“Sexyama” has his next opportunity to get back in the win column. The lineup for ONE Championship: King of the Jungle has been announced, with a pair of title fights and an appearance by Japanese veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama among the highlights. In the main event, Nong Stamp—better known as “Stamp Fairtex”—defends her ONE atomweight (115-pound)
The victory would be Modafferi’s third in the Octagon, a number that’s surprising given the fact that she’s compiled 23 wins over the course of the career that began in 2003. But for the first ten years of that career, women weren’t even fighting in the UFC. But Modafferi always had hope that she would
The UFC 246 ceremonial weigh-ins are set to begin. Setting The Stage Tomorrow night (Jan. 18), UFC 246 will take place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Conor McGregor returns to action to take on Donald Cerrone in a welterweight tilt. The co-main event will see former UFC women’s
Image Credit: Claudia Gadelha’s Instagram UFC women’s strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha has released a statement after her fight against Alexa Grasso was scratched from UFC 246. At the official UFC 246 weigh-ins on Friday, Gadelha made weight as she stepped onto the scales at 115.5lbs. However, Grasso badly missed weight at 121.5lbs. Due to a
The sport’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, will return to combat opposite fight-finishing “Cowboy,” Donald Cerrone, this Saturday (Jan. 18, 2020) at UFC 246 inside T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Las Vegas. “Mystic Mac” has never appeared anything but a man with a plan. Ever since he first announced his intentions to “take over” UFC, it became
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy weigh-in results and video [embedded content] Watch Conor McGregor, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and the rest of the UFC 246 fighters weigh-in at Friday’s official early weigh-in. The UFC 246 fight card is set following Friday’s official early weigh-in from Las Vegas. Main eventers Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone have
7:50 AM ET Conor McGregor hasn’t fought in the Octagon since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov on Oct. 6, 2018, but his layoff has done little to temper speculation and expectations about his return Saturday against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246. The expectation is McGregor defeats Cerrone, who has been stopped in his last two,
Former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will return to action in enemy territory when he faces Leon Edwards in the main event at UFC London on March 21. The fight has been in the works for weeks but final agreements weren’t put into place until Thursday according to multiple sources speaking to MMA Fighting following initial
And it was certainly in the DNA of Askarov, who won several titles in wrestling, grappling and MMA, chief among them the Deaflympics wrestling title in 2017. By then, Askarov was already competing in MMA, defeating the likes of UFC vet Jose Maria Tome and WEC / Strikeforce vet Anthony Leone, and it was clear
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White is adamant that fighters can’t take the easy road under his promotion. Often times in combat sports, you’ll see fighters get “tuneup” bouts. White claims that athletes under the UFC banner can’t get such matchups because the UFC doesn’t have “cans.” Dana White Dismisses Notion That
Image: @ufc on Instagram Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is expected to return at March’s UFC 248 in place of Robert Whittaker. Whittaker decided to withdraw from his slated bout with Jared Cannonier earlier this week, citing personal reasons for his removal. With that said, the promotion was in search of a replacement
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny that Conor McGregor is one of the very best strikers in the MMA game. It’s easy to make jokes about “dat left hand shot,” but the Southpaw’s left has put down plenty of elite opposition, he can both pressure and counter well,
Cowboy Cerrone admits Conor McGregor fight led to new, wealthier UFC contract [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Everyone talks about a fight with Conor McGregor being the biggest money bout of a fighter’s career. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone wouldn’t go into details about how much he’s making for his UFC 246 headlining bout opposite the
On Episode 2 of UFC 246 Embedded, headliner Cowboy Cerrone enjoys the blue collar side of Sin City. Bantamweight Raquel Pennington and fiance Tecia Torres unwind with a dog park visit and pedicures. Lightweight Diego Ferreira arrives in town with his wife and son for their first fight week in Las Vegas. Irish star Conor
At UFC 214 media day, Robbie Lawler discusses his upcoming fight against Donald Cerrone, his decision to leave ATT, spending the past year on the sidelines, and much more. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com MMA
Dana White: UFC doctor says Conor McGregor ‘is in the best shape he’s ever seen him in’, Kamaru Usman gives Colby Covington respect and explains why he didn’t tried takedowns, Kamaru Usman predicts Khabib vs. Tony Ferguson megafight, Tyron Woodley praises Leon Edwards “worthy opponent”, Reebok features Conor McGregor in shoe ad as UFC 246
Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone spoke with MMA Junkie ahead of Saturday’s UFC 246 event in Las Vegas. For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Upcoming events: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/schedule Fighter rankings: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
During his sit-down interview with Aaron Bronsteter of TSN, UFC President Dana White hit on a wide range of topics, and brought some more attention to a possible crossover fight. There have recently been talks of a potential fight between boxing world champion Claressa Shields and reigning UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, and