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Round 2 Sipe is trying to be more active with the jab to start, but he’s out of range. As he presses forward, Usman lands a straight left, but Sipe wears it well. Sipe lands a clean jab, and Smith warns them about their fingers again. Sipe’s right eye is swelling from that earlier left

First, Jim, Matt, and Megan are joined by Andre Petroski fresh off his win over Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs Rakic over the weekend. He reveals that he used a sequence he learned from Rener Gracie on The Ultimate Fighter to submit Maximov, opens up about why he called out Gerald Meerschaert

Clint Winters, creator and Chief Scientific Officer, agrees. “When you look at UFC and really all professional sports, you’re dealing with the best athletes in the world. At that level, a one-percent improvement can be the difference between being a champion or not. One of GameDay Ready’s goals for CONOCB2 is for athletes to recover

Record: 5-2 Birthplace: Lawton, Oklahoma Fighting out of: Bakersfield, California Age: 26 Stat: 4 wins by KO/TKO Welcome to the UFC APEX, and congratulations on making it onto the 30th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? It’s awesome, man. My blood is boiling. I love it. It’s cool. How

The Brazilian flyweight made his UFC debut in Abu Dhabi against Top 15-ranked Tagir Ulanbekov, and that’s one heck of an opportunity, as not many fighters get to make their promotional debut against someone with a number next to their name. Nascimento almost made the most of it. His fight with Ulanbekov was uber close

And while fighters dream of making that walk with an arena jam-packed with thousands of energetic fans, Torres’ first walk as a member of the roster will be happening in front of a much smaller crowd at the UFC APEX where he won his contract. Regardless, the walk to the Octagon on Saturday will still

“I’ve been wrestling since I was four years old, and when I was growing up, we traveled a lot for wrestling,” he said. “I didn’t get to leave the country, I didn’t get to go to Abu Dhabi for wrestling, but as far as getting to travel and being on the road a lot, this

UFC returns to Phoenix for a championship doubleheader in the desert as Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje square off at lightweight, and Rose Namajunas defends her strawweight title against former champion Carla Esparza in a rematch nearly eight years in the making. The main event is scheduled for five rounds, while the remaining bouts are

“You pursue perfection, but it never really comes,” he said. “Yeah, it’s super disappointing, but you can sit here and cry about it or you can accept it.” And let’s be honest, there is glory in the pursuit, and Smolka has eight UFC wins to prove it. But as he approaches his weekend’s bout, the

If the sport has taught us anything by now, it’s that it’s unpredictable. No matter how long people spend looking at and comparing stats or studying past fights, you really can’t predict what’s going to happen in a fight. That’s something that No. 13-ranked light heavyweight Ryan Spann has fully accepted as he prepares to

“By textbook (definition), yeah, for sure,” Chookagian told UFC.com. “Everyone knows they have to kind of go through me to get the title, and I think, also, sometimes if (UFC) wants to promote someone for the title, they don’t want them to fight me, which is kind of flattering. “I’d rather be the champ than

“I told my wife I still wake up and I still love this,” he said. “I wake up and I want to do this. At 32, I didn’t know that stretching and warming up actually helps you get better and stronger. (Laughs) I’m making all these leaps and bounds and I feel like I’ve been

Since joining the UFC in 2017, the 30-year-old Austrian has showcased his dynamite power on the way to a 6-1 record in the Octagon, and he climbed the ladder quickly thanks to impressive performances against a handful of the division’s Top 15. Don’t Miss Any Of The Action From The UFC APEX This weekend, Rakic

First, comedian Chris DiStefano joins the show. After Chris reveals that Serra BJJ fighter Dennis Buzukja is training him and his daughter in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he shares what it was like to self-produce his new Netflix stand-up special Speshy Weshy, and opens up about being at the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival after Dave

“I mean, the best scenario I would wish for is a first-round knockout,” Rakic said, laughing, when asked how he envisions the fight playing out. “That’s the best — a quick fight, make some money, and go back home to the family, waiting for a title shot. “We will see what happens. We will see how

Hadley missed weight for his fight on Dana White’s Contender Series last fall, and sat in the back crestfallen as the UFC President explained that he had a rule about not taking fighters that failed to make weight, regardless of how well they performed. And then he offered Hadley a contract, because the former Cage

Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Jake Hadley makes his highly anticipated promotional debut this weekend, stepping with dangerous Brazilian Allan Nascimento in this exciting flyweight matchup. The undefeated Hadley caused quite a stir last fall on the annual talent search series, missing weight for his bout with Mitch Raposo. He dominated the former TUF 29

How have you evolved since then? Do you feel that maybe you weren’t ready then? I definitely wasn’t ready then. My record was 1-3 at the time. I knew I wasn’t going to make it on the show; I just wanted to get my name in there so the UFC knew who I was. Then