While UFC 249 didn’t go down as originally planned on April 18, Alexander Hernandez expects he’ll be compensated for his efforts to get there. Hernandez was schedule to compete on both iterations of the event – first against Islam Makhachev in Brooklyn N.Y., and then against short notice replacement Omar Morales at Tachi Palace in
11:08 AM ET The Professional Fighters League announced Monday it is canceling its 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume its format of regular season and playoffs in the spring of 2021. For this year, according to a prepared statement, the PFL will create “new original programming.” The announcement stated that
Here’s how it looked that night at American Airlines Arena… ### Unbeaten in 20 pro fights, powerhouse Minnesota wrestler Sean Sherk was expected to be the stiffest test for powerhouse Illinois wrestler Matt Hughes in the main event of UFC 43 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, but after 25 minutes, it was Hughes
Image Credit: AP UFC president Dana White isn’t expecting fans to be in attendance at UFC events for a long time. The UFC will return on May 9 in a stacked event and will then have events on May 13 and 16. The plan is to have them in Jacksonville, Florida for the foreseeable future.
The UFC is pulling out all the stops to make it’s new “Ultimate UFC Experience” contest the weekend of a lifetime for a lucky fan and guest of their choosing. Not only will the winner get to enjoy an upcoming UFC event in Las Vegas with a nearly endless parade of perks, they’ll get to
Flashback Fight: Watch Rich Franklin take out Evan Tanner in his UFC debut in 2003 [embedded content] In the first of their two career bouts, Rich Franklin made his successful Octagon debut by knocking out Evan Tanner at UFC 42 on April 25, 2003. Both men would eventually go on to win the UFC middleweight
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Just a few days after UFC president Dana White made the card official, the world’s leading MMA promotion has released the poster for UFC 249. White has been trying for weeks now to put a show on for the fans, and while it didn’t look like he would be able to get his way, things
UFC has three cards scheduled for May 9, 13 and 16 in Florida, but is already working on other events for late May. MMA Fighting has learned that a strawweight bout between Mackenzie Dern and Hannah Cifers is tentatively set for a yet-to-be-announced show on May 23. It’s still unclear if the event will take
7:23 PM ET As the coronavirus crisis forces all sports leagues to re-evaluate how they can once again host thousands of fans at stadiums across the country, at least one prominent data scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says there are steps teams can take that will make arenas “as safe as public parks.”
“I wake up every morning at 6 o’clock,” he said. “Even if I can afford to sleep ‘til 10, even if I can go to my own coffee bar to have coffee and hang around until 2. I can have lunch, take a nap after lunch, and then go back to the coffee bar and
Image Credit: Getty Images Boxing legend Mike Tyson could be making a return to the ring for a good cause. Tyson’s days of competing on a professional level may be long gone but “Iron Mike” still knows a thing or two about the sweet science. Tyson still posts clips to remind folks that he’s still
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 47 was a fairly important and popular show, the event in which Chuck Liddell finally tracked down Tito Ortiz and pulverized him. It was a major moment for UFC, one which helped push Liddell to the Light Heavyweight title and greater stardom. Before the collision of Light Heavyweight greats, however,
On this Day in UFC History: Matt Hughes speaks after defeating Sean Sherk at UFC 42 [embedded content] Seventeen years ago on April 25, 2003, Matt Hughes defeated Sean Sherk and retained his welterweight belt in Miami, Florida. It was the fight promotion’s first trip to the Sunshine State and Hughes’ fourth title defense. The
UFC President Dana White is defending the promotions decision to give Dominick Cruz a title shot against Henry Cejudo at UFC 249. ‘The Dominator’, who has not competed in over three years, will square off with ‘Triple C’ for the promotions bantamweight world title on May 9 in Jacksonville, Florida. Despite not having won a
Vicente Luque is no stranger to short-notice bouts. But this one definitely tops previous opportunities when it comes to pre-fight drama. “The Silent Assassin” was matched up against Randy Brown at UFC Portland on April 11, but the entire Fight Night event got canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the company struggling to get
5:30 PM ET UFC fighter Lyman Good tested positive for the coronavirus last month, he told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview Monday. He is the first UFC athlete to publicly acknowledge having tested positive for the virus. Good, 34, said he is now feeling “100%” and is in full recovery. The New Jersey
The high-intensity feud – years in the making – made UFC 40 the biggest event in UFC history up until that time, and if Ortiz wasn’t a star before his bout with the MMA pioneer and former pro wrestling star, his punishing third-round stoppage victory certainly did the trick. After elaborate entrances from both men