Last month, Dustin Poirier reasserted himself right at the top of the pile of lightweight contenders with a five-round unanimous decision win over Dan Hooker. The fight was the kind of back-and-forth war that is sure to be embraced during year end awards season but it’s also the kind of hard-fought battle that can shorten
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Kamaru Usman & Jorge Masvidal (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) American Top Team owner Dan Lambert admits he tried to talk Jorge Masvidal out of taking a short notice fight with Kamaru Usman. Usman was set to put his UFC welterweight championship on the line against Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 251. That plan
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The beef between Darren Till and Mike Perry has been entertaining. It’s featured all sorts of colorful and threatening language from Perry, whereas Till took the high road by creating an Instagram account and website devoted to trashing “Platinum.” There was a point where it seemed serious, and the two appeared
Relive Darren Till’s win over Kelvin Gastelum (UFC Fight Island Free Fight) [embedded content] Rewatch Darren Till vs Kelvin Gastelum from UFC 244 last year as Till prepares to face former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at Fight Island on Saturday, July 25. Till returned to the middleweight division in his last outing and a win
Image via @ufc on Instagram Darren Till believes he will be fighting for UFC gold in his next bout, this if he beats Robert Whittaker on Yas Island. In the main event of UFC Fight Island 3, Till is taking on the former champion in Whittaker. It is a very interesting fight and with the
7:47 AM ET The UFC certainly brought excitement to Fight Island, including a loaded UFC 251 lineup that featured three title fights and four championship bouts overall in an eight-day span. It’ll bid adieu to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday with another card that’s filled with intriguing storylines. The main
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Steve Mowry will have to wait to fight on another date after revealing that he’s been forced out of Bellator 242 after testing positive for COVID-19. Mowry announced the news on his Instagram page. “So, uhhh long story short, I’m not fighting because of a positive COVID-19 test,” Mowry wrote. “2020, am
Rematches usually don’t turn out too well for the fighter that lost the first time, and that was certainly the case in the UFC Fight Island 2 main event, as Deiveson Figueiredo looked frighteningly destructive in seizing the vacant flyweight crown against Joseph Benavidez. It was one of those wins where you wonder who is
Robert Whittaker (Photo: Fernando Quiles Jr./MMA News) Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker believes Israel Adesanya has what it takes to thwart Paulo Costa. Back in Oct. 2019, Whittaker lost the middleweight gold to Adesanya. “The Reaper” was stopped in the second round via TKO. As Whittaker prepares for his first bout since that loss,
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Coming into his first fight at Middleweight against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 last November, Darren Till was looking for a new lease on his combat life after suffering two straight defeat at Welterweight. With a split-decision win over Kelvin, Till believes that if he can score a victory over former division champion, Robert Whittaker,
Since turning pro in September of 2019, bantamweight Mando Gutierrez has been more calculated with his career than some other fighters might. For Gutierrez, rather than take random opportunities, every fight has been chosen to allow him to take incremental steps up in his career. When it comes to how he fights, Gutierrez’s efficiency has
UFC president Dana White praised women’s flyweight contender Amanda Ribas and said she will return to the Octagon this fall. Ribas is coming off of a first-round armbar submission win over Paige VanZant in the main card pay-per-view opener at UFC 251. The win upped Ribas’ record in the UFC to 4-0 with wins over
Jul 18, 2020 One of the most anticipated UFC middleweight title fights has a date. Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound title versus Paulo Costa on Sept. 19, multiple sources said Saturday. Costa tweeted later Saturday: “The fight is on folks!” News of the fight was first reported by Combate. The fight, which will take
Viviane Araujo will no longer fight Jennifer Maia on Aug. 1 after Araujo tested positive for COVID-19, multiple sources told MMA Fighting. In Araujo’s place steps Joanne Calderwood, whose title fight against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 251 was scrapped when the flyweight champ suffered a leg injury. The news was first reported by Instagram user
“I thought she understood but really didn’t get it,” said Smith. “It was kind of like that on the first day when we told her. But the second day, she just broke down. She wasn’t making any faces, but her mouth was just wide open, and she was crying and pushing out sounds. She wouldn’t