Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen top UFC Vegas 18 Performance Bonuses Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen closed the show at UFC Vegas 18 in spectacular fashion on Saturday night. They were handsomely rewarded with Performance Bonuses. Though Ode Osbourne opened the UFC Vegas 18 prelims with a 26-second knockout (the fastest finish on the fight
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Image via CBC.ca Former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco took home a massive payday for boxing a Barstool Sports intern at Rough N’ Rowdy. Canseco and the intern, Billy Football, had been feuding for some time and decided to settle their differences in the ring. Jose Canseco had previously competed in combat sports but
Michael Johnson is out to prove to himself and to the world that he has what it takes to be a UFC champion when he steps into the Octagon tonight at UFC Vegas 18. With names like Dustin Poirier, Tony Ferguson, and Edson Barboza on his résumé, Michael Johnson has certainly showed huge flashes of
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight veterans Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov will go to war TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 6, 2021) at UFC Vegas 18 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Overeem has been in the game for some 22 years, and he’s about ready to make his exit. However, “Demolition Man” intends to leave
Former UFC lightweight champion, featherweight title challenger, and current number four ranked bantamweight Frankie Edgar spoke with the media ahead of his co-main event spot against number two ranked prospect Cory Sandhagen on UFC on Vegas 18. Following Edgar’s split decision victory over Pedro Munhoz, Edgar catapulted himself into the lightweight title picture. “The Answer” believes
Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former UFC standout Paige VanZant made her Bare Knuckle boxing debut at Saturday’s BKFC KnuckleMania event on pay-per-view. VanZant had signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship after fighting out her contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2020. In her most previous appearance at July’s UFC 251 event
8:38 PM ET UFC women’s bantamweight fighter Marion Reneau tested positive for the coronavirus and her bout with Macy Chiasson is now off the UFC Fight Night card Saturday in Las Vegas, Reneau announced Thursday on Instagram. Reneau wrote that the bout will be postponed to Feb. 27. Sources confirmed to ESPN that the fight
You can add Cory Sandhagen’s name to the list of bantamweights who do not believe T.J. Dillashaw should receive a title shot when he returns to active competition. T.J. Dillashaw has been cleared to return from his 2019 USADA suspension since January, yet there still has been no word on who he will be facing
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Neither Jake Paul nor Ben Askren is afraid of a bit of trash talk. In fact, a good portion of the appeal is likely the verbal slams and personalities involved — the fight certainly isn’t being sold on their boxing abilities! Still roughly two months away from the fight itself, the
Watch Alexander Volkov stop Walt Harris ahead of UFC Vegas 18 [embedded content] Alexander Volkov has long been on the cusp of a UFC heavyweight title shot. Having won his first four UFC bouts, including a knockout of former champion Fabricio Werdum, he was derailed by Derrick Lewis. Volkov bounced back with a win over
Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram (photographer not listed) On Friday night, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will promote its first event of 2021 in BKFC: KnuckleMania, a card topped by the promotional debut of Paige VanZant. VanZant will make her BKFC debut opposite boxer turned bare-knuckle fighter Britain Hart, a woman widely viewed as a tough
8:30 AM ET You can find tape of Alistair Overeem‘s professional MMA debut online if you want to see it — although don’t expect to watch it in high definition. It was Oct. 24, 1999. Overeem was 19 years old, and he fought a very muscular older opponent by the name of Ricardo Fyeet, aka
Cory Sandhagen believes he will be fighting for UFC gold if he beats Frankie Edgar on Saturday night. In the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen and Edgar will finally meet in a potential No. 1 contender bout. Although some have called for TJ Dillashaw to get an immediate title shot, Sandhagen doesn’t think
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC Vegas 18 mixed martial arts (MMA) event inside APEX facility this Sat. night (Feb. 6, 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a hard-hitting heavyweight showdown between No. 5-ranked Alistair Overeem and No. 6-ranked Alexander Volkov. Before the action gets underway this
UFC Vegas 18: Overeem vs. Volkov Live Weigh-in video [embedded content] Alistair Overeem squares off with Alexander Volkov in the UFC Vegas 18 main event on Saturday in Las Vegas. But first, they have to step on the scale and make weight. Watch live at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT on Friday, as
Michael Chandler thinks it is “a little bit weird” that Dustin Poirier isn’t interested in fighting for the UFC lightweight championship next. Chandler and Poirier both earned sensational stoppage victories at last months UFC 257 pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi. The former Bellator champion scored a thunderous first round knockout win over Dan Hooker, while
9:49 PM ET Two of the biggest fan favorites in UFC history — and a pair of former teammates — will fight this spring. UFC veterans Donald Cerrone and Diego Sanchez have verbally agreed to a May 8 contest, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The bout will be contested at welterweight, sources said. While
Diego Sanchez now has an opponent for his apparent UFC finale when he takes on fellow grizzled veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Following a tweet released by Diego Sanchez that announced his next opponent, MMA Fighting has confirmed that Sanchez will be facing Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on May 8. There are currently no other bouts scheduled