Looking back on his 2019, featherweight Emmanuel Sanchez is pleased with how his year turned out, as he picked up back to back wins coming off a loss to close out his 2018. First against Georgi Karakhanyan in March, then against Ty-wan Claxton in July, Sanchez had two strong performances, and moved himself forward in
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Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) When Kevin Lee fights Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC Brasilia this weekend, there will not be any fans in the building. That’s because the UFC has converted the card to a closed-door event to mitigate risk associated with the coronavirus. While this quiet, closed-door
8:22 AM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov is not new to No. 1. The UFC lightweight champion was already at the top of the ESPN pound-for-pound rankings, but until now, he was sharing that spot. However, in the wake of Jon Jones‘ second straight close call — a decision win over Dominick Reyes in their light heavyweight
Image via Joshua Fabia’s Instagram account One UFC welterweight isn’t pleased with Joshua Fabia’s presence in the MMA community. Fabia has had a slew of detractors since he took over the coaching reins for Diego Sanchez. Many including UFC color commentator Joe Rogan and former UFC “champ-champ” Daniel Cormier have criticized Fabia’s corner advice. Both
Welcome to Midnight Mania! March 11, 2020 is likely a day for the history books. The last few hours have been chaotic. Just to recap a few of the Coronavirus-related headlines of the evening: flights from Europe to the USA have been banned, the entire NBA season is suspended after a player tested positive, Tom
Paulo Costa crashed Dana White’s presser after being kicked out of UFC 248 [embedded content] Paulo Costa crashed Dana White’s press conference after UFC 248. White had been alternately dissing and praising Paulo Costa and talking about Costa and his manager – former UFC and Pride fighter Wallid Ismail – going nuts in the arena.
Image Credit: Alexander Volkanovski’s Instagram (Photographer not listed) Alexander Volkanovski plans on defending his featherweight title in the main event of UFC 251 at home in Australia. Volkanovski won the belt back at UFC 245 with a decision win over Max Holloway. Since then, he had hand surgery but says he will be ready to
8:42 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Standing in the corner between the fourth and fifth rounds of the Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 main event on March 6, Abel Briceno thought his fighter, Lisa Verzosa, was in good shape to win the vacant bantamweight title. Then he saw the score. Julija Stoliarenko was up
Fight fans may be in for a treat as Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till is reportedly close to being finalized. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Whittaker vs. Till is being targeted for UFC Dublin on Aug. 15. Okamoto notes that bout agreements haven’t been signed yet but that stage is close. Here’s what Okamoto had
A few days after Brian Ortega semi-apologized to Jay Park for slapping him inside T-Mobile Arena during the UFC 248 festivities in Las Vegas, Nevada, “T-City” has offered up a more sincere apology. Ortega took to Instagram to write a lengthy post apologizing not only to Park, but to Chan Sung Jung, as well as
KSW 53 becomes latest MMA event cancelled because of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic As the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic continues to ramp up fears of a pandemic across the globe, more and more sporting events and other large gatherings are falling to the wayside. The Poland-based KSW fight promotion on Wednesday announced the cancellation of its KSW
Image via @ufc on Instagram The sportsbooks have released the opening betting odds for the upcoming women’s featherweight title fight at UFC 250 between Amanda Nunes and Felicia Spencer. The UFC officially announced last week that Nunes will defend her featherweight belt for the first time against Spencer at UFC 250, taking place on May
8:24 AM ET Just in case the chatter about Justin Gaethje being considered the front-runner to fight Conor McGregor next wasn’t sinking in, Ali Abdelaziz — the manager of Gaethje and Khabib Nurmagomedov — emphasized over the weekend that there would be no McGregor-Nurmagomedov rematch unless McGregor fights someone like Gaethje first. UFC president Dana
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Michael Bisping was on the edge of his seat for the first round of Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero but that wasn’t the case by the end of the fight. Taking center stage at UFC 248 was a middleweight title clash. Adesanya put his 185-pound gold
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Tyron Woodley doesn’t feel like he’s being treated fairly. Woodley has leveled many complaints in the direction of Dana White and UFC in the past, and the two have publicly beefed quite a bit — even while Woodley was champion! This time more
Dana White addresses Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier trilogy fight [embedded content] UFC president Dana White has long said that he wants a trilogy fight between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former titleholder Daniel Cormier as the next bout for both men, but when that will happen is still undecided. It has been nearly 7
Image: UFC on Instagram Brian Ortega has officially apologized to Jay Park for slapping him in the face at UFC 248. Park, who is a K-Pop star, was alongside Chan Sung Jung aka Korean Zombie where he was serving as Zombie’s translator. Previously, Ortega has said he will slap Park if he sees him, and
1:09 PM ET The PFL announced a new class of signees, including several UFC and Bellator MMA veterans, for its 2020 regular season on Tuesday. Some of the more established names amongst the announcement included former UFC lightweight Johnny Case (27-7-1), former Bellator lightweight title challenger Marcin Held (26-7) and NCAA Division I national champion