Ask — and make history inside the octagon — and you shall receive. UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo kicked off 2021 with two special requests in mind. First, he wanted to get paid an extra going forward, making dollars based on pay-per-view sales. Second, he called for a catchweight fight with Henry Cejudo for a
The UFC will ring in 2020 by leaping into the new year with another stride deeper into the mainstream when the January 16 Fight Night takes place on the ABC network. The inaugural UFC on ABC event will be headlined by former featherweight champion Max Holloway taking on Calvin Kattar in a fan-friendly scrap that
The upcoming UFC Fight Island 7 lineup just took a major hit as former women’s bantamweight title contender Bethe Correia has been forced to withdraw from her Wu Yanan bout, scheduled for Jan. 16 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. That’s according to MMA Fighting. The Brazilian will undergo surgery to remove her appendix and
When the UFC first signed former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler, the immediate hope was a fight with Tony Ferguson. That didn’t happen, but Chandler finally has his UFC debut booked. Chandler will make his promotional debut opposite Dan Hooker at UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 on Jan. 23 on Fight Island in Abu
Kevin Holland highlights the list of UFC fighters with the most wins in 2020 with his record-tying five wins in the calendar year. See how many other fighters won at least three bouts in 2020. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
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Heading into the championship rounds, it was difficult to say with any certainty which of the two sweat-drenched combatants was ahead on the scorecards. Gustafsson clearly won the first, landing the more damaging blows and putting Jones on the canvas ever so briefly, but the next two frames were a toss-up. Watching in real time,
Image via semtex170 on Instagram The tail-end of 2020 saw the UFC make some surprising releases from their roster. In turn, that led to Bellator President Scott Coker picking them up. To the surprise of many, several names within the larger weight classes parted ways with the UFC this past year. All of which have
8:31 PM ET The highly anticipated UFC welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns appears set to headline UFC 258 on Feb. 13. This is the third time the promotion has booked this fight. The UFC had to cancel their bout at UFC 251 in July after Burns tested positive for COVID-19.
After their first bout was cancelled, heavyweight rivals Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes have been rescheduled to a UFC Fight Night event on Feb. 20. MMA Fighting confirmed the news with multiple people close to the fighters, who spoke on condition of anonymity following an initial report from ESPN. The Feb. 20 event does not
Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis now have a new date to lock horns, with the two heavyweights colliding on February 20. Following an initial report from ESPN, multiple sources have confirmed that Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis will now headline the February 20 Fight Night card. This bout was originally scheduled to take place in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! A major style clash between Heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis is once again set to go down. The original bout was set to take place back on November 28, 2020, but COVID-19 derailed the contest when Blaydes tested positive just one day prior to the fight. Per a report
Mike Perry posts graphic disturbing video of bloody leg laceration UFC fighter Mike Perry on Sunday posted a disturbing video of a bloody leg laceration to his Instagram stories. Perry posted the video with little additional information. It shows him lying on his back in a hallway. He then shows a shattered pane of glass
Speaking of the loaded featherweight division… Methuen, Massachusetts’ Kattar used 2020 to cement his standing as one of the absolute best fighters in the 145-pound weight class, rebounding from his frustrating year-end loss to Zabit Magomedsharipov last November in Moscow with a hellacious knockout win over Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 and a technical, polished,
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic is hoping to earn himself a title shot with a victory over veteran Thiago Santos at UFC 259. Rakic takes on Santos on the undercard of UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya on March 23. Rakic, the No. 4 light heavyweight in the UFC, is
7:36 AM ET I always love the sense of optimism heading into a new year, but this is a whole new feeling going into 2021. MMA found a way to keep the show going in 2020 and we’re thankful for that, but let’s not kid ourselves: We are all looking forward to what will hopefully
2020 was a wild year for MMA that feels like it lasted a lifetime. With all the action that took place over the year, it’s hard to remember what took place. This series looks to help out with that, providing an overview on what happened in each weight class and a look at what we
Alex Perez has opened up on his loss to Deiveson Figueiredo. In the main event of UFC 255, Perez stepped up on relatively short notice, and early on had success against Figueiredo. However, he made one mistake and got caught in a submission attempt and eventually had to tap out. For Perez, he knows he