ONE: Dawn of Valor results: Kiamrian Abbasov becomes champion; John Lineker wins debut Kiamrian Abbasov scored the biggest win of his career at ONE: Dawn of Valor in Jakarta on Friday. He ground out s unanimous decision win over Zebaztian Kadestam, winning the welterweight title in the process. Kadestam looked to score with his trademark striking at the
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Image: @Mayceebarber on Instagram UFC women’s flyweight contender Maycee Barber has responded to the reports that Paige VanZant has turned down a fight against her. Maycee Barber posted a video on her Instagram where she explained to PVZ why she wants to fight her. Here’s what Barber said. Maycee Barber (@MayceeBarber) just posted this to
11:31 PM ET All 22 fighters scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Singapore have successfully made weight, including welterweight headliners Ben Askren and Demian Maia. Askren (19-1) weighed in at 170.5 pounds, while Maia (27-9) hit the welterweight limit of 171 pounds. That bout will headline the event, which will take
Image Credit: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Jon Jones has been through his issues with USADA and he’s offering some advice to Nate Diaz. For years, Diaz has made it clear that he feels most mixed martial artists are on performance-enhancing drugs. One of his more popular lines is, “Everybody’s on steroids.” Fight fans were surprised
Though Nate Diaz dropped a bomb on UFC 244 on Thursday, stating that he was out of his headlining fight with Jorge Masvidal, he hasn’t yet been officially ruled out. Diaz apparently derailed one of the biggest UFC non-title fights in history when he tweeted that a drug test had shown “elevated levels,” adding that
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor named his date — and UFC president Dana White didn’t exactly dispute it — but there is currently someone seemingly in the lead to face the Irishman: Donald Cerrone. “Cowboy” and McGregor were once nearly booked to fight earlier in the year, but unknown circumstances cancelled the bout. There
Image via @ufc on Instagram Former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz claims he will no longer be competing against Jorge Masvidal for the BMF Belt at UFC 244. Diaz took to Twitter just minutes ago where he broke the shocking news. Your all on steroids not me pic.twitter.com/ykrZmRIoPS — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) October 24,
Oct 22, 2019 Ben Askren has never been afraid to speak his mind. He stormed into the UFC last year after a historic trade and exchanged verbal shots with just about everyone, from Conor McGregor to Colby Covington to Dana White. Askren makes his third Octagon appearance Saturday against Demian Maia in the main event
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Francis Ngannou has been calling for a fight and after Junior dos Santos pulled out, many thought Ngannou would fill in. Yet, that was not the case as Francis Ngannou says he turned down the fight against Alexander Volkov as it didn’t make sense. But, he
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion Randy Couture, who also held gold at 205 pounds, suffered a heart attack on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where he remains hospitalized in intensive care. That’s according to a report from TMZ Sports. I’m assuming the hospital is right around the corner from the Unbreakable MMA gym where
UFC Singapore media day face-offs: Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) The stars of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Singapore, including headliners Demian Maia and Ben Askren, faced off after media day on Thursday. TRENDING > Conor McGregor reveals UFC return for January, slams Khabib Nurmagomedov Tune in to MMAWeekly.com for
Image via @thenotoriousmma on Instagram UFC star Conor McGregor has confirmed that he will be returning to the Octagon on January 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. McGregor has been out of action since October 2018 when he was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov via fourth round submission in the very same arena. Ever
Oct 22, 2019 The lede I’m always curious to see how a fighter responds after suffering a first loss. I’m especially curious when that first loss is via knockout. And that’s where we find Ben Askren this weekend when he meets Demian Maia in Singapore. The good news for Askren is that Maia isn’t known
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paige VanZant doesn’t plan on being goaded into a bout with rising women’s flyweight Maycee Barber. It’s clear that Barber has been trying to get a fight with VanZant. In her pursuit, Barber has made things personal with “12 Gauge.” VanZant accused Barber of messaging her husband,
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has faced and defeated every opponent ever thrown his way at 205 pounds, but the current crop of contenders isn’t keeping him all that interested in the division. Is it time for him to put on some pounds and take on a heavyweight challenge? Jones responded to questions about
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones has an argument as the greatest fighter of all time, but he also ranks highly among those best at inserting his own foot into his mouth. Last night, Jones responded to a tweet from Tony Ferguson. In fairness, Jones did not start this beef, as Ferguson was strangely calling
Image via @thenotoriousmma on Instagram Conor McGregor was asked to predict who he believes will win the UFC 244 main event between welterweights Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal, and his answer may surprise you. Speaking at a press conference in Ukraine on Wednesday, the host asked “Mystic Mac” who will win the BMF title at
2:25 PM ET Paige VanZant is literally willing to fight anyone on the UFC’s 115- or 125-pound rosters, except Maycee Barber. In a social media post on Wednesday, VanZant (8-4) said it would be “an honor” to fight anyone at strawweight or flyweight in her next bout. She then appeared to tag, individually, every single