Photo credit: UFC Twitter Felicia Spencer vs. Zarah Fairn didn’t last long. The two fighters met in a women’s featherweight bout at the UFC Norfolk event on Saturday night (February 29, 2020) from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Spencer didn’t waste any time in getting a takedown
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With the US presidential election coming up in November and the Democratic nomination process in full swing, it’s already extremely hard to ignore all the divisive and whacked out political news being sprayed at us like a firehose. It’s even leaking through into our mixed martial arts again! If you thought it might go away
ONE King of the Jungle highlights: Sexyama lands blistering KO for first post-UFC win <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> ONE: King of the Jungle took place behind closed doors because of concerns over the coronavirus in Singapore. So UFC veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama found himself performing in front of an
Megan Olivi was cageside to watch her husband Joseph Benavidez take on Deivedson Figueiredo for the UFC’s vacant flyweight title this evening in Virginia. The highly anticipated matchup served as the headliner of UFC Norfolk, but only Benavidez was eligible to take home the 125-pound strap, this after Figueiredo missed weight by 2.5lbs on Friday.
10:42 PM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The UFC’s flyweight division is still champion-less, but Deiveson Figueiredo sure looked the part on Saturday. Figueiredo knocked out Joseph Benavidez with a right hand in the second round of their main event bout at UFC Fight Night inside Chartway Arena. Figueiredo did not win the crown, however, as
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Deiveson Figueiredo crushed Joseph Benavidez. The two fighters met in a vacant flyweight title bout at the UFC Norfolk event on Saturday night (February 29, 2020) from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. The finish came in the second round. They collided heads, which
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made its presence known to Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, last night (Sat., Feb. 29, 2020) for UFC Fight Night 169. It featured a strong main event that was an excellent match up, a pivotal Flyweight title bout between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo. The rest of the card … well
Megan Anderson earns UFC Norfolk bonus with one-punch knockout Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo event in Norfolk, Virginia, the fight promotion announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Megan Anderson, Kyler Phillips, Gabriel Silva, and Jordan Griffin earned the $50,000 incentives. Fight of the Night honors went to the bantamweight contest between
Image: @UFC on Instagram UFC President Dana White has defended his decision to book Jose Aldo as the next man to challenge Henry Cejudo for the promotions bantamweight title. Earlier this week it was announced that the Brazilian legend, Aldo, would be fighting ‘Triple C’ for his bantamweight title at May’s UFC 250 event in
5:36 PM ET Tito Ortiz has his win back. The UFC Hall of Famer was disciplined by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) last month, which included the overturning of his December victory over Alberto Rodriguez to a no-contest. On Friday, the TDLR said Ortiz’s win had been reinstated. As ESPN reported Thursday,
Image Credit: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington is aware of 50 Cent and Rosie O’Donnell basking in his defeat. Covington challenged UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman back in Dec. 2019. The welterweight title bout headlined UFC 245 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Covington fell short in his fifth-round
Deontay Wilder was expected to give cornerman, Mark Breland, his walking papers after throwing in the towel in the seventh round of “Bronze Bomber’s” rematch with Tyson Fury earlier this month. Wilder was getting pummeled by “Gypsy King” from the opening bell of their anticipated heavyweight reboot, but never wanted to have the fight stopped.
In a whirlwind of flip-flopping results, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation again changed the result of the Tito Ortiz vs. Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez bout. The TDLR this time reinstated the original result, which was a submission victory in Ortiz’s favor. The two battled in the main event of Combate Americas’ first pay-per-view
Fabricio Werdum has opened as a sizeable favorite over Alexey Oleynik in his return to the Octagon. It has been made official that Werdum will battle Oleynik at UFC 250 which takes place on May 9 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fight was one that the Russian had called for, given both are jiu-jitsu specialists.
11:19 AM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The UFC was set to usher in a new era for its flyweight division in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Now only one of the participants is even eligible to win the title. Brazilian flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) weighed in at 127.5 pounds on Friday, 2.5 pounds over
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC president Dana White doesn’t care how you feel about his support for POTUS Donald Trump. White hasn’t been shy in expressing his support for Trump. The UFC boss has said that he isn’t into politics but with Trump things are different. Trump has shown his support
Welcome to Midnight Mania! All street fight stories have roughly the same introduction — a lot of curse words, general shouting, and posturing — so even here, the first 30 seconds can safely be skipped without missing much. Immediately after, however, the action heats up, and the impressiveness of the man in the white jacket
UFC Norfolk: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo weigh-in video [embedded content] Tune in for the UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo ceremonial weigh-in live at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT from Norfolk, Virginia, on MMAWeekly.com. The UFC Norfolk weigh-in video will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following the live stream. For those that