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12:19 AM ET Light heavyweight Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith by TKO in the fifth round Wednesday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 4 seconds. It was just the second fifth-round TKO in UFC light heavyweight history. The other featured Alexander Gustafsson stopping
Then, UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling joins the show to discuss how Henry Cejudo’s retirement impacts his title shot odds and when he expects to return to the Octagon. It could be much earlier than you might think! UFC women’s strawweight Angela Hill also calls in ahead of her co-main event bout against Claudia Gadelha at
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White rarely holds his tongue in the face of criticism. There wasn’t an exception when New York Times reporter, Kevin Draper, questioned the UFC’s execution of its COVID-19 protocols. The UFC returned to action for the first time since March with UFC 249 on May 9. Instead
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Prior to the return of UFC events, there was a lot of speculation — some from me! — as to how fighters would perform with less-than-ideal camps on short-notice bookings. Two events in, and it seems like the general level of performance has remained high. There has not be any particularly
Glover Teixeira, Ben Rothwell tower over UFC Jacksonville fighter salaries Glover Teixeira, at 40 years of age, put on one of the best performances of his career at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Fla. He was handsomely reward for his efforts. Not only did Teixeira collect a $50,000 Performance of
Image: @thenotoriousmma on Instagram Conor McGregor took to Twitter earlier tonight to thank Mike Tyson, this after ‘Iron Mike’ praised ‘Notorious’ for his efforts against Floyd Mayweather. Although McGregor ultimately went on to lose his first career boxing match to Mayweather in their blockbuster fight in August of 2017, Tyson still had nothing but praise
Giga Chikadze has a new opponent for Saturday night in Jacksonville. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans have confirmed to MMA Fighting that Chikadze will now face Titan FC bantamweight champion Irwin Rivera in a featherweight matchup. On less than 48 hours notice, Rivera—who confirmed the booking on Twitter—will replace Mike Davis who
7:44 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is ready to turn tragedy into triumph. On Saturday night, Harris will fight for the first time since his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard went missing last October and was found dead of a gunshot wound the following month. He’ll compete in the UFC Fight Night main event against veteran
Training out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas – nicknamed the “9th Island” because of its dense Hawaiian population – Ige has shown evolution in his game as the tests have become more difficult, culminating in a strong win in a back-and-forth bout with Mirsad Bektic which earned Ige a spot in the rankings. His
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images WBC champion Ryan Garcia may be pulling Henry Cejudo out of retirement. Cejudo, who defended his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 last weekend, announced his retirement after his victory. For some reason, a feud on social media between the two began and it could
Brian Campbell has had a number of close brushes in his personal life and it has only served as fuel for self-belief. Campbell appeared as the sophomore guest on the MMA Mania and Bloody Elbow joint-interview series, The Insiders (video above). The Showtime and CBS personality spoke candidly about the turbulent birth of his twin
Since joining Bellator in 2016, Ryan Bader has put together one of the promotion’s most impressive winning streaks. He has picked up five wins (with one no contest) and claimed the promotion’s light heavyweight and heavyweight championships in the process. With his success, it only makes sense that Bader would be featured on the CBS
Image Credit: UFC on Instagram UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is certain he’d win a potential fight with heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou, and he’s ready to prove it. Speaking on Twitter on Thursday morning, Jones shared his belief that his recent opponent Thiago Santos, who he beat by decision in 2019, is a
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UFC today announced that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame’s ‘Modern Wing’ as a member of the class of 2020. The 2020 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Toyo Tires, will take place later this year and will be streamed live on
Ahead of the second ever Bare Knuckle FC event in Biloxi, Miss., Bec Rawlings and Britain Hart faced off for the final time Friday. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com MMA Fighting is your home for
Dana White on ‘Fight Island’, Dan Hardy wants Donald Cerrone or Anthony Pettis for comeback bout, Vitor Belfort, Cat Zingano and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest news from the world of Mixed Martial