Michael Chandler believes mistakes were made at UFC 268. The lightweight powerhouse took to social media to update fans after his war with Justin Gaethje last weekend. Chandler shared a video where he appeared to be in good spirits while joking about his injuries with his son. He also used to post to thank his
1:36 PM ET UFC lightweight Michael Chandler might have lost to Justin Gaethje last weekend in New York — but he appears to have caught Conor McGregor‘s attention in doing so. Chandler (22-7) suffered a unanimous decision loss to Gaethje at UFC 268 on Saturday in a three-round bout that is the likely front-runner for
A middleweight fight between Kyle Daukaus and Roman Dolidze has been scrapped from Saturday’s upcoming UFC Vegas 42 card being held at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting that COVID-19 protocols related to Dolidze’s camp were ultimately the reason the fight was cancelled. Unfortunately, due to the late timing
Nov 6, 2021; New York, NY, USA; Alex Pereira (red gloves) defeats Andreas Michailidis (blue gloves) during UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports Alex Pereira’s MMA knockout of the day was a destructive hello message to the casual MMA fan audience at UFC 268. UFC 268 was an event
USADA announced today that Ryan Benoit, of McKinney, Texas, has accepted a 10-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Benoit, 32, tested positive for modafinil and its metabolite, modafinil acid, as the result of a urine sample collected on July 31, 2021 at UFC Fight Night 194. Modafinil is a Non-Specified Substance in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Having successfully recovered from a long battle with COVID-19 and returned to the Octagon in stellar fashion vs. Li Jingliang just a couple weeks ago at UFC 267 (HIGHLIGHTS!), “Borz” is once again the talk of the town. Not long after his victory, Chimaev called out roughly half of the Welterweight
Valentina Shevchenko shows off her sixth ruby on her UFC championship belt UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko got her sixth ruby set in her championship belt and showed it off via Instagram. Once you win a UFC title, you receive a championship belt. Once you defend your title, instead of handing out a new
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Image via @marvinvettori on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC middleweight contender Marvin Vettori believes there is one lightweight fighter who could give Islam Makhachev “a lot of problems.” Vettori trains at Kings MMA alongside Beneil Dariush, who is one of the top-ranked lightweights in the sport. Speaking to Mike Swick recently on his podcast, Vettori
Frankie Edgar has released his first statement following his UFC 268 KO loss to Marlon Vera. At UFC 268, former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar took on Marlon “Chito” Vera prior to the co-main event. It was a very competitive fight up until Vera ensured in the third round that the judges would have no say
9:30 AM ET Going into his UFC 268 main event against Colby Covington, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman already was No. 1 in the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound rankings. There was no room for upward movement. However, Usman’s strong performance at Madison Square Garden did earn him the backing of the last holdout on our voting panel.
Ian Garry drew plenty of plaudits for his successful UFC debut, but few were as impactful as the words he received on Saturday from his countryman, Ireland’s Conor McGregor. The former two-division UFC champion was elated following Garry’s first-round knockout of Jordan Williams at UFC 268 and sent Garry several messages of support on Twitter.
Oct 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Tyson Fury celebrates with his brother Shane Fury after knocking out Deontay Wilder (not pictured) during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Tyson Fury had surgery on both elbows to remove bone spurs after his latest win against Deontay
It was fitting that Kamaru Usman fought five hard rounds with his greatest rival thus far, Colby Covington, in the place where Muhammad Ali fought his greatest rival, Joe Frazier, twice. And I’ve got a feeling we will see these two battle it out once more before their careers are done, but in the meantime,
Anderson Silva’s combat sports career hasn’t even ended yet, but his sons are already carrying the torch for the next generation. Both Gabriel and Kalyl Silva are amateur kickboxers with solid records and highlight wins of their own, and both were in action this past weekend at a FightersRep 11 event in Los Angeles. But