In the ultra-competitive light heavyweight division, UFC champion Glover Teixeira (33-7, fighting out of Bethel, CT, USA by way of Governador Valadares, Brazil) will make his first title defense since winning the belt with a second-round submission of Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 in October last year. Standing across the Octagon® will be first-time title
While his dominance in the sport is seemingly just beginning, rising UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev has revealed a promise he made to his mother that could see him hang up his gloves relatively early. While a number of legends have continued to fight until losses build on their record and their ability to compete at
Gilbert Burns brought in a familiar face for his UFC 273 fight against Khamzat Chimaev. Burns, who trains at Sanford MMA, says Usman came back to the gym to help him prepare for the Swede. Usman, of course, used to train at the gym but when he was booked to defend his title against Burns,
Event: Bellator 278: “Velasquez vs Carmouche”Date: Fri., April 22, 2022Location: Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, HawaiiHow To Watch: Showtime (watch it here) Bellator 278 Main Event: 125 lbs.: Champion Juliana Velasquez (22-5) vs. Liz Carmouche (16-7) Bellator 278 Main Card: (10:30 p.m. ET) 135 lbs.: Josh Hill (21-4) vs. Enrique Barzola (17-5-2) 135 lbs.:
Valentina Shevchenko looks fight-ready in new bikini photo UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko doesn’t have a fight scheduled until June, but ‘Bullet’ looks fight-ready in a recent bikini photo. The women’s top pound-for-pound fighter in the world posted a photo of herself running through a stream in Nevada to her instagram account, and the
Joe Rogan, Jon Anik, and Paul Felder are back together again. MMA Fighting confirmed with officials that the trio will serve as the cageside commentators for Saturday’s UFC 273 card, which takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. This will be the first time that Rogan, Anik, and Felder have called a
From intensive film breakdowns to what they call “play sparring” – essentially, repeated simulation of opponent-specific scenarios – Fight Ready MMA distinguishes themselves on methodical and intelligent work. “I’m actually shocked when other fighters come in, how much they don’t know in certain areas on a technical basis,” Defranco said. “We got a lot of
UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith doesn’t believe his fellow contender Magomed Ankalaev is the “boogeyman” that he’s being made out to be. It doesn’t feel like too long ago that the UFC’s 205-pound division was considered stale and unexciting. But in 2022, the weight class sits with an unlikely champion in Glover Teixeira, who provided
Image Credit: UFC Kelvin Gastelum will no longer be fighting at UFC 273 after all. Gastelum was originally supposed to take on Nassourdine Imavov but the Frenchman was removed from the fight due to visa issues. The expectation was the fight would be moved to UFC 274 but Gastelum wanted to remain on April’s pay-per-view
It will be tough for anyone to ever match the impact left behind by Ronda Rousey, but current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight titleholder Julianna Pena can at least say she did something “Rowdy” couldn’t. Rousey retired from mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2017 following a 48-second knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207.
Israel Adesanya picks Gilbert Burns over Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 | Video UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya breaks down the upcoming UFC 273 pay-per-view headlined with Alex Volkanovski vs. ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. This card also features the anticipated Bantamweight Championship rematch Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan and also Khamzat Chimaev‘s first
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes (16-3) ended things quickly at the start of the second round via TKO in his UFC Columbus main event fight with Chris Daukaus on Saturday night. 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. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/
8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim A championship prizefight makes a Saturday night feel special. And when there are two tussles for titles on the fight card, that doubles the big-event exhilaration. This weekend’s UFC 273 (Saturday, 10 p.m., on ESPN+ PPV) offers all that and more. The 13-fight event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in
Brock Lesnar left WrestleMania 38 on Sunday night without a WWE championship after falling to Roman Reigns in the main event from AT&T Stadium outside Dallas. The one-time UFC heavyweight champion was headlining the two-night event in the final match of the weekend that saw Lesnar going up against Reigns (real name Leati Joseph ”Joe”
UFC 273 is now days away, and leading the charge of a stacked pay-per-view card is a spring tripleheader set to take full bloom. In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski will have the opportunity to again show why he is one of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters when he defends his featherweight title against “The
Image: via@ufc on instagram Kelvin Gastelum has spoken out about being forced off the UFC 273 card. Gastelum was initially set to meet Nassourdine Imavov on April 9 in Jacksonville. Plans changed after Imavov had visa issues. Dricus Du Plessis agreed to relace Imavov but Gastelum has withdrawn from the fight due to injury. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight scrappers Aleksei Oleinik and Jared Vanderaa will battle this weekend (Sat., April 9, 2022) at UFC 273 inside Vystars Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Oleinik was scheduled to throw down vs. Ilir Latifi a couple weeks ago at UFC Columbus, but a last-second illness to Latifi postponed the bout to
UFC 273 Countdown Video: Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2 UFC 273 Countdown previews the co-main event rematch between bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling and interim champ Petr Yan. See these athletes train and prepare for their bouts on Saturday, April 9. UFC 273 takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., and is