UFC legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua wishes the UFC allowed stomps so he could pull off his signature move from the PRIDE days. The UFC follows the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which do not allow the use of stomps or soccer kicks to grounded opponents. That’s in contract to PRIDE, where Rua became a
Everyone hates draws. Even when a fight is so close that a draw is the only fair judgement that can be rendered, no one wants that bullshit. So when an otherwise entertaining comeback fight for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua against Paul Craig was deemed a split draw (29–28, 28–29, 28–28), the boo birds let their feelings
Khabib Nurmagomedov: ‘I don’t like hurting people, but I enjoyed smashing Conor McGregor’ [embedded content] (Courtesy of RT Sport) At a meeting with school kids in the Moscow Region, Khabib Nurmagomedov was asked about his proudest victory. Playing to his crowd, Nurmagomedov said that he didn’t like hurting people, but had to admit, he took
12:15 AM ET A light heavyweight main event between Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza failed to impress the crowd on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the result of the fight will nevertheless have an impact on the 205-pound weight class. Who’s next for Blachowicz following his narrow win over Souza? And where should
With six straight wins in the UFC, Charles Oliveira is ready for a step up in competition. On Saturday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oliveira earned his 15th post-fight performance bonus when he landed a pair of punches that finished Jared Gordon less than 90 seconds into the opening round. Afterward, the 30-year-old Brazilian, who’s
Debuting in Sao Paulo against a Brazilian is a tough task, but it’s a task that Cortez is thrilled to take on. Melo recently made her debut at UFC Mexico City against bantamweight contender Irene Aldana. Despite dropping the contest against Aldana, Melo showed that she is more than happy to scrap with the best.
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC Sao Paulo is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Sao Paulo (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 22) took place on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The
A rematch between former UFC fighters Artem Lobov and Jason Knight headlined tonight’s BKFC 9 event in Biloxi, Mississippi. Lobov and Knight had originally collided on April 6 in the main event of BKFC 5, with ‘The Russian Hammer’ emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. Artem Lobov would compete again at BKFC 6, where
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made its presence known to Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last night (Sat., Nov. 16, 2019) for UFC Fight Night 164. Look, I expect everyone reading to know the drill by now: UFC put together another regional “Fight Night” card with one particularly relevant fight in the main event otherwise
UFC on ESPN+ 22 fighter bonuses awarded to finishers Following Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 22 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the fight promotion revealed the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from the night of fights. Charles Oliveira, James Krause, Ricardo Ramos and Randy Brown banked an extra $50,000 for their finishes. Oliveira delivered a
Jan Blachowicz rebounded from his loss to Thiago Santos in a big way with a second round knockout of Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 earlier this year. Blachowicz faces another top contender this weekend, Jacare Souza, in the main event of Fight Night São Paulo. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience
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4:00 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The stakes will be high when Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza step into the Octagon for the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Blachowicz (24-8) is a light heavyweight title contender, No. 7 in the ESPN rankings, coming off July’s
MMA Fighting has BKFC 9 results for the Lobov vs. Knight 2 event Saturday night from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss. In the main event, Artem Lobov faces Jason Knight in a lightweight rematch of their BKFC 5 meeting in April that Lobov won by unanimous decision. In the co-main event, Chase Sherman
He’s also able to eat again. Not like a fat kid, but better than he has in the lead-up to a fight. “The weight cut stressed me because I have to lose too many pounds and I cut that stress out from my life right now and I feel great to fight at light heavyweight,”
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Wellington Turman put on an impressive performance over Markus Perez at UFC Sao Paulo. The two fighters met in a middleweight bout at the UFC Sao Paulo event on Saturday night (November 16, 2019) from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Throughout