While UFC 249 didn’t go down as originally planned on April 18, Alexander Hernandez expects he’ll be compensated for his efforts to get there. Hernandez was schedule to compete on both iterations of the event – first against Islam Makhachev in Brooklyn N.Y., and then against short notice replacement Omar Morales at Tachi Palace in
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UFC has three cards scheduled for May 9, 13 and 16 in Florida, but is already working on other events for late May. MMA Fighting has learned that a strawweight bout between Mackenzie Dern and Hannah Cifers is tentatively set for a yet-to-be-announced show on May 23. It’s still unclear if the event will take
Vicente Luque is no stranger to short-notice bouts. But this one definitely tops previous opportunities when it comes to pre-fight drama. “The Silent Assassin” was matched up against Randy Brown at UFC Portland on April 11, but the entire Fight Night event got canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the company struggling to get
Missing Bellator action? The promotion has you covered with 20 of its most memorable fights available for free now on YouTube. Watch almost six hours of high-stakes Bellator fights above. The list kicks off with the classic first encounter between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 58 and ends with Ricky Bandejas’s highlight-reel finish
A heavyweight fight between Ben Rothwell and Ovince Saint Preux is currently in the works for the upcoming UFC card in Jacksonville, Fla. on May 13. Sources confirmed the expected matchup to MMA Fighting on Friday following an initial report from ESPN. Rothwell was originally attached to the UFC 249 card on April 18 with
A new report names Jacksonville, Fla., as the host of the UFC 249 pay-per-view event on May 9. Wrestling Observer Newsletter on Thursday said the 15,000-seat VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena will host of the stacked fight card, which is headlined by an interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje. The UFC did
The coronavirus pandemic has forced everyone to adapt to a new routine over the past few weeks and months worldwide, and that includes anti-doping agents. As the UFC plans to kick off a series weekly events, beginning with UFC 249 on May 9, the United States Anti-Doping Agency said it’s monitoring the situation as they
Joe Rogan has been a fixture of UFC broadcasts for quite some time. But he looked a lot different during his first appearance back in 1997. At UFC 12, Rogan served as a backstage reporter and interviewer for a fight card that featured “Victor” Belfort in a heavyweight tournament and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman facing
Professional Fighters League decided to pay athletes a monthly stipend for the remainder of 2020 after suspending the entire season amid the coronavirus pandemic. But not all fighters made the cut. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s business told MMA Fighting that PFL president Ray Sefo sent two different emails to athletes on the
Watch Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg 2 full fight video to see then-welterweight champion Hughes once again triumph over rival Trigg in epic fashion at UFC 52, which took place in Las Vegas on April 16, 2005. It’s a matchup that UFC president Dana White has more than once called his favorite fight in UFC
The UFC’s upcoming return on May 9 has an official title: UFC 249. That’s not exactly a shock, but the promotion hadn’t actually named the event after announcing its next card would take place on May 9, a date originally reserved for UFC 250 in Brazil. UFC officials confirmed the plans to MMA Fighting on
UFC welterweight Lyman Good on Monday said his scratch from UFC 249 was the result of a positive test for the COVID-19 virus. Good, 34, told MMA Fighting on April 4 that he was forced to withdraw from the ill-fated April 18 pay-per-view event due to an injury. But in an interview with ESPN.com, he
Sean O’Malley is eager to fight in Dublin in front of the “insane” Irish fans. But with International Fight Week already earmarked for his next octagon appearance, he might have to miss the UFC’s next trip. “Sugar” was still on the sidelines when the promotion announced a Dublin event for Aug. 15. That didn’t keep
Watch Jon Jones vs. Andre Gusmao full fight video to watch a 21-year-old Jones defeat Gusmao in his octagon debut at UFC 87 on Aug. 9, 2008, in Minneapolis. In his first UFC appearance, “Bones” showed flashes of the fighter who would become a two-time undisputed light heavyweight champion and eventually compile a 26-1 (1
Chase Hooper has found himself in a unique position one fight into his UFC career. Following a first-round TKO win over Daniel Teymur at UFC 245, the youngest fighter on the UFC roster has a lot of momentum, both in and out of the octagon. Unfortunately for Hooper, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has indefinitely paused
Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir is once again a free agent. The 40-year-old veteran, who has competed in Bellator MMA since 2018, revealed that the terms of his contract with the Viacom-owned promotion came to an end on April 1. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Bellator has obviously been unable to get Mir
Like many of us, Gerald Meerschaert is starting to get a little stir crazy living the quarantine life. It was just over one month ago that Meerschaert was in Las Vegas, competing in front of a live crowd at the T-Mobile Arena, where he submitted Deron Winn at UFC 248. That was before everything changed
Jon Jones might be interested in a new opponent rather than revisiting his last fight against Dominick Reyes. Late Friday night, the UFC light heavyweight champion took to Twitter to respond to recent comments from Reyes, who has been calling for a rematch against Jones after since he lost a razor-close decision to him back