Kamaru Usman has a message for Colby Covington in front of their epic UFC 245 showdown: there is no escaping what you have created. Kamaru Usman has always been open about his feelings for Colby Covington and his desire to wreck him inside the Octagon. In the UFC 245 main event in Las Vegas, Nevada,
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UFC president Dana White believes that top-ranked welterweight title contender Leon Edwards could be the next big superstar for UK MMA. Edwards is the No. 4 ranked welterweight on the UFC roster. He has a 10-2 record inside the Octagon and is currently riding an eight-fight win streak. White says he has taken notice of
YouTube sensation Logan Paul recently appealed his split-decision loss to fellow social media star KSI following their six-round celebrity boxing match last month inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. (highlights here). The decision stands. “My appeal got denied. I can’t say I did not see this coming,” Paul said (transcribed by Cole Shelton). “For
Video: Kamaru Usman on his rocky history with Colby Covington [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Kamaru Usman talks about Colby Covington and their turbulent history before they meet in Saturday’s UFC 245 main event in Las Vegas. TRENDING > Nate Diaz unleashes behind-the-scenes footage with Nick Diaz Army from UFC 244 fight week The
10:39 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Colby Covington is shadow boxing, warming up for a private striking workout. He’s with a coach, inside a room tucked next to an acai bowls cafe. Rock music is playing on Covington’s smartphone, and he’s wearing a shirt that reads “Stomp my flag, I’ll stomp your ass.” It’s
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Washington! Check out all the changes below! Pound for Pound: No changes Strawweight: No changes Women’s Flyweight: With the most recent title challenger Liz Carmouche out of the picture, everyone moved up one spot, including Ji Yeon Kim, who debuts in
Image via @colbycovmma on Instagram Earlier this week former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington shocked a lot fans by suggesting that his UFC persona is basically all an act. ‘Chaos‘, who is set to challenge Kamaru Usman for the promotions welterweight title this weekend at UFC 245, sat down with Candace Owen where he
Video: Kamaru Usman disses Colby Covington’s act; Max Holloway and Amanda Nunes join in [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Kamaru Usman disses on Colby Covington’s ‘act.’ Max Holloway and Amanda Nunes say why they stay away from not being themselves. All three champions were on stage together at the UFC 245 Athletes Panel. Usman
Amanda Nunes has already taken out the best Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has to offer after going on an impressive run that saw her defeat Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm, among others. Now, the current champ-champ might have to look elsewhere to find an opponent should she take out Germaine de
6:57 PM ET Remember when you were a child and you would grab a flower and do the whole “She/he loves me, she/he loves me not” game? Those were nice times, right? Well, right now our beloved sport of mixed martial arts is that flower. And there’s a lot I love about what’s going on
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Leon Edwards says a fight between himself and Tyron Woodley as the main event of UFC London makes all the sense in the world. Yet, Woodley recently came out and said he would not fight in London, and instead is looking to fight in the United
Image: Irish Times Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, two of the most heated rivals in UFC history, both have fights booked. Nurmagomedov will defend the lightweight title against Tony Ferguson in April of the new year, while McGregor is slated to return to the cage against Donald Cerrone on January 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Male Slapping Championships — courtesy of Russia (of course) — is back in the news this morning after its previously undefeated champion, Vasily Kamotskiy, suffered the first loss of his career by way of violent, bloody knockout. Rookie Vyacheslav Zezulya is now king of the beards. Kamotskiy doubled over after taking one flush from Zezulya
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2:38 PM ET Liz Carmouche was involved in the first women’s fight in the UFC. She just fought for the UFC women’s flyweight title, a loss to Valentina Shevchenko in August. So, it came as a surprise when she was released by the UFC last week. Carmouche said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show that
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Max Holloway still has faith that a showdown with Khabib Nurmagomedov can materialize. Holloway is scheduled to defend his UFC featherweight championship this Saturday night (Dec. 14) against Alex Volkanovski. Nurmagomedov will put his lightweight gold on the line against Tony Ferguson on April 18. Holloway and Nurmagomedov were scheduled
Bellator color commentator and MMA referee Big John McCarthy has given his thoughts on the controversial stoppage in the Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight. Referee Big Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight at 4:56 of the fifth round after Rozenstruik knocked Overeem down. But instead of continuing to attack Overeem, Rozenstruik walked away from his
With several hundred athletes on the roster, it’s no surprise that there is a revolving door of fighters joining and leaving the ranks of the UFC. A couple recent releases were rather notable in former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao and former women’s bantamweight and flyweight challenger Liz Carmouche, who left under very different circumstances