8:01 AM ET Mackenzie Dern faces Marina Rodriguez in a meeting of ranked strawweights in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex can be seen on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 4 p.m. ET and the prelims at 1 p.m. Dern (11-1) has
Mackenzie Dern has been marked for stardom ever since she made the move from jiu-jitsu to MMA and will move one step closer to champion status with a win on Saturday. Standing across from her in the UFC Vegas 39 main event is fellow strawweight contender Marina Rodriguez, who hasn’t had quite the same hype
Sep 24, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Nick Diaz during weigh-ins for UFC 266 at Park Theater. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports If Kamaru Usman were playing UFC matchmaker, a welterweight bout pitting Nick Diaz vs Matt Brown is something he “wouldn’t mind seeing.” In September, Diaz (26-10) made his return to the
One of the Heavyweight division’s most bitter rivalries comes to a head tonight when WBC Champion Tyson Fury meets the man he took the belt from, Deontay Wilder, in a long-brewing trilogy match. MMAmania will have LIVE coverage of the ESPN+/FOX PPV main card, which kicks off at 9:00 PM Eastern. Fury and Wilder will
Having come off a loss in his first fight of 2021 to Mateo Vogel at CFFC 95 this past April, bantamweight Garrett Armfield’s focus was just to pick up the win and avoid losing his second straight fight for the first time in his career when he took on Alex Macias at Shamrock FC 329
PhotoCred: ESPN Junior Dos Santos is making the move from the octagon to the ring – at least for now. Dos Santos, 37, is the former UFC heavyweight champion of the world. To win the title in 2011, he scored a quick 64-second knockout against Cain Velasquez. Ten years later and just like his rival,
Former two-time bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw believes he is next in line to fight for the 135-pound belt. Following a hiatus due to a suspension for illegal substances, TJ Dillashaw returned in a wild fight against the #2-ranked Cory Sandhagen. When bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling was forced out of his scheduled rematch with Petr Yan,
Cory Sandhagen discusses his interim title fight against Petr Yan at UFC 267, his recent loss against T.J. Dillashaw, and much more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Monday. 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
UFC 270 Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane main event in works, Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker 2 rematch planned as the co-main, Former UFC title contender Alistair Overeem out of his Glory bout, Dana White reacts to Henry Cejudo’s request to face Alexander Volkanovski for his title, Cory Sandhagen on his interim title bout against former
Mariya Agapova hopes that UFC fans haven’t forgotten her. The flyweight prospect hasn’t been in the Octagon since August 2020, when she was defeated by Shana Dobson. Following the loss, Agapova underwent knee surgery to repair a torn ACL. She has spent the time away recovering and reflecting to prepare for her bout against Sabina
7:32 AM ET When Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Mackenzie Dern made her full transition into mixed martial arts in 2016, the sheer potential of it was intoxicating. Granted, so many things need to go right for any prospect to fully realize his or her potential, but in the case of Dern, her submission grappling is
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Credit: Paddy Pimblett/Twitter It seems the UFC’s newest fighting sensation from the United Kingdom, Paddy Pimblett has some big fans over at Barstool Sports. On Friday came the news that the former Cage Warriors champion and UFC’s newest “it” guy has inked a seven-figure sponsorship deal with sports and entertainment website Barstool Sports. The 26-year-old
Conor McGregor says Kamaru Usman needs to give credit to “The Notorious” playbook after calling out Canelo Alvarez. Usman, the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion, recently told The Schmo that he wants an eventual clash with Unified Super Middleweight World champion Alvarez. McGregor caught wind of Usman’s challenge and compared it to McGregor’s
UFC Vegas 39 Weigh-in Results: One fighter misses weight, one fight scratched The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 39 fight card at UFC Apex in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Friday morning. No. 4 ranked women’s strawweight Mackenzie Dern headlines a UFC event for the first time taking on No. 6 ranked Marina
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Image via @georgesstpierre on Instagram UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre weighed in on the performance of Nick Diaz at UFC 266, saying that “for sure he was rusty.” After more than six years away from the Octagon, Diaz returned to the Octagon last month when he fought rival Robbie Lawler in a rematch that
Derek Brunson is challenging Mackenzie Dern after the strawweight insisted that women have to prove themselves in MMA more than their male counterparts. As her headlining act against Marina Rodriguez approaches, Dern is ready to put her top five ranking on the line. Ahead of her fight, the 115-pound fighter believes there are some issues