“Professionally, this is what you set out to do,” he explained, shifting gears and making it clear he understands that the outcome of Saturday’s bout at Chartway Arena will play a big part in determining his legacy. “There is obviously a huge personal component, and that is so important as well, but at the end
Image Credit: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington is aware of 50 Cent and Rosie O’Donnell basking in his defeat. Covington challenged UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman back in Dec. 2019. The welterweight title bout headlined UFC 245 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Covington fell short in his fifth-round
Deontay Wilder was expected to give cornerman, Mark Breland, his walking papers after throwing in the towel in the seventh round of “Bronze Bomber’s” rematch with Tyson Fury earlier this month. Wilder was getting pummeled by “Gypsy King” from the opening bell of their anticipated heavyweight reboot, but never wanted to have the fight stopped.
In a whirlwind of flip-flopping results, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation again changed the result of the Tito Ortiz vs. Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez bout. The TDLR this time reinstated the original result, which was a submission victory in Ortiz’s favor. The two battled in the main event of Combate Americas’ first pay-per-view
Fabricio Werdum has opened as a sizeable favorite over Alexey Oleynik in his return to the Octagon. It has been made official that Werdum will battle Oleynik at UFC 250 which takes place on May 9 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fight was one that the Russian had called for, given both are jiu-jitsu specialists.
11:19 AM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The UFC was set to usher in a new era for its flyweight division in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Now only one of the participants is even eligible to win the title. Brazilian flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) weighed in at 127.5 pounds on Friday, 2.5 pounds over
MMA Fighting has UFC Norfolk results for the Benavidez vs. Figueiredo fight card in Norfolk, Va., a live blog of the headliner, and live UFC Norfolk Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a showdown for the vacant UFC flyweight title, though due to a weight miss by Figueiredo, only Benavidez is eligible to capture
There will also be a likely push from the youngest member of the Brown household for dad to make it into the next UFC game, an assumption that brings a knowing laugh from the 29-year-old, who is well aware that to get into digital form, he’s got to start building a resume in the Octagon,
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC president Dana White doesn’t care how you feel about his support for POTUS Donald Trump. White hasn’t been shy in expressing his support for Trump. The UFC boss has said that he isn’t into politics but with Trump things are different. Trump has shown his support
Welcome to Midnight Mania! All street fight stories have roughly the same introduction — a lot of curse words, general shouting, and posturing — so even here, the first 30 seconds can safely be skipped without missing much. Immediately after, however, the action heats up, and the impressiveness of the man in the white jacket
UFC Norfolk: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo weigh-in video [embedded content] Tune in for the UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo ceremonial weigh-in live at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT from Norfolk, Virginia, on MMAWeekly.com. The UFC Norfolk weigh-in video will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following the live stream. For those that
Go behind the scenes for some of the most emotional highs and lows of the unforgettable UFC 206 fight card featuring Cub Swanson, Dooho Choi, Donald Cerrone, Matt Brown, Anthony Pettis, and Max Holloway now on UFC Fight Pass.
The MMA community was left disappointed on Friday morning when Deiveson Figueiredo missed weight for his vacant flyweight title against Joseph Benavidez. Benavidez meets Figueiredo on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Norfolk, but the vacant UFC flyweight title will only be on the line for Benavidez in the bout. That’s because Figueiredo
Feb 25, 2020 For many years, UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez kept an old 4-inch-by-6-inch photograph of a UFC championship belt on his mantel. Keeping the spot warm until the real belt could take its place. But a few years ago, Benavidez and his wife moved to a new home in Las Vegas, and the photograph
After asking for the public’s help to fight a second anti-doping violation, UFC strawweight Jessica Penne has accepted a 20-month suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. In a press release, the UFC’s anti-doping partner said it declined to pursue an enhanced penalty for Penne’s second violation because it found she “was not intending to cheat”
USADA announced today that Jessica Penne, of Chula Vista, Calif., accepted a 20-month sanction for her second anti-doping policy violation. Penne, 36, tested positive at trace levels for two metabolites of stanozolol, 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol, as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample she provided on April 8, 2019. Stanozolol is a non-Specified Substance in
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC strawweight Jessica Penne’s fighting career doesn’t have to end now as initially feared. Penne hasn’t competed since April 2017. Injuries have plagued Penne but she was also dealing with a potential career-ending situation. The 115-pounder was facing a four-year suspension from USADA following her second
Will Joseph Benavidez become the new flyweight champion? Or will the too-heavy Deiveson Figueiredo prevail and keep the 125-pound title vacant? We’ll find out in the UFC Fight Night 169 main event, airing exclusively on ESPN+ this Sat. night (Feb. 29, 2020) from inside Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The UFC Fight Night 169 co-headliner