Prochazka has been one of the most dominant forces competing outside the UFC for quite some time and now he’s bringing his skills to the Octagon. The 27-year-old from the Czech Republic heads into his UFC 251 showdown with Volkan Oezdemir riding a 10-fight winning streak, having won 15 of his last 16 appearances and
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Khabib Nurmagomedov & Tony Ferguson (Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa) Tony Ferguson has sent kind words Khabib Nurmagomedov’s way following the death of Abdulmanap. Khabib’s father passed away on July 3 at the age of 57. Abdulmanap suffered from complications from COVID-19. He died inside a Moscow hospital. The MMA community has sent warm messages to Khabib
Has the Baddest Motherf**ker bitten off more than he can chew? That seems to be the opinion of the oddsmakers as they set the lines on the as of yet not quite confirmed new headline fight for UFC 251 on July 11th between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal. Best Fight Odds has a collection of
Coming off a unanimous decision win over Nick Badis at LFA 69 in June of 2019, featherweight Natan Levy had no idea it would be the last time he’d have a fight for over a year. Following the bout with Badis, Levy was sidelined by injury only to recover and have to wait even longer
Take a look back through the every featherweight champion in UFC history as the two most recent champions, Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, prepare for a rematch at UFC 251. 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/
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Image: @usman84kg on Instagram Months after the original opening betting line was released, we have an update on the betting odds for Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal. After Usman defeated Colby Covington via fifth-round TKO in an all-out war at UFC 245, the oddsmakers released a line for Usman against Masvidal. The opening betting odds
2:52 PM ET Negotiations for next week’s Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal UFC welterweight title fight are done, sources say, and both fighters have agreed to terms to compete Saturday at UFC 251 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. That’s a massive hurdle cleared for the promotion, which worked to salvage Usman’s presence on the
With the event taking place to christen “Fight Island” in less than a week, UFC 251 has a new headliner for the welterweight title. After Gilbert Burns was forced to withdraw from his opportunity at the title following a positive COVID-19 test, Kamaru Usman will now defend against Jorge Masvidal in Abu Dhabi on Saturday
Watch on UFC FIGHT PASS Everyone expected the UFC Vegas 4 main event between Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker to be an instant classic. Then the two lightweight contenders went and delivered one, fighting tooth and nail for 25 minutes, with Poirier emerging victorious via unanimous decision in a clear Fight of the Year candidate.
Kamaru Usman & Jorge Masvidal Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal is official. Usman was set to put his UFC welterweight championship on the line against Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 251 on July 11. Plans changed when Burns tested positive for COVID-19. This opened the door for Masvidal to save the UFC
I spent the first six weeks of 2020 in Thailand, and half of that time was devoted entirely to mixed martial arts (MMA) and Muay Thai training. Two of those weeks were spent in the island paradise of Phuket at Tiger Muay Thai, one of the best MMA gyms on the planet. Once in Phuket,
Take a look back at every featherweight champion in UFC history [embedded content] Take a look back through the every featherweight champion in UFC history as the two most recent champions, Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, prepare for a rematch at UFC 251. The first featherweight champion was crowned in November 2010. (Video courtesy of
Image: @usman84kg on Instagram UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will still be competing at next weekend’s UFC 251 event after Jorge Masvidal has agreed to step up on short notice. Yesterday evening unfortunate news broke that Usman’s slated UFC 251 opponent Gilbert Burns had contracted the Coronavirus and was thus forced out of next weekend’s
8:00 PM ET A day after Gilbert Burns was forced out of the UFC 251 main event, there is renewed hope that next week’s welterweight title fight can be saved with an even bigger fight. According to multiple sources, there are active negotiations to book Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal as the new main event
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There have been 16 UFC events thus far in 2020. I have no doubt in my mind that Gilbert Burns would have fought on every one of them if allowed. That’s the kind of competitor “Durinho” is, and while he might have been unknown to all but the hardcore fanbase entering the year, In a
Colby Covington (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) Colby Covington is interested in running things back with Kamaru Usman. Ever since Usman scored a fifth-round TKO win over Covington at UFC 245, “Chaos” has been calling for an immediate rematch. He blamed the ref for a bad stoppage where he believes he would’ve won on the judge’s scorecard.