Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been named the Sports Personality of the Year for 2020 by the BBC. The organization announced Nurmagomedov as the recipient of the award on Thursday. See what the BBC had to say about Nurmagomedov below: The Russian, 32, extended his perfect professional record to
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Despite losing in a shutout unanimous decision, Tony Ferguson believes that he mentally broke Charles Oliveira at UFC 256. Tony Ferguson has always thought and behaved outside the box, but even those fully aware of his eccentricities may be taken aback by Ferguson’s assessment of his UFC 256 loss to Charles Oliveira. Oliveira was able
11:10 PM ET Two fights from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas have been canceled after positive coronavirus tests, the UFC announced on Thursday. Another bout has been changed this week for an undisclosed reason. On Thursday, Aiemann Zahabi announced on social media that he tested positive for COVID-19 prior to flying to
ONE: “Collision Course” is set for the Singapore Indoor Stadium this Friday. The main event pits Roman Kryklya against Murat Aygun in a light heavyweight kickboxing title fight that was originally scheduled to take place last month. The co-main event features Muay Thai. Nong-O Gaiyanghadao will be defending his bantamweight belt against fellow Thai Rodlek
Looking back on his first round TKO of Steven Newell at XFC 43 on November 11 as part of the opening round of the promotion’s Welterweight Grand Prix, Carson Hardman couldn’t be more pleased with how the fight turned out. Considering he was facing a clearly dangerous opponent on short notice, Hardman feels he was
Image: UFC on Instagram Stephen Thompson believes he would crush Jake Paul if they were to fight one another. Ever since Paul knocked out Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. undercard he has become a massive star. The 23-year-old YouTube star has since taken over the combat sports world and has
Dana White has confirmed that nothing has changed regarding Jan Blachowicz’s first light heavyweight title defense. Israel Adesanya always made it clear that he would move up to light heavyweight after he has cleaned out the middleweight division. The one name near the top of the rankings whom Adesanya had not already defeated was Jared
4:52 PM ET UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili‘s next fight is still up in the air. Most expected Zhang to fight former 115-pound champion Rose Namajunas in 2021, but UFC president Dana White recently told BT Sport that fight wasn’t finalized. “What I’m hearing is Rose does not want a title shot,” White said. “Rose
Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Anthony Johnson parted ways with the promotion last month and signed with Bellator MMA. The decision came as a surprise to most fans (and pundits) because “Rumble” recently came out of retirement and entered the USADA testing pool with plans to make another run at the 205-pound title. Then
“First and foremost, it was something that was completely unexpected. I was already training very hard, getting ready. We were already thinking of fighting in January or February at 185 or 205. We were looking to fight with the top three in either division. My managers explained this to the presidency, the top of the
UFC President Dana White is feeling confident that he can convince UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight again. Nurmagomedov retired in November, after he submitted Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi. After the fight, the unbeaten Russian shocked the MMA world by announcing his retirement from mixed martial
Kayla Harrison will not be competing tomorrow night at Titan FC 66 after her opponent failed to hit the scales. Kayla Harrison was scheduled to fight her second non-PFL-affiliated fight tomorrow night at Titan FC 66, but her opponent, Jozette Cotton was unable to make weight or even hit the scales. As reported by Eric
11:45 AM ET Yoel Romero said his release from the UFC was “completely unexpected,” explaining that he was training with the hope that he would be one or two wins from another title shot. Instead, Romero will now work toward getting a shot at a Bellator title, and he said there’s a “huge possibility” his
After an absolute roller coaster of a year, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) limps across the 2020 finish line this Saturday (Dec. 19, 2020) with a bevy of intriguing match ups. In UFC Vegas 17’s main event, Geoff Neal attempts to continue his rise through the Welterweight ranks against Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, while Jose Aldo looks
Dana White says if UFC packed it in for COVID, fighters would have lost nearly $200 million [embedded content] “If I decide forget it, we’re not gonna go, we’re just gonna sit this thing out like all these other businesses did, you’re talking, I’d have had to lay off probably 50-percent or more of my
Anthony Johnson isn’t sure where Yoel Romero got his information from that it is 90 percent likely they will fight one another in their debuts. Both Johnson and Romero parted ways with the UFC and signed with Bellator this month and both men will fight at light heavyweight. Immediately, fans called for them to fight
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 256! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Tony Ferguson is no longer ranked in the P4P rankings, while Jan Blachowicz appears at #15. Francis Ngannou moves up to #14, and Deiveson Figueiredo moves up one spot to #9 after his majority draw with
7:48 AM ET Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson is no stranger to UFC main events, but there is one role the two-time welterweight challenger doesn’t want to get accustomed to: gatekeeper. Thompson faces Geoff Neal in Saturday’s Fight Night headliner in Las Vegas, and it’s the second time in a row Thompson, 37, will be fighting a