Glover Teixeira knows he can’t fight forever, but that doesn’t mean he’s putting an expiration date on his career. Ahead of his first title defense as light heavyweight champion at UFC 275, the 42-year-old Brazilian said recently that his “perfect plan” would be to defeat Jiri Prochazka on June 11 and then have a retirement
PRELIMS Middleweight Bout: Joseph Holmes (185) vs Alen Amedovski (186) Heavyweight Bout: Jailton Almeida (224) vs Parker Porter (265) Lightweight Bout: Omar Morales (155.5) vs Uros Medic (156) Bantamweight Bout: Jonathan Martinez (135.5) vs Vince Morales (136) Featherweight Bout: Chase Hooper (145) vs Felipe Colares (145) MORE FIGHT NIGHT: Holly Holm | Ketlen Vieira | Fighters on the Rise | Chase
PhotoCred: MMA Junkie UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira doesn’t want to put a permanent end date on his career. The champion is set to face Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 next month. Ahead of his first title defense, Teixeira stated that he was likely going to retire this year. His ideal year would be
Once American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), always American Kickboxing Academy. That’s how retired legend Khabib Nurmagomedov is assessing the current situation with his old teammate, Cain Velasquez, anyway. Velasquez was jailed on March 1, 2022, after he allegedly pursued a suspected child molester in his truck before shooting off rounds of a firearm at said target.
Jorge Masvidal releases DMs from Michel Pereira’s wife following call out Jorge Masvidal and Michel Pereira beefing over an alleged DM might not have been on your MMA bingo card but here we are. On Saturday, following his win, Pereira called out the BMF champion for sending his wife Gina a DM on Instagram. “He
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MMA fighter Shane Manley is currently in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound sustained while he was working at a brewery in Syracuse, NY. The 33-year old Manley was working as a bouncer at Orange Crate Brewing Co. in Syracuse on May 15. A GoFundMe page set up for him in the wake of
Junior dos Santos is moving on from the disappointment of his Eagle FC debut. The former UFC heavyweight champion lost to Yorgan De Castro on Friday night at Eagle FC 47 in a fight he was likely winning before a third-round shoulder injury rendered him unable to continue. It was another unlucky break for dos
Co-Main Event: Michel Pereira defeats Santiago Ponzinibbio via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29) Brazil’s Michel Pereira may have earned a place in the welterweight rankings with a hard-fought three-round split decision Santiago Ponzinibbio in an exciting co-main event Scores were 30-27, 29-28, 28-29 for Pereira, now 28-11, 2 NC. The No.14-ranked Ponzinibbio falls to 29-6. Ponzinibbio
Image via @michelpereiraufc on Instagram Tonight’s UFC Vegas 55 event was co-headlined by a welterweight contest featuring Michel Pereira taking on Santiago Ponzinibbio. Pereira (28-11 MMA) had entered the contest on a four-fight win streak, his latest being a decision victory over Andre Fialho. ‘Demolidor’ was looking to earn his sixth career UFC victory this
Chase Hooper bounced back from a bad decision loss in his last fight to win decisively against Felipe Colares at UFC Vegas 55. Not only did Hooper dominate Colares for much of the fight, he ended up finishing the bout via solid ground and pound with two minutes left in the third, earning a $50,000
The UFC Vegas 55 results are in following Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bantamweights Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira headlined the fight card. UFC Vegas 55 Results: Ketlen Vieira upsets former champ Holly Holm Holm is a former champion of the UFC women’s bantamweight division, earning that honor by defeating
Jailton Almeida has spoken out in support of his teammate Carlos Felipe in the wake of the latter’s second USADA suspension. The Brazilian submission artist spoke to reporters after his first-round rear-naked choke win against Parker Porter at UFC Vegas 55. Almeida had given a shout-out to Felipe immediately after his win, prompting the interviewer
9:33 PM ET The UFC will run back one of the most shocking fights in its entire history. A bantamweight title rematch between Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes will headline UFC 277 on July 30 in Dallas, officials announced on Saturday. The pay-per-view event will take place inside American Airlines Arena and air on ESPN+.
Not many MMA fighters can claim to have better front kick knockouts than Lyoto Machida. Michael Chandler might be an exception, according to “The Dragon. Machida was impressed with what he saw from Chandler against Tony Ferguson at UFC 274, grading the former Bellator champ’s fight-stopping front kick a 10 out of 10. “I’m the
Just weeks before she gets inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, former three-division boxing champion and former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm makes her return against a surging contender in Brazil’s Ketlen Vieira. Also on the card, a welterweight matchup will see No. 14 ranked Santiago Ponzinibbio take on Michel Pereira. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HOLM vs
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 55 event is headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout between Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira. Holm (14-5 MMA), the UFC’s former bantamweight champion, will be returning to action for the first in over eighteen months this evening. ‘The Preachers Daughter’ currently boasts a two-fight winning steak, scoring decision wins over Raquel Pennington
UFC Vegas 55 went down last night (Sat., May 21, 2022), featuring a main event fight that saw Ketlen Vieira win a split-decision win over former women’s Bantamweight champion, Holly Holm (see it again here). In the co-main event, Michel Pereira and Santiago Ponzinibbio went to war for 15 minutes which ultimately saw Pereira escape