Aleksandar Rakic suffered a torn ACL in his right knee as a result of a freak injury that occurred in his main event fight with Jan Blachowicz at UFC Vegas 54. Rakic underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed the damage done to his knee, which will require surgery. Typical recovery time from an torn
Clint Winters, creator and Chief Scientific Officer, agrees. “When you look at UFC and really all professional sports, you’re dealing with the best athletes in the world. At that level, a one-percent improvement can be the difference between being a champion or not. One of GameDay Ready’s goals for CONOCB2 is for athletes to recover
Image: @cainvelasquez on Instagram Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has been denied bail once again. In late February, Velasquez was arrested for attempted murder, as well as a litany of other charges. According to reports, the former champion shot at a car and traffic and struck a man. Over the next few weeks, more
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It may be time for Paddy to stop being so fatty. Per a report from FirstSportz, UFC is rumored to be targeting Paddy Pimblett vs. Ottman Azaitar for its return to London, England on July 23, 2022. It hasn’t taken long for Pimblett to build a name for himself inside the
Stawweight champ Carla Esparza sports UFC belt during her wedding | Photo (Photo by Kevin Chang / LA Times Staff Photographer) Newly crowned UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza became a two-time women’s 115-pound titleholder when she defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC at UFC 274 on May 7. A week later she walked down the
UFC bantamweight Ashlee Evans-Smith’s return to the Octagon will have to wait until next year after she tested positive for a steroid by USADA. USADA announced the news of Evans-Smith’s positive test, along with a 14-month suspension, on Monday. According to USADA, Evans-Smith tested positive for “an anabolic androgenic steroid of exogenous origin” following urine
UFC President Dana White shared his reactions to UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje + Namajunas vs Esparza 2 after the fights at the post-fight press conference and answered questions from the media. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC.
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UFC fighter Muhammad Mokaev signs with Conor McGregor’s Paradigm Sports Management, instead Ali Abdelaziz Dominance MMA management which includes Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, and others, UFC fighter Dustin Poirier is looking for another opponent since Dana White and the UFC showed no interest in Nate Diaz bout, Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad react and much
8:51 AM ET With big fights happening every week and new champions being crowned along with current championship forging their legacy, it’s easy to forget that Kamaru Usman is still the pound-for-pound best in MMA today. But is it possible for Usman to catch a former pound-for-pound champ and arguably the greatest ever welterweight in
Michael Page — like most who watched on Friday — wasn’t thrilled with the main event of Bellator 281 when he fought Logan Storley for the interim welterweight title. In the end, Page hopes the disappointing nature of the 25-minute contest could lead to some rule changes, especially when it comes to wrestling. Page lost
Record: 5-2 Birthplace: Lawton, Oklahoma Fighting out of: Bakersfield, California Age: 26 Stat: 4 wins by KO/TKO Welcome to the UFC APEX, and congratulations on making it onto the 30th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? It’s awesome, man. My blood is boiling. I love it. It’s cool. How
Image via @ufc on Instagram Tony Ferguson was closer to retiring than some may think. On the main card of UFC 274, Ferguson was looking to snap his three-fight losing streak when he took on Michael Chandler. ‘El Cucuy’ said he was looking to prove he is still a top contender and in order to
Alyse Anderson is primed and ready to begin making some waves among the 115-pound ranks of ONE Championship. The Mason, Michigan native debuted in the promotion under about as much pressure as one could have following a layoff dating back to July 2019. In Sept. 2021, Anderson was welcomed to Singapore as part of the
Cain Velasquez denied bail a second time in attempted murder case Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was denied bail for a second time on Monday by Judge Shelyna Brown and will remain in jail. Velasquez, along with his attorney Mark Geragos, appeared in court on Monday seeking a release on bail while he awaits
It’s safe to say that UFC lightweight prospect Paddy Pimblett isn’t the biggest fan of Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar… In the UFC right now, there aren’t many more fan-friendly fighters than Pimblett. From the Liverpool native’s interactions with his supporters on social media to his willingness to engage with them in person, “The Baddy”
Few things spark more heated debates in the MMA sphere than MMA Math. Take Alex Pereira’s case as an example. Sure, Pereira was a decorated two-division champion in GLORY, and his definitive move to MMA was inevitably going to draw eyeballs. But the fact he held two wins over UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in
The Brazilian flyweight made his UFC debut in Abu Dhabi against Top 15-ranked Tagir Ulanbekov, and that’s one heck of an opportunity, as not many fighters get to make their promotional debut against someone with a number next to their name. Nascimento almost made the most of it. His fight with Ulanbekov was uber close