The second bout of the night takes place in the bantamweight division, as American Joshua Wang-Kim takes on South Africa’s Cameron Saaiman. The 29-year-old Wang-Kim had an extensive amateur career, amassing a 15-1 record where his lone loss came against future UFC competitor Jesse Strader. Now a couple years into his pro career, he enters
Israel Adesanya had a genuine reaction watching the UFC 278 main event go down on Saturday night. UFC 278 saw a new UFC welterweight champion crowned as Leon Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman in the fifth round of their fight. Fans all over the world looked on in shock as the dominant champion Usman lay
Paulo Costa has offered a response to Jake Paul. Costa went to war with Luke Rockhold in the co-main event of UFC 278. The action was held inside Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 20. Fans ended up witnessing Rockhold’s final pro MMA fight. Rockhold’s chin held up throughout the fight and
The bloodsuckers at USADA, charged with pre- and post-fight drug testing for UFC, used to have carte blanche when it came to drawing plasma under its “Whereabouts” policy, which is how dehydrated middleweight contender Paulo Costa got forced into a blood test in the waning hours of his UFC 278 weight cut. Not surprisingly, “The
Jorge Masvidal makes bold prediction about UFC welterweight division Jorge Masvidal is searching for a belt to add to his BMF title and he’s got his eyes fixed on Leon Edwards at welterweight. Masvidal already had his shot at then-UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman but now that he’s been de-throned it opens up the possibility
UFC bantamweight Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera capped off an action packed evening at UFC San Diego on Saturday with a bang, securing the main event victory over former champion Dominick Cruz with the fourth-round head kick knockout! Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
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Aug 21, 2022 SALT LAKE CITY — Leon Edwards has shocked the MMA world. With a head kick in the final round of a fight he was losing handily, Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman to win the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 278 on Saturday night here at Vivint Arena. The
SALT LAKE CITY — UFC lightweight Jared Gordon speaks with reporters backstage at Vivint Arena to recap his unanimous decision win against Leonardo Santos on the preliminary card of UFC 278. “Flash” discussed picking up his fourth victory in five fights, still hoping he can fight Paddy Pimblett, feeling like they can raise awareness for
Aldo’s improvements in his standup game hid the fact that his grappling is still top-notch. Controlling Font for nine minutes on the mat, the win showed that Aldo was becoming the well-rounded and dangerous fighter he was at featherweight, just now 10 pounds south. Stringing together three consecutive wins, Aldo finds himself in the UFC
UFC President Dana White remains hesitant about bringing Jon Jones back to Las Vegas following Jones’ recent tease of a return at UFC 282 on Dec. 10. Jones has been out for more than two years since vacating the light heavyweight title following a win over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247. He’s been working towards
Image: @ufc on Instagram Jose Aldo has spoken out following his UFC 278 defeat at the hands of Merab Dvalishvili. Aldo and Dvalishvili collided on the main card of UFC 278 on August 20. This was the biggest fight in Merab’s pro MMA career. While fans anticipated a barn burner, that isn’t what we ended
Amir Albazi returned to action for his first fight in a year and a half, beating Francisco Figueiredo via rear-naked choke in the first round. It was another impressive performance for the rising Iraqi fighter, who never fails to push the pace and give it his all in his fights. Albazi also went the extra
Watch Leon Edwards’ emotionally charged UFC 278 Octagon Interview: ‘Look at me now!’ | Video Newly crowned UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards‘ journey from poverty to world champion is nothing short of inspirational. Edwards scored a walk-off knockout win over Kamaru Usman in the UFC 278 main event on Saturday to capture the 170-pound championship.
1:27 AM ET As the fifth round progressed in Salt Lake City, the headlines were already being written. With one minute left in the main event, Kamaru Usman had coasted in his title defense against Leon Edwards. Then came the head kick that shocked the world. Edwards became the new UFC welterweight champion with the
The official poster for next month’s UFC pay-per-view card — which will feature the final fight of Nate Diaz’s current contract — has been released. The UFC released the promotional poster for UFC 279, which takes place Sept. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Diaz will face the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev in the
There were moments that tested Edwards’ patience along the way though. Fight cancelations, injuries, and the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Edwards from participating in some marquee matchups that could have earned him this title shot earlier. But “Rocky” remained confident that he wouldn’t be denied a title shot, even after an unfortunate eye poke resulted in
The reaction that Colby Covington had to seeing Leon Edwards knock out Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 is likely the same one shared by everyone watching around the world. Out of the many rivalries that Usman has created over the years as welterweight champion, there was none with the same amount of bad blood as