Jon Jones is doubling down on his willingness to fight heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury inside of the Octagon or the boxing ring. The discussion regarding a heavyweight superfight between Jones and Fury started last month and has been gaining steam ever since. Fury initially responded to UFC color commentator, Joe Rogan, suggesting Jones would
UFC 289 highlights video: Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana Watch the UFC 289 highlights video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 289 main event between double-champ Amanda Nunes and Irene Aldana. The bout was the final fight of Nunes’s storied career, as she announced her retirement following the fight. UFC 289 took place on Saturday, June
Jun 11, 2023, 02:19 AM ET What were the biggest moments from the first UFC pay-per-view in Canada in nearly four years? Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim and Andres Waters offer up their final thoughts after an 11-fight card in Vancouver, British Columbia. Wagenheim: Nunes is the gold standard Amanda Nunes went out like
The second Amanda Nunes laid her gloves on the canvas at UFC 289, Julianna Pena saw a trilogy disappear — and she wasn’t happy about it. Pena lashed out on Twitter following Nunes’ retirement from MMA following a dominant win over Irene Aldana at Rogers Arena. Aldana was Nunes’ second scheduled opponent after a broken
Back in Canada for the first time in nearly four years, the atmosphere in Vancouver was electric all week, with gorgeous weather (mostly) combining with escalating anticipation to carry us to UFC 289 at Rogers Arena this evening. Headlined by a colossal bantamweight title clash between the greatest female fighter of all time, reigning champ
The Octagon returned to Canada for tonight’s UFC 289 event, an eleven-bout fight card headlined by Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana. The highly anticipated women’s bantamweight title fight proved to be a one-sided affair. Amanda Nunes dominated Irene Aldana for all five rounds, battering the challenger with jabs and ground and pound. After twenty-five minutes of
The women’s Featherweight division seems to be coming to an end. Amanda Nunes mauled Irene Aldana at UFC 289 tonight (Sat., June 10, 2023), winning a dominant unanimous decision win from inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After her sixth Bantamweight title defense, Nunes retired from mixed martial arts (MMA) while holding both
The UFC 289 bonuses are in with co-main eventer Charles Oliveira leading the charge with his record-setting victory over Beneil Dariush. UFC 289 Performance of the Night: Charles Oliveira Oliveira lost his UFC lightweight title on the scale, when he missed weight ahead of a victory over Justing Gaethje at UFC 274. He then failed
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 04:38 PM ET The UFC is ramping up its women’s divisions with highly regarded up-and-comers. Four women’s MMA prospects were signed by the promotion this week, including undefeated British women’s bantamweight fighter Melissa Dixon, her rep Maurice Blanco of First Round Management confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. In
Maria Oliveira was already booked to face Diana Belbita at UFC 289 when she was called by one of Brazil’s biggest televsion networks, Record, to be part of an upcoming reality show. Oliveira, who previously went viral by crashing the birthday party of Brazilian superstar Anitta, didn’t think twice. She joined the program A Grande
“I never shake ’em off,” he said. “I’ve never shaken off a loss. You carry every loss with you if you care about it. You just find different ways to kind of exist with it, but I don’t think it’s ever anything I really shake off. You try to focus on the good, but you
Daniel Pineda had a chance to enter the featherweight rankings last weekend. Not even three months after Pineda submitted Tucker Lutz at the end of March, he took a fight against Alex Caceres at UFC Vegas 74. It was a chance for Pineda to enter the ranks, but in the end, it was Caceres who
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Bantamweight knockout artists Amanda Nunes and Irene Aldana will clash TONIGHT (Sat., June 10, 2023) at UFC 289 inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 2021, Nunes lost for the first time in seven years, getting club-and-subbed by Julianna Pena after a hot start (watch it). How did
UFC 289 Live Results – Nunes vs Aldana UFC 289 live results begin at 7:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 10, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Click on the fight below in the UFC 289 Live results section for live stats or jump down to the written
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 9, 2023, 04:35 PM ET Two women’s flyweight fighters on the verge of title contention are set to meet Down Under, as Casey O’Neill will take on Viviane Araujo at UFC 293 on Sept. 9 in Sydney, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Araujo is ranked No. 10 and O’Neill
Conor McGregor is already warming up for Michael Chandler. The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion was part of the mid-game festivities on Friday at Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat. Standing mid-court at Miami’s Kaseya Center to promote a cryotherapy pain relief spray, McGregor suddenly met
On the outside, a three-round co-main event after so many high-profile headlining bouts might seem like a step back, and, maybe for some, an opportunity to lose intensity and steam after such an intense stretch. But these are also the moments in which championship-caliber athletes distinguish themselves. Although Oliveira is no longer defending the 155-pound
Charles Oliveira wants Beneil Dariush to back his talk up and go to the ground with him. Ahead of UFC 289, both Oliveira and Dariush are confident in their skills and both believe they will be able to get a stoppage win on Saturday night. Yet, ahead of the fight, Dariush spoke to BJPENN.com and
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