Image via @ufc on Instagram A pivotal bantamweight bout between top-ranked contenders Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen is the latest addition to the UFC San Diego card. Sandhagen had been tabbed to fight former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, but “The Dominator” reportedly was not interested in the matchup. According to a report from Aaron
9:14 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC is closing in on a location for its lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson on April 18, according to UFC president Dana White. White told ESPN on Monday that the location is “99.9%” confirmed, though he did not wish to disclose it until it’s
A marquee matchup between bantamweight contenders Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen is currently in the works for the UFC’s return to San Diego on May 16. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from TSN. As of now, the fight is tentatively agreed upon for the card in
Had he gotten the opportunity to fight Edgar, Sandhagen feels like he’d be in a similar spot as Petr Yan, who used a dominant win over Urijah Faber to catapult himself into the division’s title picture. Now, though, he’s just eager to get back into the Octagon against an opponent his top five ranking necessitates.
Image Credit: Getty Images UFC president Dana White says a location is set for UFC 249. White has promised that the event will indeed take place on April 18. Scheduled to headline the card is a UFC lightweight title bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. The bout was initially set to take place
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, was adamant that UFC 249 would go down on April 18, despite COVID-19 forcing the promotion to close down for a few weeks. And now it seems he has found a location. According to the outspoken head honcho, while he couldn’t reveal where exactly the lightweight title fight
As restrictions across the United States, and the world, continue to escalate, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has reportedly returned home to Russia. Nurmagomedov is currently slated to face Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event, which is scheduled for April 18. The bouts initial location in Brooklyn, New York, has been scratched. The
Notable members of the MMA community, including a handful of fighters, have gathered together to sing the famous UFC anthem “Face The Pain”. The coronavirus outbreak has generated a series of intriguing, and somewhat bizarre, reactions from around the world with everyone from influencers to athletes to celebrities trying to raise the spirits of those
6:19 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A former MMA fighter accused in two Texas slayings is one of two people charged in the death of a woman who was abducted from a Minnesota domestic violence shelter 11 years ago, authorities said Monday. Cedric Marks, 45, of Killeen, Texas, has been charged in Hennepin County
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Outlook: Before Namajunas lost her belt to Andrade in Brazil, the 27-year-old looked as good as ever, piecing Andrade from range with an array of strikes. In fact, Namajunas said the UFC offered her a chance to regain her belt against Zhang, but Namajunas turned it down. Instead, she gets an immediate crack at avenging
Image Credit: Sarah Stier/Getty Images Henry Cejudo wants to take over the pound-for-pound spot and he’s letting Jon Jones and Khabib Nurmagomedov know it. Cejudo is the UFC bantamweight champion. He also held the flyweight gold but vacated it after it was clear that he had his sights set on sticking with the 135-pound division.
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Follow Zhang Weili’s historic journey to becoming the first Chinese UFC champion [embedded content] Zhang Weili became the first ever Chinese UFC champion in 2019 when she defeated Jessica Andrade for the women’s strawweight title. Follow Weili’s historic journey to becoming the first Chinese UFC champion. Weili recently defeated former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk in their
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Image via @thenotoriousMMA on instagram UFC superstar Conor McGregor took to social media on Sunday to offer up a prayer to Italy, a country that has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Over 5000 people have died in Italy as a result of the coronavirus, and more deaths are being reported every day. Italy has
11:15 AM ET Anthony Smith Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith is scheduled to face Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night on April 25 in his backyard of Lincoln, Nebraska. The UFC has not announced any changes to that card, but all future events are subject to change because of the coronavirus pandemic.