Two former strawweight champions faced off at ONE: Fists of Fury III in Singapore. The event was broadcast Friday, as Alex Silva was narrowly edged out by Hiroba Minowa. Minowa held the Pancrase 115-pound title, while Silva is a former ONE Championship strawweight titleholder. The Brazilian fighter looked in complete control during the opening round
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Image: @ufc on Instagram Bellator women’s champ Cris Cyborg reacted after a fighter collapsed at the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins, saying “This is a scary video to watch.” On Friday afternoon, UFC women’s bantamweight Julija Stoliarenko collapsed not once, but twice at the weigh-ins in Las Vegas. Stoliarenko stepped onto the scale and then fell
1:31 PM ET A UFC fighter stumbled and fell attempting to weigh in Friday morning, prompting the cancellation of her bout. Julija Stoliarenko, a women’s bantamweight fighter, collapsed twice attempting to make weight for her scheduled UFC Fight Night bout Saturday with Julia Avila in Las Vegas. The bout has been canceled due to weight-cutting
The final UFC Vegas 22 betting odds are in for as this event is quickly approaching for the Las Vegas-based promotion. UFC Vegas 22 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, March 20, 2021) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The headliner will feature a slugfest Kevin Holland vs. Derek Brunson
Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight veteran Derek Brunson will try to quell the uprising of 185-pound prospect Kevin Holland in the UFC Vegas 22 main event TONIGHT (Sat., March 20, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out their pre-fight video preview embedded above. Brunson (21-7) is looking to reestablish himself as a
UFC Vegas 22 Live Results: Brunson vs. Holland (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 22 live results for the first bout from The Apex in Las Vegas is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman performed what can only be described as the ultimate troll job on his bitter rival Colby Covington. Usman and Covington have a longstanding rivalry that eventually culminated in a welterweight title fight at UFC 245. That evening in Las Vegas, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ and ‘Chaos’ went toe to toe for
2:59 PM ET Many fighters and fans woke up on Thursday morning to a number of major UFC announcements. Khabib Nurmagomedov was finally deemed officially retired by the UFC and his lightweight title would be up for grabs between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler. It was also revealed that TJ Dillashaw would be returning from
A pair of massive bantamweight bouts have been added to May UFC Fight Night cards, with T.J. Dillashaw making his return against Cory Sandhagen and Cody “No Love” Garbrandt facing Rob Font. ESPN broke the big bantamweight news late Thursday night about Dillashaw’s return after a two-year USADA suspension for EPO. Cory Sandhagen argued that
Julija Stoliarenko endured one of the worst MMA scale fails you’ll ever see earlier today at UFC Vegas 22’s official weigh ins (results HERE), as the Lithuanian fighter collapsed once before making weight and collapsing again. The scene was something out of a MMA horror movie. As Stoliarenko stepped on the scale the first time
For no. 10 ranked middleweight Kevin Holland, the last calendar year has been simply unreal, and not because of the pandemic. He started off last year by knocking out Anthony Hernandez inside of 40 seconds last May. He continued on a historic run as he defeated the likes of Joaquin Buckley, Darren Stewart, Charlie Ontiveros,
UFC women’s bantamweight fighter Julija Stoliarenko collapsed on the scale, twice, during the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins on Friday. Stoliarenko is set to take on Julia Avila in a women’s bantamweight bout set for Saturday’s card. During the weigh-ins on Friday, Stoliarenko stepped onto the scale to weigh in. However, she fainted and needed to
7:55 AM ET UFC middleweight Kevin Holland broke out in 2020 and has a chance to break out again in 2021 — if that’s even possible. Holland (21-5) will headline his first UFC event on Saturday when he takes on Derek Brunson (21-7) at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The main card airs on
Dana White has finally given up (for now) on Khabib returning from retirement, as the UFC has booked Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler to crown a new lightweight champion at UFC 262. According to an ESPN report released late Thursday night, the UFC has decided to officially recognize that Khabib Nurmagomedov is retired and has
After months of delay, it’s finally official. Just moments ago, UFC President Dana White tweeted, “29-0 it is. He is officially retired. It was incredible to watch you work @TeamKhabib. Thank you for EVERYTHING and enjoy whatever is next my friend.” The official UFC Instagram and Twitter accounts also acknowledged the end of “The Eagle’s”
Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira to fight for vacant lightweight title at UFC 262 Khabib Nurmagomedov is officially the former UFC lightweight champion. “The Eagle” announced his retirement following his UFC 254 title defense against Justin Gaethje in October. “Today I want to say, this was my last fight. No way I can come here
Image via @mikechandlermma on Instagram (photographer not listed) It’s official, Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired and vacated his lightweight crown. Now the UFC moves on to Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira. Late Thursday night a wave of news broke from the UFC. Perhaps the most notable of the bunch being UFC President Dana White conceding defeat
2:23 PM ET Junior dos Santos is no longer on the UFC roster and now he is challenging the loss that ultimately led to his release. The former UFC heavyweight champion’s team filed an appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on Wednesday over his second-round TKO loss to Cyril Gane at UFC 256