UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley was offered a unique bribe by one fan in Abu Dhabi to teach him how to fight ahead of UFC 280. O’Malley will face former bantamweight champion Petr Yan on the UFC 280 main card this Saturday. It’s a massive step up in competition for him after a no-contest against
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Ben Askren has become synonymous with Jorge Masvidal after he suffered a 5 second knockout at the hands of ‘Gamebred’ in 2019. The former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion shot for an early takedown but was caught by a flying knee. It was an iconic finish for Masvidal. The stoppage that launched a thousand memes.
Yamato Nishikawa will no longer be fighting Magomed Mustafaev on the UFC 280 preliminary card this Sat. (Oct. 22, 2022) at Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. In fact, the 19 year-old welterweight won’t be fighting for UFC at all, having drawn his release earlier this week before setting foot inside the world-famous
UFC 280 Pre-fight Press Conference Video Watch the UFC 280: Pre-Fight Press Conference live featuring main card fighters Charles Oliveira, Islam Makhachev, Aljamain Sterling, TJ Dillashaw and more! UFC 280 takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday and features two world title bouts. The vacant lightweight title is on the line in
Oct 18, 2022 UFC president Dana White’s new combat sports venture — slap fighting — will be a licensed athletic competition in Nevada. Dana White’s Power Slap League will be regulated and overseen by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) following a vote Tuesday in Las Vegas at the commission’s monthly meeting. UFC chief business
Aljamain Sterling does not understand Dana White‘s views on TJ Dillashaw. UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is getting set for his second title defense. He is currently in Abu Dhabi and just days away from his UFC 280 co-main event against former champion TJ Dillashaw. Dillashaw relinquished his bantamweight title after he tested positive for
The mental warfare between Sean O’Malley and Petr Yan is in full tilt ahead of their blockbuster bantamweight clash at UFC 280. In his latest jibe, ‘Sugar’ has claimed that his opponent was bulled into taking the fight. – Advertisement – “He was the only guy after that Pedro Munhoz fight (when) I went back
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Aljamain Sterling’s second UFC Bantamweight title defense opposite TJ Dillashaw is fast-approaching, as the pair are set to collide this weekend (Sat. Oct. 22, 2022) at UFC 280 from inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, Dubai. Before “Aljo” gets down to business, however, he first had to clear the air about
Charles Oliveira: Islam Makhachev ‘skipped the line’ to title fight because of Khabib The former lightweight champion is taking shots at his upcoming opponent. While speaking with the media at the UFC 280 media day Charles Oliveira blasted Islam Makhachev for getting a title shot based on his relationship with former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. “I
12:31 AM ET Two of the top women’s flyweight fighters in the world will meet in Brazil. Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade will face Lauren Murphy at UFC 283 on Jan. 21 in Rio de Janeiro, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. MMA Fighting first reported the news. Andrade is ranked No. 9
Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will pay close attention to his next potential opponents in Petr Yan and Sean O’Malley. Dillashaw will face Aljamain Sterling for the chance to become a three-time UFC bantamweight champion at UFC 280. He returns following a split decision win over Cory Sandhagen in July 2021. While the UFC
Sean O’Malley is one of the biggest stars in the UFC. At UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi this weekend, he has an opportunity to take his shine to the next level when he takes on the former champion, Petr Yan. – Advertisement – From the moment he arrived in the Octagon, ‘Sugar’ has been synonymous
UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will defend his 135-pound title against TJ Dillashaw in the UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event this Sat. (Oct. 22, 2022) at Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere on the card, former division kingpin Petr Yan — a longtime rival of Sterling — will look to keep
Ajamain Sterling says he can’t wait to serve TJ Dillashaw a ‘bit of humble pie’ UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is taking offense with some of the things that TJ Dillashaw has been saying leading up to their UFC 280 co-main event. “For him to go out and say he’s the greatest bantamweight of all
9:30 PM ET Kamaru Usman is willing to travel into potentially hostile territory in an effort to get back the UFC welterweight title. Usman has asked the UFC for a trilogy fight with champion Leon Edwards in London, Usman’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA, told ESPN on Tuesday. Edwards is a Jamaican-born fighter who
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has hit back at Khabib Nurmagomedov after he claimed Ferguson only fights for money now. Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been bitter rivals for years, despite having never competed against each other in the Octagon. They were supposed to fight on numerous occasions during their careers before a series
UFC star Islam Makhachev has given his thoughts on ‘fat guy’ Daniel Cormier after his appearance at WWE Extreme Rules. For many years now, Daniel Cormier has been praising the growing success of Islam Makhachev and backing him to eventually become UFC lightweight champion – a goal he’s been working towards for many years now.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! When Movsar Evloev was forced to withdraw from his scheduled main event against Bryce Mitchell, Ilia Topuria was immediately selected by fans as the potential replacement. The two quickly began jawing at one another, but unfortunately, it appears as if UFC has moved in another direction. Instead of fighting Mitchell on