Current Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis was recently injured and forced to withdraw from his scheduled title defense against teammate Raufeon Stots, previously booked to headline Bellator 279 on April 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to a report from CBS Sports, “The Phenom” will be replaced by Juan Archuleta, whom Pettis defeated at Bellator
More details are emerging of the Monday night altercation between UFC welterweights Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at a Miami restaurant. Talk show host and podcaster Andy Slater broke the news of the incident and revealed new details about the altercation on Tuesday. “The initial call to police came from one of Colby Covington’s coaches,
Watch the full episode: https://ufc.ac/3g5Jegg UFC fighters react to the fight between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler at UFC 268 last November. Watch more ‘Watch Party’ episodes anytime on UFC FIGHT PASS. 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.
Before #UFC London, UFC president Dana White discusses Saturday’s event, the latest on Francis Ngannou and Greg Hardy, Jake Paul, and more Friday afternoon in London with MMA Fighting’s Jose Youngs. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe
Jimmie Rivera is the latest MMA veteran to take his talents to bare-knuckle boxing. The former UFC bantamweight contender has officially inked a long-speculated deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), the promotion announced on Monday. Rivera is expected to make his bare-knuckle boxing debut on May 6 at BKFC 25 in Orlando against a
Matt Hamill showed that deaf athletes can compete inside the Octagon several years ago, graduating to the UFC after a strong run on Season 3 of The Ultimate Fighter before amassing 15 appearances in the light heavyweight division, competing against the likes of Michael Bisping, Rich Franklin, Jon Jones, Tito Ortiz, and Alexander Gustafsson. This
Chael Sonnen believes Charles Oliveira should thank Tony Ferguson because without him, he wouldn’t have gotten the title shot. At UFC 256 in December of 2020, Ferguson stepped up to face Oliveira on just a few weeks’ notice. It was an intriguing matchup as ‘El Cucuy’ was linked to Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler before
Cody Brundage knew the opening minutes of his UFC Vegas 50 fight against Dalcha Lungiambula would be hectic. Entering his second UFC fight, Brundage knew Lungiambula’s path to victory was an early stoppage. With that, his coaches told him he needed to survive the early few minutes but in the opening exchanges, he got rocked
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Welterweight is a strange division. The 170-pound king is Kamaru Usman, who has the division in a complete stranglehold to the point that he’s lapping all the top contenders. Then, there’s still kind of a BMF champion in Jorge Masvidal, the one-off belt awarded to “Gamebred” for slicing up Nate Diaz
Colby Covington surrounded by police at Miami restaurant after Jorge Masvidal altercation | Video UFC welterweight rivals Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal were allegedly involved in a physical altercation at a Miami restaurant on Monday. In a video obtained by TMZ Sports, Covington can be seen outside of Papi Steak in Miami Beach surrounded by
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1 p.m. ET: I recap all the weekend’s action from UFC London and more. 1:15 p.m.: Undefeated flyweight prospect Muhammad Mokaev reflects on his
UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, today announced a multi-year extension of their partnership with OPRO, the world’s most technically advanced mouthguard company and a leading pioneer in oral protection. The multi-year renewal grants OPRO the rights to continue producing custom mouthguards for UFC athletes for in-competition use, as well as UFC-branded mouthguards
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and middleweight contender Darren Till appear to not be as cordial as once previously thought. Till was in attendance to corner his friend, heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall, in the main event of UFC London. Following Aspinall’s first-round submission of Alexander Volkov, Till jumped on top of the cage with Aspinall
Jared Gooden on Twitter The UFC has parted ways with another three fighters according to a report from @UFCRosterWatch on Twitter. It should also be noted that it has not been confirmed if these moves were outright releases or contracts which were not renewed. The three fighters recently removed from the UFC roster are listed
UFC middleweight Darren Till is concerned about reigning 185-pound champion Israel Adesanya and doesn’t want “The Last Stylebender” to follow this self-destructive path and potentially spoil what could be one of the great title reigns of this generation. Or maybe “The Gorilla” is just trying to get a new rumor going. “You haven’t looked the
Muhammad Mokaev reveals big injury suffered ahead of Cody Durden win Muhammad Mokaev only need 58 seconds to send Cody Durden to the shadow realm in the opening fight at UFC London, but that fight almost didn’t happen. According to Mokaev, he broke his hand in three places just six weeks before his UFC debut.
At #UFC London ceremonial weigh-ins, Paddy Pimblett and Kazula Vargas Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting feed on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mma-fighting/id320642139 Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on
The UFC is looking for alternatives in case it doesn’t reach a new deal with Brazilian pay-per-view network Combate by the end of 2022, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. Owned by giant media conglomerate Globo, the second-largest commercial TV network in the world, Combate has aired UFC events for almost