Image: Anderson Silva on Instagram UFC legend Anderson Silva confirmed that his upcoming middleweight fight on Halloween against Uriah Hall will be his last. Silva is the oldest fighter on the UFC roster at 45 years of age and he has really struggled in the latter stages of his legendary career, losing two straight bouts
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Big business is set to go down on Fight Island. In an interview with TMZ, UFC President Dana White explained that he expects UFC 254 to surpass the buys of UFC 229, which currently holds the UFC record at 2.4 million buys. “This thing’s trending of the charts for us right
UFC 254 Embedded: ‘I’m going to capitalize on this opportunity’ [embedded content] Title challenger Justin Gaethje reflects on how far he’s come from a small town. Jared Cannonier visualizes a win and inspires Walt Harris. Gaethje and Robert Whittaker talk to media about their upcoming bouts. Go behind the scenes ahead of Khabib Nurmagomedov and
Jon Jones recently confirmed that he did indeed hide under a cage to avoid drug-testers from the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 2010. For several years the story had been something of an urban myth in the MMA world. Jones admitted to the story during a Twitter back-and-forth with Israel Adesanya recently. He says that
7:58 AM ET Want to know what it’s like to compete against Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon? Ask someone who thought he would take it easy sparring with Nurmagomedov because he was about 70 pounds heavier — only to realize he needed to give it more gas. Ask Daniel Cormier. “There have been times when
Image: PFL The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship format, today announced that the 2021 PFL Season will begin April 23 on ESPN2 in primetime. The remaining Regular Season events will take place on April 29, May 6, June 10, June 17, and June
Michael Chandler flew all the way to Abu Dhabi just to make weight and go home. That’s according to reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who doesn’t think the former Bellator MMA 155-pound titleholder needs to be serving as backup for the UFC 254 pay-per-view (PPV) main event. “Thank you Michael Chandler, go home and
Watch Khabib submit Dustin Poirier ahead of UFC 254 [embedded content] Watch UFC lightweight champion submit Dustin Poirier ahead of his return to the Octagon at UFC 254. Khabib fights for the first time since he defeated Poirier when he faces Justin Gaethje in the UFC 254 main event on Saturday on Fight Island in
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is looking to return to the Octagon in 2021. Jedrzejczyk is coming off a very close split decision loss to Weili Zhang for the strawweight title. It is considered the Fight of the Year and since then, the COVID-19 situation hit which has left her stuck in Poland. “Because of the COVID situation,
10:51 AM ET Jon Jones sat in the bowels of Houston’s Toyota Center in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, when he was asked by reporters about his controversial unanimous decision win over Dominick Reyes about 90 minutes earlier in the main event of UFC 247. The light heavyweight title fight was a close
UFC welterweight Mike Perry has issued a statement denying abuse of his ex-wife, saying that “I did not put my hands on my ex.” Perry was previously in a relationship with Danielle Nickerson (aka “The Platinum Princess), who has hinted at signs of an abusive relationship in several social media posts. According to Perry in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! With Khabib Nurmagomedov’s latest title defense opposite Justin Gaethje just a few days away now and Conor McGregor seemingly booked vs. Dustin Poirier, perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that there’s growing talk about a potential rematch. Perhaps already working on selling himself into that fight, McGregor took to Twitter to
UFC 254 Embedded: ‘Fight on the island, fight in the sea, fight in the desert, fight everywhere!’ [embedded content] UFC 254’s Walt Harris, Lauren Murphy, Justin Gaethje, Sam Alvey, Jared Cannonier, and main event back-up Michael Chandler train outdoors. Then everyone (including Bruce Buffer) boards the flight to Abu Dhabi. Khabib Nurmagomedov gets an enthusiastic
UFC Fight Island 6 went down on Oct. 17 from Fight Island that saw Brian Ortega take on Korean Zombie in the main event. It was Ortega getting his hand raised by decision as he dominated the fight and even dropped Zombie fight. Following the event, the medical suspensions were released with Zombie being suspended
8:10 AM ET The wait will soon be over for UFC fans eagerly anticipating the battle between interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and world titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov. The popular fighters are set to meet Saturday at UFC 254 on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Gaethje will rely on power strikes and athleticism in attempting to
In the main event of UFC Fight Island 6, Brian Ortega was returning after nearly two years away to battle Chan Sung Jung aka Korean Zombie. UFC president, Dana White said the winner would be getting the next title shot and it was Ortega getting the job done. “T-City” dominated the fight from start to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) self-regulated its UFC Fight Island 6 mixed martial arts (MMA) event last weekend on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE, adhering to the established guidelines already in place from Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). While salaries and other post-fight goodies will not be disclosed for those folks competing at “Ortega vs.
UFC Fight Island 6: Brian Ortega vs. Korean Zombie recap video [embedded content] Watch the recap and highlights from the UFC Fight Island 6: Ortega vs. Korean Zombie main event fight between Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) from Saturday’s event at the Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island in Abu