It’s one of the most cliché sayings in MMA that what makes the sport so great is that anything can happen, that even the most invulnerable seeming Goliaths can be have their careers upended by the lowliest of Davids. Well, on Saturday night at UFC 269, MMA fans were treated to a stark examples of
Elite MMA coach John Kavanagh sees the shocking Amanda Nunes loss at UFC 269 as just another example of what makes the sport so special and complicated. Julianna Pena (11-4) stunned the MMA world on Saturday night in Las Vegas when she was able to do what no woman has in over the last seven
With the vast amount of farmland in the state, “the real” Ohio sometimes gets overshadowed. Jordan explains that while there’s always going to be the rural muscle of Ohio represented in sports, it’s Garbrandt that carries the grit that carries more weight in inner-city Akron. “I can’t speak for other guys, but, for me, I
Dana White on Cody Garbrandt’s future: ‘He’s been clipped a few times now’ Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt suffered his fifth loss in his six outings to Kai Kara-France at UFC 269 on Saturday. It was Garbrandt’s debut in the flyweight division. Kara-France spoiled any hopes Garbrandt had about making a splash in the new
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#UFC two-division champ Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena faced off one last time at the #UFC269 ceremonial weigh-ins for Saturday’s event. Watch UFC 269 LIVE here: http://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/482924/595608/9070?sharedid=MMAFightingYouTube Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting feed
Mehdi Dakaev KO at EFC 43 Mehdi Dakaev (13-2 MMA) scored an unbelievable knockout victory over Makkasharip Zaynukov (11-3 MMA) at today’s Eagle FC 43 event. EFC 43 took place in Moscow, Russia earlier today and the lightweight bout between Dakaev vs. Zaynukov served as the event headliner. As seen in the video clips below
Newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is ready and willing to fight whomever the UFC puts in front of her, but there are three names she specifically has in mind. At UFC 269, Julianna Peña pulled off the upset of the year and one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted
The 13th annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards went down Friday December 11th from the Worre Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada and based on the pictures we saw, a ton of MMA royalty were in attendance dressed to the nines. Some interesting choices won in a couple of categories — Herb Dean landed Best Ref
12:07 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Julianna Peña swore she’d do it. She swore she would take out the greatest of all time in double champion Amanda Nunes. Next to no one believed her. Then she went out and did exactly that. Peña (11-4) scored one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history
LAS VEGAS — Flyweight Gillian Robertson speaks with reporters following her first-round submission win over Priscila Cachoeira at Saturday night’s UFC 269 event at the T-Mobile Arena and talks breaking the UFC women’s submission record, her opponent’s attempts to gouge her eye, when she wants to return, and more.
Bronx, New York native Leo Muniz has had a difficult career journey to tonight’s Copa Combate tournament. But after six years away from the sport, winning a $100,000 check would be the perfect capper on what has been a “restart” year in his career. Muniz started his MMA journey in 2011 as an amateur and
The opponent standing across from her on Saturday is another up-and-coming force in the flyweight division: Miranda Maverick. One year into her UFC career, Maverick has gone 2-1, most recently dropping a split decision to Maycee Barber in July. Maverick has shown the type of powerful and physical competitor she can be inside the Octagon.
Patricio Pitbull rips ‘pathetic’ Michael Chandler for blasting Dustin Poirier after loss It’s a whirlwind of fighters taking shots at each other on Twitter following the main event of UFC 269. With Dustin Poirier losing to Charles Oliviera it opens up a whole new ballgame on the race to the top and the other lightweight
Dominick Cruz believes he deserves to be in the title picture at bantamweight. Cruz is set for his second fight of 2021 as he battles Pedro Munhoz on the prelims in an intriguing matchup. The former champ is coming off a split decision win over Casey Kenney and should he beat Munhoz, Cruz believes he
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor both had something to say about Dustin Poirier‘s loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269. In last night’s UFC 269 main event, Dustin Poirier and champion Charles Oliveira went to war to solidify who was the best lightweight in the world. It was Oliveira who had his hand raised in
Say what you will about Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan’s technical abilities as combat sports commentators, but you can’t deny the two have a massive passion for mixed martial arts. There’s few out there that will get as hyped as these two do for big fights. Throw them together, and you have a PPV recipe
12:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira has retained his UFC lightweight title, submitting Dustin Poirier by rear-naked choke in Round 3 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 2 seconds. Oliveira (32-8, 1 NC), 32, was making the first defense of the vacant title he won when he