Image Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev /AFP/Getty Images UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed the cause of his father’s illness. Reports from media outlets surfaced revealing that Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was in a coma following a fight with pneumonia and flu-like symptoms. While later reports revealed Abdulmanap underwent heart surgery and is out of a coma, it’s
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Two of the top wrestlers in the women’s Bantamweight division are likely to face off, as MMA Junkie reports that Sara McMann and Aspen Ladd will fight at a UFC event on Sat. June 27, 2020 at a to-be-determined location. At the moment, Las Vegas is considered a possibility. Ladd herself
Flashback Fight: Jose Aldo defeats Chad Mendes a second time at UFC 179 [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Former champion Jose Aldo successfully defended his UFC featherweight title when he faced Chad Mendes for the second time at UFC 179 in an entertaining Fight of the Night contest. The event took place at Ginásio do
Chael Sonnen believes Conor McGregor could very well get a welterweight title shot next if he so desires. McGregor recently went on a Twitter rant where he called out several lightweights. Yet, Sonnen isn’t convinced the Irishman fights at 155 pounds next. Instead, he thinks a fight against Jorge Masvidal or the trilogy with Nate
8:22 AM ET Justin Gaethje has arrived. He might not think so, as evidenced by the disdain with which he tossed aside the interim lightweight championship belt moments after winning it with a brutal fifth-round TKO of Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event on May 9. “I’ll wait for the real one,” Gaethje
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Daniel Cormier may not be chummy with Jon Jones but he’s giving credit where it’s due. Jones is the UFC light heavyweight champion but it appears he’s eyeing a different challenge. “Bones” expressed confidence in moving up to the heavyweight division after seeing the efforts of Ovince
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) return to action with UFC 249 (links), UFC Jacksonville (recap) and UFC on ESPN 8 (results) all going down in the span of eight days, starting on Sat. May 9 and concluding on Sat. May 16 in Jacksonville, Fla. It was a home run, according to UFC president Dana White, as
Flashback Fight: Watch Nate Diaz derail the Conor McGregor hype train at UFC 196 <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Nate Diaz surprised the MMA world when he defeated Conor McGregor on short notice at UFC 196. The rematch would take place only a few months later at UFC 202.
Image: UFC on Instagram Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has responded to a rankings-related gripe from recent light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes. Reyes recently took to Twitter to air his disappointment about being bumped out of the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings by Woodley, who currently holds the No. 15 spot. On another note. How
12:15 AM ET The UFC wrapped up a whirlwind of three live events in a span of eight days on Saturday, and the last man standing was the seemingly ageless heavyweight, Alistair Overeem. Overeem capped off the week of UFC action with a second-round TKO over Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida.
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Marlon Vera thinks he was snubbed at UFC on ESPN 8. Last night (May 16), Vera went one-on-one with Song Yadong on the main card. The bout was contested in the featherweight division. After three rounds of action, the score totals were in. All three judges
Is Henry Cejudo really retiring? Listening to the former UFC double champ and Olympic gold medalist talk after his win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, it sounds like he’s pretty damn done. He laid out his case for hanging up the gloves convincingly, describing a competitive lifestyle that dominated his life since he was
Claudia Gadelha UFC on ESPN 8 post-fight press video [embedded content] Women’s strawweight Claudia Gadelha narrowly defeated Angela Hill in the UFC on ESPN 8 co-main event on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. She then fielded questions from the media at the post-fight press conference. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Fighters show outpouring of support
UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell is not a fan of the recent slate of decisions in MMA, calling the judging “extra disgusting lately.” Rothwell was responding to a Tweet from women’s strawweight contender Angela Hill, who lost a narrow split decision to Claudia Gadelha in the co-main event of UFC Florida. The Hill decision was high
12:54 AM ET Walt Harris was stopped by Alistair Overeem in the second round in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday. But that didn’t diminish his performance in the eyes of his UFC peers. Many of them, including Harris’ heavyweight division rival Francis Ngannou, took to social media after the fight in Jacksonville,
Image Credit: Michael Campanella/Getty Images The main event of UFC Jacksonville did not end without controversy when Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith via fifth-round TKO, and days later, the aftermath of the event continues to linger bitterly in the mouth of the Lionheart. Anthony Smith, by all appearances, was on his way to victory early
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) completed it third event in eight days last night (Sat., May 13, 2020) as UFC on ESPN 8 went down from inside Vystar Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The headlining act saw Alistair Overeem finish Walt Harris in the third round via strikes (see it again here). In the co-headlining
Flashback Fight: Stipe Miocic face-plants Fabricio Werdum to capture UFC gold [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Stipe Miocic captured the heavyweight title at UFC 198 in 2016 when he upset Fabricio Werdum on home soil in Brazil. The event took place at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. Miocic silenced the crowd midway through the