Initially, it looked as though a whopping three fighters had missed weight for Saturday’s UFC Sao Paulo card, including bantamweight opponents Tracy Cortez and Vanessa Melo. After the weigh-ins had wrapped up, however, the Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) announced that the scale was not properly calibrated for the UFC Sao Paulo weigh-ins and
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently held its ceremonial weigh ins for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 164 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place this Sat. night (Nov. 16, 2019) inside Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, live on ESPN+. UFC Fight Night 164 will be headlined by the 205-pound showdown pitting top ranked
UFC Sao Paulo: Blachowicz vs. Jacare weigh-in video [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Watch the UFC Sao Paulo ceremonial weigh-in live on Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. The weigh-in video will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following the live stream. The UFC on ESPN+ 22 main event features
5:04 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion and featherweight title challenger Frankie Edgar will make his bantamweight debut against Cory Sandhagen early next year, multiple sources told ESPN. Edgar’s first fight at 135 pounds will serve as the co-main event at UFC Fight Night on Jan. 25. The card will take place at PNC Arena
PFL Season 2 featherweight tournament finalist Daniel Pineda has failed a drug test conducted by the Nevada Athletic Commission, his manager confirmed to MMA Fighting. “Right now we’re in the process of researching what could have led to a positive test,” Jason House said in a prepared statement. “We plan on appealing the decision once
Image Credit: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya wouldn’t be surprised if he defends his gold against a current prospect down the line. Adesanya had a seemingly quick rise to the top of the UFC middleweight mountain. “The Last Stylebender” was a spectator for Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey back in Nov. 2015.
Lightweight contender Charles Oliveira is preparing to square off against Jared Gordon on Saturday night at UFC Sao Paulo. However, “Do Bronx” already has his sights set on a bigger challenge: the undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. The submission specialist feels most comfortable fighting off his back and will frequently challenge his opponents with his
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The trash talk between Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya continues. Earlier in the week, Jones took another shot at Adesanya’s unique relationship with anime and cartoons. It’s a subject that Jones has attacked in the past, calling Adesanya a “f*cking nerd” and accusing him of pandering to anime fans. Never one
Dana White on Johnny Walker UFC 244 loss: You can’t ‘goof around like that’ [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Dana White had some advice for the upcoming UFC star Johnny Walker, who was stopped dead in his tracks by an angry man on a mission in Corey Anderson at UFC 244. TRENDING > MMA
“I felt like when I had those two losses, like, ‘Oh, my career is over,’” Gordon said. “But I got a new contract, and then I won in June, and now I’m fighting Charles Oliveira, who is ranked No. 13 in the world, so I’m doing what I have to do to get to where
What the highlights from the UFC 244 open workout in New York on Wednesday featuring Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz and Kelvin Gastelum. 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 UFC. Visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages To order UFC Pay-Per-Views, visit http://www.ufc.tv/events Connect with
At UFC 245 press conference, all six fighters competing for three titles squared off Friday evening in New York, including the main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Subscribe
Greg Hardy will break UFC record in Moscow for most heavyweight bouts in one year, Israel Adesanya won’t give title bout to Darren Till, Dillon Danis banned from Logan Paul vs. KSI rematch and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This
UFC president Dana White revealed the BMF title that will be on the line at Saturday’s UFC 244 event in New York. For more MMA news: http://www.mmajunkie.com Upcoming events: http://mmajunkie.com/rumors Fighter rankings: http://mmajunkie.com/rankings Connect with MMA Junkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom
5:53 PM ET Aaron Pico‘s comeback trail will begin early next year. A bout between Pico, the once-vaunted mixed martial arts prospect, and Daniel Carey has been verbally agreed for Bellator 238 on Jan. 25 in Inglewood, California, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Pico (4-3) came into Bellator in 2017 regarded as the greatest prospect
Bellator featherweight Aaron Pico will get another chance to bounce back at Bellator 238. Pico has verbally agreed to face Daniel Carey on the Jan. 25 fight card in Inglewood, Calif. The news was first reported by ESPN.com. The 23-year-old wrestling standout is five months removed from a knockout loss to Adam Borics at Bellator
Image Credit: Getty Images It appears Owen Roddy has put rumors of coaches having tension with Conor McGregor to bed. Roddy is a head coach for SBG Charlestown and the owner of Owen Roddy MMA PT. He was once the striking coach for SBG Ireland, but he decided to shift gears amicably. Still, Roddy plans
UFC light heavyweight contender Thiago Santos is crediting his girlfriend, UFC women’s bantamweight contender Yana Kunitskaya, for helping him recover after suffering devastating knee injuries during his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 239. Santos pushed Jones to the brink of defeat but ultimately lost a split decision in one of the more controversial decisions