Former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate‘s time as a flyweight may have been short-lived. Tate made her flyweight debut at UFC on ABC 3 on July 16 with aspirations of making a run at a second UFC divisional title. She took on Lauren Murphy and suffered a unanimous decision loss. The defeat and weight cut
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Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is looking forward to getting back on track in her professional career after a loss to Lauren Murphy. Tate lost in her flyweight debut to Murphy at UFC Long Island just days ago. She opted to make the move to 125lbs after a loss to Ketlen Vieira at bantamweight
Sean O’Malley is calling on his fellow UFC fighters to get better at utilizing social media. O’Malley has raised his stock a great deal on social media. It’s helped him garner success with his own podcast and merchandise. Overall, the Sean O’Malley brand is booming and whether you like him or not, the “Sugar” show
Curtis Blaydes is done fighting downward. Like UFC Long Island the weekend prior (July 16, 2022), UFC London this past Saturday (July 23, 2022) also ended rather anti-climactically. Tom Aspinall’s knee only needed 15 seconds inside the Octagon after an early leg kick before it said, “Nope, let’s go home.” Never an ideal way to
UFC 277 Embedded, Episode 1: ‘There’s an unclosed chapter in this book’ Brandon Moreno helps a teammate prepare for Dana White’s Contender Series and makes breakfast. Champ Julianna Peña sets her sights on a belt defense and receives a special gift. Amanda Nunes arrives in Dallas with her family. UFC 277 is on Saturday, July
9:22 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Dana White’s Contender Series swaggered onto the scene five years ago dangling in front of fight fans a tantalizing promise. It was right there in the show’s name. This on-ramp for developing UFC talent wasn’t simply assuring MMA followers of an influx of new names for the prelims. No, the
Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. Last week’s list was one of the more submission-heavy ones to date, but this week gets back to the usual
(via Zuffa LLC) Aleksandar Rakic has a doozy of a story coming out of UFC London. The event went down inside the O2 Arena in London, England on July 23. The main event ended in just 15 seconds. Curtis Blaydes picked up the TKO victory over Tom Aspinall, who suffered a knee injury. The action
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is gearing up for its upcoming UFC 277 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which is set to go down this Saturday night (July 30, 2022) in Dallas, Texas. Headlining the event will be a rematch between current women’s bantamweight champion, Julianna Pena, defending her belt against the women she took it from last
Curtis Blaydes won’t risk rank to run back Tom Aspinall fight after freak injury The UFC London main event between Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall did not live up to expectation. Blaydes was awarded the victory 15 seconds after the opening bell. Aspinall appeared to have tweaked his knee and fell to the canvas in
UFC flyweight Molly McCann says her good friend and teammate Paddy Pimblett was battling more than Jordan Leavitt at UFC London this weekend. Pimblett won his third straight UFC fight by submitting Leavitt in Round 2 at The O2 Arena on Saturday. After a strong end to the opening round, Pimblett got Leavitt’s neck and
Image: @ufc on Instagram Jack Hermansson has offered an apology to Chris Curtis following their UFC London showdown. The bout went the distance and in the end, it was Hermansson who won the fight via unanimous decision. There was a lot of jaw-jacking throughout the bout, mostly on Curtis’ end. There was a moment where
Michael Chandler has been doing everything in his power to lock down a fight with Conor McGregor, but the lightweight contender is confident that a matchup with Dustin Poirier could be next in line. This is according to Chandler himself who was in attendance at UFC London this Saturday and caught up with reporters after
Watch Julianna Peña upset two-division UFC champ Amanda Nunes (Fight Video) At UFC 269, Julianna Peña did the unthinkable, she upset Amanda Nunes, one of the most dominant champions in UFC history. She didn’t just win, she took Nunes out. The two are slated to rematch following their coaching stints opposite each other on The
6:24 PM ET LONDON — The UFC has hit a bad streak of luck as of late, with a second consecutive main event ruined on Saturday by freak injury. A highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall ended just 15 seconds into the first round, when Aspinall suffered a right knee injury.
UFC lightweight Michael Chandler has slammed Dustin Poirier’s behavior while sharing his side of their fiery UFC 276 altercation. The duo were separated by security cageside at UFC 276 after engaging in a heated exchange that quickly went viral on social media. The incident was the culmination of simmering tensions between Chandler and Poirier, who
Dustin Jacoby was very happy with his UFC Long Island win over Da Un Jung. Jacoby entered the fight knowing it would be a tough test and the pressure was on him given the fact he was defending his spot in the rankings. He knew the fight would be tough but he landed a massive
UFC London’s main event sucked last night (Sat., July 23, 2022), though neither Curtis Blaydes nor Tom Aspinall are to blame. Those two came out ready to bang, immediately exchanging big shots until Aspinall’s knee exploded when he threw a low kick 15 seconds into the contest (watch highlights). That’s a bad outcome for everyone.