Tuesday night, five more sets of fighters walked into the cage looking to impress the UFC President, and when White joined Laura Sanko at the end of the evening to discuss the result, he was fired up and ready to hand out a whole bunch of contracts. Each of the night’s five victors earned deals,
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is willing to compare his UFC run to anyone, including Khabib Nurmagomedov. Jones is preparing to make his return at heavyweight, potentially by the end of 2022. He’s been out of competition since vacating the light heavyweight title in 2020 following a win over Dominick Reyes. Jones, despite
UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards has stated he’d be willing to rematch Nate Diaz. ‘Rocky’ faced the Stockton-native at UFC 263 last June. In that outing, Edwards scored the biggest win of his career by unanimous decision. However, the victory didn’t come easy, as the Brit was badly rocked in round five. However, the 30-year-old
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Don’t look now, but MMA fighter turned quasi-comedian Brendan Schaub may have just dropped the funniest statement of his career. With no upcoming UFC event this weekend, the overall discussion in the MMA world continues to revolve around UFC 278. Most notably, Leon Edwards’ tremendous upset win over Kamaru Usman continues
DWCS Week 5: Mick Parkin stuns with submission of Eduardo Neves The UFC has reached the official halfway point in the 10-week so of Dana White Contender Series and this week’s show is headlined by a heavyweight clash between Mick Parkin and Eduardo Neves. The heavyweights were swinging hard at the opening bell knowing they
Aug 20, 2022 UFC president Dana White said he helped broker a deal for quarterback Tom Brady to play for the Las Vegas Raiders when Brady was a free agent quarterback in 2020, but then-Raiders coach Jon Gruden nullified the deal at the last minute. White was convinced to tell the story by Rob Gronkowski
A pair of lightweight matchups are set for the UFC’s return to New York City. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Dan Hooker and Claudio Puelles is set for UFC 281, which takes place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden. Fordewin MMA was first to
Rockhold lost that fight to Belfort, and many wrote him off as a good Strikeforce fighter, but someone who wouldn’t be able to hang on the UFC level. They were wrong, and it felt good for Rockhold to stick it to the critics every chance he could as he bounce back to put together wins
UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards is willing to run it back with Nate Diaz should the Stockton native shock the world against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279. Edwards knows a thing or two about shocking the world having done exactly that this past weekend at UFC 278, where he dethroned Kamaru Usman with a memorable
PhotoCred: Sky Sports Former dual-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor won’t be back in the octagon until 2023. The Irishman has been out of the cage since his trilogy matchup with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 last July. In that outing, McGregor lost by first-round TKO after breaking his leg. Due to that injury, the former
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will make its return to Madison Square Garden for the upcoming UFC 281: “Adesanya vs. Pereira” championship doubleheader pay-per-view (PPV) card, booked for Sat., Nov. 12, 2022 in the heart of New York City. Wanna go see it live? UFC 281 tickets will available for UFC Fight Club members on Wed.,
Former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman was in good spirits and ‘not down at all’ two days removed from his UFC 278 knockout loss to Leon Edwards. “I’m feeling great,” Usman told TMZ Sports. “I’m feeling good. I’m in good spirits. It was a fight. A fight’s a fight, and it happened.” Usman was up on
Leon Edwards takes a swing with his team. Champ Kamaru Usman gets energy from his brother, a fellow Ultimate Fighter. Alexandr Romanov gets gritty in training. Jose Aldo and Paulo Costa travel from Brazil. Luke Rockhold acclimates Park City-style. UFC 278 is on Saturday, August 20. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp
Leon Edwards discusses his upcoming UFC 278 title fight against Kamaru Usman, Usman’s hand injury, the BT Sport promo, the first fight, and more. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify:
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5:26 PM ET The UFC has announced a middleweight matchup between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland for UFC Fight Night on Oct. 15. The 185-pound contest, which the UFC announced on Monday, will headline the UFC Fight Night event. The promotion has not revealed a location, but it will most likely take place in Las
Ready or not, Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz is headed to a pay-per-view screen near you. On Monday, the UFC released the official promotion video for the welterweight UFC 279 headliner after airing it during the pay-per-view broadcast for this past Saturday’s UFC 278. The fight marks the final fight on Diaz’s UFC contract. His