4:57 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and other black athletes scheduled to compete at UFC 253 on Saturday spoke out about recent comments made by welterweight Colby Covington during a virtual media call on Wednesday. Covington, who is an avid supporter of President Donald Trump and visited him in the White House in
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight talents Kai Kara-France and Brandon Royval will square off this Saturday (Sept. 26, 2020) at UFC 253 from Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Kara-France showed off his talent and knockout power on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), but he wasn’t picked up after the show. UFC rectified that
Ketlen Vieira’s coach, Andre Pederneiras, became the first UFC-related person to test positive for COVID-19 on UFC Fight Island. Though he won’t be in her corner, Vieira will still be allowed to fight. Vieira is slated to face Sijara Eubanks on the UFC 253 main card on Saturday. The headlining bout features Israel Adesanya putting
In August, Israel Adesanya suggested that Paulo Costa could be using PEDs. Costa then taunted Adesanya in a Tweet suggesting that USADA has not tested him recently. Unfortunately to you RUNNERSANYA USADA never came to test me in Brasil 🇧🇷. 🤪Fuck you re already dead men /skull 💀 KoB is coming to you https://t.co/SgIEn9qqAt —
Last Saturday’s UFC Vegas 11 card produced a number of lengthy medical suspensions for the fighters involved—including Tyron Woodley. Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champion, was stopped by Colby Covington in the fifth round of the UFC Vegas 11 main event after injuring his rib. He’ll need to be cleared by an orthopedic specialist or
THERE IS NO special treatment at City Kickboxing, not even for the six UFC fighters mixed into this gym of some 350 members training at various levels of competence and interest. Not when two UFC championship belts, belonging to Adesanya and teammate Alexander Volkanovski, lie parallel on a table in the makeshift lobby area of
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Gilbert Burns must really want his promised title shot. The Welterweight contender is undefeated at 170 lbs., and his six-fight win streak includes victories over Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley. His run has been impressive enough that Dana White confirmed Burns as next in line for the shot, siding with the
UFC 253 Embedded: ‘Shake and bake Ricky Bobby, shake and bake!’ [embedded content] Light heavyweight title contender Jan Blachowicz enjoys the pool and the travel, as does Sijara Eubanks, who is making a quick turnaround to fight in Abu Dhabi. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya watches his coaches train. Co-headliner Dominick Reyes plays basketball with his
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC on ESPN+ 36 Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Tony Ferguson moves up two positions to #12, dropping Robert Whittaker (#13) and Deiveson Figueiredo (#14) down one position. Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern moves to #14 after her
Image: @UFC on Instagram Justin Gaethje promises to make Khabib Nurmagomedov bleed when they fight for the lightweight title at UFC 254. Gaethje is known as one of the most violent fighters on the UFC roster. In most of his fights, he and his opponent are bleeding. Yet, if you look at Nurmagomedov’s fights, he
4:46 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim For the first time in nearly a decade, the UFC’s light heavyweight division is about to have a new king. Both Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz have earned this moment — their places at center stage under the spotlight, each poised to launch his era as champion — and yet
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Bantamweight bruisers Ketlen Vieira and Sijara Eubanks will duel this Saturday (Sept. 26, 2020) at UFC 253 from inside Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. If we flash back to 2018, Vieira was seemingly next in line for a title shot opposite Amanda Nunes. Instead,
Watch Jan Blachowicz KO Luke Rockhold ahead of UFC 253 [embedded content] Jan Blachowicz has won seven of his last eight bouts including this knockout of former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 last year. Blachowicz next faces Dominick Reyes for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 253
UFC veteran Stevie Ray has announced his retirement from MMA. He took to Facebook live recently to post a video stating that he is retiring due to injuries. “I’ve been thinking about this for a wee while, I’m retiring from MMA competition,” he says in the video. “For my last 3 fights, my knee has
Image Credit: Sean O’Malley’s Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley was tapped out by Robert Degle in the finals of a recent jiu-jitsu tournament. O’Malley is coming off the back of a devastating defeat at the hands of Marlon “Chito” Vera, and as he continues to wait for an opportunity to get back
7:42 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim For the first time in nearly a decade, the UFC’s light heavyweight division is about to have a new king. Both Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz have earned this moment — their places at center stage under the spotlight, each poised to launch his era as champion — and yet
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There is a great deal of crossover between jiu-jitsu and MMA. Some of UFC’s premier submission fighters were first quite accomplished in competitions like the biennial Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) tournament or the jiu-jitsu worlds, where they made their names and brought about hype into the cage. Demian Maia, for
UFC 253 Countdown: Reyes vs Blachowicz [embedded content] Dominick Reyes readies to face Poland’s Jan Blachowicz for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title in the co-main event at UFC 253. See into their lives and training camps before they clash on Saturday, September 26. Check out > UFC 253 Countdown: Adesanya vs Costa (Video courtesy