Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight strikers Jalin Turner and Dan Hooker will square off this weekend (Sat., July 8, 2023) at UFC 290 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Turner rode a massive five-fight finish streak into his first clash opposite a Top 10 Lightweight last time out, taking Mateusz Gamrot to the edge
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 4, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Val Woodburn will replace Tresean Gore in Saturday’s middleweight bout against Bo Nickal at UFC 290, sources confirmed to ESPN. Gore announced Tuesday on Instagram that he was out of the fight because of a wrist injury, writing that he might need surgery on the
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In the second episode of UFC Embedded for UFC 290, Alexander Volkanovski goes through another training session while addressing concerns that perhaps he’s looking past Yair Rodriguez heading into Saturday night. Meanwhile, Rodriguez arrives in Las Vegas and gets a look at the house where he’ll stay ahead of the biggest fight of his career.
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2023, 12:59 PM ET Top welterweight prospect Jack Della Maddalena has a new opponent on short notice for this weekend. With Sean Brady out, Della Maddalena will now face UFC newcomer Josiah Harrell at UFC 290 on Saturday in Las Vegas, sources confirmed with ESPN. MMA Fighting was the
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Dan Hooker is nowhere near calling it a career. International Fight Week is underway and for New Zealand’s “Hangman,” Hooker is set to compete for the second time at the annual summer event when he makes the walk at UFC 290. Hooker’s first International Fight Week appearance saw him defeat the up-and-coming Nasrat Haqparast via
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Dricus du Plessis has hit out at rival Israel Adesanya for bringing race into their ongoing middleweight feud. This weekend, Dricus du Plessis faces the biggest fight of his career. He’ll go head to head with Robert Whittaker in an attempt to secure a shot at the UFC middleweight championship. If he wins, he’ll collide
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UFC 290 has just taken another last-minute hit affecting another top prospect. Three time NCAA Division I champion Bo Nickal was originally supposed to face Tresean Gore on this weekend’s pay-per-view card from Las Vegas, Nevada. But according to reports from The MMA Hour host Ariel Helwani, that fight has been scratched with just four
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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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Sean O’Malley has high expectations for his immediate future. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold will be on the line in the Bantamweight division at UFC 292 on Aug. 29, 2023. As one of the biggest early stars, if not the biggest star, from Dana White’s Contender Series, O’Malley is getting his big title opportunity when
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