Image Credit: USA Today Sports UFC president Dana White believes a win for Conor McGregor on Jan. 18 would be crucial for his fighting career. McGregor hasn’t been in action in over a year. He failed to become a two-time UFC lightweight champion when he was submitted by Khabib Nurmagomedov in Oct. 2018. He’ll have
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Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar took on The Korean Zombie in the headliner of today’s UFC Busan event in South Korea. ‘The Answer’ had taken the bout on short-notice, this after ‘TKZ’s’ original opponent Brian Ortega was forced to withdraw from the contest due to injury. The decision prolonged Edgar’s eventual move to bantamweight,
Korean Zombie tops UFC Busan performance bonuses After taking out a former champion like Frankie Edgar in spectacular fashion, how could Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) not win a Performance of the Night bonus? Jung topped the bill at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on Saturday, headlining the Busan, South Korea, fight card in
Bellator 236: “Macfarlane vs. Jackson” comes to Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, later this evening (Sat., Dec 21, 2019), streaming live on DAZN. The only undefeated champion in the entire promotion, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, puts her title on the line once again in the place she is most beloved. Let’s break it down! 125
3:51 AM ET Liz Carmouche did not spend too long on the free-agent market. The women’s mixed martial arts pioneer has signed a multi-year, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA, the promotion announced Saturday. Carmouche was informed of her release from the UFC on Dec. 6 after more than six years with the promotion. Carmouche competed
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Matt Schnell was a slugfest at UFC Busan. The two fighters met in a flyweight bout at the UFC Busan event on Saturday morning (December 21, 2019) from the Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. This was a back and forth fight right out of the
The Octagon returns to Korea for UFC Busan, a 13-bout fight card headlined by a featherweight tilt between Frankie Edgar and ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. Jung (15-5 MMA) was initially slated to face Brian Ortega at today’s event. However, the California native suffered an injury and was thus forced out of the contest.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage its UFC Fight Night 165: “Edgar vs. Korean Zombie” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+ in the wee hours of Sat. morning (Dec. 21, 2019) inside Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea, which means you can stay up really late tonight or get up super early tomorrow, depending
UFC Busan Live Results: Edgar vs. Korean Zombie (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC on ESPN+ 23: Edgar vs. Korean Zombie bout from in Busan, South Korea, is scheduled to begin on Saturday,
4:33 PM ET A highly significant middleweight bout has been booked for the first quarter of 2020. Former champion Robert Whittaker will meet contender Jared Cannonier at UFC 248 on March 8 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Friday. In his last fight, Whittaker lost the title to Israel Adesanya. ESPN has him ranked No.
Image Credit: James Chance/Getty Images Jorge Masvidal plans to put a beating on Conor McGregor but he still respects him. Masvidal is in search of big money fights. He certainly got a taste of it when he fought Nate Diaz last month at UFC 244. Masvidal captured the one-time-only BMF championship with his third-round TKO
Bellator star Dillon Danis has a new fight announced for January. The 26-year old will be back in action at Bellator 238 on January 25 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, where he’ll take on Kegan Gennrich in a 175-pound catchweight. Last month, reports circulated that Danis was targeted for a fight at Bellator 238.
UFC makes Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo for vacated flyweight title News broke late Thursday that UFC dual-division champion Henry Cejudo would vacate the flyweight title. It’s now official and there is already a plan in place to determine a new champion. UFC officials on Friday confirmed that Cejudo would relinquish the flyweight title, opting
My original headline mentioned Dillon Danis fighting Kegan Gennrich, but unless you’ve trained at Fox Valley Grappling Club in Appleton, Wisconsin, you’ve probably never heard of the latter, so I figured it was better to list him by rank. And if being ranked 8th among active Mississippi pro welterweights doesn’t impress you, then you should
10:48 PM ET Henry Cejudo will again be down to just one belt. Cejudo told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Thursday that he will relinquish his flyweight title in order to focus on defending his bantamweight belt. He specifically called out Jose Aldo as a potential next opponent but said he will fight “anybody and everybody
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Henry Cejudo says he wasn’t stripped of the UFC flyweight gold, rather he has decided to relinquish it. Cejudo captured the 125-pound championship back in Aug. 2018. He stunned Demetrious Johnson and took a split decision win. “Triple C” went on to put away T.J. Dillashaw in
Henry Cejudo has taken the time to react to the news that he has been stripped of the UFC Flyweight Championship. Cejudo, who hasn’t fought at flyweight since the start of the year when he successfully retained the belt against TJ Dillashaw, is no longer the champ after it was reported that Joseph Benavidez will
UFC double-champ Henry Cejudo is being stripped of his flyweight belt UFC dual-division champion Henry Cejudo may have saved the flyweight division, but the 125-pound weight class is going to move on without him steering the ship. Currently holding the flyweight and bantamweight championships, Cejudo is going to be stripped of the flyweight belt. The