Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman run it back one more time at UFC 286. Edwards and Usman will clash in a trilogy fight with the welterweight title up for grabs, UFC President Dana White announced at the UFC Vegas 67 press conference on Saturday. UFC With UFC 286 takes place on March 18 at The
Imavov had his moments, but each time he did, Strickland responded in kind, and then added one or two more that landed with impact. Strickland looked to be the fresher of the two in the fourth, but Imavov did his best to bring it to him in the final stanza, the two men battling to
The ongoing saga of Francis Ngannou‘s contract status with the UFC has reached its conclusion. For over a year now, Francis Ngannou’s UFC contract status has been one of the hottest topics in MMA, with speculation abound on if he’d remain with the promotion and face Jon Jones in a megafight for the ages. Now,
The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 67 event, an eleven-bout fight card headlined by Sean Strickland vs. Nassourdine Imavov. The Strickland (25-5 MMA) vs. Imavov (12-3 MMA) bout will be contested at light heavyweight, this after ‘Tarzan’ stepped up on short notice to replace the injured Kelvin Gastelum. Sean Strickland, 31, is looking
Social media influencer, KSI, lived up to his billing with a first-round knockout win earlier tonight (Sat., Jan. 14, 2023) at Misfits Boxing Series 004 live on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) from inside OVO Arena Wembley in London, England, but Jake Paul still remains unimpressed. KSI, who was originally expected to fight Dillon Danis this weekend,
Jon Jones confirms he’s fighting Ciryl Gane for heavyweight championship Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has confirmed that he’s fighting Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight championship. On Saturday, T-Mobile Arena leaked an advertisement for the UFC 285 main event showing Jones and Gane fighting for the heavyweight title on March 4. The advertisement
Welcome back to Capper’s Delight and to a new year. We’re coming off a winning week for the last fight card of 2022. Our bets went 1-2 for a total win of 1.61 units. In 2022 however our bets were down 19.17 units. All time our bets are down 42.74 units so we have a
Jan 11, 2023 Jeff WagenheimESPN Usman Nurmagomedov has been Bellator lightweight champion for less than two months, and already he is being asked to run a gantlet of challengers. Bellator MMA announced Wednesday that it will launch a Lightweight World Grand Prix in March, with Nurmagomedov defending his title as part of an eight-fighter field
KSI may be partners with his brother, but don’t expect him to be friends with Jake Paul anytime soon. Primarily a YouTuber and rapper, KSI has spent much of the past few years building up the emerging influencer boxing scene that he helped create. In that time, he has repeatedly butted heads with Jake Paul,
All these new additions led Murphy to her biggest win to date when she defeated former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez in July. She hopes to double down on victories over past champions when she faces former strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade at UFC 283: Teixeira
On this day one year ago, we covered renowned MMA journalist Ariel Helwani celebrating some good news. In most recent news, Helwani has been vocal about the fallout of Dana White‘s physical altercation with his wife. But one year ago, Helwani made headlines for a much more positive and self-related reason. The following article is
Sean Strickland isn’t sold on Nassourdine Imavov’s skills. Strickland stepped up on short notice this week to headline UFC Vegas 67 against Imavov after Kelvin Gastelum was forced out of the bout. Although Strickland only had a few days to prepare, he says wasn’t too familiar with Imavov. Instead, Strickland says the main takeaway for
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 14, 2023) with its first event of the year, featuring a 205-pound showdown between two Top 15 contenders — Sean Strickland (No. 7) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (No. 12) — both of whom are eager to cement their position in
UFC Vegas 67 Main Event Weigh-in Video The UFC Vegas 67 main event fighters, Nassourdine Imavov and Sean Strickland, officially weighed on on Friday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Kelvin Gastelum was slated to face Imavov, but was forced out of the bout due to injury. Strickland stepped up on short notice and
22 years old, Submission of the Year and 17 fights under his belt. No idea where Makoto Takahashi finds the time or energy, but sure enough, he does. He fights a lot, he wins a lot and despite how much of his playbook is out there, he’s still next to impossible to figure out. Takahashi
1:09 PM ET Sara CoelloESPN Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. The public is unlikely to
Garry Tonon is back on the winning track. The multi-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion steamrolled through Johnny Nunez on Friday, tapping out the TUF and Bellator veteran with a nasty kimura submission early in their featherweight bout at ONE on Prime Video 6, which took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Nunez came out
Nassourdine Imavov expects that fans will see his older brother join him on the UFC roster at some point in the near future. Imavov is set to compete in his first UFC main event at UFC Vegas 67, but he’ll be taking on an entirely different opponent from the one he spent his training camp