors in Russia might have suggested. He will be back in the Octagon by the ned of the year. “Khabib is not retiring. We have some goals to accomplish. You will see him before the end of the year. Dana (is) talking and me talking to
Image via @henrycejudo on Instagram Former UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo isn’t impressed by the division’s new champion Deiveson Figueiredo, and thinks his championship reign will end against Askar Askarov. Cejudo last fought at UFC 249 in May when he took on Dominick Cruz. He won by TKO in the second round against the 135-pound
7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe