Former UFC double-champion Henry Cejudo remains keen on a matchup with featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. After previously hinting that he would never fight in the UFC again, Cejudo re-entered the USADA testing pool earlier this week and appears serious about a return. He has called for a featherweight title shot against Volkanovski for months, especially
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UFC President Dana White and former champion Henry Cejudo UFC President, Dana White, has made it clear that talking s**t on Instagram does not get you fights. Henry Cejudo, 35, (16-2 MMA) announced his retirement after successfully defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz (24-3 MMA) back in 2020 at UFC 249. ‘Triple C‘, the
Two of the women’s Strawweight division’s most destructive knockout artists square off this Saturday (April 23, 2022) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Amanda Lemos and Jessica Andrade headline UFC Vegas 52. The ESPN+-streamed card also features a Lightweight crossroads bout between Clay Guida and Claudio Puelles, as well as a clash between
PFL 1: Jeremy Stephens isn’t bothered by Clay Collard’s trash talk ‘I’m gonna s**t all over him’ Jeremy Stephens’ exit from the UFC was a dramatic one, to say the least. But the fan-favorite fighter has landed with the Professional Fighters League where he’ll make his promotional debut against Clay Collard on Wednesday. On Monday
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has backed Henry Cejudo’s aspirations for a third championship title, questioning why Dana White is against the idea. Ever since his “retirement,” which followed a successful bantamweight title defense against Dominick Cruz in 2020, talk of a Cejudo comeback has been prevalent. For many, the response has been simple: get
It seems that John McCarthy is walking back comments he previously made concerning the Yan vs Sterling 2 battle that occurred at UFC 273 on April 9th of this year. It was Aljamain Sterling (21-3 MMA) vs Petr Yan (16-3 MMA) at the co-main event bout where the UFC bantamweight champion kept his belt by
Reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman thought Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns, which took place on the UFC 273 pay-per-view (PPV) main card earlier this month in Jacksonville, Fla., was a “very good fight” for the fans, as well as the division. Not surprisingly, their three-round banger won “Fight of the Night.” “Khamzat coming in,
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is expected to return to action sometime this year, and “The Notorious” wants to return to a title fight. He’s also said that his first fight back after suffering a broken leg in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021 will likely be in
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is happy to finally lay to rest his role as the heel in his feud with Petr Yan. When the moment finally came to prove who was the best, Sterling came out the victor against Yan in their highly anticipated rematch and the one chance he had to end the
Belal Muhammad is eyeing a big fight after defeating Vicente Luque. Muhammad competed against Luque this past Saturday night (April 16). The bout headlined UFC Vegas 51. The fight went the distance and in the end, it was Muhammad who had his hand raised via unanimous decision. During the post-fight press conference, Belal Muhammad said
Jake Paul is campaigning for a boxing match against another former UFC champion — this time it’s Michael Bisping who’s being targeted. Bisping is 43 years old and retired from active competition in 2018. Later that year he revealed that he was effectively blind in one eye and had cheated his way through medical tests
UFC Vegas 51 Bonuses: Drakkar Klose banks an extra $50,000 for second-round finish UFC officials announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from UFC Vegas 51 following Saturdays event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Fight Of The Night: Mayra Bueno Silva vs Wu Yanan When the scorecards were read in favor of
12:43 AM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad improved his winning streak to seven on Saturday, as he out-pointed Vicente Luque via unanimous division at UFC Fight Night at Apex facility in Las Vegas. Judges awarded Muhammad (21-3) the win in the 170-pound bout via scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 49-47. Luque (21-8-1) entered the contest
Henry Cejudo and Demetrious Johnson have linked up years after their classic rematch four years ago. The year was 2016. Demetrious Johnson was running roughshod over the UFC‘s flyweight division four years into his reign of dominance, and his next targeted victim was a relatively young Henry Cejudo only three years into his MMA career.
Rampage Jackson says that Friday’s ‘McKee vs. Pitbull 2’ fight resulted in the worst robbery he’s ever seen in MMA. McKee (18-1 MMA, 18-1 BMMA) and Freire (33-5 MMA, 21-5 BMMA) collided for a second time in the headliner of Bellator 277 last night in San Jose. A.J. McKee was looking to earn his first
It was a wonky weekend of fights across multiple promotions as UFC Vegas 51 saw two fights go to technical decision, a typically rare event when an ‘unintentional’ fight ending foul past the mid-point of a fight sends the bout directly to scorecards. The first instance was during the prelims where Martin Buday hit Chris
UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 Post-fight Press Conference Video Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 51 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, main event winner Belal Muhammad and co-main event winner Caio Borralho fielded questions from the media during the event’s post-fight press conference. Muhammad defeated No. 5 ranked welterweight Vicente Luque to
5:40 PM ET The UFC has decided not to re-sign Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, an exciting fan favorite in the welterweight division, officials confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Oliveira’s contract expired with his last fight, a loss to Kevin Holland at UFC 272 on March 5. That marked Oliveira’s fourth straight defeat, and the UFC decided