They don’t meet in the cage for another two months, but Jon Jones is listening closely to what upcoming opponent Dominick Reyes has been saying about him. The UFC light heavyweight champion took to Twitter on Friday to write a series of messages aimed at Reyes, specifically accusing Reyes of bringing up Jones’s outside-of-the-cage troubles
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Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has booked his next fight as he faces fast-rising contender Jared Cannonier at UFC 248 on March 7 in Las Vegas. UFC officials announced the pairing late Thursday night. Rumors have been swirling for weeks about Whittaker’s return to action after he lost the 185-pound belt to Israel Adesanya in
Frankie Edgar still has aspirations to move to bantamweight in 2020, but he took a slight detour on his way to 135 pounds with a short notice fight against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. On Saturday in Busan, South Korea, Edgar will step into enemy territory to settle some unfinished business with Jung after
Even in defeat in his most recent fight, Rory MacDonald seemed confident that his future would remain in Bellator MMA. As a former welterweight champion with high profile wins over Douglas Lima, Paul Daley and Neiman Gracie, MacDonald felt like he would eventually come to an agreement with the Viacom-owned promotion on a new contract.
UFC flyweight Priscila Cachoeira, whose Octagon career started with a brutal beatdown courtesy of champ Valentina Shevchenko, has been suspended by the UFC’s anti-doping partner. Cachoeira accepted a four-month term after an out-of-competition drug test conducted Oct. 19 revealed the presence of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites. HCTZ is in the class of masking agents
LAS VEGAS – Fresh off his first UFC win, middleweight Punahele Soriano spoke about fighting in the octagon for the first time, fighting the urge not to get too excited, why he wouldn’t allow his friend and training partner Dan Ige to corner him, his plans to visit an injured friend, and more.
Brian Ortega desperately wanted to stay in his fight against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung at UFC Busan this weekend, but his body told him different. The former featherweight title contender recently revealed the details surrounding the injury, which forced him out of the upcoming main event in South Korea. Ortega suffered a partially
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Cub Swanson decided to squeeze in one more combat sports appearance before the end of 2019 and it proved costly. Following a unanimous decision win over Kron Gracie at UFC Tampa in October—Swanson’s first victory in over two years—the featherweight veteran announced that due to a hand injury and minor lacerations on his eyes it
LAS VEGAS – After a win at UFC 245, Octagon veteran Matt Brown admits to having a bit of ring rust, calls for quick turnaround at the promotion’s March 28 event in Columbus, Ohio, and talks about getting the help of UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in camp for his fight with Ben Saunders.
Rarely does a champion get eclipsed in the way that Kamaru Usman did during UFC 245 fight week. There was little he could do to prevent it. With opponent Colby Covington willing to say or do anything to get the spotlight—from wearing garish suits to accusing the champion of using performance-enhancing drugs to bringing up
Entering Saturday night’s main card at UFC 245 in Las Veghas, fight expected nothing but fireworks as bore witness three championship bouts on top of a pair of highly anticipated matchups to determine the fate of their division. Kicking off the three title fights, reigning UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes dominated contender Germaine de Randamie
Matt Brown has a unique outlook on his fighting career. While it may seem grim to some, it’s just the harsh reality of the sport where he competes. Back in 2017, the 24-time UFC veteran had announced his intention to retire. Then he walked that back in the days leading up to his fight against
MMA Fighting has UFC 245 results for the Usman vs. Covington fight card on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 245 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will put his title on the line against Colby
The UFC’s octagon will touch down in Norfolk, Va., for the second time in the first quarter of 2020. The promotion on Friday announced an event set for Feb. 23 at a Chartway Arena in the Ted Constant Convocation Center, which in November 2017 hosted a UFC Fight Night event. No bouts have been confirmed
LAS VEGAS – Ex-interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington repeatedly has accused champ Kamaru Usman without evidence of using the performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). Now, he’s turned against the UFC’s anti-doping partner. Covington lashed out at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for lax testing in advance of UFC 245, incorrectly claiming he hadn’t been tested for
Bellator flyweight champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane shares a gym, training partners, coaches and a management firm with Liz Carmouche. They watch each other’s dogs. Macfarlane even watches Carmouche’s kids. Longtime members of the same San Diego, Calif., gym that houses the charmingly named Team Hurricane Awesome, the standout fighters are closer than most. When Carmouche received
About 30 minutes before the champions fighting at UFC 245 showed up for a fan Q&A in Las Vegas, Colby Covington held court with the event’s challengers, wearing an orange suit he said was a tribute to pro wrestler Nick Bockwinkel. Covington’s brand of outrage bait also was on full display. Predictable as it was