Image Credit: @UFC/Twitter UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko says she might fight for the bantamweight title after her next fight. Next month, ‘Bullet’ is set to defend her flyweight crown against Talia Santos at UFC 275. If she defeats the Brazilian, many have speculated that she might move back to bantamweight. During her reign
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Even the most diehard Conor McGregor fight would likely admit that times have been tough inside the Octagon for the Irishman. He’s won just a single fight in the last five years, and his last two showdowns opposite Dustin Poirier ended in a knockout loss and broken leg, the latter of
Valentina Shevchenko gives her pick in Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes rematch UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has fought both Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes and gave her pick for the bantamweight title rematch. “Bullet” went the distance with Nunes twice when she completed in the women’s 135-pound division before the creation of the
Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg wants to face the UFC 277 title bout winner between Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes. Cyborg recently took to Twitter to respond to an ESPN Tweet promoting the Peña vs. Nunes rematch. The 145-pound champion suggested that she fight the winner of the bout. Cyborg Vs. The winner? —
8:00 AM ET The UFC has fighters ranging from 115 pounds to more than twice that weight. Yet size does not matter very much when it comes to assessing where the greatest fights are. Some weight classes are top-heavy, featuring dominant champions no one can match. Other divisions draw their intrigue from a level playing
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