Anthony Pettis’ PFL debut did not have a successful outcome. 2021 PFL 1 took place tonight from the Ocean Casino Resort from Atlantic City to kick off the new season. The main event featured former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis making his PFL debut against Clay Collard. Here are some of the highlights from the
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Image Credit: UFC The Octagon returns to Jacksonville for tonight’s UFC 261: ‘Usman vs. Masvidal 2’ event, a thirteen-bout fight card that features three title fights. Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal originally met last July at UFC 251, where ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ won a clear-cut decision, but ‘Gamebred’ took the fight on six days notice.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Negotiations and relationships alike between UFC and Jon Jones have long been tenuous, starting all the way back to the cancelled UFC 151 event in September 2012. While there have been money squabbles along the way, for the most part, fights have been made, however. Not this time. Francis Ngannou vs.
Jon Jones disputes Dana White’s claim that he wanted $30 million to fight Ngannou On Friday, UFC president Dana White said that the fight promotion is looking to pit heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a rematch with Derrick Lewis instead of a bout against former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. “We tried to work with
5:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The PFL begins its 2021 season on Friday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, closing the show with “Showtime.” Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis makes his PFL debut in the main event at Ocean Casino Resort, taking on a fighter who built his own name in two sports, Clay
The final faceoffs just took place at the UFC 261 ceremonial weigh-ins, and we’ve got the scoop. Tomorrow night’s UFC 261 card will feature not one, not two, but three world title fights. In the main event, Kamaru Usman will face Jorge Masvidal in a rematch of their bout last July at UFC 251. Moments
UFC 261 will mark the first live sporting event to be held at full capacity since the outbreak of coronavirus, a big enough to deal to produce the elated mayor of Jacksonville, where the “Usman vs. Masvidal 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event will be staged on Sat. night (April 24, 20121) inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
UFC 261 ceremonial weigh-in video live stream: Usman vs. Masvidal II Watch the UFC 261 ceremonial weigh-in video live stream on Friday, April 23, at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on MMAWeekly.com. UFC 261 welcomes back fans at full capacity at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., with a stacked card headlined
The salaries for the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view card in Jacksonville, Florida will not be revealed to the public. Nolan King of MMAjunkie.com spoke to Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations Patrick Fargason, who said that salaries will not be made available publicly. Fighter salaries for #UFC261 will NOT be available
10:00 PM ET Australian Jimmy Crute is in little doubt where he’ll be this time next year. Some might call it confidence, others cockiness, but the outside noise matters little to a bloke who spent much of 2020 alone with his thoughts. Alone with his thoughts and dog, Buddha, in the back of a van,
The UFC 261 pre-fight press conference took place earlier today, and here are some of the highlights from the event. After Dana White celebrated the return of a live crowd for the UFC 261 event as well as the press conference itself, we also heard ceremonial remarks from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Jacksonville Mayor
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Less than a year after their first clash back at UFC 251, Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal are set to go to battle once again. Many would argue that the result — a dominant decision win for the champion — didn’t necessitate a rematch, but there were some unusual circumstances. Notably,
Even prior to the novel coronavirus putting a halt to MMA for a big portion of 2020 for most fighters, for featherweight Canaan Kawaihae, it was just part of a larger layoff that he had been on since then end of 2018. Luckily for Kawaihae, he was able to provide for his family because of
Image: Oscar De La Hoya on Instagram Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has apologized after his commentary during last Saturday’s Triller: Askren vs. Paul event in Atlanta. De La Hoya joined the Triller commentary booth during Saturday’s pay-per-view and appeared to be under the influence. Oscar’s commentary was actually so outlandish that it began
8:07 AM ET Anthony Pettis Anthony Pettis is a former UFC and WEC champion and one of the most popular, well-known mixed martial artists of the last decade. The 34-year-old made headlines in late 2020, when he fought out his UFC contract and then signed an exclusive deal with PFL. The move brought a nine-year
Jessica Andrade believes she is fighting the pound-for-pound best female on Saturday night in Valentina Shevchenko. In the first of thee title fights at UFC 261, Andrade is set to face Shevchenko in an interesting matchup. Since the flyweight division opened, Shevchenko has dominated everyone. However, she lost to Amanda Nunes at bantamweight, but according
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya was at the Triller commentary table for the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren-led “Fight Club” pay-per-view (PPV) card last Sat. night (April 17) inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of lending his valuable insight to the promotion’s live stream, the aging “Golden Boy” instead chose to shout
UFC 261 Pre-fight Press Conference Live Stream Watch the UFC 261 Pre-fight Press Conference live stream on MMAWeekly.com. The press conference takes place on Thursday, April 22 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. It features Dana White, Kamaru Usman, Jorge Masvidal, Zhang Weili, Rose Namajunas, Valentina Shevchenko, and Jessica Andrade. UFC 261 welcomes