Derrick Lewis expected to welcome Ilir Latifi to UFC heavyweight division Former UFC light heavyweight contender Ilir Latifi is making the move to heavyweight, where divisional powerhouse Derrick Lewis is expected to act as his welcoming committee. MMAWeekly.com sources confirmed the news following an initial report by ESPN that Lewis and Latifi have verbally agreed
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Darren Till entered the elite of the middleweight rankings when he edged out a win over Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244. Shortly after the bout, The Liverpool native made it known he didn’t want to fight Yoel Romero next. Yet, to much surprise, Till later called out Romero on social media. He would later walk back
11:00 AM ET Yoel Romero has lost three of his past four fights, yet the former Cuban Olympic wrestler seems to be a popular choice when it comes to being the next challenger for Israel Adesanya‘s UFC middleweight championship. Does the “Soldier of God” think he’ll be the next challenger? Adesanya said he’ll be willing
Image Credit: Steven Ryan/Getty Images Ken Shamrock has weighed in on the UFC 244 main event stoppage. A lot has been made over the UFC 244 headliner between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Masvidal scored a third-round TKO victory via doctor’s stoppage. Many have argued whether or not the cuts on Diaz’s eyebrow and below
Ben Askren announces UFC retirement and talks about need for hip replacement surgery (video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of ESPN MMA) UFC welterweight Ben Askren announced his retirement on Monday’s edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA show on ESPN. Askren has retired before, but this time it appears it is going to stick, primarily because of Askren’s
While not yet official, Khabib Nurmagomedov is expected to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight title against former interim champion, Tony Ferguson, in the first quarter of 2020. And though “The Eagle” isn’t looking past “El Cucuy,” he is still eying a potential mega-fight against former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight king, Georges St-Pierre. To
Jan Blachowicz was looking to cement himself as a top contender at light heavyweight in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo. He was taking on Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza who was making his debut in the division after having mixed results at middleweight as of late. In the end, just like Luke Rockhold and Chris
4:00 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The legend of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua lives on. Sort of. The former UFC light heavyweight champion, who had a multiyear stretch of more downs than ups in the aftermath of his brief, long-ago title run, appeared somewhat refreshed on Saturday night, enough to get a split draw against Paul Craig
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images You won’t get an argument against Jorge Masvidal being “championship caliber” from Joe Rogan and Israel Adesanya. Masvidal has been on a three-fight tear. He’s knocked out Darren Till and Ben Askren, and he earned a TKO victory via doctor’s stoppage over Nate Diaz. While many would’ve
Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone, as the UFC Fight Night 164 mixed martial arts (MMA) event took place last Sat. night (Nov. 16, 2019) from inside Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Plenty of fighters were left licking their wounds, including Jared Gordon, who was knocked out by Charles Oliveira in a
Shogun Rua frustrated with UFC on ESPN+ 22 judges, wants rematch with Paul Craig Former light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua faced Paul Craig in the UFC on ESPN+ 22 co-main event on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fight went the distance with the judges scoring the bout a split draw. Rua was left
11:59 PM ET UFC light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz maintained his spot in the 205-pound pecking order, as he narrowly defeated Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza via split decision on Saturday. The light heavyweight contest headlined UFC Fight Night inside Ginasio Do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Blachowicz (25-8) outpointed Souza on the official scorecards 48-47, 48-47 and
Image via Iranian Hulk’s Instagram account BKFC has announced the signing of Sajad Gharibi, better known as the “Iranian Hulk.” Gharibi is a bodybuilder from Ahwaz, Iran. He has gained popularity on social media due to his abnormal physique. If the featured image of this post isn’t enough to convince you of Gharibi’s insane physique,
UFC legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua wishes the UFC allowed stomps so he could pull off his signature move from the PRIDE days. The UFC follows the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which do not allow the use of stomps or soccer kicks to grounded opponents. That’s in contract to PRIDE, where Rua became a
Everyone hates draws. Even when a fight is so close that a draw is the only fair judgement that can be rendered, no one wants that bullshit. So when an otherwise entertaining comeback fight for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua against Paul Craig was deemed a split draw (29–28, 28–29, 28–28), the boo birds let their feelings
Khabib Nurmagomedov: ‘I don’t like hurting people, but I enjoyed smashing Conor McGregor’ [embedded content] (Courtesy of RT Sport) At a meeting with school kids in the Moscow Region, Khabib Nurmagomedov was asked about his proudest victory. Playing to his crowd, Nurmagomedov said that he didn’t like hurting people, but had to admit, he took
12:15 AM ET A light heavyweight main event between Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza failed to impress the crowd on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the result of the fight will nevertheless have an impact on the 205-pound weight class. Who’s next for Blachowicz following his narrow win over Souza? And where should
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC Sao Paulo is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Sao Paulo (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 22) took place on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The