The Invicta FC 41 results are coming at you live tonight (July 30). Invicta FC will hold its second and final event of the month. The event will be held inside an empty Memorial Hall in Kansas City. In the main event, Janaisa Morandin will take on Montserrat Ruiz. Also set for the Invicta FC 41 card will
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back in action this weekend with the UFC Vegas 5 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for Sat., Aug. 1, 2020 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, and headlined by the middleweight showdown between Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. Elsewhere on the card, which airs exclusively on ESPN+, flyweight
UFC Vegas 5: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan fight preview [embedded content] Longtime Top 10 ranked middleweight Derek Brunson looks to continue his rebound and climb the ranks on Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 31 (UFC Vegas 5). To do so, he’ll have to defeat fast-rising 22-year-old Edward Shahbazyan. Brunson (20-7) has long been fighting his way
Randy Brown is happy he still gets the chance to fight Vicente Luque. The two were supposed to fight in April but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After that, Luque ended up earning a TKO win over Niko Price. So, for Brown, he thought his chances of fighting the ranked welterweight
Jul 27, 2020 Edmen Shahbazyan, 22 years old and undefeated, will get his first big test on Saturday when he faces veteran middleweight Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The fight was moved to the top of the bill from the co-main event
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz believes his fighter has at least two more bouts left in him. Nurmagomedov, who is the UFC lightweight champion, is set to take on interim title holder Justin Gaethje on Oct. 24 in a title unification bout. The bout will headline UFC 254. A location has not been revealed at
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Flyweight talents Joanne Calderwood and Jennifer Maia will collide this Sat. night (Aug. 1, 2020) in the UFC Vegas 5 co-main event from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Calderwood did not need to take this fight. The Scottish striker was already next-in-line for a shot at Valentina Shevchenko’s
[embedded content] Bellator dual-division champion Ryan Bader will make the first defense of his light heavyweight title in nearly three years when he squares off with Vadim Nemkov. The bout will headline Bellator 244 on Aug. 21 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Having last defended his light heavyweight title against Linton Vassell on Nov.
Sweden’s Khamzat Chimaev has taken another shot at former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor. Earlier this week, in an interview with reporter Adam Zubayraev, Chimaev claimed that, in 2018, he flew to Ireland with the objective of attacking McGregor. At the time, McGregor was gearing up for a fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov—and sparing
6:51 AM ET Roman ModrowskiESPN.com Ronda Rousey believes undefeated middleweight Edmen Shahbazyan will win UFC gold one day, and when that day comes, the man who coached both fighters will unload a burden he has been carrying since Rousey’s last loss. “Once he wins the title, I’m going to tell everybody to shut up and
Fellow MMA referee Mario Yamasaki has given his take on Herb Dean’s stoppage during the Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jai Herbert bout. Dean came under fire for his officiating at UFC on ESPN 14. In particular, his stoppage of Trinaldo vs. Herbert was questionable at best and egregious at worst. It led to a verbal spat
Welcome to Midnight Mania! For the second time in a week, a top UFC Heavyweight is featured in a commercial. Last time, it was fearsome Francis Ngannou pitted against a tiny little girl for a Las Vegas car commercial. This time, the situation has taken a turn towards the zany, as strap-hanger Stipe Miocic and
Tony Ferguson recently broke his silence, insisting he is ready to return to the Octagon following a loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 on May 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. The competitor that he is, Ferguson would love nothing more than to run it back with Gaethje, the first man to defeat him in eight
Chris Weidman is expecting to snap his losing streak and get back to the win column in a big way. In the co-main event of the August 8 fight card, Weidman is dropping back down to middleweight to take on the 11th-ranked contender in Omari Akhmedov. For the former champion, he knows he will the
9:09 AM ET The men’s bantamweight and flyweight divisions have been in flux ever since Henry Cejudo, who at one point ruled both weight classes, stepped away from the sport. In recent weeks, however, both divisions have found new champions. Petr Yan won the vacant 135-pound belt with a fifth-round TKO of former featherweight titlist
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic says he’s been working to adjust to a smaller cage at UFC 252. Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier III is set to take place on Aug. 15. The heavyweight title bout will headline UFC 252 inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cormier has said that win or lose, he
Georges St-Pierre’s wishes to fight the “perfect fighter” Khabib Nurmagomedov may not be completely dashed. During a recent interview with ESPN, Dana White was asked if he’d be willing to give “The Eagle” what he wanted for his final fight, which could come in 2021. White was quick to say he’d let Khabib do whatever
Stipe Miocic previews his UFC 252 trilogy fight with Daniel Cormier [embedded content] Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will fight Daniel Cormier for the third consecutive time in the UFC 254 main event on Aug. 15 at the Apex in Las Vegas. Cormier took the belt from Miocic at UFC 226 following four successful years in