Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action this weekend to feature UFC 247 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, as legendary light heavyweight champion Jon Jones met undefeated contender Dominick Reyes in a highly-anticipated main event. Before “Bones” and “Devastator” lock horns in one of the most important title fights
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Katlyn Chookagian is full of confidence heading into her first UFC title fight. In the co-main event of UFC 247, Chookagian will take on current flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko and will do so as a massive underdog. She is hovering around +700. But, that isn’t slowing her confidence, as she says she is better everywhere
6:38 PM ET HOUSTON — UFC 247 has a new participant — just about 24 hours before the fights will commence Saturday at Toyota Center. James Krause agreed to fight Trevin Giles on the card on just a day’s notice, he told ESPN on Friday. Antonio Arroyo, Giles’ initial opponent, had issues with cramping after
UFC 247 pay-per-view event goes down tonight (Sat. February 8, 2020) from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy. It’s headlined by a meeting between Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes for the UFC light heavyweight title. Jones was able
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back after a week off to stage UFC 247 later tonight (Sat., Feb. 8, 2020) from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event — which is available exclusively through ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) — will feature a Light Heavyweight title fight between division kingpin, Jon Jones, defending his belt against
While making the transition from the amateur ranks to the pros is not always easy for fighters, for bantamweight Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels, the move has actually made her a more effective fighter. Since turning pro in 2018, Wessels has picked up three straight wins, with finishes in all three of her bouts. “I never had
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and his next opponent Yoel Romero got into a dance-off at the UFC 248 press conference. The UFC invited Adesanya and Romero to UFC 247 this weekend and before the card on Saturday night they held a press conference for next month’s UFC 248 event that both men are headlining.
11:59 AM ET HOUSTON — Jon Jones‘ quest to make more MMA history is official. Jones, the longtime UFC light heavyweight champion, weighed in at 204 pounds Friday morning for his title defense against Dominick Reyes, which is scheduled for Saturday at Toyota Center (10 p.m. ET, order here on pay-per-view). Reyes weighed in at
The UFC 247 ceremonial weigh-ins are set to begin. Setting The Stage Tomorrow night (Feb. 8), UFC 247 will take place inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. In the main event, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will collide with Dominick Reyes. The co-main event will see a women’s flyweight title bout as title holder
Khabib Nurmagomedov continues to be unimpressed with the UFC’s efforts to set up a rematch between him and Conor McGregor. When Dana White announced that the winner of McGregor vs. Cerrone would earn a title shot, Khabib dismissed the fight as being ‘minor league.’ And while White continues to claim Nurmagomedov won’t turn down an
UFC 248: Israel Adesanya vs.Yoel Romero Press Conference Video [embedded content] Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya puts his title on the line for the first time against Yoel Romero in the UFC 248 main event on March 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. On Friday, the two fielded questions from the media prior to the
8:36 AM ET In 2019, Jon Jones accomplished something he never had before: He flew under the radar. Even in a year in which the UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, failed to make a single appearance, 2019 was by all measures one of the quietest years of Jones’ career. He defended his light heavyweight championship
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Daniel Cormier is only interested in the Stipe Miocic trilogy, according to UFC president, Dana White. Cormier said he was going to retire by March of last year before he turned 40. Yet, he ended up delaying that until August when he fought Miocic again and
Image: Juan Adams on Facebook This weekend the UFC will bring two title fights to Houston, Texas with the light heavyweight title and women’s flyweight championship on the line at UFC 247. In the main event, Jon Jones, who is regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time, will defend his title against
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight smashing machine, Derrick Lewis, is a pretty big deal in Texas, where he not only saved a bunch of children from hurricane flood waters, but also shilled for that mattress dude who took a bath in the 2019 World Series. That’s why “Black Beast” was honored with his own mural
UFC 247 weigh-in video: Jon Jones looks ripped on the scale [embedded content] UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones stepped on the scale on Friday for his UFC 247 headlining bout opposite Dominick Reyes looking shredded. UFC 247 takes place on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Houston, Texas. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > UFC 247
11:33 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jon Jones was just 23 years old when he became light heavyweight champion in 2011, making him the youngest belt holder in UFC history. He looked unbeatable and the sky was the limit, it seemed. But it has been a bumpy road for “Jonny Bones” ever since, with a mixture