It appears Jon Jones’ long awaited move to heavyweight will have to wait even longer. Following several days of back and forth messages between Jones and Francis Ngannou, the light heavyweight champion sent out a message on Thursday that negotiations with the UFC came to an abrupt end when the promotion was unwilling to increase
2:08 PM ET Rising star Sean O’Malley is scheduled to fight veteran Eddie Wineland at UFC 250, per multiple sources. The event is slated to take place at the UFC Apex arena in Las Vegas, though the promotion has yet to officially announce that because it is waiting for the state of Nevada to give
UFC requests that the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) place the organization’s application to conduct an event at the UFC Apex facility on May 30, 2020 on its next agenda. In light of published reports, UFC would like to clarify that it understands that its ability to conduct the event is subject to the approval of
Image screencapped from UFC Embedded It looks like any hope for Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou has been dashed. Jones and Ngannou have been going back-and-forth on social media regarding a potential fight. “Bones” may be the UFC light heavyweight champion but he gained confidence in a potential move up in weight class after seeing
It’s seems the much-talked about super fight between current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, and hard-hitting Heavyweight contender, Francis Ngannou, has hit a bit of a speed bump. During a recent barrage of tweets, “Bones” revealed that the promotion failed to pony up the cash to make the fight a reality.
Video: Watch every Anderson Silva finish of his UFC career [embedded content] Anderson Silva hasn’t been very busy over the last few years of his UFC tenure, fighting just six times since 2013. Regardless, he is one of the most prolific finishers in UFC history. With 11 middleweight finishes and three light heavyweight finishes to
Image via Aljamain Sterling on Instagram Another big bout has been added to the UFC 250, as Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen are now set to collide in a crucial bantamweight fight on the card. Sterling announced that he’s fighting at UFC 250 on social media on Thursday morning. Funk Bandits, it’s official! My contract
Nevada appears ready to re-open the state for combat sports. On Thursday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revealed plans for a meeting on May 27 where the governing body will discuss plans for COVID-19 protocols for events to return to the state without audiences in attendance. Back in March, the Nevada Commission held a meeting
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May 19, 2020 Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has been put into a medically induced coma in Moscow, the fighter’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Abdelaziz confirmed Abdulmanap was transported to Moscow from his native Dagestan via airlift earlier this month. Nurmagomedov has publicly stated his
“I come from a very outspoken family of very empowered women, and when I was training as a kid, I kinda got bumped around to a lot of these fighter houses where I was hanging out with all men in their mid-20’s ever since I was around 13 or so,” said Rousey. “So I always
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Max Holloway is stepping up to help Hawaii. The former UFC featherweight champion is helping the “All 4 Hawaii Challenge,” by getting people to donate to Hawaiian food banks. Not only will people do good by donating food but each donation will be paired with a raffle
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Almost all of the COVID-19 related changes to sports are not fun. Yeah, it’s neat to watch fights without crowd audio from some dark room in Jacksonville, but the situation is hardly an satisfying replacement for fans that would love to be in the room with all the action. UFC is
Coming off of two straight wins in 2019, former Bellator light-heavyweight champion Phil Davis was looking to build of his success and have an even more advantageous time in 2020. In the wake of the novel coronavirus putting everything on hold, while understandably disappointed he’s not able to fight, Davis prefers to be patient during
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former Bellator and ONE champion Ben Askren recently shared his theory on why fight fans have not seen Arianny Celeste working recent UFC events. The longtime Octagon girl, Celeste, was absent from all three of the promotions recent events in Jacksonville, Florida. Working those events was Arianny’s
Watch Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 1 full fight video to relive Diaz’s dramatic win over McGregor at UFC 196 on March 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. McGregor had risen to superstardom in just two short years with the UFC, knocking out all-time great Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to capture the undisputed featherweight title
6:03 PM ET Just like that, life feels a little more normal, right? Three UFC events in eight days will certainly do that. After two months of uncertainty, we’re back to arguing about late/early stoppages, title shots and all the wacky, fun stuff that makes being an MMA fan so much fun. It also means
Carla Esparza (2014-15) defeated Rose Namajunas via third-round submission at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale (12/12/14) to become the inaugural UFC strawweight champion. https://ufcfightpass.com/video/35433 The bout was the finale of the TUF 20 tournament created to crown a 115-pound champion in the UFC. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (2015-17) defeated Esparza via second-round TKO at UFC 185 (3/14/15)