The Octagon returned to Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 13, a 10-bout fight card headlined by Thiago Silva taking on Glover Teixeira. Santos (21-8 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since UFC 239 in July of 2019, where he suffered a split-decision setback in his effort to dethrone Jon Jones of the
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The action delivered last night (Sat., Nov. 7, 2020) at UFC Vegas 13 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Glover Teixeira kept his win streak alive with an impressive submission finish over light heavyweight contender Thiago Santos (highlights HERE). In addition to the entertaining main event, surging bantamweight contender
Graphic Video: Max Griffin slices Ramiz Brahimaj’s ear with sharp elbow Max Griffin battered his way to a third-round stoppage of Ramiz Brahimaj at UFC Vegas 13 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Having bloodied and bruised Brahimaj, Griffin added insult to injury forcing the fight to be stopped when he landing a cutting elbow
Despite fighting a lower-ranked opponent, Stephen Thompson is just happy to have his next fight booked against Geoff Neal on Dec. 19. “I’m just looking get back out there and knock the cobwebs off a little bit,” Thompson told MMA News. “Because I had been out with some injuries and of course, the whole COVID
4:08 PM ET A fight is off Saturday’s UFC card due to a positive test for coronavirus. A middleweight bout between Ian Heinisch and Brendan Allen at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira has been canceled Saturday afternoon, the UFC announced. The scrapping of the bout is due to a positive COVID-19 test “involving” Heinisch,
The Octagon remains in Nevada this evening for UFC Vegas 13, a fight card headlined by Thiago Santos taking on Glover Teixeira. Tonight’s fight card was slated to feature a total of eleven contests. However, news recently broke that one of those slated bouts has been cancelled. Brendan Allen was expected to square off with
Ian Heinisch is ready to take the next step in his UFC career and that starts with a main card clash with rising contender Brendan Allen later tonight (Sat., Nov. 7, 2020) at UFC Vegas 13 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. After that, Heinisch is hoping to earn a
UFC Fighters react to Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump in US Presidential Election In one of the most hotly contested elections in modern times, Democratic nominee Joe Biden defeated current president Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. The United States was deeply divided heading into the election, neither side willing to accept defeat.
This week, I stumbled upon the word “defiant” to describe this career resurgence of 41-year-old Glover Teixeira. I thought that was such a perfect word to describe what he’s achieving right now. He’s fighting like a man who will not have peace of mind until he becomes world champion like his hero “Iron” Mike Tyson.
9:08 PM ET There was a time, not that long ago, when Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira looked like a No. 1 contender bout. That time, unfortunately, has passed. UFC president Dana White recently ended any speculation as to who will challenge light heavyweight champion Jan
Image via @mikechandlermma on Instagram (photographer not listed) Michael Chandler may be new to the UFC, but he has already taken a page out of Jon Jones and Conor McGregor’s playbook by playing tweet and delete. The former Bellator lightweight champion, Chandler (21-5 MMA), took to Twitter during the Presidential Election on Tuesday where he
Welcome to Midnight Mania! A couple nights ago, Diego Sanchez did his part in educating the world on the dangers of drinking and tweeting. The former “Nightmare” called out Dan Hardy, Conor McGregor, Jon Jones — or as Sanchez referred to him, “Bill Cosby Jones” — in a strange series of barely comprehensible tweets. Well,
Kiamrian Abbasov scores stunning comeback win against James Nakashima at ONE: Inside the Matrix II (James Goyder is the owner/editor of AsianMMA.com) At the end of the opening round, Kiamrian Abbasov’s nose looked badly broken and there was a question as to whether the welterweight champion would recover. Challenger James Nakashima looked firmly in control
Jack Hermansson will now be facing Kevin Holland at UFC on ESPN+ 43 after injury has forced Darren Till out of the headliner. As reported by ESPN Friday afternoon, Darren Till was forced to withdraw from his UFC on ESPN+43 main event bout against Jack Hermansson, so now Kevin Holland will step up and take
7:50 AM ET On July 6, 2019, Thiago Santos came closer than anyone else in the history of the UFC to legitimately defeating Jon Jones. Yes, Vitor Belfort had Jones in trouble with a submission attempt in 2012. Alexander Gustafsson beat him up pretty good in a unanimous-decision loss in 2013. And there are a
Darren Till has released a statement after pulling out his December 5 main event scrap against Jack Hermansson. Till had been dealing with a knee injury prior and took to his Instagram stories to say his knee went out again. He then also wished both Hermansson and Kevin Holland well on Twitter. Good luck to
Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira came face-to-face after successfully making weight for their UFC Vegas 13 light heavyweight headliner, scheduled for tomorrow night (Sat., Nov. 7, 2020) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Get complete UFC Vegas 13 weigh-in results and video here. Santos (21-7) has not competed since losing a split-decision
UFC Vegas 13 weigh-in face-offs: Thiago Santos vs Glover Teixeira [embedded content] UFC Vegas 13: Santos vs. Teixeira got the green light Friday as the fighters made weight at the Apex in Las Vegas. Shortly after stepping off the scales, the UFC Vegas 13 athletes squared off for their final face-offs ahead of Saturday’s bouts.