UFC Brunson vs Shahbazyan fight card released, kicks off five August events at UFC Apex Las Vegas – UFC returns to Las Vegas with a series of action-packed cards every Saturday night in August, kicking off with a clash of top middleweight contenders as No. 8 Derek Brunson looks to hand No. 9 Edmen Shahbazyan
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Image: @ufc on Instagram UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski believes his next title defense will come against either The Korean Zombie or Zabit Magomedsharipov. Volkanovski defeated Max Holloway via controversial split decision at UFC 251, his second straight win over the former long-time champ. The result of the fight was controversial enough that UFC president
8:12 AM ET UFC middleweight Darren Till wouldn’t reveal what he added to his fighting repertoire during the pandemic lockdown — fans will find out Saturday night when he faces Robert Whittaker on Fight Island — but there was one development in Till’s game that was impossible to ignore. The native of Liverpool, England became
Fabricio Werdum (Photo: Getty) Fabricio Werdum feels renewing his UFC contract is not an option. Going into his UFC on ESPN 14 bout with Alexander Gustafsson, Werdum will be fighting out of his contract. Werdum had been with the UFC from 2007-2008 during his first stint. “Vai Cavalo’s” second run with the UFC has been
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight veterans Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Mauricio Rua will battle one final time this Saturday (July 25, 2020) at UFC on ESPN 14 from Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This is one of the stranger fights I’ve ever been tasked with previewing. Despite the advanced age of
Mike Tyson talks about fighting Roy Jones Jr. in boxing comeback bout [embedded content] Though Mike Tyson’s return to the boxing ring is being labeled an exhibition and he insists that all proceeds are going to charity, he doesn’t expect it to be a cake walk. “I only know one way of fighting, but now
Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has responded to a recent callout from reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Usman, who is fresh off a short-notice decision win over Jorge Masvidal, recently expressed interest fighting St-Pierre next. “I would love GSP,” Usman told the media the day before his fight with Masvidal. “A crazy stat I
12:35 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight contender Joanne Calderwood has decided against waiting for a title shot. Calderwood, who was supposed to fight UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in June before Shevchenko injured her knee, has agreed to fight Jennifer Maia on less than two weeks’ notice after Maia’s original opponent, Viviane Araujo, withdrew
Irene Aldana (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) UFC women’s bantamweight Irene Aldana is the latest fighter to test positive for COVID-19. Aldana was scheduled to take on former women’s 135-pound champion Holly Holm on Aug. 1. This was to be Aldana’s big chance at a coming out party where a win would’ve likely led to a title
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Aljamain Sterling is on one hell of a tear. “The Funkmaster” has won five straight bouts over high-quality competition, showcasing consistent improvement. In his last bout, Sterling faced one of his division’s fastest-rising new contenders in Cory Sandhagen, strangling the expert kickboxer in less than 90 seconds (WATCH IT). Sterilng is
Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana nixed, UFC return to Las Vegas gets new main event Next week’s UFC Fight Night event slated for the Apex in Las Vegas has lost its main event bout between Holly Holm and Irene Aldana. ESPN broke the news on Wednesday before UFC president Dana White enlisted Hall of Famer
Image via @ufceurope on Instagram Former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo has once again called out Alexander Volkanovski to prove that he is the GOAT of mixed martial arts. Cejudo retired from MMA in May immediately following a TKO win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, but in the two months since then,
1:35 PM ET The UFC has been forced to change next weekend’s main event. The Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana headliner has been canceled after Aldana was forced to withdraw. The current plan, according to sources, is to rebook Holm and Aldana for an Oct. 5. main event. As a result, the Derek Brunson vs.
Image Credit: Bellator/Spike James Gallagher will be watching the main event of Bellator 242 closely. Sergio Pettis will be facing the man that handed Gallagher his first loss in MMA, Ricky Bandejas. Bellator 242 is the first event from the promotion since COVID 19 put MMA on hold and with Mohegan Sun scheduled to be
While everyone is seemingly looking for that big-money fight, Dustin Poirier wants the type of showdowns that will add to his legacy. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim Lightweight champion says he only has about five years max left in his combat career, which means all bouts moving forward have to mean more than
[embedded content] Khabib Nurmagomedov is not retiring as some rumors in Russia might have suggested. He will be back in the Octagon by the ned of the year. “Khabib is not retiring. We have some goals to accomplish. You will see him before the end of the year. Dana (is) talking and me talking to
Image via @henrycejudo on Instagram Former UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo isn’t impressed by the division’s new champion Deiveson Figueiredo, and thinks his championship reign will end against Askar Askarov. Cejudo last fought at UFC 249 in May when he took on Dominick Cruz. He won by TKO in the second round against the 135-pound
7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe