Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov further clouded the mystery surrounding his retirement earlier today after he relayed a message to UFC President, Dana White, which simply read, “see you soon.” It could be nothing…or everything. White has been adamant that he would not vacate the 155-pound title despite Khabib’s decision to retire
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Image via @francisngannou on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou says he’s “very interested” in a potential heavyweight fight with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Johnson, who has competed as low as the welterweight division in the past, achieved his biggest successes in the UFC light heavyweight division, where he twice challenged
Ariane Lipski reveals she fractured her face in her UFC 255 loss to Antonina Shevchenko. On the prelims of the pay-per-view card, Lipski was the betting underdog against Shevchenko and many thought she would have success if she grappled. However, it was Shevchenko was proved to be the better grappler and eventually scored a TKO
7:26 AM ET “The kid’s got ‘it.'” — Dana White to reporters following Israel Adesanya‘s win over Anderson Silva on Feb. 9, 2019 UFC president Dana White makes a living off his instincts about fighters, and he saw something different — something special — about Israel Adesanya after just his fifth UFC fight. White saw
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov has a pretty special relationship with his parents, or at least one that receives more media coverage than most. Khabib’s father Abdulmanap was his primary trainer from the time the Dagestani combatant to walk through most of his title fights, and Nurmagomedov’s fighting future was immediately thrown into uncertainty
UFC Vegas 15 loses Moicano vs. Fiziev to COVID-19 Saturday’s UFC Vegas 15 fight card headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Curtis Blaydes has lost one of its undercard bouts. Renato Moicano reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, so his bout with Rafael Fiziev has been removed from the fight card. Moicano, according to MMA Fighting, tested
UFC president Dana White called a matchup between UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade a “very fun fight.” A dominant Shevchenko defeated challenger Jennifer Maia via unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 255. The win improved Shevchenko’s UFC flyweight record to a perfect 6-0, and she is quickly running out
Cody Garbrandt is dealing with complications stemming from COVID-19. Back in August, the former bantamweight champion got COVID-19 and then tore his bicep which forced him out of the Deiveson Figueiredo title fight. Now, months after getting the virus, Garbrandt revealed in an Instagram story he is still dealing with the complications for COVID-19. “Disclaimer
4:16 PM ET A potentially major news story happened behind closed doors last week, as PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison made the 146-pound featherweight limit for the first time in her career. A former two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, Harrison (8-0) is under contract with PFL, but received permission to fight Courtney King (4-1)
Renato Moicano was all set to tango with Rafael Fiziev this Saturday night (Nov. 28, 2020) at UFC Vegas 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. But after Moicano tested positive for COVID-19, he was forced to withdraw from the event. No fret, the promotion wasted no time in setting another date, as MMA Fighting reports that
[embedded content] It’s taken several weeks to get to this point, but UFC president Dana White has finally confirmed that the UFC 257 headlining rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier has been inked by both parties. How the Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier rematch came together? Following months of frustration over his UFC scheduling
UFC President Dana White has responded to rumors that Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak is considering shutting down combat sports events in the state amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Nevada is currently enduring a spike of COVID-19 cases, and amid widespread fears of overflowing hospitals and overworked medical staff, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has reported
Following his defeat to Uriah Hall, UFC President Dana White said that former middleweight champion Anderson Silva would not fight in the UFC again. Silva had one fight left on his contract but was released from the promotion last week. The 45-year-old posted to Instagram recently and stated that he still has the desire to
7:44 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko once again showed her brilliance in a unanimous-decision win over Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Things were a little dicey for Shevchenko through two rounds. She actually — gasp — lost the second round. But then Shevchenko used her precision
Viral KO sensation Joaquin Buckley made a successful return at UFC 255, scoring a less spectacular but no less effective knockout of Jordan Wright during the prelims of UFC 255. It was another entertaining performance from Buckley, who clearly wants to keep the momentum going with another fight sooner rather than later. And this time
Coming off a split-decision loss to Myles Jury at Bellator 243 this past August, lightweight Georgi Karakhanyan was able to get back on track when he picked up a split-decision victory over Bryce Logan at Bellator 251 on November 5. For Karakhanyan the win was not only a way to get himself back on track,
Image via @spiderandersonsilva on Instagram UFC legend Anderson Silva criticized UFC president Dana White and the world’s top MMA promotion “after an attempt to force my retirement.” Silva suffered a knockout loss to Uriah Hall at UFC Vegas 12 on Halloween and after the fight, White said that the UFC would not be offering him
UFC 256 is going through some changes with their main event according to multiple reports. The bantamweight title fight between champion Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling has been postponed until February according to an initial report from MMA Island and confirmed later by MMA Fighting. The news seemed to emerge not long after UFC 255