Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 10:43 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC has booked two new main events for October. A lightweight bout between Grant Dawson and Bobby Green will headline a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 7, sources confirmed
Dan Hardy has a theory as to why UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones isn’t “gonna stick around” after fighting Stipe Miocic at UFC 295. Jones (27-1 MMA) is scheduled to defend his heavyweight title Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA) on November 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. ‘Bones’ of course captured the promotion’s heavyweight
Nate Diaz had a $10 million offer to rematch Jake Paul in MMA. Unfortunately, the former UFC welterweight headliner turned it down, according to “The Problem Child.” Perhaps the boxing match they had back in August — which ended in favor of the blonde bomber — had Diaz second-guessing his abilities. “We’re at the drawing
Strickland said he grew up around an abusive, alcoholic father, and a racist grandfather, so he gravitated toward similar behavior. It wasn’t until the first time Strickland walked into a gym as a kid that all his anger went away. Strickland felt happy for the first time in his life. RELATED: What’s Next For The Middleweight
Israel Adesanya returns to the UFC octagon on Saturday when he defends his middleweight title against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293, a fight that is doing a lot of heavy lifting heading into the promotion’s return to Australia. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel will discuss Saturday’s
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:37 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. SYDNEY — Israel
O’Malley’s state of the union “I knocked out Merab [on] August 19th, the same night I knocked out Aljo. They’re the same, they hold hands, they’re the same person. I knocked them both out August 19th, so, we’ll see what happens. I called out the Chito fight before me versus Aljo, before Pedro versus Chito.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Mike Perry has become known as the bloodied and bruised face of Bare Knuckle boxing. “Platinum” rose to fame and the public eye while a member of the UFC roster from 2016-2021, picking up some good names early in his career as a promising prospect. Things fell apart in the latter
Historically speaking, Week 5 has produced the second fewest graduates over the first six seasons, with just 18 fighters earning contracts thus far. But that group includes the first DWCS fighter to garner championship gold, Jamahal Hill, ranked flyweight Maycee Barber, and promising prospects Cameron Saaimna and Denise Gomes, each of whom delivered tremendous performances
The UFC 295 card in November will be headlined by a long-awaited heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic but new fights have now been added to the lineup with tickets going on sale this week. UFC officials announced several fights on Wednesday including confirmation about a rumored middleweight clash between Derek Brunson
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 12:59 PM ET The cover athletes for the next UFC video game were revealed Tuesday. UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will grace the cover of the main EA Sports UFC 5 game. Israel Adesanya, the two-time UFC middleweight champion, will be
“UFC Noche” is nearly a week away, and the promotion is pulling out all the stops to ensure the event captures the essence of Mexican Independence Day. Dana White admitted the UFC missed the boat on bringing the Mexican fanbase the best event possible. Still, it’s a near-perfect alternative with Alexa Grasso as the headliner
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to beef up its anti-betting practices in the wake of the James Krause scandal, which caused an international incident back in late 2022. In addition to its recent collaboration with U.S. Integrity, the promotion today announced a new partnership with ProhiBet, an encrypted and decentralized cross-monitoring platform that blocks specific
“One of the foundations of UFC’s success is our dedication to embracing regulation and compliance to promote safety and fairness in our sport,” said Riché T. McKnight, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of UFC. “Our collaboration with ProhiBet is another step towards strengthening our integrity controls by helping us to enforce our anti-gambling policy
If you ask the majority of the MMA world, Dricus Du Plessis is next in line to challenge for the UFC middleweight title after Saturday’s UFC 293 pay-per-view. But two of the men most involved in the decision don’t entirely agree. When asked Tuesday whether Du Plessis is the obvious next challenger for the winner
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 08:30 AM ET UFC will use the program ProhiBet to expand its compliance with gambling regulations by catching fighters and others around the sport trying to place bets, the promotion announced Wednesday. Through ProhiBet, wagers made by prohibited bettors — described in a release as UFC athletes, coaches,
Once again, a competitor wants to get into Dana White’s wheelhouse, except it isn’t directly related to MMA. Steve Williams’ Pillow Fighting Championship, the Florida-based promotion that has taken over the Internet for its ridiculousness as a “sport,” is challenging the UFC. As most MMA fans know, the UFC has been around since 1993 and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC President Dana White doesn’t seem terribly concerned about the competition. Professional Fighters League (PFL) is doing its best to build momentum. The promotion recently received a major investment from Saudi Arabia, and their promises of better pay and more freedom have drawn over some top talent recently. Names from former
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