2:12 PM ET UFC president Dana White made some news Tuesday morning, and while much of the focus was on the cards he announced for the highly anticipated Fight Island, he threw in a nugget that arguably dwarfs any other fight mentioned. The trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is set
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(Photo: MMAFighting) Gilbert Burns wasn’t interested in being silent following Nate Diaz’s remarks. Burns is set to meet UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on July 11. The bout will headline UFC 251 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. This will be the first UFC title opportunity for Burns, who is riding a six-fight winning streak.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There were many questions leading up to Weili Zhang’s first title defense opposite Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Was the Chinese athlete the real deal? Her initial ascent to the crown was so quick she could be argued as unproven. Jedrzejcyzk faced the opposite issue: did the former champion still have what it takes
UFC president Dana White revealed on Tuesday that “Fight Island” is located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The first fight card to take place at the location will be UFC 251 on July 11, featuring a welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and challenger Gilbert Burns. Following the announcement, Nate Diaz
Image Credit: @ufc on Twitter (photographer not listed) Gilbert Burns has issued a response to Nate Diaz after the fan-favorite trashed the welterweight title fight set to take place at UFC 251. Diaz took to social media where he was not happy that Gilbert Burns was getting the title shot against Kamaru Usman. “This is
12:22 PM ET UFC president Dana White announced Tuesday that the trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is set for Aug. 15. Cormier, 41, has said this will be his last fight before retiring. Miocic beat Cormier by fourth-round TKO on Aug. 17, 2019, to regain his belt after Cormier knocked
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The trilogy bout between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is finally official. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto brought word that Miocic vs. Cormier III is now set for Aug. 15. Both men haven’t competed since their rematch back in Aug. 2019. Miocic was recovering from an eye procedure. He
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will ask reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman to defend his 170-pound strap against red-hot division contender Gilbert Burns in the upcoming UFC 251 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, set for Sat., July 11, 2020 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The promotion was hoping to book Usman against bitter rival Jorge Masvidal,
Flashback Fight: Michael Bisping narrowly defeats Anderson Silva [embedded content] Michael Bisping, winner of TUF season three, won a razor-close contest with Anderson Silva at the O2 arena in London back in 2016. Bisping and Silva headlined the event in front of 16,734 spectators. The win would put Bisping in a position to step in
UFC Star Jon Jones has delivered an important message in wake of what has been a terrible beginning to the 2020 year. The longtime UFC light heavyweight kingpin, who recently requested his release from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, took to Twitter with the following important message for families and everyone in society to consider. pic.twitter.com/2rvBibo4rW
10:21 PM ET With UFC 250 in the books, the promotion is turning its attention to its next pay-per-view event. The UFC is targeting Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 2 for the featherweight title on July 11, sources told ESPN. The fight, however, isn’t signed yet. Volkanovski defeated Holloway to win the title in December.
Image Credit: Masashi Hara/Getty Images The highly anticipated UFC debut of Jiri Prochazka is set. ESPN was the first to report that Prochazka’s first UFC bout will be taking place on July 11. He’ll share the Octagon with Volkan Oezdemir. While the location hasn’t been revealed, the UFC event could take place on “Fight Island.”
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jiri Prochazka (26-3-1) is one of the biggest new signings of the year so far, an excellent fighter in a relatively empty division. UFC snagged the former Rizin Light Heavyweight kingpin back in January, not far removed from his vicious knockout of UFC veteran CB Dollaway (watch it!). The Czech athlete
Dana White addresses pandemic: ‘The worst is yet to come’ UFC president Dana White talks about the struggles of running the UFC during the pandemic and he opens up on his thoughts that the “worst is still yet to come” at the UFC 250 press conference. The fight promotion was the first sports organization to
Image: UFC on Instagram In the main event of UFC 250, Amanda Nunes was looking to defend her featherweight title for the first time when she battled Felicia Spencer. It was the first time Nunes was going back up to 145-pounds since her upset win over Cris Cyborg at UFC 232. For Spencer, it was
7:53 AM ET UFC president Dana White didn’t have long to celebrate another solid night of fighting on Saturday before Conor McGregor stole the thunder from UFC 250. McGregor abruptly announced — for the third time on social media — that he is retiring from MMA. It was just the latest public spat White has
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Floyd Mayweather has reacted to Conor McGregor’s retirement claim. Following UFC 250 this past Saturday night (June 6), McGregor announced that he is done with his fighting career. Many are skeptical as this isn’t the first time McGregor has claimed to be walking away from MMA
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight phenom Sean O’Malley captured his fourth straight win inside the Octagon by starching 135-pound veteran Eddie Wineland at the UFC 250 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in Las Vegas. And while “Sugar” has yet to beat anybody ranked in the Top 15 — or face a high-level wrestler — O’Malley