Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC will return on May 9 with a star-studded card and will also hold events on May 13 and 16. The promotion is looking to get back on schedule. So, they will hold three events in seven days and now the main events for May
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It may have taken longer than expected, but Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has managed to bring the premier MMA organization back from COVID-19 closure with the expected staging of UFC 249 on May 9. White, who has dedicated almost every second of every day over the past month to keep UFC on
Video: Dana White talks UFC 249 and safely restarting fights amidst pandemic The UFC is moving forward, beginning on May 9, to get back in the business of putting on regular fight events. UFC President Dana White on Friday confirmed not only that UFC 249 would move ahead on May 9 in Jacksonville, Fla., but
Image: UFC on Instagram Dana White plans on having Khabib Nurmagomedov fight in September of October against the winner of Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje. Nurmagomedov was expected to return to the Octagon at UFC 249 on April 18 against Ferguson. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic halted those plans as the champion couldn’t get out of
4:52 PM ET Bellator MMA announced Tuesday it has postponed a live event scheduled for June 6 in Chicago due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus. The event, Bellator 244, was supposed to feature a rematch between former lightweight champion Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson and take place at Wintrust Arena. “Due to the
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC boss Dana White believes he can get Fight Island going in June. The UFC has been pushing through with plans to hold events amid the coronavirus pandemic. The promotion is set for UFC 249 on May 9. The card will be held inside the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After weeks and weeks of failed plans, UFC 249 finally seems to be happening. UFC and Dana White are so confident that the event will run without a hitch — no calls from the governor in Florida! — that they have already booked two more events in the seven days following
Flashback Fight: Remember when Mirko Cro Cop got ‘Cro-Copped’ by Gabriel Gonzaga? [embedded content] Thirteen years ago, Gabriel Gonzaga scored a big upset when he knocked out Mirko Cro Cop with a head kick at UFC 70 in Manchester. The two heavyweights headlined the fight card and it ended in dramatic fashion. UFC 70 took place
Dominick Reyes wants to be the judge, jury and executioner, as he serves up some overdue justice towards Jon Jones. “The Dominator” faced off against the light heavyweight champion in the main event of UFC 247. Jones ultimately claimed the decision victory, but many spectators believed Reyes delivered the stronger performance. Since then, Jones has
2:13 PM ET The UFC is moving forward with plans to hold three events in Florida within a seven-day period, beginning with UFC 249 on May 9, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday. White said there will also be UFC cards on Wednesday, May 13 and one on May 16. He would not
The venue for UFC 249 has been announced. It had been reported that UFC 249, which is set for May 9, will be taking place in Florida. It turns out, the report was correct. Earlier today (April 24), the UFC announced its May 9 event is being held inside the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. Due
Expect May to be a very busy month for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which has a lot of ground to cover after missing part of March and all of April. And while the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep Khabib Nurmagomedov the world locked down, the state of Florida has deemed mixed martial arts (MMA) an
UFC President Dana White has been adamant that UFC 249 will happen on May 9. On Friday, White revealed that UFC 249 would be the first of three events that will take place in an eight-day span. “We’re gonna go three shows in a week. We’re back May 9. We should be back on schedule
Bellator fighter Dillon Danis took to social media earlier today where he proclaimed that the next time he sees Ariel Helwani, he plans on dropping him. The jiu-jitsu standout, Danis, took to Twitter with the following message for the popular ESPN journalist. next time i see @arielhelwani pic.twitter.com/zg2jzmgoEH — Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) April 23, 2020
7:21 PM ET Halle Berry found out the hard way about the perils of being in the cage with Valentina Shevchenko, one of the world’s best MMA fighters. Berry, the Hollywood A-lister, said Tuesday on “The Tonight Show” that she “broke some bones” during a movie fight scene last year with Shevchenko, the UFC women’s
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC “champ-champ” Daniel Cormier is using his time to give back to youth wrestling. Cormier finished fourth in the 2004 Olympics in wrestling. He also made the 2008 team as a captain but was forced out due to kidney issues. “DC” went on to become a
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Patricio Freire is one of the most accomplished fighters on the Bellator roster. A double-champ at Lightweight and Featherweight with five total title defenses at 145-pounds, Freire has made his mark as one of the best on the planet without ever competing inside the Octagon. “Pitbull” has always seemed rather content
Flashback Fight: BJ Penn submits Matt Hughes to win welterweight title [embedded content] BJ Penn and Matt Hughes kicked off their memorable rivalry at UFC 46 for the welterweight championship. They would eventually fight three times throughout their careers. Their UFC 46 bout would mark Penn’s welterweight debut. He dramatically defeated Hughes to win the