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Logan Paul Roasts Dillon Danis Over Sparring Footage Danis recently posted footage of himself sparring ahead of the boxing match against Paul. In response, Paul posted a video of himself reacting to the sparring footage. This can’t be real 🤣 pic.twitter.com/sBYJaWbyER — Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) September 9, 2023 “I wanna talk about this punch, I’ve

Tai Tuivasa is down but not out after a tough loss to Alexander Volkov on his home turf of Sydney, Australia. “Bam Bam” came to brawl in the battle of the heavyweights at UFC 293, and did pretty well considering the serious reach advantage his Russian opponent had. But it was game over for the

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 10, 2023, 12:32 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The greatest upset in UFC middleweight title fight history belongs to Sean Strickland. Strickland (28-5) stunned the mixed martial arts world on Saturday, as he claimed the 185-pound championship in

Daniel Cormier doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya should receive an immediate rematch against Sean Strickland following their title fight at UFC 293. Adesanya (24-3 MMA) and Strickland (28-5 MMA) collided for the promotion’s undisputed middleweight championship in the headliner of last night’s pay-per-view event in Sydney, Australia. The highly anticipated matchup resulted in a massive upset,

Aljamain Sterling went fishing for an immediate rematch against Sean O’Malley on Saturday night, but “Suga” ain’t biting. Sterling and O’Malley fought at UFC 292 in Boston last month, with O’Malley taking the bantamweight belt off the long-time champ with an impressive first round knockout. The loss snapped a nine-fight win streak for “Funkmaster,” but

Sep 10, 2023, 01:21 AM ET UFC 293 concluded with a shock as Sean Strickland pulled off the major upset to grab the middleweight title from Israel Adesanya. Before that, some standout performances on the main card put Alexander Volkov and Manel Kape on an interesting path. Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim react

Sean Strickland Criticizes Israel Adesanya’s Performance Some, such as UFC President Dana White, believe that Adesanya looked sluggish in the fight against Strickland and wasn’t himself from the start. Others believe that “Izzy” simply never recovered from the punch that dropped him in the opening frame. During the UFC 293 post-fight press conference, Sean Strickland

Last night (Sat., Sept. 9, 2023), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) traveled to Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia for UFC 293. Though there was a handful of Australian and New Zealand talents on the card, a fair percentage of the best-known names from Oceania were unavailable. On the bright side, Israel Adesanya scrounged up some

Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Sep 9, 2023, 06:46 PM ET To be clear, Sean Strickland has fought in the UFC since 2014, and his résumé is undeniably strong during that time. But the primary reason

The Octagon returned to Sydney for tonight’s UFC 293 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland. The highly anticipated middleweight title fight proved to be one-way traffic for Sean Strickland. The American was able to get the better of Israel Adesanya in four rounds of their five-round affair, evening dropping

Most people are counting on a masterclass performance by UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya later tonight (Sat., Sept. 9, 2023) at UFC 293 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. But, former 185-pound titleholder, Robert Whittaker, is hoping Sean Strickland delivers “something crazy” for an upset over “Last Stylebender.”

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2023, 12:30 AM ET Junior Dos Santos demonstrated what a big heavyweight puncher can do in a bare-knuckle fight. In a fight featuring two former UFC heavyweight champions, Dos Santos opened up bad cuts near both of Fabricio Werdum‘s eyes en route to a split-decision win (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)

Tonight’s Gamebred FC event was headlined by a rematch between former UFC heavyweight champions Fabricio Werdum and Junior dos Santos. Werdum (24-9-1 MMA) and Dos Santos (21-10 MMA) had originally collided at UFC 90 in October of 2008, with ‘JDS’ emerging victorious by way of first-round TKO in a fight that served as his Octagon

UFC 293 live stream results and play-by-play updates: Reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound strap against No. 6-ranked title contender Sean Strickland (thanks to the unexpected absence of No. 1-ranked Dricus Du Plessis) in the UFC 293 pay-per-view (PPV) main event TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 9, 2023) streaming exclusively on ESPN+ (sign up

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2023, 02:13 PM ET Model Nina Agdal, the fiancée of Logan Paul, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his next boxing opponent, Dillon Danis, for “revenge porn,” according to court documents. For about a month, Danis has waged a social media smear campaign against Agdal on social media, including posting

The Octagon returns to Sydney for tonight’s UFC 293 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland. Adesanya (24-2 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since reclaiming the UFC middleweight championship with a second-round knockout victory over longtime rival Alex Pereira this past April. ‘Stylebender’ has gone

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-per-view (PPV) market for the upcoming UFC 293 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by the middleweight title fight between reigning 185-pound kingpin Israel Adesanya and No. 5-ranked contender Sean Strickland. The action takes place this Sunday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, but airs Sat. night

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2023, 07:41 AM ET Jese Tuivoavoa was a student at Rotorua Boys’ High School in New Zealand in 2004 when he first met Israel Adesanya. The two were in their early teens and were introduced by a mutual friend during physical education class. Throughout his childhood, Adesanya had already