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10:56 PM ET What were the biggest moments from the first UFC event in San Antonio since 2019? Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim offer up their final thoughts after the 10-fight card at the AT&T Center. It was trendy a few years ago to call Cory Sandhagen a future UFC bantamweight champion. After back-to-back jaw-dropping

Gianni Vazquez has revealed the injuries he suffered due to an incompetent referee at last night’s Fury FC 76 event. Vasquez squared off with former Dana White Contender Series fighter Edgar Chairez in a flyweight bout at last night’s event in San Antonio Texas. After a competitive opening to the contest, Vasquez got caught in a

Cory Sandhagen defeated Marlon Vera last night (Sat., March 25, 2023) at UFC San Antonio live on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Across five rounds, Sandhagen proved himself the better man, picking apart and outwrestling “Chito” consistently. Sadly, UFC San Antonio wasn’t the best event of the year. Three planned fights

UFC San Antonio Bonuses: Finishers banked an extra $50,000 Following Saturday’s UFC San Antonio event at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, UFC president Dana White announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Fight Of The Night: CJ Vergara vs Daniel Lacerda It was only the second fight of the night, but it was one

Jiri Prochazka and Khamzat Chimaev are having a back-and-forth on how their previous training sessions went years ago. On Wednesday, Chimaev was on The MMA Hour and said he used to train with Prochzka, this while claiming he would submit him and beat him up. He also noted that he was surprised the UFC signed

One Fight Night 8 went down last night (March 24, 2023) from inside the Singapore Indoor Arena in Kallang, Singapore, but it wasn’t exactly the card that was planned. Two weeks prior to the event, the planned Heavyweight title unification bout between Arjan Bhullar and Anatoly Malykhin fell apart. As a result, the scheduled co-main

UFC San Antonio Live Results: Vera vs. Sandhagen UFC San Antonio: Vera vs. Sandhagen results begin at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, March, 25, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Click on the fight below in the UFCSanAntonio:Veravs.Sandhagen Live results section for live

10:38 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano as its headliner for a UFC Fight Night on April 29, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.. Moicano posted the news to his social media on Thursday, and sources told ESPN Tsarukyan has also agreed to the 155-pound bout.

Former UFC commentator Dan Hardy had a couple of thoughts after attending UFC 286 last weekend. The card was headlined by a welterweight trilogy title clash between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Ultimately, it was ‘Rocky’ who picked up the victory by majority decision. Other excellent performances across the main card saw wins by names

One of the worst stoppages in recent mixed martial arts (MMA) history occurred tonight (Fri., March 24, 2023) inside the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas during Fury FC 76. In the main event, former Dana White Contender Series (DWCS) veteran Edgar Chairez took on Gianni Vazquez. In the fourth round, after

UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athlete competing on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 43 fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-ins for the public in San Antonio, Texas on Friday. The event is headlined by a bantamweight fight between contenders Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen. Both men are ranked

8:48 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Bantamweight is arguably the deepest division in the UFC. The list of potential fighters who could one day be champions is long — perhaps longer than in any

UFC bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen already has a callout set for this weekend. ‘The Sandman’ has been out of action since his clash with Song Yadong last September. In that outing, Sandhagen scored a fourth-round stoppage win over ‘The Kung Fu Kid’. That victory snapped a two-fight losing streak for the former title challenger, as

Nobody missed weight for UFC San Antonio. Unfortunately, not everyone showed up for the official weigh ins. Less than 24 hours after bantamweight bruiser Tamires Vidal withdrew from the “Lone Star State” fight card (because of this), lightweight prospect Manuel Torres was yanked from the lineup due to “medical issues.” That means opponent Trey Ogden

Over the past two years, bantamweight Jerrell Hodge has not only been active in MMA, but has been pursuing avenues in multiple combat sports like boxing at the same time. For Hodge, doing so many different things has been a boon to keeping him ready to fight and preventing any stagnation in his game. “I

9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN To call Kayla Harrison the face of the PFL is to state the obvious. One could argue that she’s been not just the most eye-catching face but the only face, as none of the recognizable names the fight promotion has imported — talking about you, Anthony Pettis and Rory MacDonald

UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal is expecting a big knockout win in his return. ‘Gamebred’ has been out of action since his clash with Colby Covington at UFC 272. In their five-round welterweight main event last March, ‘Chaos’ earned a win by unanimous decision. Weeks following the incident, Masvidal reportedly assaulted Covington outside a Miami

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Former UFC title challenger and color commentator Dan Hardy is no longer on the UFC’s good side. “The Outlaw” was fired from his commentary position in 2021 over an alleged argument with a fellow employee, but no details have really been established further. Since then, the feud between Hardy and White