11:52 PM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi The lightweight co-main event between former champion Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush, scheduled for UFC 288 on May 10, has been postponed after Oliveira suffered an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. According to a source, Oliveira has been forced to limit his training for the past few weeks due
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Alex Pereira fought well at UFC 287 last weekend (Sat. April 8, 2023). The Brazilian striker was doing real damage to Israel Adesanya’s lead leg, hampering the lanky kickboxer’s movement and seemingly hurting him midway through the second. When Pereira attempted to follow up with a flurry — very similarly to
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UFC Kansas City Face-Offs Video Each fighter competing at Saturday’s UFC Kansas City got one final look at their opponent at the ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday. The event, which takes place at T-Mobile Center, is headlined by a featherweight bout between former champion Max Holloway and Arnold Allen. Holloway (23-7) enters the match coming off a loss to
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will continue its nationwide tour this weekend with the UFC Kansas City: “Holloway vs. Allen” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (April 15, 2022) inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. UFC Kansas City, which airs on both ESPN and ESPN+, will be headlined by the featherweight
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When UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards looks at the 170-pound division, he does not see a clear contender for his next title defense. UFC president Dana White has asserted that Colby Covington will get the next title shot, but Edwards doesn’t think ‘Chaos’ deserves it. “At the moment, in the division, there’s no clear number
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11:07 AM ET Former UFC middleweight champion and multidivision kickboxing champion Alex Pereira is moving up in weight after his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya last weekend. Pereira, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, formally announced the news Thursday on his YouTube channel. Pereira won the UFC’s 185-pound championship by knocking out Adesanya in the fifth round
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Watch ceremonial weigh-in video for PFL 3: Aubin-Mercier vs. Burgos, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Friday night. Olivier Aubin-Mercier begins his defense of his 2022 lightweight championship campaign by taking on Shane Burgos in what will be Burgos’ league debut. The former UFC featherweight contender recently parted
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Jamahal Hill welcomes Alex Pereira to light heavyweight division, Pereira responds Former middleweight champion Alex Pereira announced on Thursday that his next fight will be in the light heavyweight division. 205-pound champion Jamahal Hill posted a video welcoming ‘Poatan’ to the new weight class, and Pereira responded in the comments. “Welcome can’t wait to see
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he’s “very close” to signing with either ONE Championship or the PFL for his post-boxing run, and ONE heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar would be more than happy to welcome him to Asia. “Singh”, who finally faces interim titleholder Anatoly Malykhin in a title unification bout on July 14,
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