“It’s super similar,” said Johns of the philosophies of his current and past gyms. “Trey’s just added on some things, but it’s all following that same system and I’m getting what I was looking for when I came here. He was a student of his (Krause) for a long, long time, was one of those
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Meanwhile, his opponent is in dire need of a win. Once the owner of a historic winning streak, “El Cucuy” has lost six on the bounce and has been finished in his last three fights. Ferguson was last seen at UFC 291 where Bobby Green submitted him late in the final round. Despite the recent
Thus far, Brundage has taken fights with Nick Maximov, Tresean Gore, Michal Oleksiejczuk and Sedriques Dumas on short notice. He left those fights with a 1-3 record. Granted, the loss to Maximov was a close one many believed could have gone the other way, and he halted Gore in less than four minutes, but the
Montserrat Rendon (29-28, 29-28) defeats Tamires Vidal (29-28) by split decision Tamires Vidal and Montserrat Rendon paired off in a competitive tale of two fights in the opener on Saturday. In the first half of the contest, Vidal controlled things with her power, stinging the debuting Rendon with cleaner, heavier punches and unchecked low kicks.
“What motivates me is money,” Usman said. “Being able to feed my family, have money to not stress, to be able to wake up and know your bills are paid, my kids are fed, that’s my motivation.” “My long-term goal is to be a champion in the UFC in whatever weight division I decide and
MAIN CARD Main Event – Lightweight Bout: Rafael Fiziev (156) vs Mateusz Gamrot (156) Co-Main Event – Featherweight Bout: Bryce Mitchell (146) vs Dan Ige (146) Women’s Strawweight Bout: Marina Rodriguez (116) vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez (115.5) Saturday’s Full Fight Card Preview Welterweight Bout: Bryan Battle (171) vs AJ Fletcher (170.5) Featherweight Bout: Ricardo Ramos (146) vs Charles
“I have many main events and five-round fights; this is my favorite distance,” continued Gamrot, who competed in six championship fights and was the main event in each of his final two KSW appearances. “I like accelerating every round and I think this is going to be my advantage — my stamina, my conditioning, my mental
“I know it’s been just five fights, but it’s an eight-year process. I’ve worked so hard to actually be here. I understand that there’s challenges, that there’s more ahead of us. But we’ve worked so hard to actually be here, and I’m going to do everything to stay here.” MORE FIGHT NIGHT: Michelle Waterson-Gomez
A member of the Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS) Class of ’21, Fletcher carried an 9-0 record with eight finishes into the UFC, but tough matchups with Matthew Semelsberger and Ange Loosa saddled him with consecutive losses out of the chute. He rebounded with a grueling second-round submission win over Themba Gorimbo last time out,
In Season 6, Week 7 saw four athletes graduate to the UFC roster — Karl Williams, Vitor Petrino, and the Bonfim Brothers, Gabriel and Ismael — and so far, that quartet has gone 7-1 inside the Octagon, with the only loss coming in Ismael Bonfim’s bout against surging French lightweight Benoit Saint-Denis. This week at the
Lightweights lock horns in the second fight of the night, as well, as Brazilian Kaynan Kruschewsky faces off with Serra-Longo representative Dylan Mantello. In his last two outings, the 32-year-old Kruschewsky won and successfully defended the Jungle Fights lightweight title, going deep into each contest to get the job done. He’s 14-1 overall, including a
All-action featherweights open the main card as Brazil’s Ricardo Ramos squares off with Canada’s Charles Jourdain. The 28-year-old Ramos has been hit-and-miss throughout his UFC career, showing moments of brilliance like his two spinning back elbow victories alongside frustrating efforts like his loss to Zubaira Tukhugov at UFC 267. Compounding things is the fact that
Saint Preux, 40, tested positive for 3α-hydroxy-5α-androst-1-en-17-one (a long-term metabolite of 1-Androstenedione and/or 1-Testosterone) as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on June 17, 2023, and July 11, 2023. Because Saint Preux was not yet notified of his first positive test when his second test was collected, the two positive tests are combined into
MAIN CARD Main Event – Women’s Flyweight Title Bout: Alexa Grasso (124.5) vs Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) Co-Main Event – Welterweight Bout: Kevin Holland (170.5) vs Jack Della Maddalena (171) Bantamweight Bout: Raul Rosas Jr. (135) vs Terrence Mitchell (135.5) Noche UFC Full Fight Card Preview Lightweight Bout: Daniel Zellhuber (156) vs Christos Giagos (156) Featherweight
“Yeah, that was a little bit like a rollercoaster for me,” Knutsson said. “I was surprised it came that quickly, but also, I’ve been ready for this a long time, and I’ve been preparing, and I know with the UFC there can always be quick decisions, so you have to be ready. MORE NOCHE UFC: Athlete
Hearing that, and knowing that Godinez arrived in Vegas with a two-fight winning streak and victories in three of her last four, you wonder how far she’s going to take this now that she found her ideal training situation and is genuinely happy in it. She has some ideas, but first things first, and that’s
Edgar Chairez versus Daniel Lacerda declared a no decision at 3:47 of Round 1 The flyweight bout between Edgar Chairez and Daniel Lacerda ended in controversy, as Chairez locked up a standing anaconda choke, with referee Chris Tognoni seemingly halting the contest prematurely. Chairez had the choke locked in, and Tognoni checked on Lacerda, who
“As I got better and as I was teaching, I was able to start moving more and showing techniques more and my body started responding and I was like, ‘Hey, man, I can still do this. Let’s go.’ My old teammates started reconnecting with me and I was training with them, and the more I