Due to injury, Giga Chikadze has been removed from his featherweight bout with Sodiq Yusuff. As a result, Yusuff will now face UFC newcomer Don Shainis on UFC Fight Night: DERN vs XIAONAN on October 1. Shainis makes his UFC debut riding a five-fight win streak, with his last three victories coming via first-round KO.
8:00 AM ET The ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings you see below are only slightly different from the men’s and women’s top 10s we published Aug. 24, the last time our voting panel weighed in. That should come as no shock. There have been only two UFC fight cards and few other major events across the
MMA Fighting has Dana White’s Contender Series results for the eighth week of the sixth season Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Ten up-and-coming fighters will compete in front of UFC President Dana White and matchmakers Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard. They hope to walk away with a UFC contract at the
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has addressed the possibility of him sharing the ring with MMA superstar Nate Diaz down the line. After a 15-year presence in the UFC, Diaz fought out his contract this past weekend at UFC 279. While it appeared that he was set for a tough farewell opposite undefeated welterweight Khamzat Chimaev, issues
UFC 279 is set up to be Khamzat Chimaev’s big coming out party. The UFC has put him up against one of their biggest stars in Nate Diaz, and it’s a match-up seemingly designed to make Chimaev look like a monster. He’s much bigger than Diaz, he’s top ranked while Diaz is unranked, and Chimaev
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ONE Championship swapping two of their best fighters feels like a lifetime ago. In late 2018, the promotions came to an agreement to let go of one top star each with the intention of the fighters jumping ships. Therefore, giving the mixed martial arts (MMA) world its first-ever trade. UFC
Sean O’Malley: ‘Khamzat Chimaev is a problem for 170 and 185’ Welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev didn’t do himself any favors among fans when he badly missed weight for UFC 279 forcing a reshuffling of the fight card. “Borz” was booed during the event’s ceremonial weigh-in and after his dominating win over Kevin Holland in the
When you speak to Sandhagen about fighting, the words “beauty” and “creativity” are bound to come up more than a few times. To Sandhagen, mixed martial arts is as much a vessel for self-discovery and expression as any other creative art. Often while he watches fights, Sandhagen usually shuffles them into the categories of: “beautiful,
6:59 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) announced Monday that it would be launching an investigation, with the help of the UFC, into several fights that broke out backstage before the scheduled UFC 279 news conference last Thursday. UFC president Dana White ended up having to cancel the promotional event because of the
Aljamain Sterling sees nothing but good things awaiting Khamzat Chimaev’s future. This past weekend at UFC 279, Chimaev’s dominant ways continued as fans have become accustomed to seeing. Originally set to headline the event opposite Nate Diaz in a welterweight showdown, “Borz” badly missed weight by seven and a half pounds. Therefore, the UFC was
Khamzat Chimaev‘s coach has explained the symptoms that forced him to put an end to the welterweight star’s weight cut ahead of UFC 279. This time last week, Chimaev was gearing up for his very first time in the main event spotlight. Sharing it with him was set to be one of the biggest names
Nate Diaz is set to fight out the last fight on his UFC contract at UFC 279. Diaz leaving the promotion once he hits free agency was considered such a certainty that UFC brass decided to match him up against Khamzat Chimaev in what many people are calling a lopsided mismatch. In a new in-depth
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s no secret that Khamzat Chimaev cuts a fair bit of weight to make the Welterweight limit. Videos have previously been posted of the Chechen athlete suffering to shed the pounds, and it’s very visually obvious that he’s massive for 170 pounds. While technique is certainly part of the equation, Chimaev’s
Jake Paul: ‘I played MMA fans like a fiddle’ YouTube creator and social media celebrity turned professional boxer Jake Paul has made a name for himself inside the largely off the backs of former MMA fighters. According to Paul, targeting UFC fighters was by design. Paul began his boxing career by taking on a fellow
2:00 PM ET MADRID — BRANDON MORENO attended a VIP party on Friday, Sept. 2, at the Eiffel Tower. The invitation was made by Ari Emanuel, the CEO of UFC parent company Endeavor. Overlooking the City of Light, the UFC’s interim flyweight champion and his manager, Jason House, chatted with Emanuel hours before UFC Paris.
Bellator middleweight Aaron Jeffery knew his friend Elias Theodorou was dealing with health issues. But like much of the MMA world, he was shocked to hear his longtime teammate had died after a private battle with colon cancer. “I don’t know if I’m in shock or disbelief, but I don’t know,” Jeffery said Monday on
For 15 minutes, the two men battled it out, Collier frequently being the one initiating the engagements and appearing to get the better of the exchanges, while Arlovski was content to look for counters and complain to the referee about the two men frequently clashing heads as they looked to exchange. “That really pissed me
The sudden death of former UFC fighter Elias Theodorou has rocked the MMA community to its core in the wake of the news. Theodorou passed away after a battle with liver cancer over the weekend at just 34 years old. He was one of the most mutually respected fighters in the UFC during his tenure