UFC International Fight Week returns to Las Vegas and will feature a blockbuster world championship doubleheader, capped off by a title unification bout that will see featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski battle interim titleholder Yair Rodriguez. Also, two-time UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno defends his belt against long-time rival Alexandre Pantoja. UFC 290: VOLKANOVSKI vs. RODRIGUEZ
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, TONIGHT (Sat., July 8, 2023) with a blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) world championship doubleheader, featuring a 145-pound title unification bout that will see Featherweight roost-ruler (and pound-for-pound leader), Alexander Volkanovski, battle interim titleholder, Yair Rodriguez. In UFC 290’s PPV co-main event, two-time Flyweight champion,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 7, 2023, 06:51 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A rare brain disease has forced UFC newcomer Josiah Harrell out of his debut fight. A prefight MRI, required by the UFC and Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), showed that Harrell has a previously undiagnosed affliction called moyamoya, which is “a rare
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The big boys came out to the stage for the Power Slap 3 co-main event. “Da Crazy Hawaiian” Koa Viernes made his highly anticipated Power Slap debut in victorious fashion, beating Micah “Unko” Seiuli in a back-and-forth affair. “Da Crazy Hawaiian” had the more effective strikes and more importantly the cleaner strikes in the bout.
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 7, 2023, 07:28 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Jon Jones will fight Stipe Miocic in a battle of the most decorated light heavyweight and heavyweight, respectively, in UFC history. Jones will defend his UFC heavyweight title against Miocic, the former two-time champ, at UFC 295 on November 11 at New
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Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez will cap off Saturday’s championship doubleheader at UFC 290, along with a tremendous flyweight title co-main event between Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja. With UFC 290 just a day away, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaheen Al-Shatti, and Alexander K. Lee preview the top storylines from the International Fight Week card
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That’s a big deal. For Jalin Turner, who has appeared on a numbered event in seven of his nine trips to the Octagon, it’s business as usual. On Saturday, it’s UFC 290 and a main card meeting with Dan Hooker. Could Turner possibly go back to the UFC APEX again? “It’s my job, so if
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