Charles Oliveira’s chance at revenge is next up on UFC’s pay-per-view schedule. Oliveira faces off against UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in a rematch on Oct. 21 in the main event of UFC 294, which takes place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The UFC announced the event’s official main card — albeit with
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 10, 2023, 12:32 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The greatest upset in UFC middleweight title fight history belongs to Sean Strickland. Strickland (28-5) stunned the mixed martial arts world on Saturday, as he claimed the 185-pound championship in
Daniel Cormier doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya should receive an immediate rematch against Sean Strickland following their title fight at UFC 293. Adesanya (24-3 MMA) and Strickland (28-5 MMA) collided for the promotion’s undisputed middleweight championship in the headliner of last night’s pay-per-view event in Sydney, Australia. The highly anticipated matchup resulted in a massive upset,
Aljamain Sterling went fishing for an immediate rematch against Sean O’Malley on Saturday night, but “Suga” ain’t biting. Sterling and O’Malley fought at UFC 292 in Boston last month, with O’Malley taking the bantamweight belt off the long-time champ with an impressive first round knockout. The loss snapped a nine-fight win streak for “Funkmaster,” but
Headlined by a middleweight title clash between two-time champ Israel Adesanya and brash contender Sean Strickland, and featuring 10 athletes from the ANZAC region, Saturday’s fight card was loaded with exciting matchups that had the crowd at Qudos Bank Arena amped up from the outset. After six finishes and a Fight of the Year contender
Sean Strickland was in the middle of one of his rants during UFC 293 fight week when Teddy Atlas voiced a thought. “You know what I said? I said maybe, just maybe, crazy like a fox,” Atlas said on the post-show for Sunday’s pay-per-view event. Strickland upended the UFC middleweight division with a unanimous decision
Sep 10, 2023, 01:21 AM ET UFC 293 concluded with a shock as Sean Strickland pulled off the major upset to grab the middleweight title from Israel Adesanya. Before that, some standout performances on the main card put Alexander Volkov and Manel Kape on an interesting path. Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim react
Sean Strickland Criticizes Israel Adesanya’s Performance Some, such as UFC President Dana White, believe that Adesanya looked sluggish in the fight against Strickland and wasn’t himself from the start. Others believe that “Izzy” simply never recovered from the punch that dropped him in the opening frame. During the UFC 293 post-fight press conference, Sean Strickland
Last night (Sat., Sept. 9, 2023), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) traveled to Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia for UFC 293. Though there was a handful of Australian and New Zealand talents on the card, a fair percentage of the best-known names from Oceania were unavailable. On the bright side, Israel Adesanya scrounged up some
Back to fight down under for the first time since 2019, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will pack Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, when he defends his crown against hungry challenger Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 on September 9 (September 10 local time). Plus, the pride of Western Australia returns, as
New UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland not only added a sparkly new belt to his wardrobe at UFC 293, but he got a $50,000 performance bonus to add to it. Strickland shocked the world with a unanimous decision over Israel Adesanya, earning unanimous scores of 49-46, and UFC President Dana White announced he had captured
Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Sep 9, 2023, 06:46 PM ET To be clear, Sean Strickland has fought in the UFC since 2014, and his résumé is undeniably strong during that time. But the primary reason
The Octagon returned to Sydney for tonight’s UFC 293 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland. The highly anticipated middleweight title fight proved to be one-way traffic for Sean Strickland. The American was able to get the better of Israel Adesanya in four rounds of their five-round affair, evening dropping
Most people are counting on a masterclass performance by UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya later tonight (Sat., Sept. 9, 2023) at UFC 293 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. But, former 185-pound titleholder, Robert Whittaker, is hoping Sean Strickland delivers “something crazy” for an upset over “Last Stylebender.”
That includes Tuivasa, the proud West Sydney knockout artist who competes at home for the first time in seven years this weekend, and returns to the scene of his UFC debut looking to snap a two-fight skid. “Tai Tuivasa is a good guy with a good career in the UFC,” Volkov began when asked about
Drake loves placing massive wagers on fights, and UFC 293 will be no different. Ahead of Saturdays’ card from Australia, the 36-year-old Canadian-rapper showed off a whopping $500,000 bet placed on UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya to knockout Sean Strickland in the main event. An Adesanya knockout would result in a $920,000 payout for Drake.
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2023, 12:30 AM ET Junior Dos Santos demonstrated what a big heavyweight puncher can do in a bare-knuckle fight. In a fight featuring two former UFC heavyweight champions, Dos Santos opened up bad cuts near both of Fabricio Werdum‘s eyes en route to a split-decision win (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
Tonight’s Gamebred FC event was headlined by a rematch between former UFC heavyweight champions Fabricio Werdum and Junior dos Santos. Werdum (24-9-1 MMA) and Dos Santos (21-10 MMA) had originally collided at UFC 90 in October of 2008, with ‘JDS’ emerging victorious by way of first-round TKO in a fight that served as his Octagon
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