Image Credit: Getty Images Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team appears willing to travel wherever they have to for the Tony Ferguson fight. Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson is still on schedule for UFC 249. Nurmagomedov is the reigning UFC lightweight champion and will put his gold on the line against Ferguson. The title bout was originally set to take
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Jon Jones has gone on one of the most dominant runs ever as Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion, earning 11 title defenses, and losing only once in his entire mixed martial arts (MMA) career via disqualification. But before he earned his first-ever title fight, he had to prove himself, winning his first five
Relive Jon Jones winning UFC gold by stopping ‘Shogun’ Rua on this day in 2011 [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) On this date in 2011, Jon Jones became the UFC light heavyweight champion of the world when he defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128. Jones has gone on to be considered the greatest mixed
Image: @UFC on Instagram MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz is confident that Justin Gaethje would line the pockets of many fans as the underdog in a Conor McGregor matchup. Abdelaziz, the CEO of Dominance MMA, is responsible for a plethora of MMA stars including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo. One of his lightweight talents is
11:35 AM ET Colby Covington no longer wants to fight Tyron Woodley, and he doesn’t want to beef with American Top Team teammate Dustin Poirier. He just wants one thing: a rematch with UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. Covington said Wednesday during an interview on Submission Radio that he was willing to fight Woodley this
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White is being honest when he says he tried as hard as he could to avoid postponing events. The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll globally and the sports industry has felt that wrath. Most major sports organizations have put their operations on hold. At the very
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Though the specifics depend on where you live, most everything is closed right now. Anyone deemed non-essential is being asked to stay home, and it seems that only grocery stores and hospitals will keep their doors unlocked in the coming weeks. Northern California — particularly the Bay area — has among
Khabib Nurmagomedov willing to face Tony Furgson wherever UFC 249 lands Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, says that Nurmagomedov is willing to face Tony Ferguson in whatever country UFC 249 eventually lands. The event is scheduled to take place on April 18, and UFC president Dana White has stated that the event will
Ashlee Evans-Smith had been scheduled to face Molly McCann this upcoming weekend at UFC on ESPN+ 29 in London, but the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world effected the entire event. Before the combat sports world had been effected by the sudden changes, Evans-Smith went out to London ahead of time even though she recognized she
5:06 PM ET American Kickboxing Academy, one of the premier MMA gyms in the country located in San Jose, California, is closed indefinitely for about 22 hours per day. During those other two hours, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been training with a skeleton crew of sparring partners and coaches. “Just Khabib,” AKA head
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images One of Dominick Reyes’ training partners doesn’t see an immediate rematch with Jon Jones happening. Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship back in February. The title bout headlined UFC 247 inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. After five close rounds of action, Jones
Yes, it’s a slow news day. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, is adamant that the much-anticipated UFC 249 lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, which is scheduled to go down on April 18, 2020, will still happen despite business coming to a halt for the next month or so. Still,
Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington on Monday ripped on teammate Dustin Poirier. On Tuesday, he did an about face, apologizing and admitting that he broke a promise to his agent and the head of American Top Team, Dan Lambert. “I want to apologise to my teammate, Dustin Poirier. I broke a promise to
Image Credit: UFC.com and @ufc on Instagram UFC 249 needs a new home. The card, which is scheduled for April 18, will not be going down in Brooklyn, New York as originally planned. Amid the growing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, the New York State Athletic Commission has officially announced it will not be hosting the
7:53 AM ET Every single fighter on the UFC roster — heck, every single person on the planet — is struggling right now. These aren’t fun times. They are anxious and depressing times. We are missing out on things and wondering when life will return to normal. I genuinely feel bad for every MMA fighter
Image via Yoel Romero’s Twitter account Jon Jones is “proud” of the way Yoel Romero fought Israel Adesanya. Earlier this month, Romero challenged Adesanya for the UFC middleweight championship. The five-round title bout headlined UFC 248. Fight fans were left disappointed by the bout due to a lack of action. Adesanya successfully retained his 185-pound
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Last week, Dana White and UFC adamantly proclaimed for all to hear that the show would continue on, regardless of whether that meant venue changes or empty arenas. Cooler heads have since prevailed — or rather, government shutdowns and regulations forced them to — and the next three events have been
Courtesy of Blaine Henry, The Fight Library Coming off of his biggest win yet, and that’s saying a lot, Raoni Barcelos was heading into UFC Columbus with all of the momentum in the world. Sitting at 15-1, he is looking to climb up from his No. 15 ranking and put on a show in the