As confident as Conor McGregor is before every fight, he had to know that getting a win on Saturday night over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone was going to dictate whether he remained in the spot he’s in on the MMA landscape. A loss, and it’s a long road back. A win, well, we saw what happened
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She was bounced in the opening round of the tournament by Esparza, the top seed and eventual winner, but got a chance to compete on the finale card, where she registered a unanimous decision win over Emily Kagan. But losses to Torres and Namajunas followed, and before she’d even had a chance to get her
In his first bout since December 2018, Brian Kelleher locked up a submission win to spoil the debut of Ode’ Osbourne in the first round. Realizing Osbourne’s skills on the feet, Kelleher opted for a grappling-based attack and showed off his prowess there, bullying his way to the fence. While Kelleher maintained control, he also
Folks that pay attention to the top regional promotions in the sport were already familiar with Gravely before he turned up on Week 8 of the Contender Series last summer, as the Virginia-based fighter had crafted a 18-5 mark fighting quality competition in some of the best organizations around, winning titles under both the King
Winner of bouts over Anderson Silva, Kelvin Gastelum and Robert Whittaker, “The Last Stylebender” will now look to solve the puzzle of one of the most explosive fighters in the game in Romero, an Olympic silver medalist who owns knockouts over Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold and Lyoto Machida. Plus, the strawweight championship will be on the
Back in action for the first time since March 2019, Woodley successfully defended his 170-pound title four times before losing it to Kamaru Usman, and now “The Chosen One” is hungry to get back in the championship mix. But to get there, he has to turn back Birmingham’s “Rocky,” who has won his last eight
He’s got a willing dance partner in Cerrone, the man who put “Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere” on the map in the UFC. There will not likely be a wrestling match breaking out at T-Mobile Arena this weekend, and that’s just what McGregor wants – a fist fight unencumbered by such matters as a weight cut to
Ever since she stepped into the Octagon, Maycee Barber hasn’t shied away from the spotlight. Her goal to break Jon Jones’ record and become the youngest UFC champion ever doesn’t seem like an aspiration as much as a tangible pursuit. Since making her debut in November 2018, she has kept her name relevant between a
The victory would be Modafferi’s third in the Octagon, a number that’s surprising given the fact that she’s compiled 23 wins over the course of the career that began in 2003. But for the first ten years of that career, women weren’t even fighting in the UFC. But Modafferi always had hope that she would
And it was certainly in the DNA of Askarov, who won several titles in wrestling, grappling and MMA, chief among them the Deaflympics wrestling title in 2017. By then, Askarov was already competing in MMA, defeating the likes of UFC vet Jose Maria Tome and WEC / Strikeforce vet Anthony Leone, and it was clear
When Barber sat up, she said she heard four pops in her knee. She would later learn that was the sound of a partial tear in her lateral collateral ligament and knew she needed to push for the finish. Alternating between elbows and punches, Barber kept the brutal pressure on Cifers until the referee stopped
“I’ve realized a lot of things lately and one of those is that happiness and stress are not necessarily correlated. A lot of people think that if you’re not stressed out, you’re happy, but I tell you what: this last year I’ve been really happy, but I have had a lot of stuff happen in
Fun fact: Oleinik fought nearly as many times in 2008 (11) as Greene has in his entire career (12) heading into this meeting this weekend at UFC 246. For the record, Oleinik went 9-2 that year. This is one of those matchups that is going to tell us exactly where each man stands in the
Matt and Jim begin the show with UFC women’s flyweight Roxanne Modafferi, who will be taking on Maycee Barber this Saturday at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. She calls in to discuss why she DM’d Maycee about hotel accommodations, what it’s like not being the scariest fighter, and her and Matt’s mutual love for Star
The towering six-foot-seven heavyweight hopeful, who finished his camp working with coach Marc Montoya and the team at Factory X Muay Thai, carries a number of advantages into the cage this weekend, all of which contribute to why Oleinik is so excited for the matchup. “He’s very strong, he’s bigger than me and he’s younger,”
Where: Park Theater 3770 South Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89109 Details: 2 – 2:45pm: Doors open to the public 3 – 3:30pm: UFC 246 weigh-ins With weigh-ins being held at the Park Theater on Friday, we have a little different setup for fans to get access and would like to share with
Elsewhere on the main card, former UFC champions Anthony “Showtime” Pettis and Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm look to reestablish themselves at the top of their divisions. On the prelims, streaking prospect Maycee “The Future” Barber gets her first top-10 test in veteran Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi, and a pair of hard-hitting featherweights square
He’ll need to be awesome to make that statement when he runs into perennial danger Chas Skelly, a fighter Dawson holds in higher regard than most other featherweights. “I think I match up great against Chas. I do have a lot of respect for him, and there’s not a whole lot of people I do