Fabricio Werdum @ PFL 3 Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has already filed an appeal following his controversial loss to Renan Ferreira at PFL 3. Werdum (24-10-1 MMA) was making his PFL debut in tonight’s event headliner against a fellow Brazilian in Ferreira (7-2 MMA). Fabricio had most previously competed in July of 2020,
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5:25 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Fabricio Werdum is a former UFC heavyweight champion. He is a multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. And on Thursday night, he will begin his quest to be a PFL champion. The 43-year-old from Brazil, who trains in Southern California, will be making his debut with the fight promotion when he
Chris Weidman is remaining in optimistic spirits after suffering the worst injury of his career. At UFC 261, Weidman suffered not only the worst injury of his MMA career but one of the most gruesome injuries ever witnessed on a UFC broadcast. After throwing a leg kick to opponent Uriah Hall, Weidman broke his leg
Professional Fighters League (PFL) makes its return to action tonight (Thurs., May 6, 2021) with its third event in as many weeks, which will also be the start of its Heavyweight tournament from inside Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the PFL 3 main card below, which
Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather brawl in Miami Logan Paul is supposed to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. next month, but on Thursday, it was Jake Paul and Mayweather trading punches in Miami. During a special media day presentation, Jake Paul grabbed Mayweather’s hat and chaos ensued. The altercation took place for what seemed like minutes.
MMA fighter Phoe Thaw, who competes in the ONE Championship featherweight division, was seriously injured by a bomb blast in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday. Myanmar, known as Burma until 1989, is currently in crisis. On February 1, the Southeast Asian country’s military — referred to as the Tatmadaw locally— detained elected leader Aung San Suu
3:09 PM ET The UFC finally has an official main event for this coming weekend. Marina Rodriguez will meet the popular Michelle Waterson in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Tuesday. The originally scheduled main event between former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and top contender Cory Sandhagen was postponed
UFC Vegas 25, which went down on May 1 on ESPN2 produced solid ratings. According to the Nielsen Ratings System, UFC Vegas 25 which was headlined by a light heavyweight fight between Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka averaged 538,000 viewers over the broadcast that kicked off at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. With a .17 rating
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There are really two ways to match up a rumored returning legend like Nick Diaz, who is now 37 years old and six years removed from professional competition. Diaz could be matched with a fellow veteran, man from his own era of similar age — someone like Carlos Condit, Robbie Lawler,
2021 PFL 3 Weigh-in results and video The official weigh-ins for the PFL’s third event of the season took place on Wednesday in Atlantic City, N.J. The fight card features heavyweights and female lightweights. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum makes his promotional debut against Renan Ferreira. In the co-main event,
Donald Cerrone says he never met Joshua Fabia but did know one of his friends beat him up in a bar fight. In Albuquerque, as Fabia and Diego Sanchez were becoming closer and started training with one another, Cerrone said he never got the chance to meet him. He did hear some stories about him
5:22 PM ET The Florida State Boxing Commission has made a major change to its policy regarding cannabis. At a meeting Tuesday, the commission voted to essentially eliminate marijuana from its prohibited drug list, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation spokesperson Patrick Fargason told ESPN on Tuesday. Previously in Florida, even trace amounts of
UFC double champion Amanda Nunes believes she’s the only reason that the women’s featherweight division is still around. It seems Amanda Nunes isn’t ready to let go of her double-champion status, but first, she has a grappling threat in Julianna Peña to deal with. The bantamweight queen will put her belt on the line against
Donald Cerrone has a long history of being the man the UFC can call if they need an exciting fighter to step up on short notice to kick some ass. But right now “Cowboy” is in a bit of a precarious position with his career. He’s 0-4-1 in his last five, and UFC president Dana
After having to sit on the sidelines throughout the first half of 2020, bantamweight Raufeon Stots was able to close out his year in strong fashion with back-to-back wins for Bellator in July and November. With the layoff included, Stots feels like the year was ultimately successful in many ways. “I feel very proud of
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic wants to fight Jiri Prochazka next, with the winner getting a title shot at 205lbs. Prochazka is the hottest name in the division right now after knocking out Dominick Reyes and Volkan Oezdemir in his first two UFC fights. UFC president Dana White has
9:01 AM ET Ten days after suffering a compound fracture of his right leg, Chris Weidman was at home in New York and preparing for a long road to recovery, saying the pain was unlike anything he had felt in a career that has had its fair share of injuries. “I’ve had 10 knee surgeries,
The saga behind Diego Sanchez’s UFC release is one that carries themes of distrust, confrontation, miscommunication, and now murder. Last week, Diego Sanchez was released from his UFC contract just days before he was scheduled to have his final bout in the promotion against Donald Cerrone. The fact that Sanchez’s 16-year tenure in the UFC