Welcome to Midnight Mania! Zabit Magomedsharipov is one of the greatest “what ifs” in recent memory. A dazzling mix of athletic kickboxing and smothering wrestling, it was easy to label the Dagestani talent as a future champion. Six months ago, the top-ranked Featherweight contender announced his retirement, but it had been close to three years
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UFC Fight Night highlights & recap: Jared Cannonier vs Sean Strickland Watch the highlight video and recap from Saturday’s UFC Vegas 66 main event between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland. Cannonier defeated Strickland by split decision. UFC Vegas 66 took place on Saturday, December 17, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. [embedded content] Paulo
2:43 PM ET A highly anticipated middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa will not happen at UFC 284 as planned, sources told ESPN. The UFC still has the 185-pound contest officially listed on its website for the UFC 284 event, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 11 in Perth, Australia, but
The scheduled bout between middleweights Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa for UFC 284 is reportedly off. The UFC will be returning to Australia next year for the first time since before the onset of the pandemic and the idea was to get as many Oceania fighters involved as possible. One of the biggest fighters from
Anthony Smith has revealed his plans to serve as the backup fighter for ‘Teixeira vs. Hill’ at UFC 283. It will be Glover Teixeira (33-8MMA) and Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA) facing off in the light heavyweight main event at UFC 283 on Saturday, January 21st at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Teixeira,
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight prospect Arman Tsarukyan is fresh off a dominant decision win over fellow division up-and-comer Damir Ismagulov at the UFC Vegas 66 mixed martial arts (MMA) event last weekend in Las Vegas, and now wants to cement his place among the Top 5 contenders at 155 pounds. The means to that
Paulo Costa rips UFC after news of Robert Whittaker UFC 284 fight ‘stop being petty’ Paulo Costa has been telling fans he’s not fighting Robert Whittaker for weeks, but no one believed him. Until now. “I wasn’t bluffing,” he tweeted. According to Brett Okamoto of ESPN, his sources tell him that the fight is not
No.13-ranked UFC welterweight Michael Chiesa has dismissed the notion of Paddy Pimblett fighting a top 15 lightweight next. On a recent edition of UFC Live, the panel discussed what’s next for Paddy Pimblett. At UFC 282, “The Baddy” picked up a unanimous decision victory over Jared Gordon. The fight was fraught with controversy, with many
Sean Strickland has spoken out following his split decision loss to Jared Cannonier in the main event of UFC Vegas 66. Strickland and Cannonier did battle in the main event of UFC Vegas 66 this past Saturday night. The middleweight clash went the distance and two of the three judges scored the fight for Cannonier.
Anyone tuning in for the UFC Vegas 66 main card on Saturday night may have been left wondering what the hell happened during the prelims to leave the cage so saturated in blood. That would be on account of Rafa Garcia, who suffered a cut on the side of his head halfway through his fight
Paddy Pimblett raises awareness for mental illness and reveals his own struggles Rising UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett has used his stardom to raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. He often discusses the issue during press conferences and in his post-fight interviews after recently having a close friend commit suicide. “There’s a sigma
10:35 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm will return to the Octagon against Yana Kunitskaya on March 25, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Holm (14-6) has not fought since May because of an undisclosed injury that required surgery earlier this year. The 41-year-old former professional boxing champion told ESPN in September she expected
Cory McKenna expects that the UFC might see a trend of younger fighters debuting during the next few years. The 23-year-old picked up arguably the biggest victory of her career when she took on Cheyanne Vlismas in the featured prelim for UFC Vegas 66. McKenna entered the fight as a slight underdog to Vlismas, but
Zion Clark continues to be an inspiration. Clark, who was born without legs due to caudal regression syndrome, competed in his first pro MMA bout this past Saturday. He shared the cage with Eugene Murray. The two collided inside Valley Center in San Diego, CA. The fight took place at Gladiator Challenge: Seasons Beatings. The
Does Conor McGregor have middleweight aspirations? According to “The Notorious” himself, he will ‘100%’ be testing himself against 185 pound opponents at some point in his career. McGregor, who started his fight career out as a 145 pound featherweight, moved up to lightweight in 2016 and even contested some bouts at welterweight, although against other
Jake Shields and Mike Jackson get into scuffle at UFC Performance Institute | Video Former UFC welterweight title challenger Jake Shields and former UFC fighter Mike Jackson were involved in a physical altercation at the UFC Performance Institute. The two have exchanged insult via social media in the past where, according to Shields, Jackson called
10:36 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC’s final fight of 2022 came down to the scorecards on Saturday, as former middleweight title challenger Jared Cannonier defeated Sean Strickland via split decision. Cannonier (16-6) out-pointed Strickland (25-5) over the course of a five-round main event that took place almost exclusively on the feet. Judges Derek
Former UFC bantamweight champ Holly Holm is set to take on Yana Kunitskaya at the UFC Fight Night event on March 25. The matchup, which was first reported by MMA Fighting, will see Holm make her Octagon return after losing to Ketlen Vieira via a razor-thin split decision in May. The UFC Fight Night will