9:04 PM ET As the year and the decade come to a close, the UFC is in the midst of perhaps its most successful run ever. And that momentum looks like it will continue in 2020 with Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone headlining UFC 246 on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White
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Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Dana White and the UFC have been doing well coming into the end of the decade. The UFC has a history of making stars, Conor McGregor being one of them. While he did not fight in 2019 and the UFC proved the show goes on with or without him, 2020
According to a new report, top-ranked UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa was the most-tested athlete on the UFC roster by USADA in 2019. Yahoo! Esportes recently reported that with 14 blood and urine tests, Costa was tested more than any other male fighter on the entire UFC roster by USADA. Women’s strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes simply cannot get along! The two are set to clash at UFC 247 on February 8th from inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, but it seems likely that there will be plenty more traded insults between then and now. This exchange began innocuously enough. Reyes
Bellator Japan fight highlights: Fedor knocks out Rampage in final fight in Japan <span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) See the highlights and recap from Bellator Japan: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson from Saturday’s event in Japan. TRENDING > Conor McGregor is looking huge ahead
10:12 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim NEW YORK — IT is minutes before midnight on Christmas, and David Michaud is standing in the middle of 42nd Street, taking pictures of the bustling neon cathedral that is Times Square. The “walk/don’t walk” sign is telling him he has another 12, 11, 10 seconds to remain planted there
Image Credit: Mark J. Rebilas of USA TODAY Sports The Korean Zombie (Chan Sung Jung) feels that the UFC matchmakers should hold off on a potential rematch between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway and greenlight a bout between himself and the new champion instead. Alexander Volkanovski became the new UFC featherweight champion when he defeated
Image: PFL Former Olympic judoka Kayla Harrison is a little over a day out from a championship clash with Larissa Pachecho. The winner of this bout, which headline the final Professional Fighters League (PFL) event of the year, will pocket a whopping $1M prize. In addition to this $1M prize, which is awarded to the
Rizin’s year-end extravaganza hits the Internet early tomorrow morning (Tues., Dec. 31, 2019) with three title fights and the conclusion of its Lightweight Grand Prix in tow. In the main event, 26-year-old phenom Kai Asakura looks to build off of his brutal upset of Kyoji Horiguchi against fellow knockout artist Manel Kape. The promotion’s top
Dana White: Max Holloway 100-percent deserves immediate rematch… maybe in Australia [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Though Alexander Volkanovski looked sharp in taking the UFC featherweight title from Max Holloway at UFC 245, he’ll likely have to make his first defense against the Hawaiian to solidify his status as champion. Holloway had won 14
Image Credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Gervonta Davis is still undefeated and has added another piece of gold to his mantle after stopping Yuriorkis Gamboa. Davis was already the WBA (Super) super featherweight champion, but he went for the WBA (Regular) lightweight gold last night (Dec. 28). Davis vs. Gamboa headlined a card held inside the State
Last week, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took to Twitter to bash his UFC 247 opponent Dominick Reyes. “Dominic watching your interviews, it’s obvious you think you’re better than me,” Jones wrote. “You never struggled with substance abuse, you have your big degrees, was always team captain at everything. We get it. “I’ve been
Fedor clarifies retirement comments after knocking out Rampage Jackson [embedded content] (Courtesy of MMAFightingonSBN) Fedor Emelianenko wasted no time putting a stamp on his final fight in Japan. Two minutes and 44 seconds into his Bellator Japan headlining fight, he landed a right hand that put fellow Pride FC veteran Quinton “Rampage” Jackson face down
It’s crazy to think that the next couple of weekends are going to be UFC-free, and even crazier knowing things kick right back into high gear on January 18th with the return of Conor McGregor against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. It just doesn’t feel real yet: the typical circus surrounding a McGregor fight hasn’t
1:28 AM ET Fedor Emelianenko‘s farewell tour is off to an outstanding start. Emelianenko landed a big right hand to knock out Quinton Jackson at 2:40 of the first round Saturday night in the main event of Bellator Japan at Saitama Super Arena. It was the first time Jackson had been stopped since 2005 and
Another year is coming to a close, which means it’s time for the 2019 MMA News Awards. Fight fans weren’t short on witnessing memorable moments in 2019. From the emergence of a familiar face in Jorge Masvidal to a new star being born in Israel Adesanya, MMA in 2019 won’t soon be forgotten. The MMA
Before UFC 246 takes place next month featuring a welterweight main event between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone, check out this fan-made promo video. The YouTuber Youssef Hannoun created the following promo video for UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone. Check it out below. [embedded content] When McGregor meets Cerrone in the main event of UFC
Fedor Emelianenko returned to Japan last night, knocking out Quinton Jackson in the first round of their fight at Bellator 237 (watch the highlights here). After it sounded like “The Last Emperor” hung up his gloves, but during a post-fight media scrum Fedor’s translator revealed he misinterpreted the Russian heavyweight’s statement. ”I want to take