Diego Brandao won a UFC contract, as well as Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night bonuses, at the Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale in 2011 in an entertaining bantamweight final with Dennis Bermudez. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
10:03 PM ET Former UFC title contender Anthony Smith will look to get back on track in August. Smith is slated to meet Aleksandar Rakic on Aug. 29, sources confirmed to ESPN following a report by MMAPlay365. The event, which has yet to be officially announced by the promotion, doesn’t have a finalized location. Smith
Curtis Blaydes knows even with a win over Alexander Volkov this weekend that he’s still not the next person in line for a heavyweight title shot but there’s still a lot on the line when he competes in his second straight main event. With contract negotiations looming, the 29-year-old contender is looking to build on
That was tough for the competitor in Van Buren to take, but she listened. In the meantime, she bought a house and planned her wedding. The house purchase went through, but the COVID-19 pandemic put the wedding on hold. All the while, pre and post-pandemic, she watched the strawweight world go round. “It was frustrating
Dana White (Photo: Fernando Quiles Jr.,/MMA News) UFC president Dana White doesn’t wish layoffs for any rival promotion. White hasn’t been shy in saying that the COVID-19 crisis is the most difficult situation he’s had to deal with business-wise. The UFC boss takes pride in the fact that no one in the UFC has been
UFC president Dana White says the world’s top MMA promotion is bracing for a second shutdown due to a potential second wave this fall of COVID-19. Despite all odds against them, the UFC has been pulling off shows since May even with the coronavirus still infecting people all over in the world and especially in
It all unfolds later tonight (Sat., June 20, 2020) at UFC on ESPN 11 live on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes puts his three-fight win streak on the line against Russian knockout artist Alexander Volkov in the main event. In addition to the heavyweight headliner, featherweight
(Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov bout from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, is scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 20, at 5 p.m. ET
9:38 PM ET Next weekend’s UFC event has suffered a blow. Aspen Ladd, who was scheduled to fight Sara McMann on the June 27 card, has been forced to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in training, her manager, Dave Hirschbein, said Friday. According to Hirschbein, Ladd will find out Tuesday whether she’ll
MMA Fighting has UFC on ESPN 11 results for the Blaydes vs. Volkov fight card in Las Vegas, live blog of the top two fights, and live UFC on ESPN 11 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a heavyweight showdown between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov. Also on tap for the event is a
USADA announced today that Rachael Ostovich-Berdon, of Waianae, Hawaii, has accepted a one-year sanction for her violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP) but has received a four-month credit to her sanction due to time served under a provisional suspension in the latter half of 2019 for an atypical finding that was being investigated by USADA
Dana White (Photo: Fernando Quiles Jr.,/MMA News) UFC president Dana White says plans are already in motion to prepare for a second shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The world of sports was rocked by the COVID-19 crisis and the UFC was no exception. The promotion had to postpone numerous events due to lockdowns and
Image: @ufc on Instagram Aspen Ladd will no longer be fighting Sara McMann. MMAJunkie was first to report the news that Ladd has suffered an injury and has been forced to pull out of her June 27th bout against McMann. Unfortunate news for a top women’s bantamweight contender: @AspenLaddMMA suffered an injury in training and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! A fairly pivotal women’s Bantamweight clash between Aspen Ladd and Sara McMann scheduled for next weekend’s UFC on ESPN 12 event has been forced off the card. MMAJunkie’s John Morgan reported earlier tonight that Ladd suffered an injury and would be forced to withdraw. That’s bad news on its own, but
Though he has yet to fight in 2020, lightweight David Michaud has been far from inactive. Following the cancellation of the PFL’s season-based format for 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, Michaud has shifted his focus to helping teammates prepare for their possible fights to keep him busy. “When everything shut down a couple of
From Nate Diaz calling out Conor McGregor to Chael Sonnen calling out Anderson Silva, we look back at some of the most memorable Octagon interview callouts. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views
Chad Mendes respects McGregor but says Aldo a different animal
7:41 AM ET Officially, the UFC has five title fights on its upcoming schedule — four of them featuring a fighter coming off a loss in his most recent fight. Now, the four matchups are easy to explain. Heavyweight Daniel Cormier lost to Stipe Miocic last year, and the two need to finish their rivalry.