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Joaquin Buckley entered last year with heaps of momentum, having capped off his second-half call-up to the UFC by registering one of the most impressive knockouts of all-time and following it up with a second straight blistering performance. Brandishing a 12-3 record, coming off back-to-back Performance of the Night-winning efforts, “New Mansa” was primed and

Casey O’Neill was in a tough spot last weekend when she fought a beloved veteran competing in her last pro bout, but O’Neill got the job done, weathered the boos from fans in Toyota Center, and now she moves on. And for the unbeaten “King Casey,” moving on is going to be quite newsworthy for

Jim Miller vs. Nikolas Motta Veteran Jim Miller continues in his quest to fight literally everyone in the lightweight division this weekend as he welcomes newcomer Nikolas Motta to the Octagon for the first time. Despite having the most appearances in UFC history (38 and counting), Miller was still experiencing firsts last September, when he

In a fairly uneventful light heavyweight bout, Carlos Ulberg outpointed Fabio Cherant over three rounds. Scores were 30-27 across the board for Ulberg, now 6-1. Cherant falls to 7-4. There was little significant action in the opening couple minutes of the fight outside of a kick landed by Ulberg after Cherant complained of a low

UFC returns to Houston with a thrilling middleweight championship rematch that will see champion Israel Adesanya run it back with No. 1 contender Robert Whittaker. UFC 271: ADESANYA vs WHITTAKER 2 will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 at Toyota Center in Houston. All bouts will be simulcast on ESPN+ in English and Spanish beginning at

At the pre-fight press conference for UFC 271, former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker put it best: “You can see the level difference between us (Adesanya) and the rest of the division.” In Saturday’s main event, the two best middleweights in the world will finally face each other again in a highly anticipated rematch. The

At the pre-fight press conference for UFC 271, former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker put it best: “You can see the level difference between us (Adesanya) and the rest of the division.” In Saturday’s main event, the two best middleweights in the world will finally face each other again in a highly anticipated rematch. The

“Yeah, it’s a big fight in the division,” UFC President Dana White said at Wednesday UFC 271 Press Conference when asked if the co-main event combatants were battling for a place in the championship tier in the division. “Derrick is ranked No. 3 and obviously he wants to hold that position, and Tai is ranked

Stanford wrestlers, Stanford graduates, wrestlers across the country and mixed martial artists all echoed the same message and “SAVE STANFORD WRESTLING” were the three most common words in the back half of the 2021 wrestling season. Stanford University sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championship. Seven wrestlers set out to prove that one of the

Alexander Hernandez is also a thinking man’s fighter, always analyzing and breaking things down. So has he started having that 30-year-old conversation with himself? “I’m not because we’ve got the whole year until we get there,” he said. “That’s why I’m not prepared for that. A lot of that conversation’s gonna depend on February and,

More accurately, it had him at no snow, and as he prepped for Saturday’s bout with Carlos Ulberg, the former resident of New England was ecstatic that he didn’t have to shovel. “I’m not missing anything up there,” he said. “This is a great lifestyle I’m living over here.” It’s not just the weather that

“I think that going into this fight it’s going to be the first time he’s been a B-side,” Kuse said. “Whether he knows or not, anybody who watches Titan knows he’s a B-side. Right now, I’m on a 5-0 win streak, I’ve got four amateur titles, I’ve got one professional title, my second fight I

“I told my cousin…I’m not sure how many people I told because I didn’t even really want to talk about it, because I didn’t want anybody to take it like a weakness. But if they do, that’s fine. I’m me. I know the objective here. I’m not retiring because my body don’t feel good and

Saturday night, the former heavyweight champion begins his 23rd year as a professional fighter, competing for the 55th time — and 37th time inside the Octagon — when he takes on Jared Vanderaa in the final preliminary card bout before the UFC 271 pay-per-view main card gets underway. As someone that has been written off

Host of the podcast Fitz Nation and UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald joins Jim as guest co-host on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, Jim and Brendan are joined by Julian Erosa fresh off his “Fight of the Night” winning performance against Steven Peterson on Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Strickland. He shares how

“I want to give people a certain feeling when I fight, whether they love me or hate me. Even if they hate me, I want them to feel like, ‘Oh, come on. I hope he…’ Like in the first Whittaker fight, I could feel the energy in the crowd was just like, “I hope this

It’s been eight months since Trizano has been inside the Octagon after having a bout canceled in October due to issues with his opponent. The featherweight is eager to get back to fighting this weekend. “He is a tough opponent, great fighter,” Trizano said. “I’m going to go in there and implement my game plan

And even though losing is painful, Soriano chose to look at it in a positive light. “My biggest takeaway is that I had a lot of fun in there, spent the whole 15 minutes and I feel like I grew a bigger love for the sport, a bigger appreciation for it. I just feel like