Tonight’s UFC Vegas 59 event was co-headlined by a welterweight bout featuring Vicente Luque taking on Geoff Neal. Luque (21-9-1 MMA) had entered the contest looking to rebound, this after having his four-fight win streak snapped by Belal Muhammad back in April. Prior to that setback, ‘The Silent Assassin’ was coming off four straight stoppage
Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is the winner of 11 straight with 10 nasty finishes, a spectacular run that helped “Do Bronx” capture the 155-pound title back in early 2021. But the Brazilian would later be stripped of his division strap at UFC 274 after a scale fail sent him over the championship limit.
Coach: Nick Diaz had ruptured discs during Robbie Lawler fight Many fans wondered why Nick Diaz agreed to a UFC fight after such a long layoff and now that wonder has gotten deeper as his coach revealed he was injured before his fight with Robbie Lawler. According to Cesar Gracie, Diaz was dealing with a
Megan Olivi sat down with UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson for an in-depth interview to discuss his bout with Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter Finale.
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9:51 PM ET NEW YORK — The PFL had high hopes for Anthony Pettis when it signed him to a multiyear deal in 2021. But for the second consecutive year, Pettis has failed to make it to the tournament finals. Pettis (25-14), a former UFC champion, dropped a unanimous decision to Stevie Ray in the
After getting brutally knocked out by now-champion Jiri Prochazka in one of the most exciting fights of 2021, two-time UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes is looking to return this fall. For Reyes, he just needed to take some time away from the chaos of MMA and the UFC. “I had to do some soul searching
The 27-year-old from North Carolina is finding that path right on time, and he expects to show it against Sato. And the fact that he’s doing it on the same night that a new pair of Ultimate Fighters are crowned, well, that’s just a coincidence, one that sits just right with Battle, who has been
Dan Miragliotta is considered to be one of the most respected referees in all of mixed martial arts, but bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is not a fan. While there is no referee in MMA that has escaped controversy on some level, Miragliotta has been long considered one of the most reputable officials in the sport,
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 59 event is headlined by a key light heavyweight bout featuring Thiago Santos taking on Jamahal Hill. Santos (22-10 MMA), a former light heavyweight title challenger, will enter tonight’s headliner looking to rebound after suffering a decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev back in March. ‘Marreta’ has gone just 1-4 over his past
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) phenom Gordon Ryan attempts to settle an old score this evening (Sun., Aug. 7, 2022) when he meets two-time conqueror, Felipe Pena, in the no-time limit, submission-only main event of FloGrappling’s latest “Who’s Number One” event. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the main event below, as well as quick results for
A light heavyweight clash between No. 6 ranked Thiago Santos (22-10) and No. 10 ranked Jamahal Hill (10-1, 1 NC) headlined Saturday’s UFC Vegas 59 fight card. Santos entered the bout losing four of his last five contests. While those losses were against the top of the 205-pound division, Santos hoped to show that he
1:29 AM ET All that was missing from Jamahal Hill‘s rise in the UFC was a signature win. He got it Saturday. Hill stopped former title challenger Thiago Santos via TKO at 2:31 of the fourth round in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Hill dropped Santos
Khamzat Chimaev anticipates the same result many fans and observers do in his UFC 279 fight against Nate Diaz. In response to a new promo for the welterweight matchup on Sept. 10 in Las Vegas, Chimaev posted a coffin emoji with the 209 area code, a reference to the Stockton, Calif., territory Diaz calls home.
Coming out of the gate fired up and looking for a finish, McKinney got loose with his hands early against Erick Gonzalez, walking him down without pause, looking for big shots as “Ghost Pepper” covered up. When Gonzalez landed one right in response and looked to step forward soon after to follow, McKinney changed levels
MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring fights for fan-favorite featherweight Chase Hooper, rising women’s flyweight Tracy Cortez, entertaining 125lber Matt Schnell, and former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. With UFC cards being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new
Jamahal Hill – via UFC.com Tonight’s UFC Vegas 59 event was headlined by a key light heavyweight bout featuring Thiago Santos taking on Jamahal Hill. Santos (22-11 MMA), a former light heavyweight title challenger, had entered tonight’s headliner looking to rebound, this after suffering a decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev in his most recent effort
Sam Alvey returned to action at UFC Vegas 59 last night, lasting just 1:56 in the cage against a very game and violent Michal Oleksiejczuk. “Smilin’ Sam” never managed to get much going as Oleksiejczuk backed him up against the cage and dropped him twice before referee Herb Dean stepped in and mercifully stopped things.