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UFC Vegas Bonuses: Davey Grant Inverted Triangle Choke was Bonus Worthy The Theater at Virgin Hotels played host to the UFC for the first time this weekend as the MMA leader followed last weekend’s outstanding pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena with another high quality home game on Saturday afternoon. Following the event, UFC officials announced

9:44 PM ET After some starts and stops, the UFC 288 main event is now official. Aljamain Sterling will defend his UFC bantamweight title against former champ Henry Cejudo on May 6 in Newark, New Jersey, the promotion officially announced Friday. Cejudo is making his return from retirement after three years away. While both men

Dan Hooker expects to be punished after his allegations towards lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 284. Last month in Perth, Australia, Makhachev made the first defence of his lightweight championship in front of a hostile crowd. After being pushed by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovsk for five rounds, the Dagestani was made to work for

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to stage UFC Las Vegas later TONIGHT (Sat., March 11, 2023) inside UFC Apex The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the ESPN+-streamed event will be a pivotal Bantamweight showdown between former division champion, Petr Yan, taking on surging contender, Merab Dvalishvili. In the co-main event,

Holly Holm is absolutely shredded in ice bath bikini video Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has a fight coming up on March 25 and she’s absolutely shredded ahead of it. Holm faces Yana Kunitskaya in the UFC on ESPN 43 co-main event at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. On Friday, Holm posted

7:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the NFL and

UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling believes Jon Jones should keep the same energy. ‘Bones’ returned to the octagon over the weekend in the main event of UFC 285. The return ended a three-year layoff for the former champion, as he hadn’t competed since a controversial decision win over Dominick Reyes in 2020. Upon his return

Bellator 292 is set to pop off later tonight (Fri., March 10, 2022) inside SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., featuring a Lightweight title fight as division king, Usman Nurmagomedov, takes on Benson Henderson. In the co-headlining act, Tofiq Musayev will take on Alexander Shabliy. Both contests will be a part of the Lightweight Grand

Petr Yan shoves Merab Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Fight Night Face-Offs | Video Things got heated between Saturdays’s UFC main event fighters, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili, during the face-offs following the official weigh-in. Yan (16-4) is the former bantamweight champion looking to rebound after back-to-back split decision losses. Dvalishvili (15-4 ) is ranked No. 3 in

According to Chael Sonnen himself, ‘The Bad Guy’ made a lot of money fighting Anderson Silva. The two middleweights clashed in the main event of UFC 117 in August 2010. Despite ‘The Spider’ being a massive favorite to defend his middleweight title, Sonnen came out firing and kept up the pressure. The wrestler dominated the

It doesn’t sound like Francis Ngannou will be fighting for Bellator MMA in the future. Indeed, in a new interview with promotion President, Scott Coker, it appears that “The Predator” might be pricing himself out of the mixed martial arts (MMA) league. Just a few weeks back, Coker laid out the elevator pitch on how

Cris Cyborg: ‘Jon Jones made it look easy’ Jon Jones returned after a three-year layoff at UFC 285 and submitted Ciryl Gane in the first round to win the heavyweight championship. Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg watched the match live and weighed in on Jones’ performance. “It was a great fight. I was excited

Davey Grant thought he would’ve been fighting a lot sooner. After Grant scored a third-round KO win over Louis Smolka last May, he thought he would get at least another two fights in 2022. Yet, for whatever reason, Grant did not get another fight offer until he was called to step in on short notice

Jon Jones feels there might still be some bitterness between himself and Daniel Cormier after all. Ahead of Jones’ highly anticipated return against Ciryl Gane for Heavyweight gold at UFC 285 this past weekend (March 4, 2023), the now-champion noted how there was nothing but love for his old rival, Cormier. “Bones” defeated his French

Henry Cejudo believes Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou could still happen For two years UFC matchmakers tried to book a Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou heavyweight title bout but couldn’t seal the deal with Ngannou. Ngannou left the fight promotion leaving most people, including himself, believing that he’ll never fight for the UFC again. Former

While he’s often been aligned with the view of promotional president Dana White, UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett has finally noted his disagreement with his boss on one topic. Since arriving on MMA’s biggest stage in 2021, Pimblett has quickly risen to prominence courtesy of both his performances inside the Octagon and his personality outside

UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili seemingly has bad blood with Petr Yan. ‘The Machine’ has been out of the octagon since his clash with Jose Aldo last August at UFC 278. Heading into the contest, the Brazilian was hoping to earn one final title shot, but those plans were blown up. Dvalishvili wound up winning

Things got a bit crazy in Florida on Wednesday night after Jake Paul ran into Floyd Mayweather and his extensive entourage after a Miami Heat game. Video footage filmed by someone in Floyd’s entourage and released to TMZ show Paul running away after Mayweather and a large group of followers confront the YouTuber-turned-boxer. The man