Arianny Celeste and boyfriend Taylor King are about to become parents. The longtime UFC Octagon girl revealed her baby bump on Instagram today and is expected to give birth in late September. The couple got wind of the news back in January and have been planning for the big day ever since. “My mom for
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Dana White releases UFC Fight Island infrastructure first-look video The Ultimate Fighting Championship recently held its fifth event at the Apex, its own arena and broadcast facility based on the UFC’s Las Vegas campus. The venerable fight promotion is now set to travel to Abu Dhabi for a slate of four events over the course
MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz shared a photo of Frankie Edgar, who looks absolutely ripped ahead of his 135lbs debut in just a few weeks on Fight Island. Edgar takes on top bantamweight contender Pedro Munhoz in the co-main event of the July 15 card on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. This marks the first time
6:23 PM ET It’s safe to say that a familiar face is back in UFC title contention. In what could be a fight of the year candidate, Dustin Poirier won a brutal battle against Dan Hooker in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday in Las Vegas. Both fighters traded wicked shots from the
Tyron Woodley (Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty) Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is hoping to make two more trips to the Octagon before 2020 comes to a close. Woodley returned to action back in May after being out for over a year. He took on GIlbert Burns inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. For
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Equal parts heartwarming and strange, another excellent story regarding top UFC Lightweight and former interim champion Tony Ferguson has emerged. Per ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Tony Ferguson took the time out of his day to FaceTime call with a Make-A-Wish child. For any readers unaware, the Make-A-Wish foundation aims to “grant the
Flashback Fight: Watch Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeat Claudia Gadelha for the second time [embedded content] Joanna Jedrzejczyk held onto her strawweight title after she emerged victorious from her rematch with Claudia Gadelha at the Finale of season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2016. The fight earned Fight of the Night honors and was Jedrzejczyk’s third
MMA legend Chael Sonnen says that round two of Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker was the greatest five minutes of action in MMA history. Poirier and Hooker put on a “Fight of the Year” candidate at UFC on ESPN 12 this past Saturday night. For 25 minutes both men went back-and-forth, throwing everything including the
11:37 PM ET In a bloody and action-packed slugfest, Dustin Poirier edged Dan Hooker by unanimous decision Saturday at UFC Fight Night’s main event at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47 and 48-46 for Poirier. Both fighters set a furious pace and had success doing damage with power
Brendan Allen (Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa) The UFC on ESPN 12 medical suspensions are in and three fighters could be sidelined up to six months. UFC on ESPN 12 took place this past Saturday night (June 27). The action was held inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Dustin Poirier and
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is now a few days removed from its UFC on ESPN 12 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Sat. night (June 27, 2020) inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. As with any combat sport, UFC on ESPN 12 was not without its fair share of injuries,
Dustin Poirier tops UFC on ESPN 12 fighter payroll Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier got back on the winning track at UFC on ESPN 12. Along with the headlining victory, Poirier also sat atop the fighter payroll for the event. Poirier and Hooker earned Fight of the Night honors, giving each man an
Former UFC women’s bantamweight Cindy Dandois has started an OnlyFans account for her fans after losing her gym due to COVID-19. Dandois made the announcement herself this weekend on her social media. Take a look below what she shared with her fans on Twitter. I lost my gym during this Covid-lockdown, no help from our
9:34 AM ET It’s safe to say that a familiar face is back in UFC title contention. In what could be a fight of the year candidate, Dustin Poirier won a brutal battle against Dan Hooker in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday in Las Vegas. Both fighters traded wicked shots from the
Kamaru Usman (Photo: Buda Mendes/Zuffa) Kamaru Usman and Justin Gaethje seem to be having a blast caving each other’s ribs in. Usman is preparing for another UFC welterweight title defense but things are a bit different this time. “The Nigerian Nightmare” has changed camps ahead of his title showdown with former teammate Gilbert Burns. Usman,
Kay Hansen is the future, the first of a new batch of women’s mixed martial artists who were drawn into the sport after Ronda Rousey blew onto the scene and made a career in the UFC possible. At just 20 years of age, it’s way too early to tell whether she’ll be able to graduate
Former interim lightweight champion Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier returned to the octagon on Saturday after a nine-month layoff against No. 5 ranked Dan Hooker in the UFC Vegas 4 main event. Poirier hoped to rebound for a loss to champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in his last outing while Hooker was looking to put himself in title
MMA veteran Phil Baroni says that welterweight Mike Perry is a poor man’s version of him and said he would KO Perry if they ever fought. Like Perry, Baroni was known for his chiseled physique and also for his prodigious punching power. One of the biggest stars of the early days of the UFC, Baroni