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Why did UFC march out Michelle Waterson-Gomez to get slaughtered by Marina Rodriguez last night (Sat., Sept. 23, 2023) on the main card of UFC Vegas 79? What was the point? Was this a rematch that anyone asked for? In a word: no. The opening line to my X-Factor prediction last week was, “Why are

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 24, 2023, 02:51 AM ET Up-and-comer Ian Garry will face exciting veteran Vicente Luque at UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced early Sunday on social media. Both fighters have been teammates at Kill Cliff FC, and each is trying to get into the

The Octagon remained in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 79 event, an eleven-bout fight card headlined by Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot. The highly anticipated lightweight main event did not result in the exciting finish most fans were hoping for. Mateusz Gamrot and Rafael Fiziev went back and forth in the standup in round one,

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 79 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 23, 2023), streaming LIVE on ESPN+. UFC Vegas 79 will be headlined by the 155-pound showdown between Top 10-ranked lightweight contenders Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot. Before that five-round

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 22, 2023, 05:47 PM ET The UFC’s middleweight hierarchy will get some clarity before the close of the year. Jared Cannonier and Roman Dolidze have verbally agreed to a contender bout at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 2, sources told ESPN on Friday. The location of the event has not

Former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will face Robt Font in December. ‘Deus da Guerra’ has been out of action since his fourth fight with Brandon Moreno in January. There, he suffered a third-round stoppage to lose his flyweight gold. Following the defeat, Deiveson Figueiredo announced his plans to head to bantamweight, leading to callouts

Rafael Fiziev will have his hands full in a main event matchup against Mateusz Gamrot tomorrow night (Sat., Sept. 23, 2023) at UFC Vegas 79 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, but like most other lightweights fighting nowadays “Ataman” has found himself talking about Conor McGregor during fight week. Fiziev

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 22, 2023, 09:25 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC has added a pair of marquee fights to its final pay-per-view event of 2023. English lightweight Paddy Pimblett (20-3) will make his first appearance of the year opposite

UFC CEO Dana White has announced two more fights for UFC 296 including the return of Paddy Pimblett. Earlier this week, White announced that UFC 296 would be headlined by a welterweight title fight between Leon Edwards and Colby Covington. The co-main event of UFC 296 sees Alexandre Pantoja defending his flyweight title against Brandon

Colby Covington is riding high after securing the next welterweight title shot against current UFC champion Leon Edwards at UFC 296 this coming December. It’s a matchup that Covington has been holding out for and another opportunity for him to hoist UFC gold by year’s end. Fortunately for Covington, he feels ultra-confident with the matchup

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 22, 2023, 01:36 PM ET Chris Leben, a popular retired former pro MMA fighter, will make his Nevada debut as a judge Saturday on the UFC Fight Night card, sources told ESPN on Friday. Leben, who fought in the UFC from 2005 to 2013, has been a pro referee and

Colby Covington is expressing his interest in fighting ‘f**king punk’ Sean Strickland following UFC 293. It was on Saturday, September 10th at UFC 293 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia that saw Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA) defeat Israel Adesanya (24-3 MMA) to become the newly crowned UFC middleweight champion. Just this past Wednesday,

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC Vegas 79 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which is set to go down tomorrow night (Sat., Sept. 23, 2023) on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a lightweight main event between Top 10 title hopefuls Rafael

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 11:04 PM ET Two of the most exciting big men in the UFC will meet for gold at Madison Square Garden. Former light heavyweight champion Jirí Procházka and former middleweight champion Alex Pereira will fight for the vacant light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 295

Bryan Battle is ready to prove to everyone just how good he is. Battle won TUF 30 at middleweight and is 5-1 in the UFC, but is 3-1 since dropping down to welterweight. Last time out, he returned to the win column with a 14-second knockout win over Gabe Green. After the win, he was

Tyron Woodley isn’t a fan of the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion. The one-time UFC Welterweight titleholder, Woodley, hasn’t competed in mixed martial arts (MMA) since his final Octagon appearance at UFC 260 when he suffered a first round brabo choke loss to Vicente Luque in March 2021. Woodley, 41, has tried his

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 10:48 PM ET Two title fights have been set up for the UFC’s end-of-the-year pay-per-view. Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday on social media. In

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