After reclaiming the middleweight strap in April, Israel Adesanya returns to Australia to begin his second reign atop the division with a title defense against American contender Sean Strickland. Just when it seemed like things were taking a familiar turn in Adesanya’s championship rematch with Alex Pereira in April, the Nigerian-born superstar flipped the script.
Watch UFC 293 Countdown video for a deep dive into the UFC’s return to Sydney, this Saturday, headlined by a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland. This time last year, Adesanya was on top of the MMA world. With five successful title defenses to his name, “The Last Stylebender” was starting to
Ian Machado Garry Speaks On Conor McGregor During an interview with Severe MMA, Ian Machado Garry discussed how he’s been inspired by Conor McGregor (h/t Bloody Elbow). “Look, it’s inevitable that Conor is gonna have inspiration (on) my career, look at where we grew up. Look at it. …The mayhem that that man caused in
Australia and New Zealand have some blistering rivalries in sports, but when it comes to MMA it’s one big happy family. Alexander Volkanovski is 100% on the side of his teammate Israel Adesanya as “The Last Stylebender” prepares to defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland at UFC 293 on September 9th. Not only
Moises is cool with that. “I’m going to stop their party,” he laughs. “I’m going to be the guy who is going to make everybody sad. I used to fight for RFA and every fight for RFA or LFA I was going to fight the hometown guy. So it’s something that I’m used to.” MORE
Ciryl Gane needed a big win at UFC Paris fresh off the worst defeat of his MMA career. Fortunately, he scored exactly that. The former UFC interim heavyweight champion ran roughshod over Serghei Spivac in Saturday’s main event to earn a second-round TKO and emerge victorious in a flawless performance at the Accor Arena in
Manon Fiorot Scoffs At Erin Blanchfield Fight During the UFC Paris post-fight press conference, Manon Fiorot scoffed at the idea of fighting Erin Blanchfield in a number one contender fight for the UFC flyweight gold (h/t MMAJunkie). “To me, I clearly deserve the title shot,” Fiorot said. “I don’t see why I’d fight Erin. But
Sean O’Malley recently made headlines with comments about his open relationship, but he also made a new enemy in former UFC champion and MMA legend, Vitor Belfort. O’Malley is one of the most popular fighters in combat sports today so his open relationship with wife Danya Gonzalez has been well documented. However, after defeating Aljamain
Paris, France – UFC makes its highly anticipated return to Paris with a thrilling heavyweight contenders’ bout as No. 1 ranked Ciryl Gane takes on No. 8 Serghei Spivac at the Accor Arena on Saturday, September 2. Gane, who has become a household name in France, fights in front of a home crowd for the second time in two
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 2, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun It’s amazing how much better Ciryl Gane looks in the Octagon when he’s not fighting Jon Jones. Gane (12-2) breezed to a second-round TKO over Serghei Spivac (16-4) in the
Ciryl Gane and Rose Namajunas entered UFC Paris as the two biggest storylines in terms of whether or not they could bounce back from their recent championship bout losses, and in the end, only one reigned supreme, while the other went back to the drawing board. Following the UFC’s return to Paris, MMA Fighting’s Mike
The Octagon returned to France for today’s UFC Paris event, an eleven-bout fight card headlined by Ciryl Gane vs. Serghei Spivac. The highly anticipated heavyweight main event proved to be a one-sided affair. Ciryl Gane was able to keep the fight standing, this despite Serghei Spivac’s best efforts to get the contest to the ground.
Ciryl Gane is entering new territory later today (Sat., Sept. 2, 2023) at UFC Paris live on ESPN+ from inside Accor Arena in Paris, France, as the heavyweight contender fights for the first time in his career after being finished in his previous fight. That’s why “Bon Gamin” is looking to deliver a “masterclass” performance
UFC makes its highly anticipated return to Paris with a thrilling heavyweight contenders’ bout as No. 1 ranked Ciryl Gane takes on No. 8 Serghei Spivac at the Accor Arena on Saturday, September 2. Gane, who has become a household name in France, fights in front of a home crowd for the second time in two years. In the
Anderson Silva is living the dream. A former UFC middleweight champion, “The Spider” finally had the chance to compete in boxing. After years of voicing his desire to compete in the squared circle, he parted ways with the company to set up matches with legends and celebrities. Yet his life-long goal has always been to
PFL star Jake Paul was happy to see the UFC’s shares fall earlier today. ‘The Problem Child’ has yet to step foot in the cage, but did sign with the company earlier this year. Nonetheless, Jake Paul is fresh off his win over Nate Diaz last month in their high-profile boxing match. Following the victory,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paul Felder might just have the itch to step back inside the Octagon. The 39-year-old talent walked away from the sport in November 2020 following consecutive losses, a highly competitive war with Dan Hooker followed by an extremely short-notice and gutsy showing against Rafael dos Anjos. Since then, he’s transitioned more
Namajunas returns to action for the first time since dropping the strawweight title to Carla Esparza last May in a fight that was largely void of action. She holds a pair of wins over reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili and has been one of the best female fighters on the planet for the past six
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