Key Stats: 5.75 strikes landed per minute (5th), 1.14 knockdowns per 15 minutes (5th all-time among LW), 45% significant striking accuracy, 55% significant striking defense What It Means: At 6-feet tall with a 75-inch reach, Dan Hooker utilizes his length to strike tactically at range with a variety of jabs, teep kicks and solid footwork.
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Yoel Romero & Uriah Hall The UFC is looking at a middleweight showdown between Yoel Romero and Uriah Hall. ESPN first reported that a matchup between Romero and Hall is in the works. If all goes according to plan, then Romero vs. Hall will take place on Aug. 22 as MMAFighting later reported. It’s said
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The bad blood between Conor McGregor and the Nurmagomedov clan has not calmed in the nearly two years since McGregor and Khabib faced off inside the Octagon. Even with McGregor retired and Khabib slated opposite Justin Gaethje, it seems that the feud only grows worse. Abubakar Nurmagomedov is one of Khabib’s
Following seven years on the regional circuit, lightweight Justin Jaynes made his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov on June 20 in about as a statement making of a performance as he could have. In just 40 seconds, Jaynes was able to TKO UFC veteran Frank Camacho, and pick up a Performance
Ryan Hall (8-1) took down the UFC Hall of Famer with one of his patented submissions, the heel hook, at UFC 232 in 2018. 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+,
‘King Mo’ and ‘Rampage’ are set to square off in a rematch at Bellator 175 on March 31. Their press conference was good-natured and full of trash talk that centered on Rampage’s weight and Mo’s “leg-humping” style.
Image via @mikebising on Instagram (photographer not listed) Michael Bisping has opened up on an unlikely beef with former three-time UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes. This unexpected beef between Bisping and Mendes stems from a May Instagram post from Bisping’s former opponent Tim Kennedy. In his post, Kennedy looked back on beating Bisping, and
11:17 AM ET Paige VanZant competed on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” in 2016. It was huge crossover exposure for someone who was, at the time, a top MMA prospect. VanZant said Tuesday she made more money on that show than she has in her eight UFC fights combined. Soon, she will attempt to cash
Chad Mendes and Michael Bisping are both retired, but they’ve exchanged a lot fighting words lately. The beef between the fighters initially started after Mendes commented on a post made by Tim Kennedy on Instagram where he talked about his 2014 win over Bisping. The former middleweight champion then fired back at Mendes in a
“I’ve always wanted to come here,” said Greene. “They’ve got a stable of heavyweights and that’s what I’ve been missing my whole career. We’re not talking about small heavyweights; we’re talking Juan Adams and Don’Tale Mayes, and then to put the icing on the cake, you have the greatest of all-time (Jon Jones) under the
Justin Gaethje (Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa) Interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje has explained why he doesn’t often utilize his wrestling skills in the UFC. Gaethje is known for his exciting fighting style. Gaethje has yet to leave the Octagon without receiving a bonus at the end of the night. In seven UFC bouts, Gaethje has
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just a couple of days away from kicking off its UFC on ESPN 12 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by a lightweight headliner featuring top-ranked contenders Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker. The action gets underway this Sat. night (June 27, 2020) inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC officially cancels Dublin event slated for August The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday, to almost no one’s surprise, officially canceled its planned event for Aug. 15 in Dublin, Ireland. Though the promotion had held on to hope that perhaps the situation regarding the global coronavirus pandemic could clear up enough to hold an event
Image Credit: Dan Hooker’s Instagram (photographer not listed) Dan Hooker believes if he knocks out Dustin Poirier this weekend it will make Justin Gaethje look bad. Gaethje and Poirier fought back in 2018 where “The Diamond” scored a fourth-round TKO win. Since then, Poirier went on to fight for the lightweight title while Gaethje is
Welcome to the inaugural installment of Capper’s Delight! This weekly article will be dedicated strictly to betting on MMA. We will recap our betting results from the previous weeks card and post our bets for the upcoming card. The MMAInformed.com Sportsbook of choice is 5dimes.eu. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the
4:00 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has made significant changes to his camp ahead of an upcoming title defense against longtime teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 251 on July 11. In anticipation of UFC 251 on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, Usman (16-1) has moved his camp to Denver, under head coach Trevor Wittman.
PFL Season 2 finalist Daniel Pineda has returned to the UFC six years after he was released by the promotion. Pineda, 34, recently completed a six-month suspension he received for adverse drug test that scratched him from the finals of PFL’s Season 2 featherweight tournament. The Nevada Athletic Commission found he had an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone
“It was actually kind of funny because we went in there and then it turned out there were girls, including myself, who were into other girls and then other girls had boyfriends so it was like, ‘Well, you guys are kind of out of luck,’” Pennington said with a laugh. Take that out of the