7:45 PM ET The UFC is putting together a new co-main event for its return to the United Kingdom. Darren Till is out of the scheduled middleweight co-headliner against Jack Hermansson at UFC London on July 23 due to an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Hermansson will remain on the card, and UFC.com
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Conor McGregor and Rafael Fiziev went back and forth on social media about axe kicking and how to defend kicks. With Fiziev set to headline this Saturday’s UFC Vegas 58, a highlight reel of his defense on kicks was shared online. McGregor then saw and offered his thoughts on how he would go about landing
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Israel Adesanya fired back at Chris Pratt on Wednesday following the actor’s comments on Adesanya’s performance at UFC 276 this past weekend. Despite going five rounds with a dangerous contender in Jared Cannonier “Last Stylebender” has caught some flack for not scoring a finish. Adesanya had talked a lot of game
Chris Weidman: ‘I plan on coming back,’ details ESPN E60 documentary Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman plans to return to the octagon later this year. Weidman suffered a horrific broken leg at UFC 261 in April 2021 in the opening moments of a bout against Uriah Hall. He underwent surgery and has been on
Boxing heavyweight star Tyson Fury is reportedly in talks to return to WWE soon. According to a report from GiveMeSport, Fury is in talks with WWE about potentially returning to do something with the company this summer. Nothing has been finalized quite yet, however, the talks are ongoing. Fury has worked with WWE before, competing
7:29 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski has won 22 straight fights, the last 12 of them in the UFC. Last Saturday at UFC 276, the featherweight champion defeated former champ Max Holloway for the third time. It was a shockingly dominant performance by the Australian fighter, one worthy of a boost in the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA
Image Credit: @ufc on Twitter Michael Chandler is eyeing a fight with Islam Makhachev for the vacant lightweight title next time out. The lightweight title was vacated when Oliveira missed weight for his UFC 274 fight against Justin Gaethje. Oliveira ended up winning the fight and Dana White said he would be one-half of a
It’s official, for better or worse. Tommy Fury will not be fighting Jake Paul atop the Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) boxing card on Aug. 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. That’s because “TNT” has been barred from entering the United States for reasons not yet understood. This combat sports fiasco may (or may
Watch Rafael Fiziev knock Renato Moicano out | Video UFC lightweight Rafael Fiziev earned his first Octagon career finish and performance bonus at UFC 256 back in 2020, when he secured the victory over opponent Renato Moicano via first-round knockout. Fiziev is set to face Rafael dos Anjos next in the main event at UFC
Stephen Thompson is being patient when it comes to picking his next opponent. With the UFC welterweight division full of stars and rising stars, one popular name has been on the sidelines. Stephen Thompson last set foot in the UFC Octagon back in December and as on now has no next fight on the radar.
9:56 PM ET Chris Wade is unhappy with the PFL over what he said is about a 30% pay cut from his regular-season fights to the playoffs. Wade, the top seed in this year’s PFL featherweight playoffs and the featherweight runnerup in 2021, told ESPN on Tuesday that he is locked into a fixed purse
UFC legend Daniel Cormier issued an apology to Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson last night after coming clean about towelgate. As part of International Fight Week, Daniel Cormier was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame after years of success with the promotion. In addition to becoming a two-weight world champion, he also managed to defeat some
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones is on the cusp of making his heavyweight debut and the former UFC light heavyweight king is turning his full attention to Stipe Miocic. Despite a long-desired fight against current UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou “Bones” believes a clash with Miocic holds more value at this time. According to
Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will make his octagon return at UFC 278 on August 20 against former title challenger Paulo Costa. The 37-year old hasn’t fought since July 2019, but plans to jump right back in the mix with a win over the No. 5 ranked Costa. His preparation for the upcoming bout is
Maycee Barber thinks Champion Valentina Shevchenko has been exposed. Fresh off her big win over Jessica Eye at UFC 276, Maycee Barber is looking to what could be lying ahead for the young upcoming star. Barber, at 24 years old, is moving her way up the flyweight rankings. Before the fight with Eye, Barber was
8:22 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Max Holloway was walking backstage at the UFC Apex last week, just three days before he challenged Alexander Volkanovski in a trilogy bout for the featherweight title at UFC 276. When pressed with a question, the former featherweight champion — long one of the top fighters on the planet
Image Credit: UFC Khabib Nurmagomedov has named Michael Jordan as the celebrity he would want to fight if given the opportunity to do so. It’s well known within the mixed martial arts community that Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the best to ever do it, but within the landscape of sport in general, there are
The upcoming Bellator 283 event, which is set to go down on July 22, 2022 in Tacoma, Washington, has lost its main event. According to MMA Fighting, Patricky Pitbull will not be able to defend his Lightweight title against Syndey Outlaw after he was forced out with an injury. While details of the injury remain