Reigning and undefeated UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya finds the recent callouts from former division title holder Chris Weidman “a bit weird”. Despite going just 2-5 over his past seven Octagon appearances Weidman has been doing his best to score a title fight with ‘Stylebender’. Ever since Israel Adesanya handed Paulo Costa the first loss
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Michael Chandler recently revealed that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) offered him a fight against Tony Ferguson — as well as one against Dustin Poirier — at UFC 254 on Oct. 24, 2020, which “El Cucuy” turned down. “The Diamond” did the same, according to Chandler. According to Ferguson, the fight was floated but he wasn’t
Khabib gives an inside look into UFC 254 training camp in Dubai [embedded content] Ahead of his UFC 254 title unification bout with interim champion Justin Gaethje on Fight Island, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gives a behind the scenes look into his training for the bout in Dubai. This will be the first time
Joaquin Buckley put himself on everybody’s radar last night with a highlight reel KO of Impa Kasanganay. Buckley hit his opponent with a sensational spinning back kick in the 2nd round, earning him his first UFC victory. Following the fight, Dana White congratulated Buckley on a highlight reel worthy victory. The 26-year-old fighter was also
4:42 PM ET The UFC bantamweight contender picture will gain some clarity Saturday night. Marlon Moraes meets Cory Sandhagen in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The card will take place at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, which the UFC has dubbed “Fight Island,” the promotion’s international
Photo courtesy UFC UFC heavyweight Tanner Boser owned a fan who took a cheap shot at his teammate KB Bhullar after a KO loss to Tom Breese on Fight Island. Bhullar is a highly-regarded middleweight prospect from Canada and a teammate of Boser at Shaved Bears MMA in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Though he was a
Last night (Sat., Oct. 10, 2020), UFC hosted another show on “Fight Island,” remaining inside the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for UFC Fight Island 5. In the main event, Bantamweight kickboxers Cory Sandhagen and Marlon Moraes battled in a pivotal clash with major title implications. The rest of
UFC Fight Island 5 Post-Fight Press Conference Video [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen at Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, the main event and co-main event winners fielded questions during the post-fight press conference. Hear Cory Sandhagen’s thoughts on his main event win over former
The UFC on ESPN+ 37 bonuses have been released. UFC on ESPN+ 37 took place inside Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi aka Fight Island. Headlining the card was a clash between Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen. This fight saw a close first round that seemed like we were in for a five-round fight.
11:46 PM ET It seemed as if Cory Sandhagen could sense that a finish was coming. The ESPN+ broadcast picked up Sandhagen shouting to his corner, “His orbital’s broke” in the second round of his fight with Marlon Moraes on Saturday. Moments later, wham! A spinning wheel kick from Sandhagen landed on the top of
Image: @UFC on Instagram Current UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje has offered a solution after the UFC botched his last name in their Octagon advertisement. Later this month at UFC 254 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, Gaethje will square off with reigning and undefeated UFC lightweight kingpin Khabib Nurmagomedov. Although the highly anticipated
Cory Sandhagen cemented his spot in line for a bantamweight title shot earlier tonight (Sat., Oct. 10, 2020) live on ESPN+ from inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., when he finished No. 1 ranked contender Marlon Moraes with a spectacular spinning wheel kick in the second round of their main event.
It has been two years since The Ultimate Fighter last aired a new season. That was Heavy Hitters, which featured Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum as coaches. UFC president Dana White has been talking about the series making a comeback soon on ESPN. The coaches for the comeback have yet to be revealed, but White
The UFC on ESPN+ 37 post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen will collide in a bantamweight bout UFC on ESPN+ 37’s co-main event will see a featherweight clash between Edson Barboza and Makwan Amirkhani. More action will also be featured on the main
11:55 PM ET Brian Ortega‘s most-tenured coach won’t be able to corner him for a huge fight next week. Rener Gracie, the well-known Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach and member of the world-renowned Gracie family, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and was unable to make the trip with Ortega to Abu Dhabi, Gracie announced Friday night
Former UFC title challenger Nate Diaz took to social media this evening where he proclaimed Dan Hooker as the “number welterweight right now”. While Hooker (20-9 MMA) is undoubtedly a great fighter, he currently is not in the conversation for title contention at 170-pounds. So why would the ‘Stockton Slugger’ make such a suggestion you
The quest to find Khamzat Chimaev’s next opponent has been a difficult task to say the least. High-ranked opponents don’t see enough upside in a matchup with the rising prospect while Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) doesn’t want to turn to low-ranked options because they need “Borz” to get a big enough push. At this point,
Reece McLaren scores first round stoppage at ONE: Reign of Dynasties ONE: Reign of Dynasties took place in the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday. There was no live audience in attendance, but the card featured fighters from all over Australia and Asia. Reece McLaren scored a stoppage win over Aleksi Toivonen in a flyweight fight.