11:50 AM ET UFC president Dana White promised he was bringing back sports for good — and it certainly feels that way as the UFC prepares to host its second event in five days. After postponing all events from March 14 to May 9 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC is looking to make
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Brian Kelleher shut the lights out of Hunter Azure at UFC Jacksonville. The two fighters met in a bantamweight bout at the UFC Jacksonville event on Wednesday night from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on ESPN+. In the second round, Kelleher landed a sweeping left hook that knocked out his opponent but
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight veterans Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will duel TONIGHT (May 13, 2020) from inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. I don’t know that anyone predicted such an incredibly successful move to 205 pounds for Smith. Sure, he got smacked down by Jon Jones in his title shot,
Joe Rogan on commentating at UFC 249 amidst pandemic: ‘I decided, I gotta do one’ <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Joe Rogan was a part of history on Saturday night, commentating on the UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje broadcast. UFC 249 was the first major professional sporting event to
UFC president Dana White says his promotion will spend around $150,000 on COVID-19 tests for the UFC Jacksonville series. White has been adamant for the last two months that the UFC’s show would go on despite the coronavirus pandemic affecting every sports league around the world. After the original UFC 249 card was canceled, White
3:39 PM ET The UFC went eight weeks without an event — March 14 to May 9 — because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s time for the organization’s second live card in just five days. UFC 249 felt like a breath of fresh air for the sports world. And it would be hard to
UFC Jacksonville goes down tonight (Wed. May 13, 2020) from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and we have the results. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy. It’s headlined by a meeting between Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira in a light heavyweight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Earlier today, WOWT reported that an Iowa man later identified as UFC veteran Timothy Gorman was arrested on Sunday night. Officers pulled over a vehicle driving on the shoulder and called a K-9 unit for “detected clandestine activity.” As a result of the eventual vehicle search, officers “uncovered 121 pounds of
Following a series of will it or won’t it happen in regards to her originally scheduled April 18 bout, bantamweight Sarah Moras will finally have her first chance to fight since her win this past September over Liana Jojua at UFC 242. Thanks to the novel coronavirus, Moras has seen multiple delays in her fight,
Dan Hardy believes he would knockout Anthony Pettis if they were to fight. Hardy was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome in 2013 leaving him unable to fight. Yet, in 2018 the Englishman announced he was cleared to compete again and in 2019 said he has joined the USADA testing pool. Although Hardy has taken those steps,
12:41 PM ET UFC president Dana White said Tuesday that he expects the lightweight unification bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje to happen on Fight Island this summer. “I don’t know if it will be the first one, but it will be on Fight Island, unless miraculously the world comes back
Image Credit: Getty Images It looks like UFC 249 was a home run despite the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC held its first event since March 14th this past Saturday night (May 9). UFC 249 was held inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. No fans were in attendance. The main event featured an
Bellator 219: “Awad vs. Girtz” went down March 29, 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. Hard-hitting Lightweights squared off in the main event as Saad Awad (23-10) faced off with Brandon Girtz (15-8). To the surprise of some, that fight went the distance and was incredibly close, with Girtz rocking Awad several
Justin Gaethje punched his ticket to a fight with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov when he defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday night. Now it looks like that fight may happen much sooner than many had anticipated. White UFC President Dana White stated in the lead-up to Ferguson vs. Gaethje that the winner would
Image via @ufc on Instagram With Henry Cejudo abruptly retiring from MMA, UFC bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling is calling for a vacant title fight against Petr Yan. Cejudo shocked the MMA community when he announced after this TKO win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 that he would be vacating the belt and retiring from
7:57 PM ET If there was any question about who Conor McGregor wants to fight next, the answer was delivered on Monday afternoon in a series of profane tweets aimed at UFC interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje. McGregor said he would butcher Gaethje and put his teeth on a necklace. It’s a different stance than
Image Credit: Michael Campanella/Getty Images The UFC Jacksonville weigh-ins are here. Tomorrow night (May 13), a UFC Fight Night card will be held inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. There will be no fans in attendance. In the headliner, Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will do battle in a light heavyweight scrap.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 249 was a risk, but yesterday I argued it was a success based on the high-quality of the event. One of the main selling points of holding the event was the idea that in this sports-deprived time, a huge number of fans would willingly fork over their cash and purchase