Joanna Jędrzejczyk has demanded that she face the winner of the Weili Zhang vs. Rose Namajunas bout, and she could care less about your opinion on the matter. Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk has become quite familiar with title fights during her illustrious career in this sport. In fact, since 2015, only two of
With only 10 bouts on the docket by the time fight night rolled around, the UFC Vegas 24 injury list is minimal. Two fighters from Saturday’s main card and one preliminary heavyweight could potentially be out of action until October according to the list of medical suspensions released Tuesday by mixedmartialarts.com. That list includes Chase
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is slowly inching his way back into the upper echelon of the promotion’s pound-for-pound rankings, thanks to a unanimous decision win over Top 10 middleweight Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Vegas 24 headliner last weekend in “Sin City.” “The Reaper,” who was once ranked as high
UFC 261 Embedded: Namajunas packs, Weili trains, and Usman shaves his head Rose Namajunas packs; champ Zhang Weili trains with a team that became stronger during COVID. Champion Kamaru Usman shaves his head and sends off some military men. Champion Valentina Shevchenko visits a gym in Florida with her sister and coach. [embedded content] (Courtesy
Image Credit: Top Rank Boxing Clay Collard is excited to get back into MMA. In 2019 and 2020, Collard had 14 boxing fights and he became a big boxing star for Top Rank. He was beating a ton of top prospects but his goal was to return to MMA and now that the PFL is
Ten years removed, the fight is largely forgotten. When it does come up, Krantz looks back at the loss in high spirits. After all, there’s not much shame in lasting longer in the cage with Poirier than Conor McGregor did in their rematch. “I remember I was trying to cut weight with an Airdyne bike
6:51 PM ET Kamaru Usman was in the corner for Francis Ngannou when Ngannou won the UFC heavyweight title last month. Now, Ngannou will return the favor for his fellow champion friend. Ngannou will be a cornerman for Usman’s welterweight title defense against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261 on April 24
News For fans with less free time, ONE Championship has carved out a solid niche on Wednesday nights in offering a MMA product for audiences not looking to get invested in four-plus hours of fighting action. Just like their previous two events on TNT, this week’s pre-recorded installment of ONE on TNT III offers a
Daniel Cormier believes Jorge Masvidal has as good a chance as anyone to dethrone Kamaru Usman. The UFC 261 headliner will feature a rematch between UFC welterweight champion “The Nigerian Nightmare” Kamaru Usman and challenger Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. Their first encounter was a one-sided showing for the champ, with Usman pulling away on the scorecards
The upcoming ONE on TNT 4 card has been finalized with a couple of notable additions to the upcoming event. The show will cap off a busy April for the Asian-based promotion as ONE Championship broadcasted primetime shows in the United States for the first time in the company’s history. The main event for the
Former UFC middleweight champion has his eyes set on a rematch with Israel Adesanya after defeating Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 on Saturday night. Whittaker has won three straight fights against top competition since losing his belt to Adesanya in 2019. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ben Askren’s fall has been brutal. It may seem a lifetime ago, but there was a time when people wanted to see Askren face-off with Georges St. Pierre! Prior to his UFC career, Askren was undefeated at 18-0, a former champion in both One Championship and Bellator. After a successful (if
UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell talks to MMA Junkies Mike Bohn about Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren, his support for the MMA fighter and more. #Triller #ChuckLiddell #PaulvsAskren For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the
No. 4 ranked UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal spoke with Ariel Helwani about his rematch against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman for the belt at UFC 261. The first title fight between Usman and Masvidal took place in July 2020 at UFC 251 where Usman won by dominant decision. Usman oustruck Masvidal in total strikes
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC President Dana White has shared his thoughts on Jake Paul after the YouTube sensation knocked out Ben Askren on Saturday night. Paul (3-0) returned to the squared circle on Saturday night in Atlanta for a scheduled eight-round boxing match with former MMA champion Ben Askren (19-2 MMA). The bout
URIAH HALL VS. CHRIS WEIDMAN More than a decade after their first meeting and a couple months removed from when they were initially set to run it back, veteran middleweights Uriah Hall and Chris Weidman will finally face off a second time in the final non-title fight of this weekend’s pay-per-view main card. Hall comes