Glover Teixeira is UFC light heavyweight champion. The Brazilian earned that title by submitting Jan Blachowicz in the UFC 267 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last Oct. in Abu Dhabi, part of an incredible six-fight win streak that dates back to early 2019 and includes five nasty finishes. Not bad for an athlete who turns 43
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Dana White won’t be at UFC 275: Here’s why It’s rare that UFC president Dana White skips a UFC pay-per-view, especially one with not just one, but two title fights on it. But the UFC head-honcho is not going to be in Singapore to watch Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka or Valentina Shevchenko vs. Taila
Former UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili is prepared to showcase the grappling aspect of her repertoire after working with a wrestling great. Zhang will face another former UFC champion, Joanna Jędrzejczyk in a featured bout on the UFC 275 main card this weekend. Both fighters are looking to earn another title shot in what’s been
Image Credit: UFC Valentina Shevchenko has heard all the talk that Taila Santos will be one of her toughest title defenses in recent memory. Shevchenko is set to face the Brazilian in the co-main event of UFC 275 in a very intriguing matchup. Although the champ has been dominant, Santos has said she sees flaws
UFC fan Jack Millard must really love the “Smesh Bros.” shtick from Darren Till and Khamzat Chimaev, or perhaps he’s just got a few screws loose. Either way, Millard recently inked himself with a tattoo of both “The Gorilla” and “Borz” to commemorate their Blockasset collaboration. Not surprisingly, the toxic MMA community bombarded him with
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
Francis Ngannou has no intentions of following Curtis Blaydes’ recent advice to retire from mixed martial arts (MMA). Blaydes, a two-time opponent of Ngannou, recently suggested that Ngannou retire from MMA and take advantage of other opportunities available to him outside of the UFC, most notably, a boxing match with Tyson Fury. This would net
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Two elite champions face perhaps their most lethal challengers to date this Saturday (June 11, 2022) when Glover Teixeira and Valentina Shevchenko attempt to stop the fast-rising Jiri Prochazka and Taila Santos, respectively, inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. UFC 275’s pay-per-view (PPV) will also feature a long-awaited rematch between former women’s Strawweight queens
UFC 275 live results begin at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, June 11, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Click on the fight below in the UFC 275 live results section for live stats or jump down to the written UFC 275 results. In-fight live
Two Indian men are looking to make history and fight in the UFC one day soon. Some might know that there are several ways to get into the UFC, get signed outright, or get in on one of the shows such as The Ultimate Fighter or the contender Series. However, there is another method of
8:04 AM ET JIRI PROCHAZKA PUT his arms at his side and curled his lanky, 6-foot-4 frame into a bow. In front of him was a Shinto priest, wearing a white robe and traditional black cap, called a tate-eboshi. It was October 2019, just days after Prochazka had knocked out Fabio Maldonado on a Rizin
Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) Weili Zhang is hoping her UFC 275 rematch against Joanna Jedrzejczyk will be the most exciting fight of her career. Zhang and Jedrzejczyk fought back at UFC 248 in March of 2020, as ‘Magnum’ was looking to defend her strawweight title for the first time. The fight
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) parted ways with five fighters on Tuesday, including former headliner Louis Smolka. “Da Last Samurai” silenced the Dublin crowd by submitting the since-released Paddy Holohan in the UFC Fight Night 76 main event back in Oct. 2015. Unfortunately, the 30 year-old bantamweight was unable to keep himself in the win column
No. 9 ranked UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell is an undefeated rising star on the UFC roster. He’s talented, but perpetuates conspiracy theories. His most recent conspiracy theory is that the government was involved in the horrific Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas. On May 24, Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire killing
A matchup between UFC strawweight rising star Cheyanne Vlismas and Tabatha Ricci is reportedly booked for October 1st. AG Fight was among the first to report the news. Vlismas, a former standout on Dana White‘s Contender Series in 2020, rebounded from a UFC debut loss to Montserrat Ruiz in March 2021 with back-to-back wins. She
7:03 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will face off this summer. A bout between former champion Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night headliner, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday to Barstool Sports. The bout is scheduled for Aug. 13, and White said the
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Glover Teixeira is expecting a very fan-friendly fight in the main event of UFC 275. Teixeira is looking to defend his light heavyweight title for the first time against Jiri Prochazka in an intriguing matchup. The champ is once again the betting underdog as many think the