image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Colby Covington has sent a message to Khamzat Chimaev. Chimaev has been the talk of the town ever since his debut on Fight Island in July. He had two fights in 10 days with two stoppage wins. He then knocked out Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 11
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to “Fight Island” last weekend to stage UFC 253 and it turned out to be a massive success. According to a recent report by The Athletic, UFC 253 pulled in over an estimated 700,000 PPV buys worldwide. The PPV card was led by a main event grudge match between UFC
UFC Fight Island 4: Holm vs Aldana Odds Breakdown [embedded content] Check out the odds and breakdown for UFC Fight Island 4 (aka UFC on ESPN 16) featuring Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana with the best in the business. This is an MMAWeekly EXCLUSIVE with Cage Side Seat’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber, as he and world-renowned
8:04 AM ET For the first time in Holly Holm‘s MMA career, she is accepting fights with no clear path to a UFC championship. From the moment Holm crossed over from boxing in 2011, it was almost certain she would sign with the UFC and fight for a title. And over the past five years,
Diego Sanchez was defeated by Jake Mathews at UFC 253. Following the one-sided loss, some had been calling on the 38-year-old longtime veteran of the cage to retire. In a statement released through Instagram, however, Sanchez says he went into his UFC 253 bout injured. He had a torn labrum in his hip. “Warriors don’t
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the under-the-radar UFC Fight Island 4 card on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The UFC Fight Island 4 event will be topped by a women’s bantamweight fight between the division’s former champion, Holly Holm, and surging Mexican contender Irene Aldana. If Aldana wins this
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is roughly 24 hours away from staging its UFC Fight Island 4 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and locked for this Sat. night (Oct. 3, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. That’s where former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm makes her return against surging Mexican sensation
Khabib Nurmagomedov on retirement, Conor McGregor, and Dana White’s Surprise [embedded content] Khabib Nurmagomedov has Justin Gaethje standing before him at UFC 254 on Oct. 24 on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. But might that be the final time we see the UFC lightweight champion competing in the Octagon? Nurmagomedov has mentioned retirement several times
1:09 PM ET Isabella Mir, the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir, is going to follow in her father’s footsteps. Mir, 17, has signed with Ikon Fighting Federation to make her pro MMA debut on Oct. 22 in San Carlos, Mexico, her manager, Malki Kawa, told ESPN. She will be fighting Danielle Wynn
Conor McGregor has reportedly been negotiating with Manny Pacquiao’s team for his second professional boxing match. According to his first boxing opponent, Floyd Mayweather, the Irish superstar’s punching power is too soft. “If I could pick an easy $300 million, absolutely,” Mayweather said on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast regarding a possible rematch with Conor. “Same way, same results.”
Image: UFC on Instagram Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled October 17 bout with Nikita Krylov. Oezdemir and Krylov were slated to co-headline the upcoming UFC event Fight Island. However, due to a knee injury, ‘No Time‘ was forced to withdraw from the contest. “I’m
Jessica-Rose Clark had an amazing performance at UFC Vegas 11, dominating Sarah Alpar across three rounds before violently finishing her in the third round with some mean muay thai. While it didn’t earn her a Performance of the Night bonus, it did put her on many people’s radar at women’s bantamweight. Unfortunately, it now looks
Dana White says UFC has offered Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier a fight UFC president Dana White says that the UFC has offered Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier a rematch in the Octagon. Though McGregor remains retired, he put together an exhibition bout with Poirier to take place on Dec. 12 in Dublin. The proceeds
9:16 AM ET Thursday’s Bellator 247 main event has been canceled after headliner Paul Daley failed to make weight for his fight against Derek Anderson. Daley, who weighed 1.6 pounds over the 171-pound limit, was forced to go to the hospital due to the bad weight cut. As a result, the fight has been canceled,
According to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, the undefeated UFC lightweight champion recently turned down a spot coaching on The Ultimate Fighter opposite Conor McGregor. The TUF season would have led to a rematch between the two. He spoke to TMZ about the situation. “Last week Dana White called me,” Abdelaziz said to TMZ. “He
UFC commentator Dan Hardy has updated on the status of his beef with famed MMA referee Herb Dean. Hardy, who spent many years competing in the UFC welterweight division, had words with Dean during a July 25 UFC card on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. The incident occured during a fight between Francisco Trinaldo and
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Chris Weidman knows a thing or two about defeating long, lanky strikers. That’s why the “All American” is confident he could not only beat, but dominate reigning 185-pound kingpin Israel Adesanya. “I think that’s a tailor-made matchup for me. Those athletic strikers, tall lanky guys, I’ve proven that
While most sports saw a jump in viewership in their return during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was short-lived for many. Several factors could be playing a role like so many sports taking place on television and streaming devices at the same time. There are so many options: the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, PGA, WNBA, NASCAR,