Welcome to Midnight Mania! Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight king and current color commentator, Michael Bisping, has some unique insight in UFC 293’s main event, which saw Sean Strickland shock Israel Adesanya and steal his throne via five-round unanimous decision (watch highlights). Bisping has been watching Adesanya’s UFC career since its genesis, and he
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Who is the greatest UFC middleweight in history? It’s hard to make a case against former 185-pound titleholder Anderson Silva, who holds multiple division records including most finishes (11), most knockouts (8), most knockdowns landed (13), most title fight wins (11), total fight night bonuses (12), and longest win streak (13). Israel Adesanya holds just
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Speaking of fundamentals, Alexander Volkov is another fighter who doesn’t light up ESPN SportsCenter on a nightly basis, but he does know how to do one thing better than most, and that’s win. Last Saturday’s submission of Tai Tuivasa (which was SportsCenter worthy) made it three straight for Volkov, who continues to evolve his game
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 12, 2023, 12:36 PM ET The UFC and WWE are now officially under one roof. Endeavor, the UFC’s parent company, and WWE announced Tuesday the closing of its merger and the launch of TKO, a company that will combine the forces of the two global-powerhouse live-event and sports promoters. TKO
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Israel Adesanya’s Coach Sees Short Title Reign For Sean Strickland The folks at Submission Radio were able to speak to Eugene Bareman following UFC 293. The City Kickboxing coach thinks Adesanya is destined to become a three-time UFC middleweight champion (h/t MMAMania). “You have nights like this sometimes,” Bareman told Submission Radio after the fight. “The thing
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Sean Strickland is a lot of things, but it doesn’t appear that sentimental is an apt descriptor for the newly crowned UFC Middleweight champion. Less than two full days after shocking Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia to win the belt (watch highlights), Strickland has already managed to damage
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Earlier this year, Alexa Grasso shocked the world by submitting Valentina Shevchenko to claim the flyweight title. Now, the two meet again, with Grasso looking to defend her belt and Shevchenko aiming to reclaim her lost title. The win in March moved Grasso to 5-0 since transitioning to the 125-pound weight class, and showed how
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC has canceled a featherweight bout between Khusein Askhabov and Daniel Pineda next month, following the arrest of Askhabov related to an alleged kidnapping and robbery in Thailand. The
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Newly-crowned middleweight champion Sean Strickland shocked the world by dethroning former 185-pound titleholder Israel Adesanya in the UFC 293 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Sydney, an upset that is being ranked among the most epic of all time. But not everyone was caught off guard. That’s because coaches and sparring parters who’ve previously
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One aspect of fighting that Ulberg has focused on improving these last few years is his mental clarity. By training diligently for 13 long weeks, Ulberg removes any doubts from his mind that he didn’t do everything he could to perform his best. “Just let it flow and it’ll happen,” Ulberg said. “That’s my new
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