On Wednesday, UFC President Dana White announced the full card for the UFC 250 event to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on June 6, with three pivotal bantamweight bouts taking center stage before Amanda Nunes defends her UFC women’s featherweight title against Felicia Spencer in the main event. In the co-main
Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo is being worked on for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. At least for now, Henry Cejudo’s retirement is sticking. That means “Triple C” is no longer the UFC bantamweight champion. Cejudo announced his retirement after stopping Dominick Cruz via second-round TKO in the co-main event of UFC 249. UFC president
After three “Contender Series” seasons, UFC Apex hosts its first full fight card this Saturday (May 20, 2020) with Welterweight finishers Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns at the helm. The state-of-the-art facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, will also host a Heavyweight tussle between Augusto Sakai and Blagoy Ivanov alongside a clash of “Contender Series” veterans
Following a first round submission victory this past February over Chris Bungard at Bellator 240, lightweight Brent Primus was looking to have a big year in 2020 when the novel coronavirus put his plans in jeopardy. For Primus, the reality of how quickly the world could change hit him pretty hard after having to travel
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved a number of combat sports events coming up in its state, including UFC Fight Night and UFC 250. The commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the UFC and Top Rank boxing to hold four events throughout May and June in Las Vegas. Arash Markazi from ESPN has
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has announced its protocol for COVID-19 testing as combat sports organizations prepare to resume operations in the state. In a document provided to MMA Fighting, the commission outlines its eight-section plan to ensure that combat sports events will be conducted under conditions designed to minimize the risk of infection during
Relive the welterweight championship matchup between Tyron Woodley and Robbie Lawler from UFC 201. Woodley squares off with Gilbert Burns in the main event of the UFC Fight Night on Saturday, May 30. 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
7:39 AM ET I have a confession to make. Usually, I like social media. It’s fun, it provides value, it’s entertainment. Last week, I didn’t like social media very much. Why? Allow me to explain that, and much more, in this week’s column. Without further ado … 1. There were way too many mixed messages
I bet you’re wondering where the Florida part of the trip came in, but if you looked close enough behind the mask, you could see “Vandetta” with Simon for his May 13 bout against Ray Borg. That’s being a good cousin, but the added benefit is that when Morales gets fight week underway for his
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Sean O’Malley believes he’s closing in on a bantamweight title shot. The undefeated prospect will return to the Octagon on June 6 at UFC 250 against Eddie Wineland. Should O’Malley win, it seems likely he will get a ranked opponent next. And, given the state of
Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Israel Adesanya received heavy criticism for his UFC 248 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last March in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he captured a tepid unanimous decision victory over “statue” Yoel Romero. During his five-round snoozer, “The Last Stylebender” kept getting heckled by top middleweight contender Paulo Costa, who
Following his first loss in the UFC in February to Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight Casey Kenney was looking to recoup a little bit before returning to the promotion in the spring when the novel coronavirus hit and sent the sport into temporary lockdown. While at first the lockdown didn’t affect Kenney much, once he wanted to
Image Credit: Claudia Gadelha’s Instagram Both Claudia Gadelha and Dan Ige fought on UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville back on May 16 and both fighters came away with wins respectively. However, both fighters were also recent guests on Sirius XM Fight Nation’s ‘MMA Tonight’ and revealed they endure some COVID-19 scares in their camp. Before
Watch Gilbert Burns vs. Demian Maia full fight video to see Burns finish Maia at UFC Brasilia on March 14, 2020. Burns was on a four-fight winning streak heading into this co-main event matchup with Maia, one of Brazil’s most respected martial artists. In a battle of Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts, “Durinho” survived the submission
7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now July. Many expected Usman’s next
LOUIS SMOLKA VS. CASEY KENNEY Ironically, the last man to beat Royval will be part of the tandem setting the table for his debut, as Casey Kenney looks to get back in the win column in a bantamweight clash with Hawaiian Louis Smolka on Saturday. Kenney appeared twice on Season 1 of the Contender Series,
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman questions why Conor McGregor is suddenly silent when it comes to going up to welterweight. McGregor has made his future plans clear. He hopes to regain the UFC lightweight title and then move up to 170 pounds to go after the welterweight
Despite teasing possible retirement in the past, Carlos Condit isn’t ready to call it a career just yet. In fact, his striking coach, Brandon Gibson, says “The Natural Born Killer” could make his return to action as early as this summer. “Carlos is doing well. He’s recovering from his injury, he’s continuing his training, and