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Magomed Ankalaev vs Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 UFC light heavyweight contender Volkan Oezdemir reacted after suffering a nasty gash in a decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 267. Oezdemir and Ankalaev met in the first fight on the UFC 267 main card. The fight was expected to provide fireworks between two of the

Israel Adesanya knew Petr Yan was special even before he became champion. UFC 267 went down on Saturday and two champions were crowned, among them was Petr Yan who would be leaving Abu Dhabi with the interim bantamweight title. This is the second belt Yan has held in the UFC. He was the bantamweight champ

8:00 AM ET Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman defends his UFC title against Colby Covington, in a rematch of their tremendous 2019 fight, which Usman won by fifth-round TKO. The bout on Saturday headlines a packed UFC 268 card that also includes another title rematch, a must-see lightweight fight and an opportunity for a few fighters

Newly-crowned UFC light heavyweight kingpin Glover Teixeira was only minutes removed from his UFC 267 championship-winning performance over Jan Blachowicz in Abu Dhabi when he came face-to-face with consensus No. 1 title challenger Jiri Prochazka. “Denisa,” who from a distance looks like Ironbar from Beyond Thunderdome — thanks to his Muay Thai “war hair” —

UFC 268 Countdown Video: Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler Preview the UFC 268 main card matchup between former lightweight title challengers Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler on UFC Countdown. UFC 268 is on Saturday, November 6 live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC 268 features two world title rematches. In the main

Daniel Woirin, the coach of UFC welterweight fighter Benoit Saint Denis says that “never in my life would I have thrown in the towel.” Saint Denis suffered one of the most brutal, prolonged beatings we have ever seen in UFC history during his welterweight fight against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC 267. During the

Looks like Jake Paul went for a trick instead of a treat for Halloween this year. Paul has been feuding back and forth with UFC President Dana White for a while, calling him out for underpaying his fighters and suggesting that he likes to partake in extracurricular activities involving his nose. Most recently, White went

5:17 PM ET ABU DHABI — Petr Yan might not be the official champion of the UFC’s bantamweight division — but it sure feels like the weight class belongs to him. Yan (16-2) claimed the interim bantamweight title at UFC 267 on Saturday by defeating Cory Sandhagen (14-4) via unanimous decision. The 135-pound title fight

Conor McGregor doesn’t seem to do well when it comes to long stretches between fights. His best work in the Octagon came when he was extremely active: three fights in 2015 to win the featherweight title and three fights in 2016 ending with him becoming the champ champ. It’s gotten sparse since then. Including the

UFC 267 highlights & recap: Petr Yan vs Cory Sandhagen Watch the UFC 267 highlights and recap from the interim bantamweight championship between Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen. The bout served as the UFC 267 co-main event on Saturday at Etihad Arena, Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) UFC 267

Anthony Johnson congratulated his former foe Glover Teixeira on winning the UFC light heavyweight title, telling him “you deserve the belt.” Teixeira submitted Jan Blachowicz in the second round with a rear-naked choke in the main event of UFC 267 to capture the UFC light heavyweight title for the first time at age 42. It

Jan Blachowicz isn’t wasting much time thinking about what’s next for his career after losing to Glover Teixeira at UFC 267. In arguably one of the biggest upsets of 2021, the 42-year-old Teixeira finally broke through during his legendary career to submit Blachowicz in the second round and earn the UFC light heavyweight title. He

5:45 PM ET Glover Teixeira got a UFC light heavyweight title shot seven years ago and lost, like most everyone else does, to Jon Jones. At that point, Teixeira was already 34 years old and most wrote him off. He had his nice UFC run, many thought, and that would be it. Instead, Teixeira got

Jake Paul is set to return to the boxing ring against Love Island star Tommy Fury on December 18th. But that doesn’t mean the YouTuber is going to stop bagging on MMA’s biggest promoter, UFC president Dana White. Paul’s back and forths with White have generated numerous headlines as “The Problem Child” has dissed White

Petr Yan topped Cory Sandhagen on the scorecards (49-46 x3) to earn the UFC interim championship and another shot at Aljamain Sterling. “Everyone knows I am the real champion”, Yan said after the fight to Sterling. Read the play-by-play here. Before any action even happened the crowd was chanting for the former champ. A minute

Cory Sandhagen vs. Petr Yan at UFC 267 Cory Sandhagen has issued a statement following his unanimous decision loss to Petr Yan at today’s UFC 267 event in Abu Dhabi. Sandhagen (14-4 MMA) and Yan (16-2 MMA) collided on Saturday with the promotions interim bantamweight title up for grabs. Cory Sandhagen was getting his first

The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw reactions from MMA fans to Saturday’s UFC 267 event. Tagir Ulanbekov def. Allan Nascimento by Split Decision Tagir Ulanbekov picks up the split decision over Allan Nascimento. Man, that was a

3:35 PM ET Glover Teixeira finally did it. At 42, the perennial light heavyweight contender defeated Jan Blachowicz by second round submission via rear naked choke in the main event of UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday. Teixeira became the 14th undisputed UFC champion in the division and the oldest first-time