While 2019 wasn’t the strongest for Italian MMA, Marvin Vettori restoked the fire when he took home a pair of wins in his first two bouts back from a suspension. The 26-year-old middleweight prospect gained the most notoriety for taking middleweight champion Israel Adesanya to a split decision in early 2018. Since then, Vettori, who
Image Credit: Getty Images It looks like UFC 249 was a home run despite the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC held its first event since March 14th this past Saturday night (May 9). UFC 249 was held inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. No fans were in attendance. The main event featured an
Bellator 219: “Awad vs. Girtz” went down March 29, 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. Hard-hitting Lightweights squared off in the main event as Saad Awad (23-10) faced off with Brandon Girtz (15-8). To the surprise of some, that fight went the distance and was incredibly close, with Girtz rocking Awad several
Justin Gaethje punched his ticket to a fight with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov when he defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday night. Now it looks like that fight may happen much sooner than many had anticipated. White UFC President Dana White stated in the lead-up to Ferguson vs. Gaethje that the winner would
Image via @ufc on Instagram With Henry Cejudo abruptly retiring from MMA, UFC bantamweight contender Aljamain Sterling is calling for a vacant title fight against Petr Yan. Cejudo shocked the MMA community when he announced after this TKO win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 that he would be vacating the belt and retiring from
Karl Roberson has missed weight for UFC Jacksonville. Ahead of his seventh promotional appearance, “Baby K” tipped the scales at 187.5 pounds for his middleweight bout with Marvin Vettori at the official weigh-ins Tuesday morning. Vettori successfully made weight at 186 pounds. As of now, there is no official word on whether or not the
Dominick Cruz changes his weight-cut regimen and asks Henry Cejudo for a hug. Tony Ferguson accepts a chess challenge. The arena gets set up under social distancing guidelines. Stars including Cowboy Cerrone and Anthony Pettis attend a virtual media day. SUBSCRIBE to get all the latest UFC content: https://www.youtube.com/ufc Connect with UFC Online and
7:57 PM ET If there was any question about who Conor McGregor wants to fight next, the answer was delivered on Monday afternoon in a series of profane tweets aimed at UFC interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje. McGregor said he would butcher Gaethje and put his teeth on a necklace. It’s a different stance than
With a quartet of consecutive victories over Demetrious Johnson, TJ Dillashaw, Marlon Moraes and Dominick Cruz, Henry Cejudo cemented his legacy as one of the best fighters to strap on the gloves. And if the former Olympic gold medalist sticks to the retirement he announced in the Octagon after beating Cruz, that’s an even more
Image Credit: Michael Campanella/Getty Images The UFC Jacksonville weigh-ins are here. Tomorrow night (May 13), a UFC Fight Night card will be held inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. There will be no fans in attendance. In the headliner, Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will do battle in a light heavyweight scrap.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 249 was a risk, but yesterday I argued it was a success based on the high-quality of the event. One of the main selling points of holding the event was the idea that in this sports-deprived time, a huge number of fans would willingly fork over their cash and purchase
Kelvin Gastelum suspended for marijuana relative to UFC 244 USADA announced on Monday that Kelvin Gastelum, of Huntington Beach, Calif., has accepted a nine-month sanction for his second violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC APD) and received a five-month reduction to his sanction following the successful completion of a drug treatment program. Gastelum, 28, tested
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) The salaries have been released for UFC 249, and headliner Tony Ferguson topped the list with a $500,000 payday for this main event fight. According to the numbers obtained by MMA reporter Jed I. Goodman from the Florida State Boxing Commission, Ferguson was the highest-paid fighter at
UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith addresses his chaotic fight camp going from a showdown against Glover Teixeira in his home state in Nebraska in April to a new booking in May that came after he was the victim of a home invasion. Smith also addresses the state of the division while explaining why he
6:50 PM ET When you build a card with as many big fights as UFC 249 had, the fallout is going to be considerable, especially coming from the top of the card. Justin Gaethje put on the performance of his career in ending the 12-fight win streak of Tony Ferguson to become UFC interim lightweight
RICKY SIMON VS. RAY BORG The action shifts to the bantamweight division for this compelling clash between two former prospects still just reaching the start of their athletic primes who are looking to build some momentum in 2020. Simon did everything right after earning a split decision victory on the Contender Series but failing to
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Justin Gaethje’s manager has offered a response to Conor McGregor’s scathing message. McGregor was paying attention to UFC 249 this past Saturday night (May 9). In the main event, Justin Gaethje took on Tony Ferguson for the interim UFC lightweight title. The winner would go on
Conor McGregor was very interested in the outcome of last Sat. night’s (May 9, 2020) UFC 249 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which went down inside Vystar Veteran Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Not only because he wanted to see how UFC would provide fighter safety to all combatants for COVID-19, but because the outcome of the