Dec 12, 2021 Jeff Wagenheim Julianna Peña believed. She might have been the only one. Peña entered Saturday night’s UFC 269 co-main event as a 6½-to-1 betting underdog against Amanda Nunes, and who could argue with that? She was up against the greatest fighter in the history of women’s MMA, and a two-division champion. Amanda
When Kamaru Usman exited the picture after his only fight of 2020, it was almost as if some higher power had hit the rewind button on his career. Much of the momentum gained from his electric first meeting with Colby Covington? Lost after five rounds of foot stomps and cage clinching against Jorge Masvidal at
1 – Kamaru Usman When you consider that Kamaru Usman has gone from being a dominant world champion to being in the all-time great welterweight conversation in 2021, that means “The Nigerian Nightmare” had a pretty good year in the Octagon. Kamaru Usman Welcomes Back Fans With Masvidal KO First, he scored a February finish
2021 UFC Submission of the Year Nominees | Video As we close out 2021 and look ahead to 2022, the UFC named their nominees for the promotion’s Submission of the Year category. The choices for Submission of the Year include: Vicente Luque’s D’arce choke finish of former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 in
Toyo Tires presents the 2021 knockout of the year nominees. Make your selection by voting in the Community tab on the UFC YouTube channel or on other UFC social channels. 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. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/
PhotoCred: MMA Mania UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has given a frank assessment of what could happen when he meets Charles Oliveira. At UFC 269, Charles Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier to successfully retain the UFC lightweight championship. One month prior, Justin Gaethje defeated Michael Chandler via decision at UFC 268 to cement his status as the
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Newly-ranked bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has criticized comments Joe Rogan made on commentary during his UFC 269 victory over Raulian Paiva. O’Malley closed out a strong year for “The Suga Show” last weekend at the final pay-per-view of 2021. Having rebounded from his first loss in MMA to Marlon Vera with back-to-back finishes over Thomas
Add Joe Rogan to the list of people blown away by Conor McGregor’s physical transformation over the past six months. “The Notorious” has clearly been busy at the gym while simultaneously rehabbing a badly broken leg from his third fight with Dustin Poirier in July of 2021. Just a few weeks ago he started sharing
It’s been a wild year for grappling wizardry in the Bellator cage. So to celebrate the end of 2021, Bellator MMA has released a two-part countdown of its 21 best submissions of the year. From A.J. McKee’s brilliance against Patricio Freire to Aaron Pico’s continued run toward title contention, there’s plenty to see here for
Credit: InTheCage.pl At KSW 65, Roberto Soldic added to his legacy as one of the great MMA crushing machines, by dealing out multiple fractures to the face of opponent Mamed Khalidov. KSW 65 was headlined by one of the biggest fights in European MMA history. Reigning middleweight king Khalidov (35-8) put his title on the
Prazeres, 40, tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolites (desethyl-clomiphene, clomiphene M1, and clomiphene M2), oxandrolone metabolites, and the exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors as the result of urine samples collected out-of-competition on August 27, 2021, September 16, 2021, October 15, 2021, and November 2, 2021. Prazeres’ urine sample was analyzed using a
Tyron Woodley suffers knockout loss to Jake Paul in Boxing, KO UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has criticized Tyron Woodley for the way he’s reacted to his knockout loss to Jake Paul. In the first meeting between Tyron Woodley and Jake Paul, Woodley put up a decent enough effort but still came up short on the
Yesterday, we shared an editorial from last year that documented Jon Jones‘ chaotic drug-testing history. Once the news broke of another atypical test finding for Jones, Daniel Cormier was expectedly one of the first to react. Stipe Miocic would then react to Cormier’s reaction, five months after DC defeated him for the UFC heavyweight championship.
Jon Jones is no stranger to lashing out against haters on Twitter, but even we were a bit surprised to see him go head to head against Dan Hooker over the holidays. Hooker had thrown up his own diss against Jones earlier in the week in response to Jones’ not so subtle jabs at Chael
Michael Chandler’s opinion on Charles Oliveira when he first came to the UFC wasn’t that different from most athletes and analysts around the sport. Through 18 fights in the UFC, “Do Bronx” was a human highlight reel at times who seemed to fall short in his biggest opportunities. While there’s certainly no shame in losing
Oct 27, 2018; Moncton, Canada; Sean Strickland (blue gloves) reacts after fight against Nordine Taleb (red gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Moncton Events Centre. Mandatory Credit: Trevor MacMillan-USA TODAY Sports UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland continues to use PED accusations as the crux of his campaign for an eventual fight with division king Israel
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