Welterweight veteran Alex Morono will step in on short notice to fight Donald Cerrone at UFC Vegas 26 after Diego Sanchez was released from the promotion. Cerrone and Morono have verbally agreed to fight after Cerrone drove to Las Vegas this past week for the ESPN+ event on Saturday at UFC APEX, according to multiple
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is assembling a bantamweight matchup between 135-pound slugger Sean O’Malley and well-traveled veteran Louis Smolka for the upcoming UFC 264 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for July 10 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. That’s according to MMA journalist Ryan Frederick. O’Malley (13-1) blasted his way back into the win column
UFC heavyweight Raphael Pessoa suspended two years for anti-doping violation Brazilian heavyweight Raphael Pessoa has accepted a two-year suspension by the United States Anti-Doping Agency following his second UFC anti-doping violation. USADA officials announced the suspension on Monday. “Pessoa Nunes, 32, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) as the
Image via @randamarkos on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC women’s strawweight Randa Markos questioned her opponent Luana Pinheiro for not continuing after an illegal upkick at UFC Vegas 25. Pinheiro and Markos met in the headliner of the UFC Vegas 25 preliminary card. Right from the start of the fight, Pinheiro was controlling where the action
In 2014, Chikadze and his sister Keso started a charity titled “Knockout Cancer,” which assists individuals fighting cancer with financial support for medical bills, chemotherapy and medical evaluations. Typically, Chikadze uses money from his fights and endorsements to fund Knockout Cancer’s efforts. “Usually, we finance the medical bills and also, we support post chemotherapy and
6:53 AM ET In Jon Jones‘ absence, the UFC’s light heavyweight title picture is quickly shaping up into one of the most competitive and intriguing across the entire promotion. Jan Blachowicz looked dominant against Israel Adesanya and faces another daunting challenger in Glover Teixeira later this year. But on Saturday, Jiri Prochazka threw his name
Featured News UFC Light heavyweight Ion Cutelaba has made a name for himself for his pre-fight shenanigans in an attempt to intimidate opponents. He tried it with Magomed Ankalaev and ended up receiving back-to-back first-round knockouts from the Russian. He tried it yesterday with new foe Dustin Jacoby during their face-off following the ceremonial weigh-ins.
Edson Barboza returns to action at UFC 262 against Shane Burgos and being on the second pay-per-view event having fans return to the UFC, Barboza seems excited to go to war with Burgos. Knowing that he is on the second card bringing back fans, when asked what he thought of UFC 261 Barboza told MMANews,
Kai Kamaka was certain he’d be leaving UFC Vegas 25 as a winner after battling it out with T.J. Brown on Saturday night. Instead, the 26-year-old Hawaiian fighter lost a highly controversial split decision, which is why his manager is planning to file an appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday. Brian Butler,
At UFC 263 on June 12th, Israel Adesanya will return to middleweight and defend his title against Marvin Vettori. The venue: the Gila River Arena in Glendale Arizona, which will be packed to the rafters with over 18,000 fans. Interestingly enough, this is the same spot that Adesanya and Vettori fought for the first time
Derrick Lewis believes Jon Jones deserves big money Derrick Lewis is in negotiations to fight heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a rematch after the UFC couldn’t reach an agreement with Jon Jones. “The Black Beast” has accepted the bout and is just waiting to hear back from the fight promotion. Jones, the former light heavyweight
Kamaru Usman remains the UFC welterweight champion after a huge right hand knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the UFC 261 main event on Saturday night in Jacksonville. Hear from the champ inside the Octagon immediately after. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Josh Thomson sympathizes with Diego Sanchez as he claims ‘The Nightmare’ will not be receiving a reply from Dana White and the UFC. Earlier this week news broke that Sanchez (30-13 MMA) had not only been pulled from his slated May 8 bout with Donald Cerrone but also received his walking papers from the worlds
“I just want to show that I rule my body, rule my mind and emotions. For me, that’s the way to be the true master,” Prochazka explained. “I’m not focused on the knockouts because it’s naturally in me. I want to end the fight when I see my opponent catch a punch and he hurts
12:53 AM ET A new star might have just been born in one of the UFC’s premier divisions. Jiri Prochazka knocked out Dominick Reyes with a spinning back elbow at 4 minutes, 29 seconds of the second round Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. It was only the
Featured News UFC Mar 7, 2020; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Giga Chikadze (red gloves) before the match against Jamall Emmers (blue gloves) during UFC 248 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports At UFC on ESPN 23, Giga Chikadze entered the Octagon looking to win a seventh straight fight in the fabled mixed martial
We will never know how a fight between Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomeov would have played out, but St-Pierre thinks he has a pretty good idea. Before both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges St-Pierre moved on from the idea of fighting one another in a dream match for the ages, there appeared to be a very
Four title fights will highlight BKFC 18 in June including the return of heavyweight champion Joey Beltran as well as several ex-UFC fighters in action including Thiago Alves, Hector Lombard and Joe Riggs. The event will take place in Miami with a date and location for the card to be announced in the coming days.