3:00 AM ET The excitement Jorge Masvidal injected into UFC 251 when he replaced Gilbert Burns in the main event on Fight Island appeared ready to erupt in the first round Sunday morning, when the challenger came out aggressively, but champion Kamaru Usman knew success depended on focus and patience. Those aren’t traits of an
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After seeing their matchup thrown into disarray by the coronavirus, Pedro Munhoz and Frankie Edgar will get their chance to fight this summer. Munhoz (18-4, 1 NC) and Edgar (23-8-1) were scheduled to fight on July 15 at a “Fight Island” show, but the bantamweight bout was postponed when Munhoz tested positive for COVID-19. On
A rematch of a strawweight title bout, former champions Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade locked horns again as the two vied for the inside track at another shot at the belt, ultimately ending in a split decision victory for Rose Namajunas. Off the bat, Andrade displayed improved head movement, which allowed her to avoid many
Jose Aldo (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) Jose Aldo fell short at UFC 251 and he has spoken out on his defeat. On July 11, Aldo took on Petr Yan for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. The title bout was featured on the main card of UFC 251 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Aldo fought with
You know there were some questionable calls made at UFC 251 when one of the first things UFC president Dana White says at the post-fight press conference is “Looks like we’ve got to tighten up our refs and judges here on Fight Island.” The two biggest controversies came in the forms of the Alexander Volkanovski
UFC 251: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway recap video [embedded content] Watch the recap and highlights from the UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal co-main event fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway from Saturday’s event at the UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Israel Adesanya and Jorge Masvidal featured on
Image: Forbes Jorge Masvidal came up short in his quest to dethrone reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi. ‘Gamebred’ had accepted a title fight with ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ on extremely short notice after Usman’s originally slated opponent Gilbert Burns was forced off the card due to a positive test
3:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Well, UFC fans? Was that good enough? Has Kamaru Usman finally, belatedly, laboriously earned his recognition as a champion to celebrate? Usman methodically beat down Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 251 on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as the UFC launched its Middle East residency
Though their second fight ended differently than their first, Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade put on a show once again. The two former strawweight champions earned the Fight of the Night award at UFC 251 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, and along with it an extra $50,000 each. Namajunas defeated Andrade by split decision after
“Masvidal took it on short notice but let’s not pretend he hasn’t been training for one guy – and that’s me,” Usman said. “I’ve been training for a completely different guy.” He’s not wrong. For weeks Usman has been preparing for a five-round title fight with Burns – a worthy challenger who is riding a
Rose Namajunas (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) The UFC 251 bonuses have been released. On July 11, the UFC began its “Fight Island” trip. UFC 251 was held on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The event had a significantly limited amount of spectators on the VIP list and all of them were tested for COVID-19. In the
UFC 251 went down on Saturday night from Fight Island, aka Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Headlining the card was a welterweight title fight between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal, a highly hyped fight that played out a bit anticlimactically with Usman controlling Masvidal up against the cage, forcing the striker to spend his
Dana White ready if next Fight Island title fight implodes (UFC 251 post-fight) [embedded content] Deiveson Figueiredo is supposed to rematch Joseph Benavidez for the vacant UFC flyweight title on Saturday, July 18 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. That bout, however, is in jeopardy. Figueiredo defeated Benavidez once before, at a UFC Fight Night
Kamaru-Usman Kamaru Usman will put his welterweight title on the line in against Jorge Masvidal in the headliner of tonight’s UFC 251 event. Usman was originally slated to face his teammate Gilbert Burns this evening in Abu Dhabi, however that bout was scrapped after ‘Durinho’ tested positive for Covid-19. Shortly after Burns was forced off
Champ Alexander Volkanovski adjusts his training schedule to the time zone. Jessica Andrade, Rose Namajunas, and Max Holloway change up their camps for the COVID era. Headliner Jorge Masvidal pairs a Versace robe with a Trump mask. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
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4:03 PM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun For the first time since 2007, the UFC will host its annual, marquee pay-per-view event for the month of July at a location other than Las Vegas as UFC 251
MMA Fighting has UFC 251 results for the Usman vs. Masvidal fight card Saturday night from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, live blogs of all the main card fights, and UFC 251 Twitter updates. In the main event, Kamaru Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Jorge Masvidal, who took the fight on six