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Good morning, MMA fans! Welcome to the MMA News Tracker! Here are some of the latest happenings across the world of MMA. Israel Adesanya Nearly Pulled Out Of UFC 281, Suspended Indefinitely Image Credit: Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC During an appearance on the FLAGRANT podcast with Andrew Schulz, Israel Adesanya revealed that he nearly pulled out

Frankie Edgar is disappointed with how his career ended. At UFC 281, Edgar was taking on Chris Gutierrez in his retirement fight. The former UFC lightweight champion had a legendary career and is a future Hall of Famer but in his retirement fight, he suffered a first-round KO loss, which was heartbreaking for him. –

The Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury circus is coming to England in February. It was an eventful weekend for the pair, whom have been trying to step into the ring against each other for over a year. Their first fight was canceled after Fury broke a rib. The second ended after “TNT” discovered he was

Aljamain Sterling has a message for Henry Cejudo: ‘The division has passed you by’ UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling was asked about the possibility of facing former two-division titleholder Henry Cejudo, and didn’t hold back in his response. Cejudo retired in 2020 after moving up from the flyweight division and capturing the 135-pound championship by

Nov 12, 2022 UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will officially move up in weight to challenge lightweight champion Islam Makhachev for a second title at UFC 284 on Feb. 11 in a fight that could determine the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. UFC officials announced the lightweight title fight Saturday. UFC 284 will

Referee Marc Goddard has spoken out for the first time on his decision to stop Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira at UFC 281. The UFC 281 middleweight title headliner between Adesanya and Pereira came to a stunning halt as Pereira finished Adesanya in Round 5. While Adesanya took a series of hard punches from Pereira

Brendan Schaub believes Alex Pereira will only remain middleweight champion for a short time if the UFC are to match him with an opposite style. Pereira shocked the world of MMA this past Saturday by dethroning his former kickboxing nemesis, Israel Adesanya. – Advertisement – UFC 281 had numerous significant talking points, but none came

While Israel Adesanya was quick to give Alex Pereira his respect for defeating him at UFC 281 (for a third time), “The Last Stylebender” feels he could’ve continued on if the referee on duty, Marc Goddard, would have let the fight continue. But not everyone is sharing “Izzy’s” sentiment, including longtime mixed martial arts (MMA)

Dana White on Francis Ngannou negotiations: ‘We’ve been very patient’ UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is currently involved in contract negotiations with the fight promotion, and it doesn’t look like they’re close to an agreement. Ngannou allegedly fulfilled his contractual obligations with the UFC in his last fight at UFC 270 in January. Following the

Nov 13, 2022 NEW YORK — Zhang Weili became China’s first UFC champion in 2019, when she took the strawweight title from Jessica Andrade. On Saturday, she also became China’s second UFC champion. Zhang (23-3) reclaimed her 115-pound championship by submitting Carla Esparza (19-7) in the second round of their strawweight title fight, which co-headlined

Good morning, MMA fans! Welcome to the MMA News Tracker! Here are some of the latest happenings across the world of MMA. Michael Chandler Gives Post-Fight Breakdown To Sons Who is that masked man? Why, it’s none other than UFC‘s action man Michael Chandler, who decided to give a post-fight breakdown of his latest “hand-to-hand

Andre Petroski remained undefeated in the UFC with a decision victory over Wellington Turman at UFC 281. Andre entered the fight being 3-0 in the UFC with three stoppage wins. The hope for Petroski was to submit Turman and continue to prove he’s the best grappler in the UFC. Although that didn’t happen, Petroski earned

With his massive win over Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, Alex Pereira rocketed up the middleweight rankings into the top slot as 185 pound champion. He also made his debut in the UFC’s official pound-for-pound rankings. For slaying “The Last Airbender,” Pereira appeared in the No. 8 slot, sandwiched between Charles Oliveira and Aljamain Sterling.

UFC 281 highlights & recap: Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira Watch the highlights video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 281 main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. The bout headlined the UFC 281 fight card on Saturday, November 14, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [embedded content] Anthony Johnson’s cause of death

9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — A well-known MMA coach was sitting up against a locker room wall earlier this year with his fighter and other coaches as the fighter warmed up in preparation for his UFC bout later that evening. There were other fighters and teams in the room as well, a common occurrence

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya isn’t letting his ‘horror movie’ plan for Alex Pereira fall through after UFC 281. Adesanya lost to Pereira in a stunning fifth-round TKO at UFC 281 on Saturday. After appearing close to cruising to a win on the judges’ scorecards, Adesanya got caught with a barrage of punches from

Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are done fighting, but they’re still promoters at heart. ‘Iron Mike’ and ‘The Real Deal’ graced the boxing ring on two occasions in the 1990s. Both matchups are historic and well-remembered, but for very different reasons. In 1996, they met for the first time, with Holyfield pulling off a shocking

The show appears to be going on with Hasim Rahman Jr. and DAZN boxing this weekend (Sat., Nov. 19, 2022). It was revealed earlier today (Mon., Nov. 14, 2022) that Rahman’s original opponent in the Misfits 003 boxing event headliner, Vitor Belfort, was out of their match due to undisclosed reasons. No word was originally