Kayla Harrison and Martina Jindrova both made weight for their women’s lightweight semifinals main event, as did Chris Wade and Brendan Loughnane, who compete in the featherweight semifinals co-headliner on ESPN this Sat. (Aug. 20) live from Copper Box Arena in London, England. Also taking the “Smart Cage” in women’s lightweight semifinal action, top-seeded Larissa
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UFC 278 Main Event Weigh-in Video: Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards 2 The UFC 278 headliners, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and No. 2 ranked Leon Edwards, officially weighed in on Friday morning in Salt Lake City. They were the first two fighters to officially weigh-in and both men tipped the scales at 170 pounds even.
9:26 PM ET For the second straight year, Zhang Weili will get a title opportunity at Madison Square Garden. A UFC women’s strawweight title fight between champion Carla Esparza and Zhang, the former champ, has been verbally agreed to for UFC 281 on Nov. 12 in New York, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. The fight
UFC 278 is right around the corner, and we’ve got the coverage from tonight’s pre-fight press conference to further build the anticipation! This weekend, UFC 278 will take place from the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature Kamaru Usman defending his UFC welterweight championship against Leon Edwards, with former
Demetrious Johnson has no regrets as to how his UFC career came to a close. ‘Mighty Mouse’ is set to face Adriano Moraes next weekend at ONE on Prime Video 1. The bout is a rematch of their prior encounter at ONE on TNT 1 in April 2021. That bout saw Johnson knocked out for
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Fearsome brawler, Mike Perry, will duel with lanky knockout artist, Michael Page, at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) 27 pay-per-view (PPV) card this Sat. night (Aug. 20, 2022) at OVO Arena Wembley in London, England, streaming live online via FITE.tv. Despite being the only man between the duo with a
UFC 278 Pre-fight Press Conference Face-offs Video Following Thursday’s UFC 278 Pre-fight Press Conference in Salt Lake City, the main card participants faced off with their opponents. UFC 278 is headlined by a welterweight title fight rematch between champion Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards. In the co-main event, former middleweight titleholder Luke Rockhold faces No.
The Season 5 trailer gives us our first look at Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Tyron Woodley in Cobra Kai Season 5. The former opponents join Carrie Underwood, Dee Snider, and Elisabeth Shue on the list of cameo appearances in the Karate Kid spin-off TV series. UFC Middleweight Eryk Anders also joins the show. Anders has
Brendan Schaub believes UFC bantamweight contender Marlon Vera deserves a crack at gold. ‘Chito’ is fresh off his showdown with Dominick Cruz at UFC San Diego last Saturday. In that outing, Vera scored a devastating knockout of ‘The Dominator’ in round four. The loss was only the second time that Cruz has been knocked out
Luke Rockhold has nothing to lose, except a few more brain cells, according to this scouting report. That’s why the former middleweight champion is speaking his mind ahead of the UFC 278: “Usman vs. Edwards 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event this Sat. night (Aug. 20, 2022) inside Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. LIVE! Watch
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
UFC President Dana White has dampened Luke Rockhold’s hopes of securing a title shot with a victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 278 this weekend. In Saturday’s co-main event, set for Salt Lake City, Utah, former middleweight champion Rockhold will make the walk to the Octagon for the first time since 2019. Having suffered back-to-back
UFC 279’s main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz now has stakes. The two welterweight stars are set to collide at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, next month. The bout is an anticipated one, as there’s been a lot of talk about the matchup. The matchup will also be the last on
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Luke Rockhold is sparking a bit of a fire with his recent explicative rants against UFC, Dana White, and the stagnation of fighter pay. Specifically, he’s been especially enraged at the UFC bonus structure, which has arguable gotten worse over the years, especially when inflation is considered. Rockhold’s rant struck a
UFC 278 Embedded, Episode 3: ‘I’m looking forward to going out there and shocking the world’ On the third episode of UFC 278 Embedded, champion Kamaru Usman flies in style. Leon Edwards eyeballs American groceries. Luke Rockhold recovers from a road trip. Paulo Costa is motivated by his opponent. UFC 278 takes place at Vivint
9:22 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The final event of the first round of the PFL playoffs will take place this Saturday, as the featherweight and women’s lightweight divisions have their semifinal matchups at Copper Box Arena in London (ESPN and ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET, prelims on ESPN+ at 1 p.m.). The main event will
UFC flyweight Tyson Nam has responded to the California State Athletic Commission banning him from competing in the state following a violation. Nam earned a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for earning a wild knockout of Ode Osbourne at UFC San Diego last Saturday. He countered a flying knee attempt from Osbourne with a massive
Dana White says the UFC made a big mistake in letting Shane Burgos hit free agency and eventually sign with the PFL. Before Burgos’ UFC Long Island fight against Charles Jourdain, he made it known that it was the final fight of his deal. After the event, White even said the plan was for the