11:04 PM ET Ranked middleweights Kelvin Gastelum and Nassourdine Imavov have agreed to meet at UFC 273 in April, according to multiple sources. The 185-pound contest will take place on April 9 at a location to be announced. Gastelum recently revealed on social media he’d signed a contract for his next bout, and additional sources
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Daniel Cormier doesn’t think Jon Jones will become UFC heavyweight champ: ‘He’ll lose to Ciryl Gane or Francis Ngannou’ Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier weighed in on former rival Jon Jones‘ future in the heavyweight division, and he doesn’t see a championship in Jones’ future. Jones captured the UFC light heavyweight title at the
Daniel Cormier believes fellow former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor could “skip the line” and fight Charles Oliveira next. In a YouTube interview, the Schmo speaking to Daniel Cormier about the possibility of a McGregor vs Oliveira lightweight match this summer commented: “Honestly I really do believe that there are different rules in regards to Connor.
When Max Holloway was pulled from his title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, the MMA community suggested many names to step in and replace him. This included former bantamweight champ Henry Cejudo, The Korean Zombie (who ended up getting the title fight), and Giga Chikadze. Wait. Chikadze, the guy who is set to fight Calvin Kattar
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is getting a jump on its spring cleaning this week, quietly saying goodbye to another four fighters, including longtime welterweight veteran Micheal Prazeres, who holds victories over Gilbert Burns and Zak Cummings, among others. Probably had something to do with this. Joining “Trator” on the list of free agents are middleweight
7:15 AM ET On the eve of the UFC’s return to action with its first card of 2022, and a stretch of fights that will in many ways shape the rest of the year, there is potential and excitement in the air throughout the MMA world. But when the dust settles at the end of
Henry Cejudo blasts Alexander Volkanovski for Korean Zombie match-up Henry Cejudo is retired but that doesn’t mean he will stop his trash talk anytime soon. On Tuesday, the former UFC champion took to Twitter to blast Alexander Volkanovski for accepting a fight with Chan Sung Jung (aka Korean Zombie). Volkanovski was originally slated to face
Image via @jacaresouza on Instagram (photographer not listed) Jacare Souza will be taking his talents to the squared circle. Souza, the longtime Strikeforce and UFC fighter, is known for his grappling as he was prolific in jiu-jitsu. Yet, since his retirement from MMA, he says he began training boxing and enjoyed it and now is
Petr Yan has his theory on why the UFC opted to move his scheduled rematch with Aljamain Sterling from UFC 272 to the UFC 273 co-main. Yan lost his bantamweight title to Sterling at UFC 259 after landing an illegal knee to a grounded Sterling late in the fight. Sterling would earn the title via
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal vs. Colby Covington was officially booked earlier today for UFC 272, and fans are excited! The two Welterweights are highly ranked and quite popular — or hated, which is kind of the same thing from a certain point of view — which makes for an intriguing match up before
4:09 PM ET A welterweight grudge match between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will headline UFC 272 on March 5, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Tuesday. Contracts have not been signed for the 170-pound scrap, but the bout is nearly finalized, per Campbell. The UFC 272 pay-per-view will take place at
Sean O’Malley takes you inside his limo, apartment, and garage gym | Video Rising UFC bantamweight star “Sugar” Sean O’Malley put out this own version of the old MTV show ‘Cribs‘ on Wednesday giving viewers a glimpse of what it’s like to be living the Sugar Show. The No. 12 ranked bantamweight gives a tour
Alexander Gustafsson believes his training partner Khamzat Chimaev is the real deal. Chimaev burst onto the scene in 2020 as he fought twice in 10 days and then scored a one-punch KO over Gerald Meerschaert. He was later booked to headline a card against Leon Edwards, but due to COVID the fight never came to
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has flirted with the idea of boxing against Tyson Fury, but Sean O’Malley doesn’t like his odds. Ngannou is set to face Ciryl Gane for the unified UFC heavyweight title at UFC 270. It’s been quite the buildup to the fight, featuring his strained relationship with his former coach Fernand
UFC welterweight wild man Michel Pereira was scheduled to throw hands with streaking 170-pound veteran Muslim Salikhov in the UFC Vegas 46 co-main event this Sat. night (Jan. 15, 2022) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Then came an undisclosed illness to Salikhov, forcing the “King of Kung Fu” to withdraw from
Aljamain Sterling says Petr Yan asked to push fight to April It looks like we won’t get to see the score settled between UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and interim champion Petr Yan until April. According to Sterling their previously scheduled for March has been pushed to April at the request of Yan. “Apparently it
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC standout Khamzat Chimaev was involved in an altercation with security at a recent MMA event in Sweden. Chimaev (10-0 MMA), who recently agreed to an April 9th showdown with former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns (see more on that here), was in attendance at a
It’s unclear when Cheyanne Vlismas will return to the Octagon, but her soon-to-be ex-husband JP Buys isn’t buying her excuses. Vlismas is coming off of arguably the best win of her career at UFC Vegas 44 over Mallory Martin. She earned the Fight of the Night performance bonus for her unanimous decision win. After the