Feb 14, 2021 Kamaru Usman accomplished much on Saturday night at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. He won his 13th straight UFC welterweight fight, which broke Georges St-Pierre‘s record for most victories at 170 pounds. Usman also tied the great Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most wins in a row to start a UFC career, and
Khamzat Chimaev appeared to announce his retirement from MMA three weeks after lingering COVID-19 symptoms forced him to withdraw from UFC Vegas 21. But UFC President Dana White said the rising UFC welterweight star is actually readying for a June comeback. Chimaev wrote on Instagram (translated from Russian), “Thank you all so much for supporting
Dana White has come forward to assure the public that Khamzat Chimaev is not going anywhere. On Monday, UFC breakout star Khamzat Chimaev published an Instagram post that seemed to announce his retirement from MMA. Given the drastic COVID-19 complications that Chimaev has been enduring for the past several weeks, it would be easy to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! While capturing two title simultaneously is an incredible accomplishment and monumental task in itself, defending both straps is perhaps an even greater challenge. One is forced to always look further passed the current challenger, as there is never a truly calm path ahead so long as the double champ is responsible
Watch Petr Yan annihilate Jose Aldo to win bantamweight title | UFC 259 free fight [embedded content] Petr Yan captured the bantamweight title when he defeated Jose Aldo UFC 251 last year on Fight Island. Yan makes his first title defense against top contender Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6, at the
Dana White has weighed in after budding UFC star Khamzat Chimaev announced his sudden retirement from mixed martial arts. Chimaev (9-0 MMA) has been one of many unfortunate victims of the global pandemic and due to lingering symptoms he has been unable to compete since last fall. Following his 17-second knockout win over Gerald Meerschaert
One of the most iconic venues in the history of sport became simply a small detail in the storyline of UFC 205, when Conor McGregor became the first fighter to hold UFC titles in multiple divisions simultaneously after defeating Eddie Alvarez, accessorizing his featherweight belt with a lightweight one as well. UFC 259 will become
6:54 AM ET IT WAS OCT. 25, 2020, and Daniel Cormier was in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, talking to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who had shocked the MMA world the previous night by tearfully announcing his retirement in the Octagon after defeating Justin Gaethje. There was plenty for the old friends to talk
Max Holloway believes two things coming out of his most recent performance at UFC Fight Island 7: Nobody would’ve beaten him on that night, and Calvin Kattar is as tough as they come. In January, Holloway earned a unanimous decision over Kattar in the first UFC main event ever to be broadcast on ABC. The
News May 11, 2019; Rosemont, IL, USA; A.J. McKee (red gloves) defeats Pat Curran (blue gloves) during Bellator 221 at Allstate Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Starting a mixed martial arts career unbeaten over 17 fights is sure to instill a great deal of confidence. However, for someone like Bellator featherweight AJ McKee,
TJ Dillashaw says that he has taken away a lifelong lesson from his two-year USADA suspension for taking EPO. In one of the more high-profile USADA cases since the program began in the UFC, TJ Dillashaw was hit with a two-year suspension in 2019 after testing positive for EPO. Now that his suspension has ended,
Former UFC middleweight No. 1 contender, Paulo Costa, claims that Israel Adesanya only beat him at UFC 253 because “The Eraser” had inadvertently rubbed off 80-percent of his capacity through a volatile mix of red wine and leg cramps. If you’re wondering why it took six months to come up with that excuse, you’re not
UFC 259 Embedded: Fight week kicks off UFC 259 Embedded features the fighters from Saturday’s championship tripleheader pay-per-view event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the main event. The UFC 259 co-main event sees Amanda Nunes put her featherweight title on the line against
Image via Petr Yan/ UFC Russia on Instagram Petr Yan is confident he will remain the UFC’s bantamweight champion after Saturday night. In the first of three title fights on the stacked pay-per-view card, Yan is set to defend his belt against Aljamain Sterling. It’s a very intriguing matchup as the Russian is a striker
Opponent: Don’Tale Mayes What You Need To Know: “Bam Bam” earned one of the most cathartic wins of 2020, knocking out Stefan Struve at UFC 254 and snapping a 3-fight skid. He takes on Mayes, who earned his first UFC win in his third try, scoring a unanimous decision win over Roque Martinez last November.
1:13 PM ET Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder agreed to fight just last week. Now, the fight will no longer be happening Saturday. The women’s strawweight bout between Hill and Yoder was removed from UFC Fight Night just hours before start of the event due to COVID-19 protocols, the promotion announced Saturday. Yoder said in
Former strawweight champion Carla Esparza is expected to face Yan Xioanan in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout at the upcoming UFC event on May 22. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the matchup following an initial report from MMA DNA. A winner of four fights in a
Dustin Poirier is leaving the door open for a fight against Nate Diaz at 170 pounds. Dustin Poirier has not forgotten the date of November 3, 2018. This was supposed to be the day that Poirier fought Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden. That honor would instead go