12:34 AM ET Polish light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz needed a signature win at UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside the Santa Ana Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and he ended up getting it in the form of a devastating first-round knockout of Corey Anderson. The win improved Blachowicz’s UFC record to 9-5, and not
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Photo credit: UFC Twitter Corey Anderson vs. Jan Blachowicz for the second time is in the books. The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Rio Rancho event on Saturday night (February 15, 2020) from the that aired live on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. In the first round, Blachowicz laid him
Things got weird last night (Sat., Feb. 15, 2020) at UFC Fight Night 167 live on ESPN+ from inside Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, but the action still delivered as light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz cemented his UFC title shot with a first-round knockout finish over Corey Anderson in the main
Jan Blachowicz earns bonus for first-round knockout at UFC on ESPN+ 25 Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz fight card in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, the fight promotion announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from the event. Jan Blachowicz, Scott Holtzman, Jim Miller, and Daniel Rodriguez banked the $50,000 incentives. Fight
Jared Cannonier will not be fighting Darren Till or serving as a replacement for next months UFC 248 main event. The middleweight standout, Cannonier, was originally slated to square off with former division champion Robert Whittaker at the March 7 event in Las Vegas. However, ‘The Reaper’ was forced to withdraw from the contest, linking Darren
7:34 PM ET Manny Pacquiao has signed with Paradigm Sports Management, the company announced on Tuesday. In its announcement, the agency said he signed because he is looking to “solidify the final years of his boxing legacy.” According to the announcement, Pacquiao, a reigning welterweight world titleholder, the only fighter to win world titles in
Image Credit: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images Jared Cannonier will not be fighting anytime soon. Cannonier was expected to take on Robert Whittaker at UFC 248, but the former champ had to pull out of the fight. It was then expected he would battle Darren Till on the same card, but the scrap never came to fruition.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight veterans Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz will rematch TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 15, 2020) at UFC Fight Night 167 from inside Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. In the last couple years, Anderson’s skills have really come together, allowing “Overtime” to make the most of his physical
Jan Blachowicz can’t make any excuses for his lopsided defeat to Corey Anderson back in 2015. Coming off his first loss in the UFC, the Polish light heavyweight desperately wanted to get back into the win column, but instead he spent the better part of 15 minutes defending takedowns while trying to find a way
Image via @ufc on Instagram Jorge Masvidal says he will fight Leon Edwards if the Englishman can get past Tyron Woodley this March. Edwards will take on Woodley in the main event of UFC London in a potential number one contender fight. Heading into the fight, the Birmingham native says he is in the former
11:44 AM ET A potential light heavyweight title eliminator is officially set. Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz both made weight Friday morning for their possible No. 1 contender matchup, which is scheduled for Saturday night in the main event of UFC Rio Rancho in New Mexico. Anderson weighed 205 pounds, while Blachowicz hit the scale
Photo credit: UFC twitter Ilir Latifi does not agree with the judges following his loss to Derrick Lewis. Latifi and Lewis shared the Octagon on Feb. 8 at UFC 247. The bout was held inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Despite having success with the takedowns, things didn’t go Latifi’s way as Lewis was
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Often overlooked in the analysis of fights and fighters is just how much fighting hurts. Pain is rarely a conscious issue on the mind of fighters during a bout, but there are definite consequences to getting whacked on the nose or cracked in the ribs. Such consequences often come in the
UFC Rio Rancho weigh-in video and staredowns: Corey Anderson vs. Jan Blachowicz [embedded content] UFC Rio Rancho weigh-in face-offs [embedded content] Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 25 fight card is set after the top end of the card made weight at Friday’s official weigh-in in Rio Rancho, N.M. Only one fighter missed the mark. The fight
Image: @taxmexufc Earlier today, UFC flyweight contender Ray Borg missed weight for his UFC Rio Rancho fight with Rogerio Bontorin. This marked the fourth time Borg has missed weight since joining the UFC, as he’s previously blundered at both flyweight and bantamweight. Drama was also added to the situation by the fact that, after his
8:00 AM ET RIVER OAKS, Texas — Montana De La Rosa does the standard after-school parenting drill. Piloting her Ford Explorer with her husband, Mark De La Rosa, seated in the passenger seat and her daughter, Zaylyn Woods, in the back, Montana tries to pry the day’s details out of her third-grader. The math test?
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Henry Cejudo’s quest for even more gold continues and his latest tweet has gotten Alex Volkanovski’s attention. Cejudo is the reigning UFC bantamweight champion. UFC president Dana White told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter that the reported matchup between Cejudo and Jose Aldo will indeed take place. The bantamweight
Lil’ Hector Lombard is making his way to the bare-knuckle arena for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) 10, going down this Sat. night (Feb. 15, 2020) inside Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. While “Shango” “Showeather” “Lightning” was never blessed with height, he looks particularly small in his face off against fellow headliner