Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has his pick of the litter at 170 pounds, now that he’s rid himself (and the rest of the division) of Colby Covington, thanks to a technical knockout win at UFC 245 last month in Las Vegas. But like most other champions before him, Usman (16-1) wants
Video: Conor McGregor explains why he’s fighting Cowboy Cerrone at 170 and who is next [embedded content] (Courtesy of TheMacLife) Conor McGregor is kicking off 2020 with a monster fight with a fan favorite in Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. The two lightweights will meet in a five-round welterweight non-title fight to headline UFC 246 on Jan.
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Gaethje had success as the champ in World Series of Fighting but at a news conference in Dallas, his first opponent Michael Johnson told him to expect another level.
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“Back when we bought it, we were hoping just to be covered by ESPN, let alone be on ESPN,” says White. “We believed that this could be a global sport, that this could work everywhere. Pretty much everything the Fertitta brothers and I believed 20 years ago has come true.” And then some. Fast-forward two
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images After taking the time to ponder who and what Dana White was talking about when he said Justin Gaethje has been turning down fights, Justin Gaethje has come up with some answers as well as a response to the UFC President’s accusations. Despite the fact that
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon at UFC 246 for a welterweight bout with Donald Cerrone. UFC 246 takes place January 18 live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will mark McGregor’s first since suffering a fourth round submission loss to bitter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov at
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Rizin 20 was objectively a pretty awesome event. The fights were fun, the knockouts were many, and the Lightweight Grand Prix actually played out well without any injuries throwing a wrench into plans. Plus, unlike Bellator Japan the night before, it was not an event propped up on the backs of
Is there any chance for another Valentina Shevchenko vs. Amanda Nunes UFC rematch? [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Though Valentina Shevchenko has lost on two separate occasions to dual-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes, she’s not ruling out a third fight. Nunes won both of their previous match-ups at 135 pounds – once by unanimous
7:45 AM ET When I put together a “Fights I want to see” list going into 2019, the No. 1 matchup was Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. Well, it didn’t happen, and — spoiler alert — Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson is still the No. 1 fight I want to see. The good news is, as we
UFC and RIZIN vet Johnny Case is getting his shot at a $1,000,000 PFL prize. MMA Fighting confirmed with Case’s manager Daniel Rubenstein that the 30-year-old lightweight has signed with the league to participate in it’s third season in 2020, following an initial report by ESPN. Case was a part of the PFL’s inaugural season
First, Jim calls in to discuss the upcoming match between Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik, their New Year’s resolutions, and Jim’s trip in Italy. Then, former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk calls in to talk about her upcoming fight against Zhang Weili at UFC 248 in March and discuss how her personal struggles have
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images Well, there’s at least one person who is confident we’ll see George St-Pierre in action soon, that being none other than Chael P. Sonnen. Georges St-Pierre had one of the greatest careers in the history of the UFC. But as you’ll notice, the prior sentence was written strictly in
UFC president Dana White says that his biggest matchmaking regret is never booking a heavyweight fight between Brock Lesnar and Fedor Emelianenko. Lesnar and Emelianenko were arguably the two biggest superstars in the sport at the beginning of the 2010s. At the time, Lesnar was the UFC heavyweight champion, while Emelianenko had dominated the competition
Ronaldo Souza hasn’t given up on the middleweight title just yet. That’s why “Jacare” is returning to 185 pounds to battle striking sensation Uriah Hall at the upcoming UFC 249 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for Sat., April 18, 2020 inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. So whatever happened to that career at light heavyweight?
Watch Conor McGregor dismantle Eddie Alvarez to become first UFC two-division champion (fight video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Conor McGregor became the first person to hold two belts simultaneously after he defeated lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in 2016. He had already won the featherweight title with a blistering 13-second knockout of