The third meeting between UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway will have to wait after Holloway was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. The new matchup was a chance for Holloway to regain the 145-pound belt and avenge the two previous losses he took to Volkanovski in recent years. ESPN
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has assembled a crowd-pleasing heavyweight slugfest between No. 3-ranked Derrick Lewis and No. 11-ranked Tai Tuivasa for the promotion’s upcoming UFC 271 pay-per-view (PPV) event on Sat., Feb. 12, 2022 inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. That’s according to a report from MMA Junkie. Lewis (26-8, 1 NC) was unsuccessful in
Derrick Lewis will kick off 2022 with a hometown bout, despite recently saying that wouldn’t be his first choice. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the UFC is targeting a heavyweight clash between Lewis and the surging Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271. The event takes place Feb. 12
Aug 7, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Rafael Fiziev (blue gloves) fights Bobby Green (not pictured) during UFC 265 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports A lightweight matchup pitting top-15 talents in Rafael Dos Anjos vs Rafael Fiziev has reportedly been agreed to. MMA Instagram account Full Violence reported on a Thursday night
Alexa Yanes – GrapplingAge: 27 All the talk of the UFC FIGHT PASS Invitational SuperFights was on Danielle Kelly and her #5 No-Gi ranking and Alexa Yanes seemingly came from out of nowhere and took the decision win back to San Antonio. She may not have literally “come from out of nowhere,” as Yanes has
Urijah Faber is interested in a ‘king of California’ fight with Cub Swanson When Cub Swanson won his fight on Dec. 18, he voiced his desire to fight in Palm Springs against a fellow California MMA icon … Urijah Faber. Now Faber has revealed his thoughts on that potential match-up. “Honestly, I know he broke
Conor McGregor Brendan Schaub believes the UFC won’t allow a fighter to have as much power as Conor McGregor did ever again. While Conor McGregor may not have the same kind of stock he once did in the eyes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, there’s no denying that he’s the biggest star in the history
Derrick Lewis talks about why he wants to fight former UFC champion Stipe Miocic next, why he does so well as an underdog, what it was like fighting in his hometown, why some family members don’t root for him, Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane, and more on The MMA Hour on Wednesday. Subscribe to MMA
Best of Bellator: Michael Chandler vs. Marcin Held at Bellator 36. Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana. March 12, 2011. (Presented by MMAjunkie.com and Bellator.com)
Newly-crowned UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña believes making weight was the first battle for Amanda Nunes ahead of UFC 269. At the final pay-per-view of 2021, Nunes saw her dominant two-division reign collapse at the hands of an unlikely challenger, although every threat to her throne had been seen as that up until “The
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ciryl Gane and Francis Ngannou will battle in just over two weeks time at UFC 270 from Anaheim, Calif., and the victor will be crowned the undisputed UFC Heavyweight champion. Appropriately, the anticipation has really started building quickly as the days until the event dwindle, but a great deal of the
12:31 PM ET Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou, the two baddest men in combat sports, have plenty of options for big fights in 2022 — but that’s not stopping them from eyeing each other. In a social media post on Thursday, Fury, the WBC’s heavyweight champion in boxing, expressed interest in fighting Ngannou, the UFC’s
Ariane Lipski and JJ Aldrich will collide in a flyweight contest at the UFC Fight Night card planned for March 12 in Las Vegas, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The event is headlined by light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Magomed Ankalaev at the UFC APEX. Lipski (14-7) is a former
Mar 6, 2021; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Petr Yan of Russia punches Aljamain Sterling in their UFC bantamweight championship fight during the UFC 259 event at UFC APEX on March 06, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports Early UFC 272 betting odds have Alexander Volkanovski and Petr
After Jim breaks the news to Matt that he has COVID (and feels okay), actor and star of 9-1-1: Lone Star, Ronen Rubinstein, makes his UFC Unfiltered debut. After he and Jim trade stories about commuting to and from auditions to Staten Island, he shares why he believes Ciryl Gane will defeat Francis Ngannou in
Check out the best Israel Adesanya UFC reactions of 2021 | Video Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya isn’t just the UFC’s 185-pound champion, “The Last Stylebender” is also a huge fan of mixed martial arts. Adesanya watches all the big events and posts reaction videos. Check out his best UFC reactions of 2021. Aljamain Sterling says
UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis has explained why a fight between him and Stipe Miocic “makes sense”. After his defeat to Ciryl Gane last summer, many fans questioned whether or not Derrick Lewis was closing in on retirement. Then, last month, he rejected that notion in a big way by knocking Chris Daukaus out in
The beef between Francis Ngannou and former coach Fernand Lopez continues to grow. The UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has a date set to defend his title against his old training partner Ciryl Gane. The matchup is arguably one of the most anticipated heavyweight title fights in a long time. Now, the growing animosity between