“BMF” champ Jorge Masvidal is down one corner at UFC 251 after his longtime American Top Team coach Mike Brown came up positive for COVID-19. MMA Fighting learned of the news from multiple people aware of Brown’s status. The coach was not immediately reachable for comment, but later confirmed his positive test and said he
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Max Holloway (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) Max Holloway believes Alex Volkanovski is speaking more like a challenger than a champion. Holloway and Volkanovski will mix it up a second time for the UFC featherweight championship. Back in Dec. 2019, Volkanovski defeated Holloway via unanimous decision to capture the 145-pound gold. Volkanovski vs. Holloway II will take
As DCT explained in a pair of press releases, to ensure the safety of UFC staff, event personnel, Yas Island employees and the wider Abu Dhabi community, all attendees of UFC Fight Island have quarantined for 14 days at Yas Island hotels. More than 1,500 event personnel and Yas Island employees have been stationed within
Alexander Volkanovski: Max Holloway is a ‘sore loser’ | UFC 251 Fight Island [embedded content] Alexander Volkanovski responded to Max Holloway being a “sore loser,” after Holloway’s comments lately about Volkanovski as the UFC featherweight champion. Hear everything Alexander Volkanovski had to say at the UFC 251 Media Day from Fight Island on Yas Island,
A day after Pedro Munhoz was forced to bow out of his scheduled Bantamweight bout against Frankie Edgar, which was set to go down at the upcoming UFC on ESPN 13 event on July 15, 2020 in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has made a late addition to the card. According to
Image via @alexvolkanovski on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski looks to be in the best shape of his career ahead of his rematch against Max Holloway on Saturday night. The popular Australian is set to defend the UFC Featherweight Championship against the former king of the division after winning it from Holloway
9:37 PM ET After already having completed eight events in the coronavirus era, the UFC is promising even tighter protocols on what has been dubbed “Fight Island.” In addition to significantly more testing than the UFC has done so far, those involved in the four events this month on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island will be
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich was arrested early June 29 by Moline Police in Illinois for driving under the influence. Moline, Ill. police confirmed the arrest in an e-mail to MMA Fighting. According to police reports as originally provided to the Quad City Times, Miletich was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. local time on
It’s why Henry has wanted to get back to work as soon as possible, and while that didn’t happen, he is coming back this weekend with a top-notch matchup against Finland’s Amirkhani that oddly wasn’t one on his radar as the two came up the ranks. That may have to do with Henry fighting his
Gilbert Burns (Photo: MMAFighting) Gilbert Burns believes the UFC welterweight division would be worse off with Jorge Masvidal as champion. Masvidal will be replacing Burns in the main event of UFC 251. Burns was initially set to challenge champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday night (July 11) but he tested positive for COVID-19. As a result,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Pedro Munhoz is the latest fighter to test positive for COVID-19, as the virus continues to wreak havoc on athletes scheduled to visit Fight Island. Munhoz’s illness leaves Frankie Edgar without a dance partner for July 15th, and the initial report was that Edgar would be left without an opponent. However,
Kamaru Usman opens as massive favorite over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman was favored over original UFC 251 opponent Gilbert Burns, he is even more heavily favored over late replacement Jorge Masvidal. Usman had been about -200 and Burns hovering around +150 or +170 before their bout was canceled. Burns
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Conor McGregor has issued a fiery response to a recent comment from his fellow lightweight contender Dustin Poirier. Poirier, who has lost to both McGregor and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov previously, recently told MMA Junkie that he’d prefer a rematch with the latter over the former—even if there was no belt on the line.
8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Jose Aldo steps inside the “Fight Island” Octagon on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to face Petr Yan for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship, the Brazil native will be attempting to become just the eighth fighter in UFC history to reign in more than one division. Aldo
Israel Adesanya’s coach Eugene Bareman recently said that “nothing has come over my desk in regards” to a UFC title fight between his protege and No. 1 contender Paulo Costa, but “Borrachinha’s” manager Wallid Ismail disputes that claim. Ismail reached out to MMA Fighting to say that Bareman “lied” about never being offered a date
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