Paulo Costa’s coach believes the likely title bout between his fighter and champion Israel Adesanya will be one to remember. Adesanya and Costa are likely to collide sometime this year. Costa would’ve received the title opportunity back in March but he was still recovering from surgery. Adesanya ended up successfully defending his 185-pound gold against
A women’s Bantamweight fight between Raquel Pennington and Marion Reneau is close to being finalized to go down at an upcoming “Fight Night” event, which is tentatively set for June 20 at the APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. That’s according to MMA Junkie, who brought word of the pending match up. Both ladies are
– Guest Editorial by Ed Theisen Super-human strength, a vertical leap that would challenge even Michael Jordan, and a great personality. That pretty much sums up the late, great Kevin Randleman. In fact, Kevin was so strong he acted as his own jaws of life in a car accident that left him with 180 stitches in his head
Image: UFC on Instagram Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson believes Tyron Woodley will defeat Gilbert Burns when the pair collide on May 30. Woodley and Burns will meet in the main event of the May 30 card, which still doesn’t have an official location but is expected to go down in Las Vegas
The UFC bantamweight title picture has turned into an interesting puzzle with Henry Cejudo’s retirement announcement at UFC 249. Should Cejudo’s retirement stick after his second-round TKO win over Dominick Cruz, Aljamain Sterling is certainly one of the pieces in play to crown a new champion. “Funk Master” recently joined MMA Fighting for the UFC
Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman has been named to the UFC Hall of Fame class for 2020 as a Pioneer. The 2020 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place later this year and will be streamed live on UFC FIGHT PASS. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC
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8:04 AM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marcus Gaethje was at dinner with his twin brother, Justin. It was May 8, and the Gaethjes and a few of Justin’s coaches had settled in at Chart House, an
This is the Ricky Simon we missed in the lead-up to UFC Jacksonville, as he went underground to focus solely on snapping a two-fight losing skid and nothing else. No media, no distractions, nothing to take him out of his single-minded approach to winning that fight with Borg. “I’ve never been on a two-fight skid
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alistair Overeem is hoping to get the chance to rematch Jairzinho Rozenstruik following UFC on ESPN 8. Back at UFC Washington last December, Rozenstruik stepped in on short notice to battle Overeem where he knocked out the veteran with just four seconds left. He was losing the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Yesterday, UFC President Dana White made the journey over to Fox News and talked with host Sean Hannity about the specifics of holding UFC events again and the timeline of fans returning to sports. Naturally, White also took a moment to curse that pesky media again. For reasons unknown — perhaps
[embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) It isn’t yet clear where, but the UFC will return with another Fight Night event on May 30. It is expected to feature Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns. Following a series of three UFC events over the course of eight days in Jacksonville, Fla., UFC president Dana White assured
Image Credit: UFC.com Walt Harris says he will be taking Alistair Overeem up on his offer to train together following his TKO loss. In the main event of UFC on ESPN 8 in Jacksonville, Florida, Harris returned to the Octagon to battle Overeem. It was an important fight for the heavyweight division and early on,
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov received multiple calls from Russian president Vladimir Putin this week as his father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, continues to receive treatment in a Moscow hospital. According to Nurmagomedov’s longtime manager, Ali Abdelaziz, Abdulmanap was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors this week as they continue to treat his heart condition
9:32 PM ET Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has been placed in a medically induced coma in Moscow, the fighter’s agent 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
First, Matt and Jim go over their fight picks for last Wednesday’s card, UFC Fight Night: Smith v Teixeira, and Matt offers his take on how Anthony Smith’s corner handled the bout. Then, UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem calls in fresh off his TKO win against Walt Harris on Saturday. He discusses how he managed to
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Anthony Smith claims he wouldn’t hesitate to ditch his cornermen if they ever stop one of his fights. A lot has been made over Smith’s fifth-round TKO loss to Glover Teixeira. Many believe the fight should’ve been stopped sooner. “Lionheart’s” corner took serious heat as they didn’t