11:01 PM ET The UFC’s final main event of the decade has taken a hit. Brian Ortega, who was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung on Dec. 21 in Busan, South Korea, has been forced to withdraw from the featherweight headliner due to a torn ACL, he announced via Twitter. pic.twitter.com/meIc0o8V9Z — Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity)
Kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa will once again be a part of RIZIN’s year-end festivities. The promotion announced late Tuesday evening that Nasukawa will face Rui Ebata in a 56-kilogram (approx. 123 pounds) kickboxing bout at RIZIN 20 on Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. A 62-kilogram (approx. 137 pounds) kickboxing bout between
Contender Series alums meet in this featherweight clash as Season 3 contract winner Quarantillo locks up with Kilburn, who came up short in his Season 2 scrap with Bobby Moffett. While the Contender Series has graduated several newcomers into the UFC over the last three summers, Quarantillo is one of the few contract winners who
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Brian Ortega will not meet Chan Sung Jung at UFC Busan. Ortega and Jung were scheduled to headline a UFC event inside the Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea on Dec. 21. That is no longer the case. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reports that Ortega is off the
Earlier this evening unfortunate news broke that Brian Ortega has been forced out this month’s UFC Busan main event against ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report the disappointing news citing an undisclosed injury had forced ‘T-City’ out of the highly anticipated featherweight matchup. Most recently Brian Ortega took
Welcome to Midnight Mania! When Jairzinho Rozenstruik steps into the Octagon this Saturday night as the fill-in for Walt Harris opposite Alistair Overeem, it will be a massive step up in competition for “Bigi Boy.” The Surinamese athlete may have a wealth of professional kickboxing experience, but he has less than 10 professional MMA fights,
Brian Ortega out of UFC on ESPN+ 23 main event with Korean Zombie Brian Ortega’s climb back into featherweight title contention has hit a roadblock. Ortega has had to withdraw from his UFC on ESPN+ 23 headlining bout opposite Chan Sung Jung (aka the Korean Zombie). The news was first reported by UFC media partner
Alexander Volkanovski earned his title shot against Max Holloway at UFC 245 on December 14 by reeling off seven straight wins in the UFC including this KO victory over Chad Mendes last year. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
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Diego Sanchez is not going anywhere. A free agent since his loss in July to Michel Chiesa, the original “The Ultimate Fighter” winner has inked a new deal with the UFC and agreed to face Michel Pereira at the upcoming UFC Rio Rancho card on Feb. 15 in New Mexico, the company announced on Wednesday.
Fresh from a stirring knockout of Johnny Walker, the No. 5-ranked Anderson has won four in a row leading to his rematch with the No. 6-ranked Blachowicz, who is fresh from wins over Luke Rockhold and “Jacare” Souza and eager to even the score with the man who decisioned him in 2015. Plus, the following
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images A former referee renowned for his work doesn’t believe that Khabib Nurmagomedov can break Tony Ferguson. Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson has been booked multiple times in the past and fight fans are hoping that April 18, 2020 is the date that this bout finally comes to fruition.
Long-time UFC veteran Diego Sanchez has re-signed a new contract with the world’s leading MMA promotion after briefly testing free agency. The UFC announced Wednesday that Sanchez has signed a new deal with the company and he will take on showman Michel Pereira in a welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night 167. The event takes
After an 11-year run with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Gray Maynard will be fighting elsewhere in the foreseeable future. “The Bully” tells MMA Junkie that he has parted ways with his longtime employer and the hunt for a new promotion to compete for is on. “I don’t know – we’re trying to work some stuff
Watch Kamaru Usman defeat Tyron Woodley to become UFC champion (fight video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Tyron Woodley held the UFC welterweight championship for nearly three years before Kamaru Usman swooped in and took it away. But take it away he did. Usman has only ever lost one bout in his professional career and