Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight finishers Chan Sung Jung and Brian Ortega will clash TONIGHT (Sat., Oct. 17, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This bout is being advertised as a title eliminator, so the stakes here are clear. For Jung, that’s a step that makes sense, as
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UFC Fight Island 6: Brian Ortega vs. Korean Zombie preview [embedded content] Preview the long-awaited UFC Fight Island 6 matchup between featherweight’s Brian Ortega and the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung. The two face off in the main event on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Conor McGregor accepts Jan. 23
The UFC on ESPN+ 38 weigh-ins are complete, and all fighters were on target. In the main event, Brain Ortega and Chan Sung Jung will square off. Brain Ortega shaved his trademark locks for charity (Locks of Love) and is now ready for war against the Korean Zombie for rights to be considered the #1
12:35 PM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published prior to Brian Ortega’s fight against Max Holloway at UFC 231. HARBOR CITY, California — On Aug. 8, 2008, Brian Ortega held one of his dearest friends on the side of the street as he bled to death from a gunshot wound. A local report
UFC President Dana White has shared his reaction to Jon Jones recent admission that he had previously hid from NSAC officials in 2016. Four years ago, reports surfaced that ‘Bones‘ had hidden underneath the Octagon at his training center of JacksonWink, this to avoid getting a drug test from USADA officials who randomly showed up
Welcome to Midnight Mania! This is not the first time UFC President Dana White has been forced to offer his take on a Jon Jones scandal. He’s both defended and berated Jones over the years, but the latest incident seems to have him more befuddled than anything else. To recap, after years of rumors and
UFC Fight Island 6: Ortega vs. Korean Zombie Live Results (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC Fight Island 6: Ortega vs. Korean Zombie (aka UFC on ESPN+ 38) bout from the Flash Forum
Scott Coker is absolutely interested in a cross over boxing match for Cris Cyborg against Katie Taylor. He and Match room Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has had conversations about it but at the end of the day, Coker says it’s up to Cyborg to make it happen, although he does have one stipulation that may
7:47 AM ET Angela Hill was sitting in the second row at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 7 as Joanna Jedrzejczyk was walking out to challenge women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event of UFC 248. Out of the corner of her eye, Hill saw UFC featherweight Brian Ortega coming toward
Screenshot via MMA Junkie UFC president Dana White confirmed that The Ultimate Fighter will commence filming in November, but he says there are no coaches yet. White has been teasing a TUF comeback for several months now. The UFC’s infamous reality show from 2005 to 2018, TUF has been kicked to the can for two
Top-ranked 145-pound contenders Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung both weighed in without incident for their UFC Fight Island 6 featherweight main event this Sat. night (Oct. 17, 2020) inside Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Get complete UFC Fight Island 6 weigh-in results and video right here. Ortega (14-1, 1 NC) and
For the second consecutive week on UFC Fight Island, all the athletes made weight for their bouts. Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) are set to headline Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 6 card in Abu Dhabi. Each of them stepped on the scale at 146 pounds, making their main
Bellator 249 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw Cris Cyborg successfully defend her featherweight championship against Arlene Blencowe. In some of the evening’s highlights, Aviv Gozali extended his undefeated record to 5-0 with a sick kimura submission over Logan Neal in the first round: Also on
Image: Cris Cyborg on Instagram Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was looking to earn her first title defense at tonight’s Bellator 249 event when she squared off with Arlene Blencowe. Cyborg (23-2 MMA) had made her Bellator debut back in January, where she captured the promotions featherweight title by scoring a TKO victory over
8:23 PM ET UFC flyweight Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Lauren Murphy at UFC 254 next week in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, and has been replaced by UFC newcomer Liliya Shakirova. Calvillo (9-1-1) was forced to pull out of the bout after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday,
Bellator 249: “Cyborg vs. Blencowe” is set to air tonight (Thurs., Oct. 15, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (22-2, 1 NC) makes her first title defense in the promotion against “Angerfist” Arlene Blencowe (13-7). Bellator 249’s main card will air on CBS Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET.
The Bellator MMA cage was at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Thursday for Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg put her title on the line against Arlene Blencowe in the fight card’s main event. Cyborg captured the title by defeating former champion Julia Budd in January. On Thursday,
Joaquin Buckley’s viral KO over Impa Kasanganay is now breaking UFC records as Buckley heads into his next UFC bout. At UFC on ESPN+ 37, lots of major action took place, including Cory Sandhagen TKOing then-#1 bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes. But no happening from this past Saturday got people talking more than Joaquin Buckley’s knockout