9:38 PM ET Next weekend’s UFC event has suffered a blow. Aspen Ladd, who was scheduled to fight Sara McMann on the June 27 card, has been forced to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in training, her manager, Dave Hirschbein, said Friday. According to Hirschbein, Ladd will find out Tuesday whether she’ll
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MMA Fighting has UFC on ESPN 11 results for the Blaydes vs. Volkov fight card in Las Vegas, live blog of the top two fights, and live UFC on ESPN 11 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a heavyweight showdown between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov. Also on tap for the event is a
Dana White (Photo: Fernando Quiles Jr.,/MMA News) UFC president Dana White says plans are already in motion to prepare for a second shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The world of sports was rocked by the COVID-19 crisis and the UFC was no exception. The promotion had to postpone numerous events due to lockdowns and
USADA announced today that Rachael Ostovich-Berdon, of Waianae, Hawaii, has accepted a one-year sanction for her violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP) but has received a four-month credit to her sanction due to time served under a provisional suspension in the latter half of 2019 for an atypical finding that was being investigated by USADA
Image: @ufc on Instagram Aspen Ladd will no longer be fighting Sara McMann. MMAJunkie was first to report the news that Ladd has suffered an injury and has been forced to pull out of her June 27th bout against McMann. Unfortunate news for a top women’s bantamweight contender: @AspenLaddMMA suffered an injury in training and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! A fairly pivotal women’s Bantamweight clash between Aspen Ladd and Sara McMann scheduled for next weekend’s UFC on ESPN 12 event has been forced off the card. MMAJunkie’s John Morgan reported earlier tonight that Ladd suffered an injury and would be forced to withdraw. That’s bad news on its own, but
Though he has yet to fight in 2020, lightweight David Michaud has been far from inactive. Following the cancellation of the PFL’s season-based format for 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, Michaud has shifted his focus to helping teammates prepare for their possible fights to keep him busy. “When everything shut down a couple of
From Nate Diaz calling out Conor McGregor to Chael Sonnen calling out Anderson Silva, we look back at some of the most memorable Octagon interview callouts. 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
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7:41 AM ET Officially, the UFC has five title fights on its upcoming schedule — four of them featuring a fighter coming off a loss in his most recent fight. Now, the four matchups are easy to explain. Heavyweight Daniel Cormier lost to Stipe Miocic last year, and the two need to finish their rivalry.
2At the UFC on ESPN 11 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday morning local time. In the main event, heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov need to weigh in under the 266-pound mark for non-title heavyweight bouts. The UFC on ESPN 11 official weigh-ins
The first time he felt that way about an opponent, it was Russia’s Alexander Yakovlev, and that fight last November resulted in a three-round win for “The Predator,” so that’s a good omen for the San Bernardino prospect. “I feel like those two guys were the most experienced guys who fought actual contenders and have
Bobby Green (Photo: Getty Images) Bobby Green has explained how his friendship with Nate Diaz makes his bout with Clay Guida personal. This Saturday night (June 20), Green is set to collide with Guida. It’ll be the featured preliminary bout on the UFC on ESPN 11 card. The action will be held inside the UFC
The official fight poster for the stacked UFC 251 card, scheduled for July 11 on Fight Island, has been released by the promotion. See it below: UFC 251 will be topped by a trio of compelling title fights. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will look to defend his title for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is roughly 24 hours away from its UFC on ESPN 11: “Blaydes vs. Volkov” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, taking place this Sat. night (June 20, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. But before anyone can fight, they must first weigh in, and those festivities get underway today (Fri.,
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2:16 PM ET UFC’s dance card for its four events on Fight Island next month is just about full. UFC president Dana White officially revealed the company’s main card lineups, as well as the majority of prelims, for events scheduled on July 11, July 15, July 18 and July 25. The events will be held
The UFC has announced its full slate for their trip to “Fight Island” next month. UFC president Dana White revealed the lineups for the four fight cards taking place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. It all begins with UFC 251 on July 11, featuring three world title fights. In the main event,