Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal vs. Colby Covington was officially booked earlier today for UFC 272, and fans are excited! The two Welterweights are highly ranked and quite popular — or hated, which is kind of the same thing from a certain point of view — which makes for an intriguing match up before
4:09 PM ET A welterweight grudge match between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will headline UFC 272 on March 5, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Tuesday. Contracts have not been signed for the 170-pound scrap, but the bout is nearly finalized, per Campbell. The UFC 272 pay-per-view will take place at
Ilia Topuria is seeking a new opponent after a positive COVID-19 test scratched Movsar Evloev from UFC 270. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed Movsar’s status to MMA Fighting and the search for a new opponent. Topuria on Twitter called out featherweight veteran Dan Ige to replace Evloev on the Jan. 22
Apr 24, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; YouTube start Jake Paul is confronted by UFC ringside announcer Daniel Cormier before Anthony Smith (Red Gloves) fights Jimmy Crute (Blue Gloves) during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier has no interest in working with Jake
When the UFC reached out to see if Kakhramonov would fill in for Mana Martinez on short notice opposite Trevin Jones last summer, they probably believed the Team Oyama member was somewhere in and around Irvine, California, where the team trains. Instead, he was visiting his native Uzbekistan, but after a quick 14-hour-ish flight, some
Sean O’Malley takes you inside his limo, apartment, and garage gym | Video Rising UFC bantamweight star “Sugar” Sean O’Malley put out this own version of the old MTV show ‘Cribs‘ on Wednesday giving viewers a glimpse of what it’s like to be living the Sugar Show. The No. 12 ranked bantamweight gives a tour
Alexander Gustafsson believes his training partner Khamzat Chimaev is the real deal. Chimaev burst onto the scene in 2020 as he fought twice in 10 days and then scored a one-punch KO over Gerald Meerschaert. He was later booked to headline a card against Leon Edwards, but due to COVID the fight never came to
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has flirted with the idea of boxing against Tyson Fury, but Sean O’Malley doesn’t like his odds. Ngannou is set to face Ciryl Gane for the unified UFC heavyweight title at UFC 270. It’s been quite the buildup to the fight, featuring his strained relationship with his former coach Fernand
UFC welterweight wild man Michel Pereira was scheduled to throw hands with streaking 170-pound veteran Muslim Salikhov in the UFC Vegas 46 co-main event this Sat. night (Jan. 15, 2022) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Then came an undisclosed illness to Salikhov, forcing the “King of Kung Fu” to withdraw from
Michael Chandler has no problem fighting Tony Ferguson but he’s not going to cater to anybody’s demands when it comes to his return to action. Barely two months removed from a Fight of the Year performance in a war with Justin Gaethje at UFC 268, the former Bellator lightweight champion is taking the necessary time
Sep 15, 2018; Moscow, Russia; Mark Hunt (red gloves) before fighting Aleksei Oleinik (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aleksander V. Chernykh-USA TODAY Sports Mark Hunt seems to be one of the few fighters crusading against Dana White and the UFC to get MMA athletes better pay. But that doesn’t
One of two fighters from the middleweight competition on Season 11 remaining on the active roster, McGee has had mixed results since relocating to welterweight. While he’s continued to be an indefatigable grinder who draws the best out of his competition, “The Crusher” is 6-7 in the welterweight ranks after snapping a three-fight skid last
Aljamain Sterling says Petr Yan asked to push fight to April It looks like we won’t get to see the score settled between UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and interim champion Petr Yan until April. According to Sterling their previously scheduled for March has been pushed to April at the request of Yan. “Apparently it
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC standout Khamzat Chimaev was involved in an altercation with security at a recent MMA event in Sweden. Chimaev (10-0 MMA), who recently agreed to an April 9th showdown with former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns (see more on that here), was in attendance at a
Francis Ngannou claimed the UFC heavyweight title early in 2021 in a rematch bout versus Stipe Miocic, claiming the belt via second-round knockout. Ngannou is set to face Ciryl Gane in the main event at UFC 270 on Saturday, January 22. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC
It’s unclear when Cheyanne Vlismas will return to the Octagon, but her soon-to-be ex-husband JP Buys isn’t buying her excuses. Vlismas is coming off of arguably the best win of her career at UFC Vegas 44 over Mallory Martin. She earned the Fight of the Night performance bonus for her unanimous decision win. After the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Sean O’Malley has been consistently outspoken about fighter pay and policy in a variety of perhaps conflicting ways, and he’s not a fan of UFC’s latest pay-per-view (PPV) price bump. Starting with UFC 270, UFC is asking fans to fork over $75 for each event, which adds up to a pretty
RIZIN veteran Tofiq Musayev will look to shake up the lightweight division after inking a deal to join the roster at Bellator MMA. Promotion officials confirmed the signing to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from Ariel Helwani. With an 18-4 record, Musayev brings an impressive resume with him to Bellator where he