7:12 PM ET Amanda Nunes was driving around Miami with her then-girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, looking for a bar. They had just watched teammates from American Top Team compete in a kickboxing event and were trying to watch UFC 157. The date was Feb. 23, 2013, and the main event was historic as Ronda Rousey was
Frankie Edgar has agreed to replace Brian Ortega against Chan Sung Jung on weeks’ notice in the featherweight main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21, but wasn’t pulled from his bantamweight debut against Cory Sandhagen just a month later. It remains to be seen if Edgar will be healthy enough to take another fight
“That was, by far, my favorite part of the day,” Carmouche said of participating in the wreath laying. “Knowing the history of all the fallen soldiers and people who lost their lives, to think I can come back here, I’ve studied and seen movies on it, but I never actually saw the ceremony first-hand. It
Image Credit: John Locher / Associated Press Frankie Edgar was more than willing to step up when the UFC needed him. Chan Sung Jung was set to take on Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC Busan on Dec. 21. Those plans went awry when Ortega went down with a torn ACL. Despite being
Renan Barao’s time as a UFC fighter has come to an end. Barao is the former UFC bantamweight champion but has been on a skid as of late. He has dropped five straight and is just 2-8 in his last 10 leading to the UFC releasing him from his contract. Combate was first to report
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been gearing up for his anticipated bantamweight debut later this month at UFC 245 from Las Vegas, Nevada, when he takes on perennial contender Marlon Moraes. Aldo, 33, has never competed at 135 pounds before and needed to drastically adjust his diet to get there. While the initial
Since leaving the UFC in mid-2017, middleweight Scott Askham has been on a tear. Following a split-decision win in his first fight after his release, Askham has picked up three straight finishes, including his most recent fight in May when he defeated Michal Materia for the KSW middleweight title. Speaking to MMAWeekly.com prior to his
8:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Max Holloway has won an unprecedented 13 straight fights in the UFC’s featherweight division. He has dominated at 145 pounds for five years. Holloway, the champion of that weight class, admits now that he must leave featherweight in the future if he wants to achieve his ultimate goals. Holloway
At the UFC on ESPN 7 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s UFC on ESPN 7 fights will step on the scale Friday, and we’ll have the live video here at MMA Fighting. In the main event, Alistair Overeem competes in his 17th UFC fight when he takes on Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who
He recently moved to Las Vegas to train at the UFC Performance Institute and it’s been a game-changer. As a Michigan native, the sunny days in Las Vegas have spoiled him – he jokingly said he hates Washington D.C. so far because of the cold, but at the end of the day he’s here to
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Dana White is on board with Khabib vs. McGregor 2 if both fighters win their upcoming contests. Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Conor McGregor to retain the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 229, the most successful pay per view in the history of the promotion, and McGregor has been lobbying for a
Image: Jose Aldo Junior on Facebook Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will make his bantamweight debut at this month’s UFC 245 event when he squares off with Marlon Moraes. Aldo’s decision to drop down a weight class caught many by surprise, as the Brazilian has always struggled making the featherweight mark of 145-pounds. In
Welcome to Midnight Mania! When Darren Till moved to Middleweight and immediately accepted the challenge of facing Kelvin Gastelum in his 185-pound debut, a lot of people did not like the match. Many fans thought it was too much for Till after his recent losses, and Dana White even had to publicly defend the match
Alistair Overeem on tragic events surrounding Walt Harris being replaced (UFC on ESPN 7) [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Alistair Overeem was originally supposed to face Walt Harris at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 7 in Washington, DC, but that was before tragedy struck Harris and his family. Harris pulled out of the fight when
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7:30 AM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been in the UFC for only nine months, and yet he already has made enough noise in the heavyweight division for people to take notice. In three UFC fights, Rozenstruik has three finishes via KO or TKO. His last two fights have ended in a combined 38 seconds courtesy