Kelvin Gastelum suspended for marijuana relative to UFC 244 USADA announced on Monday that Kelvin Gastelum, of Huntington Beach, Calif., has accepted a nine-month sanction for his second violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC APD) and received a five-month reduction to his sanction following the successful completion of a drug treatment program. Gastelum, 28, tested
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Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) The salaries have been released for UFC 249, and headliner Tony Ferguson topped the list with a $500,000 payday for this main event fight. According to the numbers obtained by MMA reporter Jed I. Goodman from the Florida State Boxing Commission, Ferguson was the highest-paid fighter at
6:50 PM ET When you build a card with as many big fights as UFC 249 had, the fallout is going to be considerable, especially coming from the top of the card. Justin Gaethje put on the performance of his career in ending the 12-fight win streak of Tony Ferguson to become UFC interim lightweight
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Justin Gaethje’s manager has offered a response to Conor McGregor’s scathing message. McGregor was paying attention to UFC 249 this past Saturday night (May 9). In the main event, Justin Gaethje took on Tony Ferguson for the interim UFC lightweight title. The winner would go on
Conor McGregor was very interested in the outcome of last Sat. night’s (May 9, 2020) UFC 249 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which went down inside Vystar Veteran Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Not only because he wanted to see how UFC would provide fighter safety to all combatants for COVID-19, but because the outcome of the
Conor McGregor was on a tear on Monday, lashing out at nearly everyone that is on his fight radar. From Justin Gaethje to Khabib Nurmagomedov to Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier, McGregor was in rare form, also admitting that he would now consider fighting without a crowd and his intent to move to welterweight. RELATED
UFC president Dana White has lashed out at Stephen Espinoza regarding his comments about the controversial UFC 249 event this past weekend. Espinoza made some noise in the lead-up to UFC 249 when he alleged that fighters on the card had to sign a document that claimed they would lose their purse if they spoke
2:13 AM ET By the time Henry Cejudo left the Octagon on Saturday night, after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz and announcing his retirement, the skeptics among his fellow fighters questioned whether the champ was seriously quitting or putting on another performance. But one thing skeptics didn’t question during UFC 249 was the
Image Credit: Jon P. Kopaloff / Getty Images Sport / Getty Georges St-Pierre has responded to being inducted in the UFC Hall of Fame. During the UFC 249 broadcast last night (May 9), it was announced that St-Pierre will headline the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2020. St-Pierre is regarded by many as the
Georges St-Pierre has finally been added to the UFC’s Hall of Fame, and his reaction to this news is probably the purest thing you’re going to see today. The UFC made the announcement on Saturday night during UFC 249: the Canadian star would be a 2020 inductee into the ‘Modern Wing’, where he shares a
UFC 249: Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz recap video <span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Watch the recap and highlights from the UFC 249 co-main event fight between bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo and challenger Dominick Cruz from Saturday’s event in Jacksonville, Florida. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Justin Gaethje
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Tony Ferguson squared off with Justin Gaethje for the UFC’s interim lightweight title yesterday evening in Jacksonville, Florida. The highly anticipated bout served as the main event of UFC 249, the promotions first fight card since March’s ‘UFC Fight Night’ event in Brazil. Despite being on a
2:06 AM ET The world embraced live sports for the first time in weeks on Saturday, as the UFC returned with a stacked lineup at UFC 249. There were several breakout performances on the night, but none bigger than Justin Gaethje‘s interim lightweight title win over Tony Ferguson, Henry Cejudo‘s bantamweight title defense against Dominick
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White will be working on the bantamweight title picture in short order. Last night (May 9), Henry Cejudo successfully defended the UFC bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz. Cejudo dropped Cruz with a knee to the jaw and followed it up with ground-and-pound for the TKO finish. During
After an eight week break from action due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the UFC returned to action on Saturday night at UFC 249, becoming the first major sport in America to get back up and going as the country continues to struggle with rising infection rates. While some (including US president Donald Trump) are heralding
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Former UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo suggested four fighters who should participate in a tournament to crown the new 135lbs champion. Cejudo shocked the sports world when he abruptly retired following a second-round TKO win over Dominick Cruz in the co-main event of UFC 249. Cejudo is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the
4:03 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim It was the greatest fight ever heard. Justin Gaethje landed 136 punches and kicks, and of those, approximately 136 were bombs. Not one twack or thud was drowned out by fans. Gaethje broke down an unbreakable man at UFC 249. Tony Ferguson took around two dozen knockout blows and didn’t