“Fighting is supposed to be fun,” said Osbourne, an assistant schoolteacher who doesn’t look at his new gig in the Octagon as the ticket to fame, fortune and all that comes with it. Instead, his goals are loftier than that. “UFC is a platform for me to help a lot of different kids and a
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“Drew has been doing great,” concurs fellow coach Sean Madden. “The last couple fights he’s had have really showcased his growth. He’s really starting to be a force in that division.” It was Dober’s fourth win in five fights, and the ferocity of the knockout certainly turned some heads. But for Dober, it was simply
One of the most memorable strawweight fights of 2019 will get a rematch on April 18 in Brooklyn, New York, as former world champions Jessica Andrade and Rose Namajunas meet again, this time at Barclays Center. In the main event of UFC 249, which airs live on pay-per-view, Khabib Nurmagomedov defends his UFC lightweight title
“She’s in this to truly be the youngest champion in the UFC. Love it or hate it, I don’t care what your opinion is, but when you see her and who she is personally and how she’s driven and what she does, she’s beyond her age in how she sets things up,” Felder says. “We’ve
Jim and Matt kick off today’s episode discussing the similarities between Paige VanZant’s feud with Maycee Barber and the plot of Rocky III. Then, they cover some UFC headlines, including their picks for McGregor vs Cerrone and Israel Adesanya calling Jon Jones a ‘drug cheat.’ Finally, Bryce Mitchell calls into the podcast to talk his
USADA announced today that Sean O’Malley, of Phoenix, Ariz., has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a reduced six-month sanction, consistent with other supplement contamination cases, for his second anti-doping policy violation. O’Malley, 25, tested positive for ostarine as the result of out-of-competition urine samples he provided on August 6, 2019 and August
And when asked by his coach after the fight if he thought he was the victim of a quick hook from referee Herb Dean, Greene declined to take that opportunity to shift blame. “I said, ‘Coach, even if Herb stopped it early, if I wouldn’t have put Herb Dean in the position to make a
Townsend, 33, tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, and norfentanyl, a metabolite of fentanyl and its derivatives, as the result of an in-competition urine sample he provided on June 28, 2019 at UFC Fight Night Minneapolis, where he lost by technical knockout. Cocaine, a non-Specified stimulant, and fentanyl, a Specified narcotic, are prohibited
When Elliott makes his pick for the February 29 bout, he does so not just as a fellow flyweight who knows both from his fights with them, but as a friend and training partner of Mr. Benavidez. It’s a friendship that found its roots before the two fought in 2014 as they actually cut weight
They begin the show discussing Derrick Lewis’ upcoming fight against Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 in February and Jim’s trip to Italy. Then, professional bull rider Ezekiel Mitchell joins the guys in-studio. He reviews Matt’s bull riding performance on Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight, explains what a ‘buckle bunny’ is, and talks about what
Also in the lightweight division in April, Dustin Poirier stopped the division’s premier action hero, Justin Gaethje, to move closer to his own shot at the title, and Kevin Lee halted Edson Barboza. As May began, that monumental news surfaced as it was announced that the UFC would be airing on ESPN beginning in 2019,
That wasn’t the case in 2019, and I blame Israel Adesanya, Henry Cejudo, Jorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman. If anything, those were the top four fighters of 2019, but I can’t separate them and put them in any sort of order because I can make a case for any of them being the best of
Watch on UFC Fight Pass The fourth strawweight champion in UFC history hails from Brazil. And after fighting past plenty of adversity in the first round of her UFC 237 main event, Jessica Andrade is that champion, as she stopped Rose Namajunas in the second round at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Back
Watch on UFC Fight Pass UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has never had an easy road in the Octagon. Saturday night in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, that road just got tougher, as Israel Adesanya won a five-round war over Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision to win the interim 185-pound belt and set up a showdown
To celebrate the new year, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite moments of 2019 at UFC Unfiltered. From teaching Jim BJJ chokes to the best smack talk from UFC fighters and so much more, we hope you enjoy! Be sure to check out the full video version available on UFC FIGHT
After Dillashaw was stripped of his bantamweight title and suspended for a USADA violation, Cejudo and Marlon Moraes were selected to fight for the vacant belt at UFC 238 in June, and it was Cejudo becoming the newest double champ after his third-round TKO of his opponent. In the co-feature in Chicago, Valentina Shevchenko knocked
In the UFC Fight Night main event, which airs live on ESPN+, Joseph Benavidez faces Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant UFC flyweight championship. Philadelphia’s Brady impressed in his Octagon debut in October as he decisioned veteran Court McGee. Now he will put his 11-0 record on the line against “The Austrian Wonderboy,” who defeated Michael
https://www.ufc.tv/video/103039 It was a showdown between Top 15 welterweight grapplers in Saturday’s main event as Askren returned from his first professional loss to take on Maia, the two-time title challenger with the second most wins in UFC history. Everyone expected a grappling battle, but Maia got things started with some heavy left hands in space,