Ok Rae Yoon can rest easy – he’ll remain the newly-crowned ONE Championship lightweight title holder after his win over Christian Lee was upheld. The Korean scored a unanimous decision win against Christian Lee at ONE Championship: ‘Revolution’ last weekend, but the result was called into question. Immediately after the fight, Lee said the decision
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7:23 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a bantamweight fight between two exciting bantamweight prospects in Sean O’Malley and Raulian Paiva, multiple sources told ESPN. Once finalized, the 135-pound bout will take place at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The UFC has not yet announced a location for that pay-per-view event, but it is expected
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dan Hooker earned a ton of points with fans and pundits around the world earlier today when he accepted a fight vs. Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 on October 30, 2021. The veteran scrapper just fought last Saturday, a victorious effort vs. Nasrat Haqparast and will have just about a month
UFC president Dana White is tired of hearing critics talk about UFC fighter pay, and thinks it’s frankly none of their f**king business. “People like to push the buttons and talk about fighter pay, and you don’t ever see us coming out and talking about it or doing whatever because I don’t give a shit.
“Suga” has drawn his next opponent. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is reporting that Sean O’ Malley (14-1) will meet Raulian Paiva (21-3) at UFC 269. O’Malley comes into the bout riding a two-fight win streak. In his last outing, the colorful bantamweight was seen putting a clinic on a late notice replacement in Kris Mouthino. Though
Image Credit: Sean O’Malley’s Instagram (photographer not listed) Sean O’Malley will return to the Octagon at UFC 269 for a bantamweight bout with fellow prospect Raulian Paiva. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto who shared the following information on Twitter. Sean O’Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) vs. Raulian Paiva (@raulianpaivamma) is in the works for
2:30 PM ET Less than one week after an impressive victory at UFC 266 in Las Vegas, lightweight Dan Hooker has already accepted his next task — and it’s a big one. Hooker (21-10) has agreed to face Islam Makhachev (20-1) at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Thursday.
Petr Yan will miss his chance to fight Aljamain Sterling in a rematch, but at least the former Russian champion will still get his shot at UFC bantamweight gold. Yan, who was originally scheduled to fight Sterling at UFC 267 next month, will have to wait even longer to get his hands on “Funk Master”
Bellator 267: Lima vs. MVP 2 weigh-in results and video The athletes competing on the Bellator 267 fight card at Wembley Arena in London on Friday officially weighed in on Thursday. The event is headlined by a rematch between former welterweight champion Douglas Lima and Michael “Venom” Page. The two first fought at Bellator 221
Aljamain Sterling was supposed to defend his bantamweight title for the first time at UFC 267 in a rematch against Petr Yan, yet that won’t happen. Sterling was forced out of the fight due to lingering issues with his neck, as he had neck surgery earlier this year. With him out of the fight, Yan
Former UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt sent a antagonizing message to Dana White following his recent lawsuit revival against the promotion. Hunt filed a lawsuit against the UFC shortly following his unanimous decision loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200. That ruling was later changed to a no-contest, this after ‘The Beast’ tested positive for performance
8:02 AM ET The main event and co-main event of UFC 266 featured big victories for reigning champions Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko, but the real stories of the weekend were Nick Diaz, making his return after a lengthy absence from the UFC, and Jon Jones, who after getting his fight inducted into the UFC
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tyron Woodley is far from the only MMA fighter to make his way onto Jake Paul’s hitlist. Now that Paul has defeated Woodley, he seems ready to move on (tattoo or not). At the top of that register is very likely Conor McGregor, the biggest star in the sport with whom
A Canadian newspaper used a photo of Daniel Cormier for Jon Jones arrest A Canadian newspaper has made an epic and hilarious mistake in its coverage of the Jon Jones arrest. The unnamed newspaper ran a photo accompanying their coverage of the UFC Hall of Famers arrest, except they used a photo of Daniel Cormier
Recently, former UFC welterweights Tyron Woodley and Dan Hardy had a heated exchange on social media, and it now appears that their spat continued into the DMs. Dan Hardy has been among the most critical of Tyron Woodley’s performance against Jake Paul in their August 29th boxing match. To be specific, Hardy thought Woodley looked
UFC president Dana White explained his thought process behind the UFC 267 interim bantamweight belt, saying “we had to do the interim title.” Sterling defeated Yan via fourth-round DQ back at UFC 259 in May to become the new UFC bantamweight champion. The UFC booked the rematch to take place at UFC 267 in October,
4:45 PM ET Julia Budd, the former Bellator women’s featherweight champion, has signed a contract with PFL, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Budd will make her debut Oct. 27 on the undercard of PFL’s championship event in Hollywood, Florida, against an opponent to be determined. She will then be a part of PFL’s season structure
Miesha Tate is on the mend after contracting COVID and is narrowing down an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) return date for her fight with Ketlen Vieira. Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Tate (19-7) was scheduled to fight Vieira in the main event of UFC Vegas 40 on Sat., Oct. 16 via ESPN+. “Cupcake” was pulled