Heavyweight knockout artists Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris will battle this Saturday (May 16, 2020) at UFC on ESPN 8 inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. For all his talent and skill, Overeem is often a frustrating man to watch. The Dutchman was just a few seconds from turning away Jairzinho Rozenstruik, but
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UFC President Dana White posts his personal COVID-19 swab tests So you don’t believe the UFC is testing everyone? Well, we can’t prove that, but UFC president Dana White has posted at least two of what he says are the three COVID-19 swab tests that he has undergone. White was highly criticized for trying to
Image via @lionheartasmith on Instagram UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith released a statement following a brutal TKO loss to Glover Teixeira at UFC Jacksonville. Smith was beaten down in devastating fashion by Teixeira for nearly 25 minutes before the referee mercifully stopped the fight in the fifth round. The stoppage was extremely controversial, as
12:19 AM ET Light heavyweight Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith by TKO in the fifth round Wednesday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 4 seconds. It was just the second fifth-round TKO in UFC light heavyweight history. The other featured Alexander Gustafsson stopping
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White rarely holds his tongue in the face of criticism. There wasn’t an exception when New York Times reporter, Kevin Draper, questioned the UFC’s execution of its COVID-19 protocols. The UFC returned to action for the first time since March with UFC 249 on May 9. Instead
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Prior to the return of UFC events, there was a lot of speculation — some from me! — as to how fighters would perform with less-than-ideal camps on short-notice bookings. Two events in, and it seems like the general level of performance has remained high. There has not be any particularly
Glover Teixeira, Ben Rothwell tower over UFC Jacksonville fighter salaries Glover Teixeira, at 40 years of age, put on one of the best performances of his career at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Fla. He was handsomely reward for his efforts. Not only did Teixeira collect a $50,000 Performance of
Image: @thenotoriousmma on Instagram Conor McGregor took to Twitter earlier tonight to thank Mike Tyson, this after ‘Iron Mike’ praised ‘Notorious’ for his efforts against Floyd Mayweather. Although McGregor ultimately went on to lose his first career boxing match to Mayweather in their blockbuster fight in August of 2017, Tyson still had nothing but praise
7:44 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is ready to turn tragedy into triumph. On Saturday night, Harris will fight for the first time since his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard went missing last October and was found dead of a gunshot wound the following month. He’ll compete in the UFC Fight Night main event against veteran
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images WBC champion Ryan Garcia may be pulling Henry Cejudo out of retirement. Cejudo, who defended his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 last weekend, announced his retirement after his victory. For some reason, a feud on social media between the two began and it could
Brian Campbell has had a number of close brushes in his personal life and it has only served as fuel for self-belief. Campbell appeared as the sophomore guest on the MMA Mania and Bloody Elbow joint-interview series, The Insiders (video above). The Showtime and CBS personality spoke candidly about the turbulent birth of his twin
Since joining Bellator in 2016, Ryan Bader has put together one of the promotion’s most impressive winning streaks. He has picked up five wins (with one no contest) and claimed the promotion’s light heavyweight and heavyweight championships in the process. With his success, it only makes sense that Bader would be featured on the CBS
Image Credit: UFC on Instagram UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is certain he’d win a potential fight with heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou, and he’s ready to prove it. Speaking on Twitter on Thursday morning, Jones shared his belief that his recent opponent Thiago Santos, who he beat by decision in 2019, is a
2:12 AM ET The main event of Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night card in Jacksonville, Florida elicited strong reactions for two drastically different reasons. On the one hand, 40-year-old Glover Teixeira was praised for his fourth straight win, this one coming over Anthony Smith, who just over a year ago was facing Jon Jones for the
Image Credit: Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC Jacksonville bonuses have been released. On May 13, the UFC held an event inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was held behind closed doors, meaning no fans were in attendance. The card was headlined by a light heavyweight battle. In
Last night (Wed., May 13, 2020), Glover Teixeira picked up his biggest win in several years by absolutely mauling Anthony Smith at UFC Jacksonville from inside Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Smith started off strong, showing a quicker jab and sharper boxing than at any point previous in his career. “Lionheart” really looked
Dana White confirms date change of upcoming Fight Night event The Ultimate Fighting Championship is changing the date of an upcoming UFC Fight Night event. UFC president Dana White confirmed during Wednesday’s UFC Jacksonville post-fight press conference that the Fight Night event planned for May 23 will now take place on May 30. The fight promotion
A light heavyweight bout featuring former title challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira headlined tonight’s UFC event in Jacksonville. Smith (33-14 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since UFC Stockholm in June of 2019, where he defeated hometown favorite Alexander Gustafsson. Prior to that victory, ‘Lionheart’ was coming off a unanimous decision