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
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Diego Sanchez vs. Michel Pereira was an odd fight. There’s no way around saying that. The two fighters met in a welterweight bout at the UFC Rio Rancho event on Saturday night (February 15, 2020) from the that aired live on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. In the pre-fight introductions, Sanchez was
UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he took to social media on Valentine’s Day and called out new featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. But just because he delivered his challenge in typical “King of Cringe” fashion, don’t think that Cejudo isn’t serious about moving up and challenging for
Jan Blachowicz: ‘I am next in line… and plan to knock out Jon Jones’ Jan Blachowicz’ first-round knockout over Corey Anderson in Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 25 main event may have secured him a title shot against champion Jon Jones. If you ask him, it definitely did. During the event’s Post Show on ESPN+, Blachowicz
Corey Anderson was looking to earn a title shot with Jon Jones with a victory over Jan Blachowicz at tonight’s UFC Rio Rancho event in New Mexico. Unfortunately for ‘Beastin’, Blachowicz found a home for a big right hand in the opening round which sent him crashing to the canvas. From there, Jan delivered a
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12:34 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
While he came up short on the judges’ scorecards against Scott Holtzman at UFC Rio Rancho, lightweight veteran Jim Miller leaves New Mexico an extra $50,000 richer after earning yet another Fight of the Night award. Miller and Holtzman battered each other for the better part of 15 minutes during their preliminary card scrap inside