Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2023, 11:28 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The PFL has suspended former lightweight champions Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio from its 2023 playoffs, following their substandard fight at PFL 6 on Friday in Atlanta. Schulte (25-5-1) defeated
UFC heavyweight Justin Tafa doesn’t feel the right call was made when his fight with Austen Lane at UFC Jacksonville was declared a no-contest. Hours after he was ruled out of Saturday’s event, Tafa posted to Twitter a picture of his injured eye with a call for justice. “I deserve my win bonus,” wrote Tafa.
The UFC’s annual trip to Jacksonville kicked off early and the action took a couple fights to heat up. But once things got rolling, it built steadily from there, resulting in a tremendously entertaining main card capped off by Ilia Topuria taking out recent interim title challenger Josh Emmett in the main event, maintaining his
Conor McGregor has called out his former friend and training partner Artem Lobov for not returning home to Russia. Russia is of course at war with the Ukraine and the ongoing conflict has created chaos in both nations. The situation now has a new wrinkle as it is being reported that a rebellion run by
Ilia Topuria knows what he wants next. Topuria picked up the biggest win of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) career at UFC Jacksonville last night (Sat., Jun 24, 2023) when he dismantled Josh Emmett for five rounds from inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. It was his first main event, and he shined
UFC Officials announced the fighter bonuses following UFC Jacksonville on Saturday and four athletes took home the $50,000 performance-based incentives. The Octagon returned to its regular haunt of Jacksonville, Florida, for the fifth-ever card broadcasted on ABC, and the fighters delivered with several statement-making performances. Featherweights headlined the action as Ilia Topuria proved his worthiness
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2023, 06:30 PM ET The UFC has one of its next big international stars — and its first from Spain. With Spanish soccer legend Sergio Ramos cheering him on from cageside, the undefeated Ilia Topuria dominated Josh Emmett for the biggest win of his MMA career in the main
The UFC Jacksonville headliner earned the “Fight of the Night” bonus after a beautifully violent showing from Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett. Topuria and Emmett both earned $50,000 bonuses for their gutsy five-round battle that Topuria captured via unanimous decision on Saturday at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Two other (disclosed) bonuses were handed out
At UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Magomedov, Karol Rosa steps in for Macy Chiasson to face former featherweight title challenger Yana Santos. That fight, originally a bantamweight contest, is now contested at featherweight. Westin Wilson makes his UFC debut as he replaces Khusein Askhabov and fights Joanderson Brito. The third change to the July 1
The Octagon returned to Florida for today’s UFC Jacksonville event, a thirteen-bout fight card headlined by Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria. The highly anticipated featherweight main event resulted in a masterful performance from the still undefeated Ilia Topurai. ‘El Matador’ was able to batter Josh Emmett with punches and kicks throughout the course of their
With UFC Jacksonville a wrap after an exciting day (Sat., June 24, 2023) of fights on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+ from inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., fight fans can now check out the post-fight press conference video above for all the best reaction and official bonus winners. On a day that featured a main event
There’s been a lot of chatter ever since Twitter and Tesla kingpin Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg challenged each other to a cage fight. Even former UFC champion Dominick Cruz has jumped into the fray, saying he would jump at the chance to train Musk for a bout with Zuckerberg. “Everybody has fight
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
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