1:57 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Aleksandar Rakic‘s march is over. It’s hard to march — or even walk or stand — on a grotesquely swollen leg. The Austrian light heavyweight had won 12 fights in a row going into Saturday’s co-main event of UFC Fight Night in Busan, South Korea. But Volkan Oezdemir put a
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Image via @officialdurkin on Instagram (photographer not listed) Patrick Cummins, the UFC light heavyweight contender who famously left his job as a barista to fight Daniel Cormier on short notice, has announced his retirement from MMA. Cummins made his announcement on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve given the idea of retirement a lot of careful
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Don’t expect Michel Pereira to change anything about his flashy, aerial approach to fighting when he faces Diego Sanchez at UFC Rio Rancho in February. Only two fights into his UFC career, welterweight Michel Pereira is already someone who’s fight will most certainly find its way on
Event: Bellator 238: “Budd vs. Cyborg”Date: Sat., Jan. 25, 2020 exclusively on DAZNLocation: The Forum in Inglewood, California Bellator 238 Main Event: 145 lbs.: Julia Budd (13-2) vs. Cris Cyborg (21-2, 1 NC) Bellator 238 Main Card (10 p.m. ET): 145 lbs.: Aaron Pico (4-3) vs. Daniel Carey (7-3) Bellator 238 “Prelims” Card (7 p.m.
Cowboy Cerrone refutes claims he’s taking a dive against Conor McGregor at UFC 246 Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is nobody’s sacrificial lamb no matter how much he’s getting paid. Just weeks ahead of his upcoming fight against Conor McGregor at UFC 246, Cerrone has started to hear rumors that he’s being offered a substantial payday to
2:24 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Ronaldo Souza will drop back down to middleweight with a compelling matchup waiting for him. “Jacare” and Uriah Hall have verbally agreed to a 185-pound fight at UFC 249 on
Check out BJPenn.com‘s list of the top-10 MMA fighters of the decade, featuring the likes of Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, Demetrious Johnson and Cris Cyborg. The first thing to note is that this is a very subjective and difficult list to come up with. There were so many fighters who could be included
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Tyron Woodley doesn’t appear to be convinced that Conor McGregor would have a chance against Jorge Masvidal. It’s clear that Masvidal has his sights set on a clash with McGregor. In a phone conversation recorded by Hans Molenkamp, “Gamebred” said he was targeting the “Notorious” one
With 2019 coming to a close, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is looking back at some of the best moments and highlights for the promotion over the last 10 years with its “Decade in Review” series. See the best moments of 2010 right here. In the latest installment, the series highlights some of the most electrifying
Looking back on his November first-round TKO victory over Jaime Hernandez at LFA 79, bantamweight Youssef Zalal is happy he got the win, but is always critical of his performance. Though the fight only lasted 2:15, Zalal feels that he wasn’t able get the kind of cage time he was hoping to have at this
2:42 PM ET Dillon Danis has his second fight set since his infamous outside-the-cage brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Danis, the teammate of Conor McGregor, will meet Kegan Gennrich at Bellator 238 on Jan. 25 in Inglewood, California, Bellator president Scott Coker announced Friday on Twitter. Danis is a well-known Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout attempting to crossover
Image Credit: Paul Miller of USA TODAY Sports Donald Cerrone has denied reports of training with Duke Roufus ahead of his showdown with Conor McGregor. “Cowboy” and the “Notorious” one will do battle in the main event of UFC 246 on Jan. 18. Renowned coach Duke Roufus said that Cerrone was prepared to visit Roufusport
Image via @ufc on Instagram It turns out Donald Cerrone will not be having Duke Roufus’ help in his UFC 246 camp to prepare for Conor McGregor. On Jan. 18, in the main event of UFC 246, “Cowboy” will return to the Octagon at welterweight against the Irishman in McGregor. In the lead up to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Following his monstrous fifth-round knockout win over Alistair Overeem, new Heavyweight contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik immediately named his next target: Francis Ngannou. That’s not a callout many men are making right now, as Ngannou is riding a three-fight win streak made up entirely of seemingly effortless knockout. Frustrated by sitting on the
A decade into his MMA career and former Bellator lightweight titleholder Michael Chandler is still as excited to fight as he ever has been. Chandler treats every day as another opportunity to get better at what he loves doing, and thus embraces the lifestyle of a fighter fully. He has plans to keep doing it
image via Caposa UFC legend and MMA referee Frank Trigg was praised by Bellator flyweight Nate Yoshimura for a timely stoppage during his fight at Bellator Hawaii. Yoshimura took on Chas Dunhour in a flyweight bout that kicked off the Bellator Hawaii card this past Saturday in Honolulu. In the second round, Yoshimura was on
8:00 AM ET Danny Roberts will take on Nicolas Dalby in a welterweight bout on March 21, 2020 at the O2 Arena, it has been announced. It is the first fight to be announced at one of the most eagerly anticipated UFC events next year. Roberts (17-5) responded from back-to-back defeats with victory over Zelim
Image Credit: Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kevin Lee wants a bout with Islam Makhachev and he claims the ball is in the Dagestanian’s court. Lee is coming off a brutal head kick knockout victory over Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 last month. “The Motown Phenom” hasn’t been shy in expressing his interest