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
Conor McGregor was on a tear on Monday, lashing out at nearly everyone that is on his fight radar. From Justin Gaethje to Khabib Nurmagomedov to Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier, McGregor was in rare form, also admitting that he would now consider fighting without a crowd and his intent to move to welterweight. RELATED
UFC president Dana White has lashed out at Stephen Espinoza regarding his comments about the controversial UFC 249 event this past weekend. Espinoza made some noise in the lead-up to UFC 249 when he alleged that fighters on the card had to sign a document that claimed they would lose their purse if they spoke
In the fast-paced world of MMA, there are dozens of questions surrounding any given event, but when the dust settles there’s usually only one: What’s next? Following the conclusion of every major card, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee will look back at the results, read the tea leaves, stir the cauldron, and
The UFC 249 fighters faced off after weighing in on Friday morning ahead of Saturday night’s action. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) To order UFC
After UFC 249 weigh-ins, the UFC fighters at Saturday’s event squared off Friday morning in Jacksonville, Fla. Here’s a highlight reel of the staredowns as fighters faced off. Watch UFC 249 LIVE here: http://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/482924/595608/9070?sharedid=MMAFightingYouTube 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:
Israel Adesanya declines bout UFC’s Darren Till, Dana White UFC 249 event breakdown, Tony Ferguson sends motivational message 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 Arts (sports
2:13 AM ET By the time Henry Cejudo left the Octagon on Saturday night, after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz and announcing his retirement, the skeptics among his fellow fighters questioned whether the champ was seriously quitting or putting on another performance. But one thing skeptics didn’t question during UFC 249 was the
Though he’s making his UFC debut this weekend, Lins is someone who has been on the radar of serious fight fans for a number of years, first gaining prominence as an emerging light heavyweight prospect before spending time in both Bellator and the Professional Fighters League, where he shifted to the heavyweight division and finished
Image Credit: Jon P. Kopaloff / Getty Images Sport / Getty Georges St-Pierre has responded to being inducted in the UFC Hall of Fame. During the UFC 249 broadcast last night (May 9), it was announced that St-Pierre will headline the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2020. St-Pierre is regarded by many as the
Georges St-Pierre has finally been added to the UFC’s Hall of Fame, and his reaction to this news is probably the purest thing you’re going to see today. The UFC made the announcement on Saturday night during UFC 249: the Canadian star would be a 2020 inductee into the ‘Modern Wing’, where he shares a