Credit: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports Islam Makhachev easily defeated Thiago Moises on Saturday in Las Vegas. Winning by submission in round four of their main event at UFC Vegas 31. Islam Makhachev wins eighth straight in dominant UFC Vegas 31 main event win The lightweight bout was stopped at 2:38 after Makhachev put Moises in
Man, was it ever frustrating watching International Fight Week 2020 get scuttled by COVID-19. Originally set for July 7th through July 12th in Las Vegas, the UFC was forced to cancel the event due to limitations on public gatherings imposed by the state. Fortunately the United States is sitting in a better place now than
Miesha Tate on triumphant UFC return: ‘This is my moment’ | Video Former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate made her octagon return on Saturday in the UFC Vegas 31 co-main event. “Cupcake” defeated Marion Reneau and plans to make another title run. During the event’s post-fight press conference, Tate spoke about her dominating win and
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has suggested that Robert Whittaker will succumb to the pressure of facing him once again. Adesanya’s comments come after he recorded his third successful title defense against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 last month. Whittaker was originally the targeted opponent but he turned down the June date in order to
Image Credit: @UFC/Twitter In the main event of UFC Vegas 31, rising lightweight contenders met as Islam Makhachev took on Thiago Moises. Makhahcev entered the fight coming off a dominant third-round submission win over Drew Dober back at UFC 259. He has been called a future champion by his protégé Khabib Nurmagomedov and has looked
Watch the fighters competing at UFC Vegas 31 face off with their opponent after weighing in on Friday morning. The Makhachev vs Moisés main card starts at 10pm ET/7pm PT on Saturday evening. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
1:01 AM ET All eyes were on Islam Makhachev on Saturday night. Heading into his first UFC main event, those surrounding the fight game talked up the Dagestani star and pupil of Khabib Nurmagomedov. He answered all questions and thoroughly dominated Thiago Moises before ultimately submitting him in the fourth round. The top of the
Renowned head coach Firas Zahabi was not at all impressed with Conor McGregor’s UFC 264 behavior, both before and after his loss to Dustin Poirier. The longtime head coach of Georges St-Pierre and other notable names in the MMA space was a viewer — like 1.8 million others — of the UFC’s most recent pay-per-view
Credit: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports The story heading into the UFC Vegas 31 headliner between Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises was if the Brazilian could surprise experts and put an end to the Russian’s seven-fight win streak. In the end, the experts and oddsmakers were right. Islam Makhachev runs through Thiago Moises at UFC Vegas
Miesha Tate is back, and she’s looking good. There was some serious doubt as to whether Tate would still be able to hang in the UFC after a five year retirement that saw her have two kids. But Tate made it clear through two and a half rounds against Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 31
UFC Vegas 31 Bonuses: Miesha Tate banks a bonus in UFC return Billy Quarantillo, Gabriel Benitez, Miesha Tate, Mateusz Gamrot, Rodolfo Vieira and Rodrigo Nascimento all walked away from UFC Vegas 31 with an extra $50,000 in performance bonuses for their work. Quarantillo and Benitez were awarded Fight of the Night bonuses for their three
The fight between Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises was a one-sided fight. The showdown served as the main event of the UFC Vegas 31 event on Saturday night (July 17, 2021) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. As seen in the fight, the first round opened slowly before they had a brief
Islam Makhachev Tonight’s UFC Vegas 31 event was headlined by a key lightweight bout between perennial division contenders Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises. Makhachev (20-1 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since UFC 259, where he had scored a third round submission victory over Drew Dober. The Russian standout was riding a seven
6:36 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Is there a new era upon us in the UFC’s lightweight division? That’s the question ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, which will feature Islam Makhachev in his first-ever main
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 31 results for the Makhachev vs. Moises fight card, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 31 Twitter updates. In the main event, Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises will clash in a pivotal lightweight battle. Makhachev has won seven straight fights, while Moises has racked up
Credit: Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports If Billy Quarantillo versus Gabriel Benitez doesn’t win the fight of the night at UFC Vegas 31, then a mixed martial arts classic must have happened afterwards. Billy Quarantillo and Gabriel Benitez went to war at UFC Vegas 31 For three rounds, the two unranked lightweights tore into each other
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for UFC Vegas 31, which takes place TONIGHT (Sat., July 17, 2021) streaming LIVE on both ESPN and ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Main event duties fall to lightweight contenders Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises, who collide for a spot in the 155-pound
Bellator 262: Velasquez vs. Kielholtz took place on Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Juliana Velasquez put her flyweight title on the line against Denise Kielholtz in the fight card’s main event. Velasquez retained her title by defeating Kielholtz by split decision and remained undefeated. The challenger took the fight to the champion