Watch Ciryl Gane slice through Junior dos Santos ahead of UFC Vegas 20 [embedded content] UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane (7-0) extended his unbeaten streak with a TKO finish over Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 in December last year. Gane next faces Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the main event of UFC Vegas 20 on Saturday, February
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Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson is working with renowned boxing coach Freddie Roach for his next Octagon appearance. Ferguson (25-5 MMA) is currently in the midst of the first two-fight losing skid of his illustrious career. In his most recent effort at December’s UFC 256 event, ‘El Cucuy’ suffered a lopsided unanimous decision
1:00 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via third-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his
Dominick Cruz is convinced that we’ve all seen the last of Henry Cejudo inside the UFC Octagon. At UFC 249, Henry Cejudo became the first man to defeat Dominick Cruz via KO/TKO and then made the surprise decision to ride off into the sunset and retire at the age of 33. Cejudo has not completely
Top-ranked UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou was taken down six times in his UFC 220 title fight against Stipe Miocic, a five-round drubbing that exposed multiple holes in the challenger’s still-developing MMA game. His ego may have been one of them. With that in mind, maybe we can scale back the high-fives and butt-slaps every
Forget about the beef with Jorge Masvidal, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson believes UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman should fight him next. After Usman defeated former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 recently, he called out Masvidal, whom he had already defeated last summer. Masvidal had accepted their first fight on short notice, losing a decision to
Image Credit: UFC The betting odds have been released for the upcoming UFC 261 women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade. This long-rumored battle between elite women’s flyweight fighters will finally take place on April 24 at UFC 261, though the location and venue are yet-to-be-determined. What we do know is that
11:00 AM ET The PFL’s 2021 season will kick off April 23 and feature one of its most prized offseason signings in former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. Pettis (24-10) will meet Clay Collard (18-8) in the main event of PFL 1, president Ray Sefo told ESPN. The fight will take place at a location
Anthony Pettis and Clay Collard will face each other in the PFL’s first event of the 2021 season. The PFL announced the full lineup for their first event of the 2021 season and along with some familiar names from their previous seasons come some very noticeable new ones. The featherweight and lightweight matchups for its
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Back in January of 2019, TJ Dillashaw walked into the cage opposite Henry Cejudo with confidence, intent on building upon his legacy as a double-champ. Instead, Cejudo knocked him out in just 32 seconds. Before Dillashaw could spend too much time protesting the stoppage, he was popped by USADA for intentional
Former UFC champ Chris Weidman helps start GoFundMe in memory of father-in-law Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman recently shared a heartfelt post (seen in full below) about the loss of his father-in-law, Vincent. Now, Weidman and his family have established a scholarship to honor Vincent’s memory by supporting young wrestlers. Vincent J. Pecora Jr. was headed
Image Credit: UFC Michael Chandler has offered his support to Dan Hooker. Hooker recently posted on social media that he is back in New Zealand but in quarantine. He shared a photo of him behind the fence with his wife and daughter looking at him. It was a sad photo and what made it worse
11:34 AM ET Editor’s note: The first women’s fight in UFC history was on Feb. 23, 2013, when Ronda Rousey faced Liz Carmouche. This story has been updated after originally being published in December 2019. Amanda Nunes was driving around Miami with her then-girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, looking for a bar. They had just watched teammates
The UFC Vegas 19 medical suspensions are in, and the night’s big winner, Derrick Lewis, is among the list of fighters who could be out six months. In the UFC Vegas 19 main event, Derrick Lewis knocked out Curtis Blaydes in the second round, but in the process, he injured his right hand and wrist
Event: UFC Vegas 20: “Rozenstruik vs. Gane”Date: Sat., Feb. 27, 2021Location: UFC APEX in Las Vegas, NevadaBroadcast: ESPN+ 5 p.m. ET | 8 p.m. ET UFC Vegas 20 Main Event on ESPN+: 265 lbs.: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane UFC Vegas 20 Main Card on ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET): 205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Nikita
Jon Jones shows off massive strength, preparing for UFC heavyweight division Jon Jones surprised nearly everyone when he relinquished the UFC light heavyweight championship last fall. At first saying that he was at odds with UFC brass over his salary, Jones eventually came to terms with the UFC and committed to moving to the heavyweight
Image Credit: @ufc on Twitter Alexa Grasso picked up one of the biggest wins of her career as she beat Maycee Barber at UFC 258. Entering the fight, all the hype was around Barber making her return. However, as Grasso was quietly going about her business, in the co-main event, she proved to everyone just
5:18 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via second-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his