Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Paige VanZant will reportedly return to the BKFC ring for a fight with a “well-known name” sometime this summer. VanZant who achieved massive fame as a member of the UFC roster, signed with BKFC late last year, and finally made her debut with the bare knuckle promotion
“Oh, one hundred percent,” Erosa said. “Even watching the last Nate fight when he fought Darren Elkins, you can just tell he’s one of those gritty guys and you know that he’s not gonna take ‘no’ for an answer. He’s going to be in your face, he’s going to be willing to die that night
6:47 PM ET Chas Skelly stood in the Octagon and waited for his opponent, Jamall Emmers, to make his entrance. But Emmers never came out. The UFC Fight Night bout between Skelly and Emmers was cancelled Saturday when Emmers was unable to compete after suffering back spasms backstage, according to the UFC broadcast. Skelly was
Raoni Barcelos will compete on the UFC’s final event of the month after all. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Barcelos is now expected to meet promotional newcomer Marcelo Rojo at UFC Vegas 20. Rojo replaces Raphael Assuncao who was forced to withdraw from the bout. Per sources,
Khabib Nurmagomedov believes that it is time for Frankie Edgar to call it a career. At UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov, Frankie Edgar competed in a bout that could have very well earned him a world title shot with a victory when he took on Cory Sandhagen in the co-main event. Instead, there are
UFC 259 is right around the corner on March 6th, 2021, and if the UFC was still giving their card one word power-names like they were in the first decade of the 00’s — VENDETTA, PAYBACK, FURY — this card would be STACKED. Three title fights, and the ‘weakest’ of them featuring the women’s GOAT
Having last fought in August of 2019, lightweight Devonte Smith was looking to get back into the Octagon with a bang when he faced Justin Jaynes at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov in early February. With just over a minute remaining in the second round of the bout, the fight was stopped after Jaynes
Image Credit: Eric Albarracin’s Instagram Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo continues to taunt Dana White by taking shots at some of the promotions champions. Cejudo (16-2 MMA) retired from mixed martial arts immediately following his second round TKO victory over Dominick Cruz at UFC 249. The victory had marked Henry’s sixth in a row
A stacked UFC 259 featuring three title fights is right around the corner on Saturday, March 6. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will move up a weight class to take on light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in the main event. Watch Adesanya’s last title defense against Paulo Costa at UFC 253 last year on Fight Island
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At this point, you have to love Vanderaa’s attitude, because there’s no BS in his DNA. “There’s a lot of that somewhere,” he laughs. “Just not right now.” That’s okay, we’ll take what we can get and, for the moment, enjoy the fact that the heavyweight division has some of the best prospects in the
11:34 PM ET Curtis Blaydes made no apologies about his strategy coming into a huge heavyweight fight with Derrick Lewis. Blaydes was going to use his dominant wrestling early and often. He told anyone who would listen. Maybe it was a decoy. But Blaydes should have stuck to his original game plan, as Lewis crushed
A strawweight rematch has been added to next weekend’s event in Las Vegas. On Saturday’s UFC Vegas 19 broadcast it was announced that Angela Hill will meet Ashley Yoder at UFC Vegas 20. The event takes place at the APEX and will stream on ESPN+. The two first met at the TUF 25 Finale in
Glover Teixeira feels he has done more than enough to warrant a title shot and will settle for nothing less than a champion opponent for his next fight. There may be no fighter in the UFC today who has done a better job of defying the odds than Glover Teixeira. Teixeira’s defiance goes beyond odds
While Conor McGregor tries to rebound from a recent TKO loss to Dustin Poirier some believe the former UFC champion won’t be able to rediscover his dominance inside of the Octagon. Among those who doubt McGregor’s ability to rebound from the first knockout loss of his career is none other than current UFC lightweight champion
Watch Israel Adesanya destroy Paulo Costa ahead of UFC 259 [embedded content] A stacked UFC 259 featuring three title fights is right around the corner on Saturday, March 6. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will move up a weight class to challenge light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in the main event. Watch Adesanya’s last title defense
UFC bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi says he received a new UFC contract after his opponent Drako Rodriguez missed weight before UFC Vegas 19. Zahabi was one of a number of underdogs who won in dominant fashion at UFC Vegas 19, as he was able to knock Rodriguez out in the first round with a vicious 1-2.
That fight definitely showed the evolution of Blaydes, who allowed his wrestling to set up his standup game. That development has helped make Blaydes one of the biggest threats to Miocic’s heavyweight throne. When it comes to his fight with Lewis, however, Blaydes doesn’t mince words about what he plans to do. He plans to