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With the main card just getting underway Nikita Krylov has been removed from his main event clash with Ryan Spann tonight (Sat., Feb. 25, 2023) at UFC Vegas 70 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news was announced during the start of the main card broadcast. According to UFC

See Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury Weigh-in Video as Jake Paul and Tommy Fury took to the scales during the weigh-ins from Abu Dhabi. The YouTube creator and social media star turned professional boxer takes on his first boxer in Tommy Fury on February 26, 2023. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTub

6:41 PM ET Jim Miller‘s goal of competing at UFC 300 is undeterred despite an alarming injury. Miller, a lightweight veteran who has the most wins (24) and fights (41) in UFC history, announced Thursday on Instagram that he suffered a traumatic cataract in his right eye in his fight last weekend with Alexander Hernandez,

UFC veteran Jim Miller has hit a roadblock in his quest to make UFC 300 the last fight of his long career in the Octagon. Miller lost to Alexander Hernandez last Saturday at UFC Vegas 69 after a back-and-forth three-round war. The loss snapped a three-fight winning streak and a career resurgence despite high mileage

Jon Jones has a reason as to why the Francis Ngannou fight didn’t happen. Ever since Ngannou became the heavyweight champ and Jones announced he was moving up to heavyweight, the hope was the fight would happen. But, after contract negotiations stalled, Ngannou was released from his deal and instead, Jones will now face Ciryl

The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing Exhibition Tour™ returns to the ring for another “fight” this weekend, going head-to-head with former mixed martial arts (MMA) practitioner and Geordie Shore star, Aaron Chalmers. This is uncharted territory for the 46-year old Mayweather, who will fight his first-ever bout in the United Kingdom. And It’s all going down

UFC Vegas 70 Live Weigh-in Results The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 70 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Saturday to make their bouts official. The event is headlined by light heavyweight contenders, No. 6 ranked Nikita Krylov and No. 8 ranked Ryan Spann. Krylov is riding a

8:44 AM ET The UFC schedule is about to enter a monster stretch, with marquee pay-per-view events in Las Vegas and London within the next three weeks. UFC 285, March 4: Jon Jones at heavyweight, finally. UFC 286, March 18: Leon Edwards–Kamaru Usman trilogy bout — in London! There are other fantastic fights on those

Drew Dober thinks that there’s a lot of UFC fans that would love to see him crack Paddy Pimblett with a few punches. The 34-year-old is coming off a Fight of the Night performance where he stopped Bobby Green in the second round last December. Dober had to overcome a difficult first round in order

Tyron Woodley doesn’t think Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury will be competitive. Paul and Fury are set to headline an ESPN Top Rank pay-per-view on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. It’s a fight both men have wanted and after it was booked twice previously but both times Fury pulled out but it will finally happen on

The highly-anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury is just a few more days away and both sides are champing at the bit. LIVE! Watch ‘Paul Vs. Fury’ On PPV THE TRUTH!  International superstar and serial risk-taker, Jake “The Problem Child” Paul, will face the biggest challenge of his budding combat sports career when he takes on

UFC Vegas 70 weigh-in video: Nikita Krylov vs Ryan Spann The UFC Vegas 70 weighins video of main event fighters, Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann, officially as they weighed in on Friday. UFC Vegas 70 takes places at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. [embedded content] UFC Vegas 70: Krylov vs Spann Weigh-in

11:53 AM ET Politicians in California are hoping to give back to retired fighters. A proposal in the California Legislature would set up a pension fund for former MMA fighters who have a certain number of fights in the state, bill sponsor Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) told ESPN. The legislation was introduced in state

The UFC will feature a light heavyweight matchup between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann for UFC Fight Night 220 this Saturday. MMA News is here with the official weigh-in results and bout order! Krylov and Spann will fight to determine who will take the next step in the light heavyweight division in the main event.

Ryan Spann is set to headline UFC Vegas 70 against Nikita Krylov on Saturday but that was not always the plan. According to Spann, after he knocked out Dominick Reyes at UFC 281 in November, he was offered to fight Jan Blachowicz. However, when Jiri Prochazka got hurt and vacated the belt, the UFC was

Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC President Dana White thought he had a home run on his hands, pulling strings to get slap fighting legalized in Las Vegas, Nevada and putting together a company fairly quickly. From the beginning, however, the community reaction to Power Slap has never been great. It’s been criticized on grounds of

White featherweight Sinead Kavanagh‘s 2022 started off on the right foot with a unanimous decision victory over Leah McCourt at Bellator 275 in February, the remainder of the year was must more difficult. Coming off her win over McCourt, Kavanagh spent the remainder of 2022 out with a knee injury that tested both her physical

Feb 22, 2023 Light heavyweights Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann each will be looking to extend a short winning streak when they clash at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at the UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. Krylov