UFC 279 is looking a little different. After one of the most chaotic 48-hour periods we’ve ever seen ahead of a pay-per-view — that featured a press conference cancellation due to a backstage brawl and originally scheduled headliner Khamzat Chimaev missing weight by a whopping 7.5 pounds — the six fighters at the top of
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“I called for this guy, I called for that guy, I was trying to fight everybody the whole time and get the show on the road,” said Diaz. “And they offered me him, but Khamzat is a new guy who’s new on the scene, and obviously a problem and obviously a hard fighter for anybody
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Song Yadong’s first-round knockout of Marlon Moraes in the UFC Vegas 50 co-main event made it back-to-back finishes for the Chinese featherweight. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8
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6:15 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC has completely shuffled the top three fights on its UFC 279 card one day before the scheduled pay-per-view event, UFC president Dana White told SportsCenter in a live Instagram video Friday. Nate Diaz now will face Tony Ferguson in the main event of the Saturday show at
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At the UFC 279 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting has live video of the proceeding that can be seen above. In the main event, welterweights Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev can weigh no more than 171 pounds, the maximum
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EARLY PRELIMS Women’s Featherweight Bout: Norma Dumont (146) vs Danyelle Wolf (146) Bantamweight Bout: Chad Anheliger (135.5) vs Alatengheili (135) Fight By Fight Preview | UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson Women’s Strawweight Bout: Melissa Martinez (113.5) vs Elise Reed (115.5) Welterweight Bout: Darian Weeks (170.5) vs Yohan Lainesse (171) *Khamzat Chimaev weighed 7.5 lbs over the
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Jake Paul has revealed details of his first time meeting Anderson Silva. ‘The Problem Child’ has been out of action since his knockout win over Tyron Woodley last December. Since that time, the YouTuber’s boxing career has been derailed by fight cancelations. Paul has had two canceled outings against Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman Jr.
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UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athletes competing on tomorrow’s UFC 279 fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-in on Friday in Las Vegas. After Khamzat Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds during the official weigh-in, the fight card saw a major shake up. Tony Ferguson now faces Nate Diaz in
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8:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC 279 news conference was canceled Thursday at MGM Grand Garden Arena after several altercations broke out backstage among fighters on the card and their teams. UFC president Dana White attempted to keep the news conference going by bringing up the six fighters separately in twos, per fight.
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As word spread of an alleged melee backstage at the UFC 279 press conference, MMA fighters were glued to their phones, hoping to get an update on who did what. UFC President Dana White’s cancellation of the media event only served to intensify the curiosity about an altercation backstage – allegedly involving Khamzat Chimaev and
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Not a soul in T-Mobile Arena stayed seated when Aldana finished Kunitskaya. That moment has been on Aldana’s mind during her training camp for UFC 279, where she will face rising contender Macy Chiasson. Not too long ago, Aldana, who sports the No. 4 ranking next to her name, was in a similar position as
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