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
Jeff Wagenheim Jun 22, 2023, 09:21 AM ET Shane Burgos does not want to be the next Rory MacDonald or Anthony Pettis. He doesn’t want to be like Thiago Santos or Krysztof Jotko. Like Burgos, all of those fighters arrived in the PFL with notable résumés built on stints in the UFC. It didn’t go
We’re in the middle of the summer run, and so you know what that means: UFC action coming at you every single weekend until the last week of September. This week that action is UFC Jacksonville, headlined by a pivotal featherweight clash between top-10 fighters Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria. But before that matchup, we’ve
Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the weekend of events embodies the vibrancy of the country and showcases it as an exemplary destination for international sporting events. Singapore sits alongside other major international locations to regularly hold UFC events, including Abu Dhabi, London, Las Vegas, and New York City. “We can’t wait to put
Women’s flyweight contender Maycee Barber didn’t like Julianna Pena’s actions during Amanda Nunes’s retirement. ‘The Lioness’ returned to the cage at UFC 289 earlier this month, facing Irene Aldana. However, the women’s bantamweight champion was originally expected to face Julianna Pena in a trilogy bout. Nonetheless, ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ pulled out due to injury, and
Mizuki Inoue is one of the few fighters who carry Japan’s flag in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). At age 16, Inoue began her professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career at Flyweight and quickly became a prospect to watch. An eventual drop to Strawweight was in the cards for the Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture native, and after
Let’s chalk this up to the “Wait! What?” file. UFC president Dana White recently spoke with TMZ Sports, saying that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg jabbering back and forth on Twitter about fighting each other is legit, and he want to promote it. This whole situation came out of left field. Musk and Zuckerberg made
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