Welcome to Midnight Mania! It feels like the upcoming bareknuckle boxing match between Michael “Venom” Page and Mike Perry at BKFC 27 in London, England, is flying under the radar. While Page’s Bellator MMA shine may be starting to wear off and Perry’s exciting Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) stint is a thing of the past,
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Former featherweight champion Max Holloway faces current titleholder Alexander Volkanovski for the third time in the UFC 276 co-main event on Saturday. Volkanovski earned the championship by defeating Holloway by unanimous decision at UFC 245 in December 2019. In the rematch, Volkanovski narrowly defeated Holloway by split decision in a fight Holloway thought that he
It sounds like top UFC lightweight contender Charles Oliveira won’t fight Islam Makhachev in Abu Dhabi after all. Oliveira most recently defeated Justin Gaethje at UFC 274. Despite the win, it was bittersweet as his title was stripped due to a missed weight cut the day before the event. Oliveira is now the No. 1
10:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN With the playoff seeding set for four of the six weight classes in the PFL, all eyes turn to welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Both weight classes will have their second and final regular-season fights of the year this Friday at PFL 6 (main card on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m.
Paddy Pimblett has taken a shot at Dillon Danis. Danis, a training partner of Conor McGregor and a Bellator fighter, took to Twitter to offer Pimblett a deal to grapple him. The two would put money in an escrow and the winner takes all. hey @theufcbaddy we both put up 75k each in escrow and
Reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound title against hulking division power puncher Jared Cannonier in the upcoming UFC 276 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on July 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Just don’t expect “The Killa Gorilla” to spend much time taking in the sights and sounds of “Sin City.”
UFC 276 Live Results: Adesanya vs. Cannonier UFC 276 live results begin at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on Saturday, July 2, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click on the fight below in the UFC 276 live results section for live stats or jump down
The case involving Cain Velasquez and alleged child molester Harry Goularte is ongoing, but new details about Goularte have emerged via a civil complaint. The complaint was filed in California’s Santa Clara County and was recently acquired by MMA Junkie. The allegations listed mention not only Goularte, but also his mother Patricia Goularte and her
9:00 AM ET With two title fights and a slew of rising stars on the main card, UFC 276 could be the year’s biggest event. And with the stakes being what they are, there’s a good chance it lives up to the hype. Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight title for a sixth consecutive time
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Conor McGregor has fired back at Jorge Masvidal for his recent comments. Masvidal has been vocal in taking shots at McGregor as he hopes that will lead to them fighting. The Irishman is getting close to returning and may return at welterweight given the size he has
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Israel Adesanya is one of the most dominant champions in the sport. Undefeated at 185-pounds, Adesanya rose to the top of his division quickly and has since defended the belt four times. This weekend at UFC 276, Adesanya will attempt to score a fifth ruby by denying Jared Cannonier’s bid at
Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Alexander Volkanovski has ‘more fire’ than Max Holloway Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former titleholder Max Holloway will meet for the third time in the UFC 276 co-main event on Saturday. Volkanovski holds two decision wins over Holloway. He captured the title by defeating “Blessed” at UFC 245 in December 2019. The
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley has explained why he chose to begin his own series of fight camp vlogs on YouTube. Woodley, who held 170-pound gold on MMA’s biggest stage between 2016 and 2019, has a successful online video series titled “Champ Camp.” The vlog-style videos cover Woodley’s pre-fight preparation, and though created during
2:21 AM ET IT HAS BEEN almost a year since South Africa’s Dricus Du Plessis (16-2), entered the Octagon — a successful UFC 264 outing last July that only lasted two rounds, knocking out Trevin Giles. But his quest to return has been a prolonged battle, complete with injury, opponent changes, fight cancellations and incredible
In the main event of UFC Vegas 57, an intriguing lightweight matchup as Mateusz Gamrot took on Arman Tsarukyan. Gamrot entered his first UFC main event riding a three-fight win streak as he knocked out Scott Holtzman, submitted Jeremy Stephens and TKO’d Diego Ferreira. Tsarukyan, meanwhile, was on a five-fight win streak and coming off
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury were scheduled to host a press conference on Weds. (June 29) at Madison Square Garden (MSG), the same New York City venue where “The Problem Child” and “TNT” are booked to compete as cruiserweight boxers under the Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) banner in August. The press conference was recently postponed and
Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou trade barbs on Twitter over proposed boxing match It seems that Tyson Fury is serious about fighting UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and he’s making his intentions known on Twitter. “Thought you wanted some smoke,” Fury wrote with a screengrab of their time in the ring together, Ngannou with a
Miesha Tate’s flyweight debut against Lauren Murphy has been rescheduled to UFC Long Island on July 16. The change comes after Lauren Murphy had to withdraw from their UFC 276 bout due to contracting COVID-19. Tate came out of retirement last year, competing for the first time in nearly five years. She won in her