News Sean O’Malley UFC 248 post-event facts: Numbers support Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk as an all-time title fight Bantamweights Sean O’Malley and Louis Smolka have reached a verbal agreement to fight at UFC 264 in July, Fight Game Media and MMA Junkie reported. Their bout would be part of the undercard to the Conor McGregor–Dustin Poirier
Professional Fighters League (PFL) makes its return to action tonight (Thurs., May 6, 2021) with its third event in as many weeks, which will also be the start of its Heavyweight tournament from inside Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the PFL 3 main card below, which
Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather brawl in Miami Logan Paul is supposed to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. next month, but on Thursday, it was Jake Paul and Mayweather trading punches in Miami. During a special media day presentation, Jake Paul grabbed Mayweather’s hat and chaos ensued. The altercation took place for what seemed like minutes.
MMA fighter Phoe Thaw, who competes in the ONE Championship featherweight division, was seriously injured by a bomb blast in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday. Myanmar, known as Burma until 1989, is currently in crisis. On February 1, the Southeast Asian country’s military — referred to as the Tatmadaw locally— detained elected leader Aung San Suu
“He was able to keep focus for five rounds straight; he never lost focus but there were times in the cage where I was losing focus and having lapses,” Neal said about Thompson. “He never had one the whole fight. He showed me you have to be focused for the full 25 minutes or you’re
3:09 PM ET The UFC finally has an official main event for this coming weekend. Marina Rodriguez will meet the popular Michelle Waterson in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Tuesday. The originally scheduled main event between former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and top contender Cory Sandhagen was postponed
UFC Vegas 25, which went down on May 1 on ESPN2 produced solid ratings. According to the Nielsen Ratings System, UFC Vegas 25 which was headlined by a light heavyweight fight between Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka averaged 538,000 viewers over the broadcast that kicked off at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. With a .17 rating
At UFC 261, Chris Weidman suffered one of the most catastrophic injuries in UFC history when Uriah Hall checked a leg kick just 17 seconds into their bout and shattered Weidman’s leg. The injury was eerily reminiscent of Weidman’s own victory over Anderson Silva in their second fight and given the nature of the injury
Editorial News Apr 24, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Chris Weidman (Blue Gloves) breaks his leg on a kick to the legs of Uriah Hall (Red Gloves) during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports The medical suspensions for all fighters who competed at last month’s UFC 261 PPV event
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There are really two ways to match up a rumored returning legend like Nick Diaz, who is now 37 years old and six years removed from professional competition. Diaz could be matched with a fellow veteran, man from his own era of similar age — someone like Carlos Condit, Robbie Lawler,
2021 PFL 3 Weigh-in results and video The official weigh-ins for the PFL’s third event of the season took place on Wednesday in Atlantic City, N.J. The fight card features heavyweights and female lightweights. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum makes his promotional debut against Renan Ferreira. In the co-main event,
Preview the UFC Vegas 25 main event between former light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka. The UFC Vegas 25 main card stats at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday night. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
TJ Dillashaw and Diego Sanchez out of May 9 event, Donald Cerrone could face Kevin Holland on short-notice, Kamaru Usman not interested in Jake Paul, which would get him more than $10 Million, Dustin Poirier predicts UFC 264 trilogy against Conor McGregor, Dominick Reyes talks about tough road after Jon Jones, Jan Blachowicz loss, Michelle
Donald Cerrone says he never met Joshua Fabia but did know one of his friends beat him up in a bar fight. In Albuquerque, as Fabia and Diego Sanchez were becoming closer and started training with one another, Cerrone said he never got the chance to meet him. He did hear some stories about him
He may be far away, but he’s moving pretty fast to get to where he wants to go. A winner on season four of Dana White’s Contender Series last September, Nchukwi earned his UFC contract with a highlight reel knockout of Al Matavao, a victory that followed a 2:30 TKO of William Knight, and three
5:22 PM ET The Florida State Boxing Commission has made a major change to its policy regarding cannabis. At a meeting Tuesday, the commission voted to essentially eliminate marijuana from its prohibited drug list, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation spokesperson Patrick Fargason told ESPN on Tuesday. Previously in Florida, even trace amounts of
UFC double champion Amanda Nunes believes she’s the only reason that the women’s featherweight division is still around. It seems Amanda Nunes isn’t ready to let go of her double-champion status, but first, she has a grappling threat in Julianna Peña to deal with. The bantamweight queen will put her belt on the line against
UFC Vegas 25 still managed to produce solid ratings for the promotion while airing on ESPN2 this past Saturday night. According to the Nielsen Ratings System, the card headlined by Jiri Prochazka vs. Dominick Reyes averaged 538,000 viewers over the broadcast that kicked off at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. With a .17 rating in