When the world came to a standstill because of the global coronavirus pandemic, there were very few people that stood up and said they simply refused to accept it. UFC president Dana White is quite famous for disregarding what people tell him can’t be done, and that was never more evident than during the pandemic.
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PhotoCred: Twitter – @danawhite Dana White has seemingly never been a fan of the media. But in 2020, the heat intensified for the UFC boss and that was on full display in a video he released Monday. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that saw the world shut down, including the UFC’s operations, it
8:30 AM ET MMA fans who have seen recent social media posts by Jon Jones know that he’s nearly ready to compete at heavyweight. He has stated he weighs around the 240-pound mark, and at 6-foot-4, the former UFC light heavyweight champ is looking to pack more muscle onto his frame. He should be ready
Promising Brazilian bantamweight Raoni Barcelos will have an opportunity to burst into the rankings in a big way should he defeat top-10 mainstay Raphael Assuncao on February 27. As reported by Sherdog, it will be Brazilian vs. Brazilian when Raoni Barcelos takes on Raphael Assuncao on February 27. The stakes are high for both men,
Former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi makes his return to combat sports on New Year’s Eve for a special exhibition bout opposite kickboxing standout Koji “Kouzi” Tanaka, part of the RIZIN 26 event inside Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. “I’d like to show the best I could do as a fighter in my 40’s,”
Jose Aldo calls out T.J. Dillashaw following UFC Vegas 17 win Former two-time featherweight champion Jose Aldo picked up his first UFC win as a bantamweight on Saturday in the UFC Vegas 17 co-main event. Heading into the bout, Aldo has lost his last three outings, including his first two bantamweight matches. Now that he
An intriguing welterweight bout between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Li Jingliang has been added to UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar. MMAFighting.com was the first to confirm that Ponzinibbio vs. Jingliang will take place on the UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar card, which is set to take place on January 16 on Fight Island. It
11:35 PM ET ESPN’s panel of Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim breaks down the biggest stories coming out of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, including Stephen Thompson‘s convincing unanimous decision win over Geoff Neal and two former champions earning key victories. Helwani: ‘Wonderboy’ is no steppingstone Considering what Geoff Neal overcame just
No one has been more dominant through as many fights as Khabib Nurmagomedov, but even he has had some dangerous moments in his career. If Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement sticks, he would have left this sport with a flawless, unprecedented 29-0 record. But no human being is perfect, not even the undefeated Nurmagomedov. Khabib was able
UFC Vegas 17 took place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, last night (Sat. Dec. 19, 2020), headlined by a welterweight scrap between #5 ranked Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Geoff Neal that saw “Wonderboy” re-establish himself as a threat at the top of the division. In the co-main event, Jose Aldo put on
Anthony Pettis addresses recent success following final fight on UFC contract [embedded content] Former lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis is officially on a winning streak. Pettis picked up his second consecutive win on Saturday at UFC Vegas 17 against Alex Morono. Pettis, who recently committed to sobriety, attributes his recent success to lifestyle changes he’s
UFC welterweight contender Stephen Thompson showed off his facial cuts following his war against Geoff Neal in the UFC Vegas 17 main event. Despite entering the Octagon as the slight betting underdog to Neal based on closing odds, Thompson won the fight in a blowout, winning 50-45 on all three of the judges’ scorecards. Thompson
10:43 PM ET Geoff Neal chased Stephen Thompson down near the cage. When he got close, Thompson ripped off a lightning-quick punching combination and then angled off before Neal could even start throwing punches. That sequence — Thompson playing matador and Neal the hapless bull — occurred over and over again Saturday in the main
Geoff Neal has issued a statement about what he had to endure in both the lead-up and the course of his UFC Vegas 17 main event against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. In the UFC Vegas 17 main event, Stephen Thompson defeated Geoff Neal in a shutout unanimous decision win, snapping Neal’s undefeated UFC run. This loss
2019 saw our first glimpse of the Paul brothers getting into boxing, but 2020 is the year they proved they’re not going anywhere. Fitting for a year that also featured the plague. Jake Paul started the year off TKOing some random YouTube personality and ended it with a monster highlight reel knockout of former NBA
After UFC Vegas 17 win, Michel Pereira says, “I’m ready to be the UFC Champion” [embedded content] Welterweight Michel Pereira picked up his second consecutive win on Saturday by defeating Khaos Williams by unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 17. Pereira ended Williams’ eight-fight winning streak and has his sights set on the top of the
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC welterweight Anthony Pettis discussed what’s next for him after fighting out the final fight of his contract at UFC Vegas 17. Pettis defeated Alex Morono by unanimous decision on the preliminary card of the final UFC event of 2020. For Pettis, it was a great way to close the
11:35 PM ET ESPN’s panel of Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim breaks down the biggest stories coming out of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, including Stephen Thompson‘s convincing unanimous-decision win over Geoff Neal and two former champions earning key victories. Helwani: “Wonderboy” is no stepping-stone Considering what Geoff Neal overcame just three