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: I introduce the show and look ahead to the weekend in combat sports. 1:05 p.m.: UFC strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz reflects
UFC 275: TEIXEIRA vs PROCHAZKA in Singapore goes down on June 11 as the first pay-per-view event in Southeast Asia, and during the Fight Week lead up, UFC will host a ground-breaking win-and-advance tournament: ROAD TO UFC. The top mixed martial arts prospects from Asia will be vying for a UFC contract. Everything You Need To Know About
Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) Weili Zhang is hoping her UFC 275 rematch against Joanna Jedrzejczyk will be the most exciting fight of her career. Zhang and Jedrzejczyk fought back at UFC 248 in March of 2020, as ‘Magnum’ was looking to defend her strawweight title for the first time. The fight
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) parted ways with five fighters on Tuesday, including former headliner Louis Smolka. “Da Last Samurai” silenced the Dublin crowd by submitting the since-released Paddy Holohan in the UFC Fight Night 76 main event back in Oct. 2015. Unfortunately, the 30 year-old bantamweight was unable to keep himself in the win column
No. 9 ranked UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell is an undefeated rising star on the UFC roster. He’s talented, but perpetuates conspiracy theories. His most recent conspiracy theory is that the government was involved in the horrific Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas. On May 24, Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire killing
A matchup between UFC strawweight rising star Cheyanne Vlismas and Tabatha Ricci is reportedly booked for October 1st. AG Fight was among the first to report the news. Vlismas, a former standout on Dana White‘s Contender Series in 2020, rebounded from a UFC debut loss to Montserrat Ruiz in March 2021 with back-to-back wins. She
7:03 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will face off this summer. A bout between former champion Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night headliner, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday to Barstool Sports. The bout is scheduled for Aug. 13, and White said the
At UFC 275 media day, a host of fighters from Saturday’s pay-per-view event will speak to the media Wednesday morning in Singapore. The UFC 275 media day schedule is as follows: 12 a.m. ET: Jiri Prochazka 12:15 a.m.: Taila Santos 1 a.m.: Manel Kape 1:45 a.m.: Josh Culibao 2:15 a.m.: Seung Woo Choi 2:30 a.m.:
Round 2: Miller rushes across the cage to start the round, and Guthrie greets her with a front kick and a right hand. She continues pressing forward and starts landing, but Guthrie continues to answer. Guthrie looks for a body lock and Miller is turned to the canvas, ending up on her back with butterfly
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Glover Teixeira is expecting a very fan-friendly fight in the main event of UFC 275. Teixeira is looking to defend his light heavyweight title for the first time against Jiri Prochazka in an intriguing matchup. The champ is once again the betting underdog as many think the
The Octagon’s oldest champion and one of its most dominant defend their respective belts this Saturday (June 11, 2022) when Glover Teixeira and Valentina Shevchenko square off with Jiri Prochazka and Taila Santos inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. UFC 275’s pay-per-view (PPV) main card will also feature an excellent rematch between Zhang Weili
When it comes to the start of middleweight Jared McLoughlin’s 2022 he views it as very much of a continuation of the last couple years of his career. Entraining 2022 on a two-fight winning streak, McLoughlin has added to it, picking up two victories in his two bouts this year. “I couldn’t even tell you
Biaggio Ali Walsh, the grandson of legendary boxing star Muhammad Ali, was submitted in his amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) debut. Walsh took on Devin Rothwell, who was also making his debut, at Fusion Fight League’s Rumble Under the Rims show on June 3. Walsh started out strong, however. In the second round, he was unable
9:17 AM ET Kelsey Puckett LAS VEGAS — It’s Dec. 28, 2020, and UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is invited to a Roaring ’20s-themed party to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Kyrgyzstan. “I’m like, oh my god, it’s three days before the New Year and I don’t have a dress,” Shevchenko recalled to ESPN two
On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko joins the podcast to discuss her upcoming title defense against Taila Santos and what keeps her motivated after largely clearing out the majority of contenders in the flyweight division. Shevchenko also discusses her frequent travels and what she plans to
His life-changing book was actually The Book of Five Rings, and adhering to the Bushido principles is something Prochazka believes in strongly. He is a martial artist first and foremost, and an elite fighter somewhere after that, and has spent the last year on a quest to improve his skill in order to give himself
Image Credit: @UFC/Instagram Jeff Molina expected a grinding type of fight against Zhalgas Zhumagulov. Molina knew Zhumagulov was going to be the toughest test of his career even though the 33-year-old was just 1-3 in the UFC entering the fight. ‘El Jefe’ said Zhumagulov didn’t get enough respect and was anticipating the grueling back and
Joe Rogan will not be part of UFC 275. The longtime color commentator has been replaced by former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping for the upcoming “Teixeira vs. Prochazka” pay-per-view (PPV) event, according to MMA Junkie, scheduled for this Sat. night (June 11, 2022) at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Rogan is expected to return