UFC featherweight champ Amanda Nunes picks who could play her in a movie about her life. When it comes to UFC champions, Amanda Nunes is among the greats. Holding two UFC belts for years and defending both got her ranked as the best female pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC. At the end of her career,
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Image Credit: @UFC/Instagram Magomed Ankalaev plans to end Anthony Smith’s time as a contender in the UFC on Saturday at UFC 277. Opening up the pay-per-view main card is a pivotal light heavyweight scrap as Ankalaev is set to face Smith in a potential title eliminator fight. Although Smith is on a three-fight winning streak
Anthony Smith believes he’s on the cusp of another light heavyweight title shot if he’s able to defeat rising contender Magomed Ankalaev tomorrow night (Sat., July 30, 2022) at UFC 277 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV)/ABC/ESPN from inside American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. LIVE! Watch UFC 277 PPV On ESPN+ Here! CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE-DIP! Ultimate
UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2 Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC 277 fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-in on Friday. UFC 277 takes place at American Airlines Center in Dallas and features two title bouts. Women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña faces former titleholder Amanda Nunes in a rematch in the fight card’s main event.
8:21 AM ET SUNRISE, FLA. — AMANDA NUNES SAT in a chair inside her new gym, running down all of its features like an excited real-estate agent trying to woo her first buyer. The Lioness Studio has a generous stretch of mat space for training, a full-sized cage, workout equipment and a small sauna. Upstairs
An MMA fighter currently in custody for allegedly firing a crossbow at a woman has had his latest application for bail denied. 30-year-old Samuel Tufts, a resident of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was arrested in September of last year for an incident where he allegedly choked his ex-girlfriend unconscious after attempting to shoot her with a
Tom Aspinall will be having surgery on his knee next week. Aspinall was headlining UFC London last Saturday against Curtis Blaydes in what was a big step-up in competition for the Brit. Although Blaydes has been around the top-five for years, it was Aspinall as the betting favorite heading into the fight. Unfortunately, just 15
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day in front of its highly-anticipated UFC 277 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by the women’s bantamweight championship rematch between reigning 135-pound titleholder Julianna Pena and ex-division champion Amanda Nunes, bitter rivals who also served as opposing coaches on Season 30 of The Ultimate Fighter
UFC 277 Live Weigh-in Results and Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC 277 pay-per-view fight card will officially weigh in Friday morning in Dallas, Texas. UFC 277 takes place at American Airlines Center in Dallas and features two title bouts. Women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña faces former titleholder Amanda Nunes in a rematch in the fight
1:56 PM ET The Professional Fighters League will crown a new heavyweight champion later this year. Bruno Cappelozza, the PFL’s 2021 heavyweight title winner, is out of the promotion’s 2022 playoffs because of an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Cappelozza will be replaced by Matheus Scheffel in the semifinals against Denis Goltsov on
The UFC 277 pre-fight press conference has wrapped up, and MMA News has the sights and sounds for you down below! This weekend, Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes will finally run it back after seven months of anticipation. The buildup to their rematch reached its peak earlier today during the pre-fight press conference. In addition
Image Credit: UFC Orion Cosce wanted to rebook the Blood Diamond fight after the Kiwi being forced out of their scheduled contest at UFC 275. Cosce and Diamond were booked to fight at UFC 271 but ‘Galaxy’ was forced out of the fight due to COVID-19. Diamond ended up facing Jeremiah Wells and lost by
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight champion, Julianna Pena, believes her division is the best the promotion has to offer. This weekend (Sat., July 30, 2022) at UFC 277 in Dallas, Texas, Pena aims to make her first career title defense by once again defeating one of the all-time greats, UFC Featherweight champion, Amanda Nunes (watch
UFC 277: Julianna Peña vs. Amanda Nunes 2 Face-Offs Video Following Thursday’s UFC 277 Pre-fight Press Conference, the athletes competing on Saturday’s fight card faced off with their opponents. UFC 277 takes place at American Airlines Center in Dallas and features two title bouts. Women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña faces former titleholder Amanda Nunes in a rematch in
9:16 AM ET JULIANNA PEÑA IS one of the youngest members of a long line of Peña family members who are unbothered by judgment or criticism. Her father, Ernie, left a small agricultural village in Venezuela when he was 12 in search of better opportunities. He eventually emigrated to the U.S. through a scholarship program
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley enjoys being in control of his career ahead of the biggest fight of his life at UFC 280. O’Malley will face former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22. A win could give him a potential bantamweight title shot amidst a fast rise through the division. O’Malley
UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad wasn’t a fan of Sean Brady’s callout of him. The two welterweight contenders are set to square off at UFC 280 in October. The fight’s announcement caught many fans off-guard. Muhammad was previously linked to a matchup with Khamzat Chimaev, but it didn’t come to fruition. After ‘Borz’ was booked with
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just a couple of days away from the upcoming UFC 277 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by the women’s bantamweight title fight between current champion Julianna Pena and former titleholder Amanda Nunes. Before that 135-pound rematch gets underway this Sat. night (July 30, 2022) at American Airlines