Ben Askren blasts Jorge Masvidal for trying to get Leon Edwards title fight Nearly as fast as Kamaru Usman crashed to the canvas after being hit with a head kick by Leon Edwards in the UFC 278 main event, Jorge Masvidal was trying to align himself to fight for the title. Masvidal and Edwards have
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8:08 AM ET The sport of mixed martial arts loves itself a good set of rankings and awards, doesn’t it? Every year, we debate topics such as best fighter, best submission and best knockout. Heck, nearly every week, the UFC awards for performances of the night and fight of the night. We rank athletes within
Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson feels one dark horse UFC flyweight contender has what it takes to become a champion. Johnson is set to return to the cage for a ONE bantamweight title rematch against Adriano Moraes later tonight. He’s coming off of his first ONE loss against Moraes in five fights with the
Rafael dos Anjos has four names in mind for his next fight. The Brazilian is coming off a KO loss to Rafael Fiziev which snapped his two-fight winning streak. During the win streak, he beat Renato Moicano in a catchweight bout and beat Paul Felder in his return to 155lbs to make another run at
Former UFC welterweight title contender Darren Till was hoping to reinvent himself at 185 pounds after coming up short in his Tyron Woodley fight — then getting knocked out by Jorge Masvidal — while suffering through several “grisly” weight cuts. Unfortunately “The Gorilla” has been unable to get anything going since moving up in weight
Sean Strickland on fight with Jared Cannonier: ‘It ain’t gonna be boring’ No. 7 ranked middleweight contender Sean Strickland (25-4) takes on No. 2 ranked Jared Cannonier (15-6) in the UFC Vegas 62 main event on October 15 in Las Vegas. For Strickland, it’s an opportunity to jump back into title contention and rebound from
Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos seems to concede that his time contending for world titles has come to an end. The 37-year-old dos Anjos most recently fell to Rafael Fiziev via knockout in July following a dominant win over Renato Moicano at UFC 272. Despite wins in two of his last three fights,
Image Credit: UFC Stephen Thompson believes Leon Edwards landed the perfect technique to KO Kamaru Usman at UFC 278. Edwards entered the fifth round clearly losing the fight and did not get off to the best start in the final frame. It appeared that Usman would be defending his belt by decision but Edwards landed
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards have unfinished business. Really, the birth of Masvidal as a true star rather than hardcore fan favorite began in July 2019. On the same night he flattened Darren Till, Masvidal also bloodied up Leon Edwards backstage, dropping his now-famous “three piece and a soda” line soon
Israel Adesanya reveals the lowest point of his MMA career, and it wasn’t his lone loss UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1) remains unbeaten in the 185-pound division, and only has one loss on his professional record. The lone blemish on his professional MMA resume came in a light heavyweight title bout. He was defeated
8:08 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — It began with a text message with an invitation to dinner. It was the start of a friendship set up by Shane Victorino. At the time, the two-time Philadelphia Phillies All-Star outfielder didn’t know Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota and UFC featherweight Max Holloway had never met. Victorino
Jorge Masvidal is hot on the path to land his third UFC welterweight title shot and is already using a variety of argumentative methods to make his case. At UFC 278, the MMA world was knocked on his head via the calculated kick from Leon “Rocky” Edwards to now-former champion Kamaru Usman. Indeed, it was
Luke Rockhold has aired some of the reasons he’s felt animosity towards UFC president, Dana White. The former Strikeforce and UFC middleweight champion is recently retired from the sport having given a memorable performance despite losing to Paulo Costa at UFC 278 last weekend. The 37-year-old has competed inside the Octagon for almost decade and
UFC wanted to use two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson as a stepping stone for 170-pound “Nomad” Shavkat Rakhmonov, but it sounds like the 39 year-old “Wonderboy” is content to sit and wait for another striker. Sure beats getting dumped and humped for 15 minutes straight. “The UFC was talking about maybe Shavkat, he just
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 Slow Motion Video Highlights Relive some of the most exciting exchanges and moments from UFC 278: Usman vs Edwards 2 this past weekend in slow motion on the latest edition of ‘Fight Motion.’ UFC 278 took place at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City and was headlined by a
Aug 20, 2022 To the surprise of exactly no one, Kayla Harrison has once again clinched a spot in the PFL lightweight finals. Harrison (15-0) submitted Martina Jindrovã (6-2) via arm triangle choke at 1:17 of the first round of their 155-pound semifinals matchup on Saturday in London. Harrison put Jindrovå on her back early
UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards‘ iconic “pound-for-pound, head shot, dead” kick at UFC 278 was pre-meditated. Edwards pulled off one of the most incredible come-from-behind knockouts wins in UFC history by knocking off Kamaru Usman at UFC 278. He rallied from a few rounds down to knock out Usman with a brutal head kick with
Kevin Holland will be returning at UFC 279 on September 10. UFC president Dana White said he was looking to add some big fights to the pay-per-view card in Las Vegas and he has done just that. After adding Tony Ferguson vs. Li Jingliang at welterweight, Holland took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce he