Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 07:22 AM ET Ilia Topuria walked out of the tunnel onto the soccer pitch of the 100-year-old Estadio de Mestalla in Valencia, Spain, last Sept. 4, alongside fellow UFC fighter Brandon Moreno. The home team, Valencia CF, was warming up for its game that night against Getafe CF.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier remains the class of the PFL lightweight division. Already the reigning 2022 champion, Aubin-Mercier (19-5) put a stamp on his conquest of this year’s regular season with a highlight-reel knockout of Anthony Romero (12-2) on Friday in the main event of PFL 6, which took place at Atlanta’s Overtime Elite Arena. Aubin-Mercier overcame
With 20 of his 23 professional wins by knockout, Silva brings the heat every time he steps into the Octagon. Allen is expecting that and he’s looking to use “Blindado’s” aggression against him. “He’s going to try and knock my block off. He’s going to try to put me to sleep,” Allen said of Silva.
UFC commentator Jon Anik is not a big fan of the idea of Ronda Rousey getting an immediate title shot should she return to the Octagon. Rousey (12-2 MMA) has not competed in MMA since suffering a devastating beatdown at the hands of Amanda Nunes in December of 2016. That setback to ‘The Lioness’ marked
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in “The Sunshine State” for the UFC Jacksonville mixed martial arts (MMA) event TODAY (Sat., June 24, 2023), streaming LIVE on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+. UFC Jacksonville — also known as UFC on ABC 5 —will be headlined by the 145-pound showdown between Top 10
Jon Jones offers to help Zuckerberg train for potential fight with Musk: ‘I am Team Zuck’ Now that Mark Zuckerberg and fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk are in talks to face each other in a mixed martial arts bout, fighters are picking sides and offering training help. Picking his side and offering to be ‘training
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 12:18 PM ET Rose Namajunas will make her debut in a new weight class in an iconic city. The former two-time UFC women’s strawweight champion is moving up to flyweight to fight contender Manon Fiorot of France at UFC Paris on Sept. 2., sources confirmed to ESPN on
The UFC hits the ABC airwaves for the second time in 2023 on Saturday afternoon — and one of featherweight’s most exciting young talents is taking center stage. MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, and José Youngs are back to break down UFC Jacksonville from all angles, including the intriguing 145-pound headliner between Josh
Then he decided to become a prizefighter in a sport where athleticism is a great tool to have in your back pocket, but it’s not the only thing necessary to succeed. There are intangibles like heart and hunger, things that don’t show up on the tale of the tape. And for someone who already made
Life is stranger than fiction, UFC president Dana White fully intends to make Mark Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk. Over the last few days, the two billionaires have been going back and forth over a potential fight. For a while now, the two have been at odds, as they both manage massive social media platforms. Earlier
After a one-week stop at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back on the road for another trip to Jacksonville, Fla., for its fifth show on ABC. In UFC Jacksonville’s main event, No. 5-ranked Featherweight, Josh Emmett, locks horns with No. 9-seeded Ilia Topuria. UFC Jacksonville is loaded with fun
Rose Namajunas moves to flyweight for UFC Paris fight Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is set to return to the Octagon as a flyweight. She will face Manon Fiorot on Sept. 2 at UFC Paris. MMAWeekly.com confirmed the news following an initial report by MMAJunkie. Namajunas (11-5) is a two-time champion at 115 pounds.
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 04:41 PM ET UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens will face Chris Avila, a longtime teammate of Nate Diaz, in a pro boxing match on the undercard of the Jake Paul-Nate Diaz card Aug. 5 in Dallas. The bout, which was announced Wednesday, is contracted for 168 pounds over eight
BKFC is building promotional footage for Bryce Hall. The social media influencer, who boasts 27 million followers across TikTok and YouTube, got slapped as part of a publicity stunt at the BKFC 45 weigh-ins on Thursday in Hollywood, Fla. BKFC fighter Gee “The Cutman” Perez did the heavy lifting for the stunt as he weighed
He took the bout on short notice and didn’t waste any time getting to work. It wasn’t an easy victory for Topuria, who had to dig deep in the final minutes, after Zalal nearly submitted him with a guillotine choke in the third round. Topuria kept the pressure on, and ultimately left the night with
Joe Rogan thinks Conor McGregor vs Mike Perry in bare-knuckle boxing has the potential to sell over a million pay-per-views. It’s safe to say that the future is uncertain for Conor McGregor. While he’s expected to take on Michael Chandler in his return to the Octagon, he has yet to enroll back into the USADA
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Marvin Vettori seems to have hit his 185-pound ceiling. Last weekend (Sat. June 17, 2023), Vettori was beaten from pillar-to-post by Jared Cannonier in the main event of UFC Vegas 75. Strike records were set at the expense of his face, and the 29-year-old Italian suffered his third loss to current
Tech Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to a cage fight Rival billionaire tech giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to a cage fight after Musk issued the challenge on Twitter. “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol,” Musk tweeted, referring to Zuckerberg. I’m up for a cage match if
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