Merab Dvalishvili officially connected with 12 of his 24 takedown attempts against Casey Kenney, joining Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, and Colby Covington as the only fighters in UFC history to land 10+ takedowns in a fight on two or more occasions. His 12 takedowns in the same fight broke the UFC/WEC bantamweight record, 11, set
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Corey Anderson didn’t take long to weigh in on his UFC Rio Rancho loss. Anderson had an opportunity to make a strong case for a UFC light heavyweight title shot. For months, Anderson expressed his belief that he was being overlooked. He forced the UFC brass and
Former Bellator and UFC smashing machine, Hector Lombard, made a successful transition to the world of bare-knuckle boxing last weekend in “The Sunshine State,” capturing a unanimous decision win over fellow MMA import David Mundell. Watch a clip of their BKFC 10 brawl-for-all in the video above. “I was aggressive, and I scored the points,”
When it comes to his second-round TKO of Miles Johns at UFC 247 on Feb. 8, bantamweight Mario Bautista feels the fight went about as well as it possibly could have. So now he’s zeroing in on fighting in Las Vegas in front of his home state crowd. Most importantly, not only did Bautista get
UFC legend Diego Sanchez returned to the Octagon at last night’s UFC Rio Rancho event for a welterweight scrap with Michel Pereira. The highly anticipated bout served as the co-main event of the evening. After a wild opening few seconds, Pereira was able to establish himself as the dominant force throughout the majority of rounds
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11:29 PM ET Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to make a serious statement Saturday to even have the slightest shot at UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. And that’s exactly what he did. Blachowicz (26-8) recorded the 16th finish of his professional career, as he knocked out Corey Anderson (13-5) with a devastating right hand
A Muay Hardcore event not only produced a stunning highlight-reel stoppage, but a miraculous referee performance. Kickboxer So Sovarathana set up an elbow that sent Neymar toppling to the canvas, out on his feet. Neymar might have bounced off the canvas violently were it not for the quick thinking of the ref, who used his
The lightweight division is unquestionably one of the deepest, most-talent rich divisions in the sport, running in a three-horse race alongside the weight classes on either side of it — featherweight and welterweight. That depth and the constant ascent of new names and new contenders into the spotlight and towards the rankings make it easy
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Brok Weaver vs. Kazula Vargas ended in a DQ. The two fighters met in a lightweight bout at the UFC Rio Rancho event on Saturday night (February 15, 2020) from the that aired live on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Vargas had him down and landed a blatant knee strike to the
Ray Borg has had a rocky couple of years, what with the serious health issues his child has been suffering plus a series of unfortunate injuries and happenstances that have cancelled many of his fights. Out of the 22 bouts Borg has signed to fight with the UFC, 32% have resulted in his withdrawl and
Following four straight wins in the amateur ranks, it became clear that lightweight Eddy George was ready to step things up to the pro level. On January 24, George stepped into the CES cage as a pro for the first time and quickly asserted himself, picking up a 21-second TKO win over veteran Raymond Yanez.
Image Credit: UFC.com In the main event of Saturday’s UFC Rio Rancho card, Jan Blachowicz announced himself as one of the top contenders in the UFC light heavyweight division by knocking out Corey Anderson. In the moments after his violent, first-round win, Blachowicz had a tense confrontation with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who
8:37 AM ET Polish light heavyweight Jan Blachowicz needed a signature win at UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside the Santa Ana Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and he ended up getting it in the form of a devastating first-round knockout of Corey Anderson. The win improved Blachowicz’s UFC record to 9-5, and not
Colby Covington is confident he will be the next person to face UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman despite plans for a showdown with Jorge Masvidal tentatively scheduled for July. UFC president Dana White has already announced that he wants to book Usman against Masvidal at International Fight Week in Las Vegas but the fight is
So as Anderson put himself through another rigorous training camp in New Jersey, it wasn’t to prepare for the same Blachowicz he beat the last time, it’s to beat the 2020 version. “It’s a brand new fight, a brand new opponent,” he said. “I’m not even thinking about anything that happened the first fight. We’re