Jim and Matt look ahead to the action at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Rodriguez — with the help of two main card fighters — on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, they’re joined by Sabina Mazo ahead of her fight against Mariya Agapova this Saturday. After she clarifies that she did not, in fact,
11:24 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm has been forced to withdraw from a featherweight main event against Norma Dumont on Oct. 16, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC is working on finalizing 26-year-old Aspen Ladd as a replacement to fight Dumont in the UFC Fight Night main event, sources said. Once
Kamaru Usman may not like Colby Covington, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t respect him. Next month, Usman will defend his welterweight title against Covington in the main event of UFC 268. It’s a rematch of their first title fight back at UFC 245, that saw Usman retain his belt with a fifth-round TKO victory.
Zhang Weili UFC 248 post-event facts: Numbers support Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk as an all-time title fight In a new interview, former UFC strawweight queen Zhang Weili admitted that pre-fight comments on Chinese communism from Rose Namajunas affected her during their championship bout at UFC 261. A fight Zhang lost by knockout in the first round.
Submission ace, Mackenzie Dern will throw down with Muay Thai specialist, Marina Rodriguez, this Saturday (Oct. 9, 2021) at UFC Vegas 39 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite incredible jiu-jitsu credentials, Dern didn’t really impress all that much in her early UFC run, struggling at the scale and failing to show much in
Though it’s been a year since he last stepped into the cage, welterweight Bobby Voelker is not stressed out too much about it. Having been fighting for almost 20 years from the amateur to the pro ranks, Voelker has learned to take things as they come and make the best of any situation he finds
Via: First We Feast YouTube Channel The Nigerian Nightmare, Kamaru Usman, was impressed by the performance of fan favorite Nick Diaz at UFC 266. Diaz squared off with former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at last month’s pay-per-view event. The contest served as Diaz’s first fight since 2015, and only his second since his 2013
Dustin Poirier keeps it real when discussing a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Valuetainment recently uploaded an hour-long sit-down interview with future title challenger Dustin Poirier. The interview touches on a variety of topics, including a hypothetical rematch between “The Diamond” and Khabib Nurmagomedov. While confident in how he would do in a second bout, Poirier
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: LADD vs. DUMONT will take place Saturday, October 16 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All bouts will stream on ESPN+, with the prelims beginning at 1 p.m. PT/ 4 p.m. ET and the main card at 4 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. ET. A limited number of tickets will be available on
11:52 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will be back in action soon. But not in the Octagon. Dos Santos, who was released by the UFC in March, will make his professional wrestling debut next weekend with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it was announced Wednesday on the AEW Dynamite program. The bout
The upcoming UFC Vegas 40 event on Oct. 16 just got a new main event and now there’s a poster to go along with it. Following an injury to former champion Holly Holm that forced her out of the headliner, Aspen Ladd accepted the opportunity to bump up to featherweight for a showdown against Norma
Credit: ONE Championship YouTube In a blend of real-world dislike and professional wrestling-style promotion, Shinya Aoki took fellow ONE Championship talent Yoshihiro Akiyama to task on Tuesday for turning down a fight offer in September. Earlier in the week, at Shooto’s Road to ONE: Sexyama Edition event in Tokyo, Japan, former ONE lightweight champion Aoki
Rose Namajunas is not too concerned by Zhang Weili enlisting former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Henry Cejudo for their rematch at UFC 268. Namajunas vs. Zhang will — a UFC Women’s Strawweight title fight — will serve as the co-main event for UFC 268, taking place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City,
UFC Vegas 39 live results: Mackenzie Dern vs. Marina Rodriguez (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 39 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m.
Image Credit: UFC Jared Vanderaa didn’t expect his next opponent to be Alexandr Romanov. After Vanderaa picked up his first UFC win back in May against Justin Tafa, Vanderaa wasn’t sure who would be next for him. However, when he was offered Romanov he was surprised but he did immediately accept it. “I wasn’t expecting
Daniel Cormier says a McGregor-Diaz trilogy fight needs to happen, echoing the thoughts of Michael Bisping. Last month, Bisping stated on his podcast that McGregor should fight Nate Diaz next and that if the Irishman is victorious, it could set up an “absolutely massive” fourth fight with Dustin Poirier. The comments were a marked change