3:30 PM ET Sean O’Malley is taking a major step up in his next fight, announcing to ESPN’s Ryan Clark on Wednesday that he’ll be facing former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley (15-1 1 NC), one of the sport’s most talented prospects, fought
Watch the ONE Championship press conference announcing the promotion’s new partnership with Prime Video featuring several ONE stars. The press conference takes place Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. ET and features ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong and Amazon Prime executives as they discuss their new broadcast partnership. Several ONE stars will also be in attendance including Demetrious
A little more than a year later, the Swedish standout returned to the Octagon, venturing to Fight Island and competing at heavyweight against former champion Fabricio Werdum. Midway through the opening stanza, Gustafsson tapped to armbar that extended his losing streak to three and once again sent the three-time light heavyweight title challenger to the
UFC lightweight Jordan Leavitt is certainly not letting the pressure of heading to opponent Paddy Pimblett’s home country get to him. Leavitt is one of eight Americans who have safely made it across the pond for this weekend’s UFC London card. His assignment will come against arguably the fastest-rising name when it comes to MMA
Image via LFA on Facebook (Photo Credit: Jerry Chavez) Alex Pereira is responding to the callout from Khamzat Chimaev. Khamzat Chimaev took to ‘Twitter’ with a video of Alex Pereira being declared the winner of his match-up with Sean Strickland saying: “I’m want to fight with this guy @ufc @dana white lets make it” It
Another massive fight has been added to UFC 280 when the promotion returns to Fight Island. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news today (Weds., July 20, 2022) that the Oct. 22, 2022, pay-per-view (PPV) event will now play host to a pivotal Lightweight contender bout pitting No. 6-ranked Beneil Dariush against No. 9-ranked Mateusz Gamrot.
UFC London live results begin at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT on Saturday, July 23, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at O2 Arena in London. Click on the fight below in the UFC London: Blaydes vs. Aspinall live results section for live stats or jump down to the written UFC London: Blaydes
8:25 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Chris Curtis dreamed about fighting inside the Octagon for over a decade as a professional mixed martial artist. Now that his UFC debut was happening, though, it was turning nightmarish. He was in a UFC 268 prelim last November in New York, and Curtis was getting beaten to the punch
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: A look at the big news of the week so far including the Nate Diaz vs. Khamzat Chimaev booking at
The Scottish light heavyweight is a perfect example of a fighter that needed a little time to get comfortable competing on the biggest stage in the sport and figuring out his approach inside the Octagon. Craig went 3-4 over his first seven appearances, but flashed upside with late submission wins over Magomed Ankalaev and Kennedy
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez‘s longtime MMA coach has given his first public comments on Velasquez’s legal situation. Velasquez remains detained for attempted murder among other charges stemming from a February incident involving the alleged molester of his son at a nearby daycare. In a high-speed chase, Velasquez shot at Harry Goularte’s vehicle and
Volkan Oezdemir is excited to make the walk to the Octagon and get the bad taste of his last fight out of his mouth. Oezdemir is set to face Paul Craig at UFC London as he enters the fight on a two-fight losing skid. He’s coming off a decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back this weekend to stage another stacked card live on ESPN+ from O2 Arena in London, England. Seeing as the Octagon was nearly set ablaze last time the promotion traveled to the United Kingdom, fight fans should only expect absolute chaos when the action begins this weekend. The main event
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz official as main event for UFC 279 Nate Diaz has been asking for a fight and now he’s got one. According to ESPN, the rumored fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Diaz is official. The fight will take place at UFC 279 on Sept. 10 in Las Vegas, NV and will
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UFC president Dana White discussed a variety of topics at the UFC Long Island post-fight press conference, including Nate Diaz, Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega, Israel Adesanya, Jake Paul, 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
One Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer went viral after his eyes wandered during the UFC 196 weigh-in. Officer Russel Mettke was thought by some to have let his eyes drift to Miesha Tate’s backside as she put her shorts on after weighing in for her co-main event title fight.
3:20 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz to headline UFC 279 on Sept. 10, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Tuesday. Contracts have not been signed, but both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup and date according to Campbell. UFC 279 will