Henry Cejudo has his sights set on beating Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 but if the reigning bantamweight champion can’t make it, he’ll gladly take on his teammate instead. That’s the word from the Olympic gold medalist wrestler after he watched Merab Dvalishvili dominate Petr Yan over five rounds to win a lopsided unanimous decision
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Jon Jones has given his thoughts on his upcoming UFC heavyweight title fight against Stipe Miocic. While it hasn’t quite been confirmed, Jon Jones is expected to defend his newly-won crown against Stipe Miocic at UFC 290. The bout will likely serve as the headliner for International Fight Week. At this stage, Jones is already
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UFC Vegas Post-Fight Press Conference Video The big winners from Saturday’s UFC Vegas fight card fielded questions from the media following the event at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili dominated former champion Petr Yan in the fight card’s main event. All three judges scored the fight 50-45 for
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Despite being a sizable underdog, Merab Dvalishvili didn’t just defeat Petr Yan in the main event of UFC Las Vegas, but he swept the scorecards against the former bantamweight champion. With title aspirations in play, and his close friend and training partner Aljamain Sterling holding the 135-pound title, where does Saturday’s victory put “The Machine”
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The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Las Vegas event, a thirteen-bout fight card headlined by Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili. Yan (16-4 MMA) will enter tonight’s headliner with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid. The former bantamweight champion is coming off back-to-back split decision losses against Sean O’Malley and Aljamain Sterling respectively.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is taking over “Sin City” by way of the UFC Las Vegas mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place TONIGHT (Sat., March 11, 2023) on ESPN+ from inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Las Vegas will be headlined by former 135-pound champion Petr Yan, who
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9:44 PM ET After some starts and stops, the UFC 288 main event is now official. Aljamain Sterling will defend his UFC bantamweight title against former champ Henry Cejudo on May 6 in Newark, New Jersey, the promotion officially announced Friday. Cejudo is making his return from retirement after three years away. While both men
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Francis Ngannou understands what Jon Jones has been trying to do since UFC 285 by spinning Ngannou’s UFC exit as something he did to avoid a fight with Jones. He also understands how silly that sounds to anyone who’s been paying attention. “It’s almost three years now that I’ve been trying to fight Jon Jones,”
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Braggadocious proclamations aside, Aspinall’s rehabilitation process seems to be coming along well. Since returning to light MMA training in September, Aspinall said he is incorporating more full-speed, full-contact work progressively, including “seven or eight” sparring sessions.  Although he feels “pretty confident” during sparring, he acknowledges the kind of work he has been doing and the
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Dan Hooker expects to be punished after his allegations towards lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 284. Last month in Perth, Australia, Makhachev made the first defence of his lightweight championship in front of a hostile crowd. After being pushed by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovsk for five rounds, the Dagestani was made to work for
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