Mar 8, 2020 LAS VEGAS — The crowd knew exactly what it was witnessing: one of the greatest fights in UFC history. Before the start of the fifth round between Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk on Saturday night, the fans at T-Mobile Arena gave the two women a standing ovation. Even fighters in the crowd
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This sport deserves a lot of respect. I saw the MMA belt that I had won, how responsible I became, the discipline I acquired, the combinations that I connected, that security I had when I tried to try it and that desire to want to do it again but much better … -Of course! The
Image Credit: Bellator Patricio Freire is ready to go into battle for the 35th time in his pro MMA career. Freire is set to put his Bellator featherweight gold on the line against Pedro Carvalho this Friday night (March 13). The title bout will also serve as a quarterfinal match in the Bellator Featherweight World
Weili Zhang had to travel a long and grueling road to make it to her first-ever title defense at UFC 248 last Sat (March 7, 2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the coronavirus outbreak spread all over China, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s strawweight champion had to unexpectedly pack her bags in order to
Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero didn’t exactly light up the crowd at UFC 248, but they did light up the fighter payroll. The two fought a rather lackluster affair. Romero held the center of the Octagon throughout the fight, while Adesanya attacked his lead leg with kicks. Neither fighter went much beyond that over the
Image via @stylebender on Instagram (photographer not listed) Israel Adesanya believes that he proved Yoel Romero isn’t “made of steel” at UFC 248. Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, defended his title against Romero in the card’s main event, winning a controversial and undeniably slow decision over the Cuban. Ahead of this Adesanya vs. Romero fight,
4:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya is still the UFC middleweight champion, escaping a bizarre battle with Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday night. Zhang Weili, meanwhile, held on to her strawweight title in an instant classic against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event. The
KSW two-division titleholder Mateusz Gamrot will finally return to action on March 21, but neither of his belts will be on the line. The Polish promotion announced Friday that the featherweight and lightweight champion will meet former UFC fighter Kevin Souza in a non-title lightweight contest at KSW 53 in Lodz, Poland, on March 21.
The fourth round saw the same pace as the previous three as they continued to unleash combinations with plenty of heat behind them inside the pocket. Jedrzejczyk’s patented cardio was on display, appearing the sharper of the two in the fourth round, but to her credi, Zhang kept applying the pressure while firing powerful striked.
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC UFC president Dana White feels Yoel Romero is at fault for the disappointing UFC 248 main event. Romero challenged Adesanya for the UFC middleweight championship last night (March 7). The initial plan was to have Adesanya put his gold on the line against Paulo Costa but Costa had to undergo
There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it: Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 was a bad fight. The two fighters spent the majority of the bout staring daggers at each other as Adesanya tentatively picked away at Romero’s legs and Romero did … something. Waved his arms around in front of his
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Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) In the main event of UFC 248, Israel Adesanya was looking to defend his middleweight title against the divisions ‘boogeyman’ in Yoel Romero. The co-main attraction saw Weili Zhang looking for her first title defense of the strawweight belt against former division champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk. In the
4:20 AM ET On a night when the UFC announced a fight was being inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2020, fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas were treated to an epic bout that probably will have its own HOF induction announcement some day. Zhang Weili defended her strawweight crown with