4:08 PM ET The UFC has announced its full lineup for a UFC Fight Night event on May 30, which is expected to take place at the company’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White confirmed a welterweight bout between former champion Tyron Woodley (19-4-1) and Gilbert Burns (18-3) will headline the card,
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Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Francis Ngannou feels a showdown with Daniel Cormier would provide a more stern challenge than a rematch with Stipe Miocic. Back in Jan. 2018, Ngannou challenged Miocic for the UFC heavyweight gold. Miocic used his wrestling and ground-and-pound to keep Ngannou contained for five rounds. Miocic
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will be making his awaited return to the Octagon next weekend against Gilbert Burns on May 30 live on ESPN+ from UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, and “Chosen One” expects it to be a violent affair. Woodley, 38, will be making his first Octagon appearance since losing his
Even before the novel coronavirus forced MMA, and the rest of the world, into a lockdown, lightweight Sage Northcutt was already on the sidelines, recovering from surgery after suffering several facial fractures in his loss to Cosmo Alexandre for ONE Championship in May of 2019. As Northcutt puts it, he is more than ready to
Former UFC and Bellator star Chael Sonnen has unveiled his pound-for-pound rankings, and they’re bound to stir up some debate. Sonnen unveiled his rankings on his official YouTube channel. [embedded content] Sonnen has placed Khabib Nurmagomedov at No.1, on the basis that Nurmagomedov is undefeated and the champion of the lightweight division, which is viewed
7:46 AM ET Between the fourth and fifth rounds of his main event bout against Glover Teixeira on May 16 in Jacksonville, Florida, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith walked to his corner, sat on a stool and told his team, “My teeth are falling out.” And lo and behold, they were. Smith (33-15), who lost
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC’s flyweight title will be back up for grabs in July as Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez will have an immediate rematch. MMAJunkie was first to report the news that the two will rematch for the vacant strap on July 18 at a location TBD. The
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou has only been discussed as a realistic possibility for the previous week or so, but the fight world has already bought into the idea hook, line, and sinker. It’s an undeniable tremendous match up, as Jones would finally test the Heavyweight waters. More than that, he
Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou’s attempts to press the UFC into a blockbuster bout appear to have fizzled after the UFC apparently balked at the price tag. Though there are a still a few fights for him at light heavyweight, the longtime 205-pound champion has been teasing a move to heavyweight for the past couple
Image via YouTube UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has issued a new statement after talks of a super-fight between he and Francis Ngannou broke down earlier tonight. This afternoon ‘Bones’ released some exciting news on social media stating that he was entering negotiations with the UFC for a heavyweight showdown with ‘The Predator’. Unfortunately
2:08 PM ET Rising star Sean O’Malley is scheduled to fight veteran Eddie Wineland at UFC 250, per multiple sources. The event is slated to take place at the UFC Apex arena in Las Vegas, though the promotion has yet to officially announce that because it is waiting for the state of Nevada to give
Image screencapped from UFC Embedded It looks like any hope for Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou has been dashed. Jones and Ngannou have been going back-and-forth on social media regarding a potential fight. “Bones” may be the UFC light heavyweight champion but he gained confidence in a potential move up in weight class after seeing
It’s seems the much-talked about super fight between current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, and hard-hitting Heavyweight contender, Francis Ngannou, has hit a bit of a speed bump. During a recent barrage of tweets, “Bones” revealed that the promotion failed to pony up the cash to make the fight a reality.
Video: Watch every Anderson Silva finish of his UFC career [embedded content] Anderson Silva hasn’t been very busy over the last few years of his UFC tenure, fighting just six times since 2013. Regardless, he is one of the most prolific finishers in UFC history. With 11 middleweight finishes and three light heavyweight finishes to
Image via Aljamain Sterling on Instagram Another big bout has been added to the UFC 250, as Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen are now set to collide in a crucial bantamweight fight on the card. Sterling announced that he’s fighting at UFC 250 on social media on Thursday morning. Funk Bandits, it’s official! My contract
May 19, 2020 Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has been put into a medically induced coma in Moscow, the fighter’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Abdelaziz confirmed Abdulmanap was transported to Moscow from his native Dagestan via airlift earlier this month. Nurmagomedov has publicly stated his
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Max Holloway is stepping up to help Hawaii. The former UFC featherweight champion is helping the “All 4 Hawaii Challenge,” by getting people to donate to Hawaiian food banks. Not only will people do good by donating food but each donation will be paired with a raffle
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Almost all of the COVID-19 related changes to sports are not fun. Yeah, it’s neat to watch fights without crowd audio from some dark room in Jacksonville, but the situation is hardly an satisfying replacement for fans that would love to be in the room with all the action. UFC is