Nine fights into his UFC career, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has collected five Performance of the Night and two Fight of the Night bonuses. Watch Adesanya move up to light heavyweight and go for UFC gold in two divisions when he faces light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259. Subscribe to get all the
In other words, Hernandez had seemingly made it to the UFC on raw talent, and after a couple wins in the big show, he assumed that was enough. It wasn’t, and he soon found out the levels to the game against Cerrone in January 2019, and it wasn’t going to get any easier. That’s scary.
7:49 AM ET You’re only as good as your last fight in mixed martial arts. Or, in the case of UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik, you’re only as good as your last year. Rozenstruik (11-1) faces Ciryl Gane (7-0) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas (ESPN+, prelims at 5
Dustin Poirier isn’t giving up on a future fight with Nate Diaz. The two were once scheduled to meet at UFC 230 on Nov. 3, 2018, a lightweight bout that was expected to serve as the co-main event of a major pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden. Poirier eventually withdrew from the bout due to
The weigh-ins are complete for UFC Vegas 20, and the fight card is one bout slimmer in addition to one weight miss. The main event between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane has remained intact with both fighters successfully making weight. The same cannot be said for light heavyweight Maxim Grishin, who came in 4.5 overweight
UFC Vegas 20 live stream results and play-by-play updates are right here for the Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane topped MMA event on Sat. night (Feb. 27, 2021) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, one that also features the light heavyweight collision between International imports Magomed Ankalaev and Nikita Krylov. In addition,
Dustin Poirier tells Joe Rogan it doesn’t make sense to fight Conor McGregor for UFC title [embedded content] After destroying Conor McGregor with calf kicks at UFC 257, Dustin Poirier is more than willing to run it back again. He doesn’t, however, believe that it should be a fight for the UFC lightweight championship. Poirier
Image via My MMA News (photographer not listed) On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the under-the-radar UFC Vegas 20 card out of the promotion’s Apex facility. The UFC Vegas 20 card will be headlined by a cage-shaking heavyweight showdown, as striking specialists Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane collide in a
“I haven’t had the ‘no crowd’ experience or been in the UFC APEX, but I’m definitely excited. I have been out for a while and I’m kind of feeling like it’s a whole new me in general,” said Davis. “I love that she’s young and she’s hungry. She has that personality that she kind of
9:46 PM ET Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren
A bantamweight showdown between John Lineker and Stephen Loman is set for ONE Championship’s upcoming event in Singapore on April 28, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The card will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and air on TNT in the United States. Lineker (33-9) has fought twice under
Colby Covington is joining Gilbert Burns in calling out Jorge Masvidal for citing his six days’ notice as a key reason behind his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Following his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251, Jorge Masvidal made it clear at the post-fight press conference that he was not going to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Though he was incredibly dominant and set several records in the last time years, it is tough to argue that interest was beginning to wane in Jon Jones’ Light Heavyweight title reign. Of course, we cannot blame Jones for beating all the best contenders and moving on to Middleweights, but the
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons This past Saturday was a big night for heavyweights in the
Image via ONE Championship The man with the “Hands of Stone,” John Lineker (33-9), is back and looks to continue his reign of terror in ONE Championship come this April. MMA Fighting confirmed Thursday that the former UFC flyweight hopeful now has his third fight in ONE booked. It will take place on April 28
Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling scratched and clawed his way up the bantamweight rankings to earn his shot at the title against Petr Yan at UFC 259. Watch a collection of Sterling’s top finishes in his UFC career. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
“I’m a naturally competitive person,” Mazo said. “I feel like training guides me to that fire. Training is different from fighting, for sure, but we have sparring, we have training, and it just feels like I feel that desire and that competitive part of me for one day, the day of the fight.” At just
8:44 AM ET The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is scheduled for June 12, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location for the event, which is expected to be UFC 263, isn’t set yet. In December, Figueiredo (20-1-1) and Moreno (18-5-2) fought to an exhilarating draw that was considered one