Re-watch Alex Perez bust on Jussier Formiga ahead of UFC 255 title shot [embedded content] UFC 255 features a flyweight championship doubleheader as men’s champion Deiveson Figueiredo faces Alex Perez and women’s titleholder Valentina Shevchenko defends against Jennifer Maia. Before Perez squares off with Figueiredo for the belt, re-watch his title-short earning TKO victory over
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Image via @cody_nolove/ @gorillawearusa on Instagram Cody Garbrandt was supposed to be fighting for the flyweight title this Saturday against Deiveson Figueiredo. Garbrandt announced a move down to 125-pounds and was immediately getting a title shot. However, he tore his bicep and was forced to withdraw from the bout and Alex Perez stepped in to
The Bellator 253 weigh-ins were completed earlier today, with every fighter on the card successfully making weight. The main event will see Darrion Caldwell take on the undefeated A.J. McKee in the featherweight grand prix semifinals. The winner of this bout will face the winner of Patricio Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez, who were both successful
5:12 PM ET Canadian fighter Jesse Ronson, who returned to UFC in July after six years and picked up his first victory in the promotion, has been suspended for 20 months due to a failed drug test, USADA announced Wednesday. The UFC anti-doping partner said Ronson tested positive for a metabolite of the banned substance
The current plans are to have current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, face Light Heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz, for the 205-pound title sometime in 2021. And while “Prince of Cieszyn” is ready to throw down, he feels Adesanya should’ve slowly transitioned into the division instead of going straight for the title. And
The Dirty: Guy Mezger talks UFC early days, Pride & re-birth of Pancrase [embedded content] MMA pioneer and OG Guy Mezger joins MMAWeekly’s The Dirty podcast and talks about what it was like fighting in the early days of the UFC, Pride FC, and Pancrase in Japan. He also recounted what it was like being
UFC lightweight contender Tony Ferguson has revealed that he’s been told Michael Chandler has accepted another fight. The animosity between these two elite fighters has been steadily growing as the weeks and months have gone on with Ferguson campaigning to fight Chandler before the end of the year. The former Bellator star, however, wants to
Uriah Hall and Chris Weidman are having their rematch over 10 years in the making. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Hall and Weidman have agreed to rematch on February 13 at UFC 258. The two first fought back in September of 2010 on the regional scenes in New Jersey with Weidman knocking out Hall in
8:05 AM ET The UFC men’s flyweight division was all but an afterthought. As recently as last summer, many MMA fans, fighters and media members thought the UFC was going to move on from the weight class. At the time, it seemed improbable that a flyweight bout would headline a major event. Yet that will
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Earlier today, news broke that former Featherweight kingpin Max Holloway would return to the cage for his first non-title fight since 2016 opposite Calvin Kattar in a five-round main event on January 16, 2021. It didn’t take long for gamblers to open their wallets and make their opinions heard. Per betonline.ag,
UFC 255 Countdown: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jennifer Maia [embedded content] UFC 255 Countdown takes you into Brazil where flyweight Jennifer Maia readies to take on the division’s queen Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event. UFC 255 takes place on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Las Vegas, with a flyweight championship doubleheader. Men’s titleholder Deiveson Figueiredo puts
Image Credit: Jesse Ronson’s Instagram UFC welterweight Jesse Ronson released a statement where he revealed he has been suspended for 20 months by USADA for a failed drug test. Ronson defeated Nicholas Dalby by stoppage in his return to the Octagon this past summer on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. It was a huge upset
A major featherweight scrap is scheduled for January 16 when former champion Max Holloway takes on Calvin Kattar. The UFC announced Tuesday that Max Holloway will be competing for the first time since his highly controversial loss to Alex Volkanovski at UFC 251. Many, if not most media members and fans alike felt that Max
12:35 PM ET Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall are going to run it back more than 10 years after their first meeting. Weidman vs. Hall 2 has been verbally agreed to for UFC 258 on Feb. 13, 2021, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight hasn’t been signed yet, sources said. The duo first met in
Bellator 253: “Caldwell vs. McKee” takes place this week (Thurs., Nov. 19, 2020) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. “The Mercenary” A.J. McKee (16-0) puts his perfect record on the line against former Bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (15-3). The fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day”
UFC 255 Countdown: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alex Perez [embedded content] UFC 255 Countdown takes you deep into Brazil where 125-pound champ Deiveson Figueiredo prepares to defend his belt against powerful striker Alex Perez. UFC 255 takes place on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Las Vegas, with a flyweight championship doubleheader. Men’s titleholder Deiveson Figueiredo puts his
Daniel Cormier isn’t impressed by how Jon Jones comported himself after Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Heading into that card, Jones and Nurmagomedov had long stood out as the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC, with Jones holding the No. 1 spot in the rankings and Nurmagomedov sitting at No. 2. After
The UFC has released flyweight Jussier Formiga. The 35-year-old Brazilian had been with the company since 2012 and went 9-7 across 16 bouts during his UFC tenure. Formiga’s release comes after he has dropped his last 3 fights. His most recent loss came via TKO due to leg kicks to Alex Perez back at UFC