Jiri Prochazka and Khamzat Chimaev are having a back-and-forth on how their previous training sessions went years ago. On Wednesday, Chimaev was on The MMA Hour and said he used to train with Prochzka, this while claiming he would submit him and beat him up. He also noted that he was surprised the UFC signed
One Fight Night 8 went down last night (March 24, 2023) from inside the Singapore Indoor Arena in Kallang, Singapore, but it wasn’t exactly the card that was planned. Two weeks prior to the event, the planned Heavyweight title unification bout between Arjan Bhullar and Anatoly Malykhin fell apart. As a result, the scheduled co-main
UFC San Antonio Live Results: Vera vs. Sandhagen UFC San Antonio: Vera vs. Sandhagen results begin at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, March, 25, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Click on the fight below in the UFCSanAntonio:Veravs.Sandhagen Live results section for live
10:38 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano as its headliner for a UFC Fight Night on April 29, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.. Moicano posted the news to his social media on Thursday, and sources told ESPN Tsarukyan has also agreed to the 155-pound bout.
MMA Fighting has UFC San Antonio results for the Vera vs. Sandhagen fight card, live blogs for the top two fights, and UFC San Antonio Twitter updates. In the main event, Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen square off in a bantamweight contest. Vera has won four consecutive fights, while Sandhagen picked up a big bounce-back
Abu Dhabi was also a key partner for UFC during the pandemic, enabling the organisation to host events on the bio-secure Fight Island, while most sports around the rest of the world were suspended. Twelve UFC events took place in Abu Dhabi from July 2020 to January 2021 in a move that kept fighters active
Former UFC commentator Dan Hardy had a couple of thoughts after attending UFC 286 last weekend. The card was headlined by a welterweight trilogy title clash between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Ultimately, it was ‘Rocky’ who picked up the victory by majority decision. Other excellent performances across the main card saw wins by names
One of the worst stoppages in recent mixed martial arts (MMA) history occurred tonight (Fri., March 24, 2023) inside the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas during Fury FC 76. In the main event, former Dana White Contender Series (DWCS) veteran Edgar Chairez took on Gianni Vazquez. In the fourth round, after
UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athlete competing on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 43 fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-ins for the public in San Antonio, Texas on Friday. The event is headlined by a bantamweight fight between contenders Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen. Both men are ranked
8:48 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Bantamweight is arguably the deepest division in the UFC. The list of potential fighters who could one day be champions is long — perhaps longer than in any
Goiti Yamauchi went under the knife to fix a knee injury suffered in his most recent Bellator bout with Michael Page and it was a success, the welterweight fighter told MMA Fighting on Thursday. Yamauchi, who suffered a patella tendon rupture after Page kicked his kneecap just 26 seconds into their Bellator 292 clash on
Due to a medical issue, Manuel Torres has been removed from his lightweight bout with Trey Ogden. As a result, this bout has been cancelled from this weekend’s card. Due to a medical issue, Tamires Vidal has been removed from her bantamweight bout with Hailey Cowan. As a result, this bout has been cancelled from
UFC bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen already has a callout set for this weekend. ‘The Sandman’ has been out of action since his clash with Song Yadong last September. In that outing, Sandhagen scored a fourth-round stoppage win over ‘The Kung Fu Kid’. That victory snapped a two-fight losing streak for the former title challenger, as
Nobody missed weight for UFC San Antonio. Unfortunately, not everyone showed up for the official weigh ins. Less than 24 hours after bantamweight bruiser Tamires Vidal withdrew from the “Lone Star State” fight card (because of this), lightweight prospect Manuel Torres was yanked from the lineup due to “medical issues.” That means opponent Trey Ogden
Over the past two years, bantamweight Jerrell Hodge has not only been active in MMA, but has been pursuing avenues in multiple combat sports like boxing at the same time. For Hodge, doing so many different things has been a boon to keeping him ready to fight and preventing any stagnation in his game. “I
9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN To call Kayla Harrison the face of the PFL is to state the obvious. One could argue that she’s been not just the most eye-catching face but the only face, as none of the recognizable names the fight promotion has imported — talking about you, Anthony Pettis and Rory MacDonald
A pivotal UFC lightweight matchup is expected to cap off the promotion’s April slate. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a fight between Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano is targeted to headline the UFC’s April 29 event. Meta MMA first reported the bout on Instagram. The card is
Back then, Pineda was a young veteran who survived a 10-7 start in the sport to run off five straight wins and get the call. He responded with a first-round submission win over Pat Schilling that took just 97 seconds, and he was off and running. There would be ups, downs and everything in between,