7:12 PM ET Amanda Nunes was driving around Miami with her then-girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, looking for a bar. They had just watched teammates from American Top Team compete in a kickboxing event and were trying to watch UFC 157. The date was Feb. 23, 2013, and the main event was historic as Ronda Rousey was
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Image Credit: John Locher / Associated Press Frankie Edgar was more than willing to step up when the UFC needed him. Chan Sung Jung was set to take on Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21. Those plans went awry when Ortega went down with a torn ACL. Despite being
Renan Barao’s time as a UFC fighter has come to an end. Barao is the former UFC bantamweight champion but has been on a skid as of late. He has dropped five straight and is just 2-8 in his last 10 leading to the UFC releasing him from his contract. Combate was first to report
Since leaving the UFC in mid-2017, middleweight Scott Askham has been on a tear. Following a split-decision win in his first fight after his release, Askham has picked up three straight finishes, including his most recent fight in May when he defeated Michal Materia for the KSW middleweight title. Speaking to MMAWeekly.com prior to his
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been gearing up for his anticipated bantamweight debut later this month at UFC 245 from Las Vegas, Nevada, when he takes on perennial contender Marlon Moraes. Aldo, 33, has never competed at 135 pounds before and needed to drastically adjust his diet to get there. While the initial
8:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Max Holloway has won an unprecedented 13 straight fights in the UFC’s featherweight division. He has dominated at 145 pounds for five years. Holloway, the champion of that weight class, admits now that he must leave featherweight in the future if he wants to achieve his ultimate goals. Holloway
Image: Jose Aldo Junior on Facebook Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will make his bantamweight debut at this month’s UFC 245 event when he squares off with Marlon Moraes. Aldo’s decision to drop down a weight class caught many by surprise, as the Brazilian has always struggled making the featherweight mark of 145-pounds. In
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Dana White is on board with Khabib vs. McGregor 2 if both fighters win their upcoming contests. Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Conor McGregor to retain the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 229, the most successful pay per view in the history of the promotion, and McGregor has been lobbying for a
Welcome to Midnight Mania! When Darren Till moved to Middleweight and immediately accepted the challenge of facing Kelvin Gastelum in his 185-pound debut, a lot of people did not like the match. Many fans thought it was too much for Till after his recent losses, and Dana White even had to publicly defend the match
Alistair Overeem on tragic events surrounding Walt Harris being replaced (UFC on ESPN 7) [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Alistair Overeem was originally supposed to face Walt Harris at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 7 in Washington, DC, but that was before tragedy struck Harris and his family. Harris pulled out of the fight when
7:30 AM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been in the UFC for only nine months, and yet he already has made enough noise in the heavyweight division for people to take notice. In three UFC fights, Rozenstruik has three finishes via KO or TKO. His last two fights have ended in a combined 38 seconds courtesy
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Dana White has confirmed that he and Floyd Mayweather have reached a verbal agreement. Last month, Mayweather had the combat sports world buzzing when he teased that something was in the works with the UFC president. “Money” and White had a conversation during an NBA game. Mayweather followed that up
Image: Irish Times UFC president, Dana White has laid out the plan for Conor McGregor to get his rematch against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Ever since McGregor lost to Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in the fourth-round by submission he has been clamoring for a rematch against the Russian. Yet, he won’t get an immediate rematch, but the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Strawweight contenders Cynthia Calvillo and Marina Rodriguez will throw down this Saturday (Dec. 7, 2019) at UFC on ESPN 7 from inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Calvillo enters this bout riding a two-fight win streak, currently ranked as the tenth-best contender in her division. At one point, Calvillo
Dana White: Colby Covington should worry about Kamaru Usman, not me strapping the belt on him [embedded content] (Video courtesy of The Jim Rome Show) There are no two ways about it. UFC president Dana White is a polarizing character. He can be your best friend or your sworn enemy. He and UFC welterweight contender
11:01 PM ET The UFC’s final main event of the decade has taken a hit. Brian Ortega, who was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung on Dec. 21 in Busan, South Korea, has been forced to withdraw from the featherweight headliner due to a torn ACL, he announced via Twitter. pic.twitter.com/meIc0o8V9Z — Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity)
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Brian Ortega will not meet Chan Sung Jung at UFC Busan. Ortega and Jung were scheduled to headline a UFC event inside the Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea on Dec. 21. That is no longer the case. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reports that Ortega is off the
Earlier this evening unfortunate news broke that Brian Ortega has been forced out this month’s UFC Busan main event against ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report the disappointing news citing an undisclosed injury had forced ‘T-City’ out of the highly anticipated featherweight matchup. Most recently Brian Ortega took