On Wednesday, UFC President Dana White announced the full card for the UFC 250 event to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on June 6, with three pivotal bantamweight bouts taking center stage before Amanda Nunes defends her UFC women’s featherweight title against Felicia Spencer in the main event. In the co-main
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I bet you’re wondering where the Florida part of the trip came in, but if you looked close enough behind the mask, you could see “Vandetta” with Simon for his May 13 bout against Ray Borg. That’s being a good cousin, but the added benefit is that when Morales gets fight week underway for his
LOUIS SMOLKA VS. CASEY KENNEY Ironically, the last man to beat Royval will be part of the tandem setting the table for his debut, as Casey Kenney looks to get back in the win column in a bantamweight clash with Hawaiian Louis Smolka on Saturday. Kenney appeared twice on Season 1 of the Contender Series,
Daniel Cormier, the self-proclaimed “King of the Grind,” experienced the power of Anthony Johnson on Saturday night. But even the most jarring blow from “Rumble” wasn’t enough to deter Cormier, who submitted Johnson in the third round by rear naked choke to capture the vacant UFC light heavyweight title. Cormier didn’t expect a title fight
Just two weeks after scoring a first-round stoppage win over Anthony Hernandez, the 27-year-old “Trailblazer” is back at it, stepping into the cage with streaking veteran Daniel Rodriguez. Holland’s talent has never been in question — he faced quality competition on the regional circuit, including Rafael Lovato Jr., Curtis Millender, and current UFC welterweight contender
### Currently taking up the final three spots in the UFC women’s bantamweight division top ten, the trio of Amanda Nunes, Bethe Correia, and Jessica Andrade has been setting the standard for female MMA fighters from Brazil, and they’re only getting better with each passing fight. But only one of the three – the number
She laughs, but unlike what many would assume, winning an Olympic medal doesn’t guarantee you anything once the cheers have died down. For Rousey, there was no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and it makes you think of Cuban Olympic Gold medal winning boxer Joel Casamayor, who received a bike for
In the co-main event, it’s a heavyweight showdown between Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai. The UFC Fight Night card airs live on ESPN and ESPN+. Also made official for next week’s event are the following bouts: Kevin Holland vs Daniel RodriguezBrok Weaver vs Roosevelt RobertsMackenzie Dern vs Hannah CifersKatlyn Chookagian vs Antonina ShevchenkoBilly Quarantillo vs Spike CarlyleJamahal Hill
“That wasn’t on my radar,” Lauzon said of fighting full-time. “To me, it was something fun to do. I fight Jens Pulver, and regardless of how that went, I figured they’d probably give me another fight, and I get two or three fights in the UFC, just get to say I did it, and it
Matt kicks off the show sharing what he and the rest of the Serra/Longo fight team did for Ray Longo’s birthday. Then, analyst and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian joins the show to share how nervous he was to begin his broadcasting career at UFC 83, which happened to be Matt’s rematch with GSP. He
Those lighter weight fighters found a home in the blue cage, and with Zuffa taking over the promotion, along came greater visibility, a TV deal, and the opportunity for these fighters to reach an audience they never did in the United States before. Lamas was now a part of this. All he had to do was
“I think everyone has had a hard time with it,” Choi said of the effects of the pandemic at home in South Korea. “I hope everyone overcomes it quickly.” As for his military service, Choi is eager to get that in the rearview mirror and get back to work in the Octagon. “Once the military
UFC requests that the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) place the organization’s application to conduct an event at the UFC Apex facility on May 30, 2020 on its next agenda. In light of published reports, UFC would like to clarify that it understands that its ability to conduct the event is subject to the approval of
“I come from a very outspoken family of very empowered women, and when I was training as a kid, I kinda got bumped around to a lot of these fighter houses where I was hanging out with all men in their mid-20’s ever since I was around 13 or so,” said Rousey. “So I always
Carla Esparza (2014-15) defeated Rose Namajunas via third-round submission at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale (12/12/14) to become the inaugural UFC strawweight champion. https://ufcfightpass.com/video/35433 The bout was the finale of the TUF 20 tournament created to crown a 115-pound champion in the UFC. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (2015-17) defeated Esparza via second-round TKO at UFC 185 (3/14/15)
This is the Ricky Simon we missed in the lead-up to UFC Jacksonville, as he went underground to focus solely on snapping a two-fight losing skid and nothing else. No media, no distractions, nothing to take him out of his single-minded approach to winning that fight with Borg. “I’ve never been on a two-fight skid
First, Matt and Jim go over their fight picks for last Wednesday’s card, UFC Fight Night: Smith v Teixeira, and Matt offers his take on how Anthony Smith’s corner handled the bout. Then, UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem calls in fresh off his TKO win against Walt Harris on Saturday. He discusses how he managed to
Justin Gaethje Justin Gaethje put together a masterpiece against Tony Ferguson, a man few have been able to hit, let alone stun multiple times over the course of five rounds. Gaethje’s hands were so stunningly accurate that it seemed like he’d replaced hands with homing missiles. Sweeping left hooks and heavy straight rights connected time and