Valentina Shevchenko was impressed by Zhang Weili‘s victory at UFC 281 but feels Weili’s improvements wouldn’t be enough to beat her. Shevchenko hasn’t fought since a split decision win over Taila Santos at UFC 275 to retain her flyweight belt. Since winning the vacant title at UFC 231, she’s defended it seven times, despite her
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Dana White has reacted after Darren Till suffered his third straight loss at last weekend’s UFC 282 event. It was Darren Till (18-5 MMA) vs Dricus Du Plessis (18-2 MMA) last Saturday night, December 10th in a middleweight bout in Las Vegas. The middleweight battle saw Du Plessis finishing Till with a rear-naked choke in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Raul Rosas Jr. is already developing some notoriety. Back in September, the top prospect secured his spot on the UFC roster, winning a unanimous decision on “Contenders Series” just a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday. Rosas Jr. is still in high school, but that didn’t stop him from making
Henry Cejudo thinks Paddy Pimblett’s UFC 282 win was ‘one of the worst decisions ever’ Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo felt like he wasted his time watching UFC 282 on Saturday and felt like the judges should be under fire. “I think the judges stole the show on this card. Some of the judging,
Dec 10, 2022 Jeff Wagenheim Raufeon Stots fought and then he sang. After the split decision was read on Friday night and Stots was declared the winner of a Bellator 289 main event that had a fiery leadup littered with trash talk, Danny Sabatello stormed out of the cage, whereupon Stots grabbed his interviewer’s microphone
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña had some choice words for the fighters who’ve called her out recently. “The Venezuelan Vixen” shocked the world at UFC 269 last year when she defeated long-reigning champion Amanda Nunes. The “Lioness” had not lost a fight in over seven years when Peña made her submit to a
Chael Sonnen believes Paddy Pimblett has all the weapons to ‘be a future champion’. It was Paddy Pimblett (20-3 MMA) vs Jared Gordon (19-6 MMA) this past weekend in the co-main lightweight fight at UFC 282 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In a very controversial decision, Pimblett was awarded the unanimous decision win. At the post
UFC lightweight loudmouth Paddy Pimblett escaped the UFC 282 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in Las Vegas by squeaking past fellow 155-pound scrapper Jared Gordon in the “Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev” co-main event. Just don’t expect a controversial outcome to dampen “The Baddy’s” spirits, who celebrated his big night by partying at XS Las Vegas with
Controversial judge under investigation by commission following scorecard issues Doug Crosby might finally need to answer for two back-to-back questionable scorecards. According to MMA Fighting, Mohegan Athletic Department Director of Athletics Mike Mazzulli says he will review the three judges involved in judging the Bellator 289 main event between Raufeon Stots vs. Danny Sabatello. “In
Dec 10, 2022 Jeff Wagenheim Raul Rosas Jr., who turned 18 years old just two months ago, became the youngest fighter ever to compete in the UFC on Saturday night, and his performance was dominant in a first-round submission of veteran bantamweight Jay Perrin during the prelims of UFC 282 at T-Mobile Arena in Las
Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The UFC‘s final Pay-Per-View of the year ended up being an action-packed affair that didn’t see a fight go the
Glover Teixeira has thanked the universe after being awarded the next shot at the vacant light heavyweight title in Brazil at UFC 283 next month. Teixeira was in attendance this past weekend at UFC 282, which saw Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev go toe-to-toe in the main event for his former light heavyweight championship. Having
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Stephen Thompson has a new source of inspiration towards becoming UFC champion. A couple weeks back, Thompson picked apart Kevin Holland to return to the win column in stellar fashion (HIGHLIGHTS). It was a drastically different outcome compared to his previous two fights against Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns, dreadfully boring
Israel Adesanya reacts to UFC 282 outcomes | Video Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya watched Saturday’s UFC 282 pay-per-view event and reacted to the outcomes. See “The Last Stylebender” react to Darren Till’s loss, Paddy Pimblett‘s decision win, and the main event ending in a split draw. [embedded content] (Video courtesy of FREESTYLEBENDER) Darren Till
9:36 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Chuck Liddell is long retired. Same for Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz. Jon Jones was last UFC light heavyweight champion over two years ago. Once the UFC’s glamour division filled
UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has defended himself after coming under fire for his recent trip to Chechnya, which reportedly came at the invitation of the republic’s dictator Ramzan Kaydrov. Last month, images and footage emerged of a trio of former UFC champions — former interim lightweight titleholder Gaethje, former welterweight king Kamaru Usman, and former
Magomed Ankalaev has cleared the air following his split draw against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 282. Ankalaev and Blachowicz stepped up on short notice to save the UFC 282 card. They fought for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The title was vacated by Jiří Procházka, who suffered a shoulder injury while preparing for a
Cristiane Justino picked up her second straight boxing victory to close out 2022. “Cyborg” popped, dropped, and cruised to a decision win over the unheralded Gabrielle Holloway as part of the Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan boxing pay-per-view (PPV) at CHI Health Center last weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. The Bellator MMA featherweight champ took the