Khabib Nurmagomedov makes his prediction for McGregor-Poirier 3 Former UFC lightweight champion and former no. 1 ranked UFC men’s pound-for-pound fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov made his prediction for the trilogy bout between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor at UFC 264. The undefeated all-time great faced both McGregor and Poirier while he was defending the UFC lightweight
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Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Kamaru Usman would have the edge over Georges St-Pierre in 2021 but has a different tone about how the 2010 version of the Canadian would fare against today’s UFC welterweight champion. In a recent interview with UFC Russia, Nurmagomedov revealed that he believes the current UFC welterweight champion Usman would beat St-Pierre
2:03 PM ET Fedor Emelianenko is going home. One of the greatest heavyweights of all time will return to the cage with Bellator on Oct. 23 for a bout in his home country of Russia, the promotion announced Friday. The card will take place at VTB Arena in Moscow. It will be Bellator’s first-ever show
Image via @thenotoriousmma on Instagram (photographer not listed) Conor McGregor appears to be dealing with a staph infection just days ahead of his upcoming trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier. McGregor and Poirier are set to collide for a third time on July 10, this after splitting their first two contests. The pair initially clashed in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ahead of a seriously high-profile event like UFC 264, all eyes are on the fighters for any signs of weakness. Pre-fight speculation regarding a strange limp on media day, supposed botched weight cuts (far before weigh-in day!), and iffy training camps can run rampant, and should always be taken with a
Watch the KO that earned Sean O’Malley a UFC contract | Video Sean O’Malley appeared on Dana White’s contender series in July 2017 and earned a UFC contract after scoring a first-round knockout. O’Malley (13-1) competes on the UFC 264 main card on July 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas against promotional newcomer Kris
UFC featherweight Dan Ige has predicted that Dustin Poirier will once again defeat Conor McGregor at UFC 264. Ige’s comments come ahead of the highly anticipated trilogy fight between McGregor and Poirier at July’s pay-per-view. The two lightweight stars first met in a 145-pound contest back at UFC 178 in 2014. The Irishman won the
Jun 29, 2021 Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN. Kris Moutinho will replace Smolka, Moutinho’s manager, Tyson Chartier, told ESPN on
Sean O’Malley says he agreed to fight Ricky Simon but the bantamweight contender declined because he couldn’t make weight. Simon was one of many bantamweights who called out O’Malley after the news that Louis Smolka was out of the fight. “Suga” then went on Instagram seemingly accepting the fight but just minutes later he took
Chael Sonnen remembers his infamous, and often-memed, encounter with Wanderlei Silva on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) like it was yesterday. Sonnen and Silva’s blood feud came to a boiling point while coaching opposite teams on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 in 2014. A pre-weigh-in altercation turned physical when Sonnen took
Sean O’Malley now facing UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 After Louis Smolka pulled out of his bantamweight main card bout with Sean O’Malley at UFC 264, the UFC was looking at several options to fill in as replacements. No. 10 ranked bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili volunteered his services along with no. 10 ranked
Khabib Nurmagomedov admits he wouldn’t have been satisfied if he ever won a UFC title in the fashion that Aljamain Sterling did. Back in March, Sterling challenged Petr Yan for the UFC bantamweight title. Sterling won the gold via disqualification after Yan delivered an illegal knee to the head of a downed Sterling. “The Funk
7:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira, right, defeated Michael Chandler in a fight to remember at UFC 262 to win the UFC lightweight championship. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There were dominant performances by champions, title-fight upsets and a surprising phenomenon that appears to be gaining momentum. About the only thing the MMA world didn’t have in the first
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Love him or hate him, Sean O’Malley has quickly become one of the biggest names among the lighter weight classes. “Suga” has a dynamic fighting style — even his biggest haters would have a hard time disagreeing there — and a unique way of marketing himself. After all, he’s still an
PhotoCred: MMA Mania Jeremy Stephens was just a day away from stepping into the Octagon with Drakkar Klose in what would have been his last time out. As one of the longest-tenured athletes in the UFC, Stephens has practically seen it all — but having a fight canceled via shove was a new experience. Stephens
‘The Ultimate Fighter 29’ Episode 5 Recap: The Start of a Comeback? Episode 5 of The Ultimate Fighter 29 featured a middleweight match between Team Ortega’s Kemran Lachinov (10-3) and Team Volkanovski’s Bryan Battle (5-1). The 29th season reality show features bantamweight and middleweight fighters competing to earn a spot on the UFC roster. Coaching
Tatiana Suarez may finally be making her return to the Octagon soon. Ariel Helwani has reported that talks are underway for a showdown between Suarez and Roxanne Modafferi. This would be contested in the women’s flyweight division. The fight isn’t a done deal but it’s being worked on for UFC 266, which is set to
2:59 PM ET One of the UFC’s most popular up-and-coming fighters needs a new opponent. Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN.