The 30-year-old Neal was ordered to refrain from training for a month, staying in his apartment before slowly getting back into the gym. And if you know Neal, one of the most important things to the UFC welterweight contender is embracing the grind. That meant staying out of intense training sessions at Fortis MMA in
2:32 PM ET The UFC is finalizing an important bantamweight fight for early 2021, as Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar have verbally agreed to meet on Feb. 6, sources told ESPN on Friday. The fight represents a meeting between two of the best 135-pounders in the world. Sandhagen (13-2) is coming off a second-round TKO
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 17 results for the Thompson vs. Neal event on Saturday, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 17 Twitter updates. In the main event, two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson returns to headline his fifth Fight Night event, facing the surging Geoff Neal in a replacement
Anthony Johnson is not as confident as Yoel Romero that they will be facing one another in their Bellator debuts. When Anthony Johnson and Yoel Romero separated from the UFC only to later join Bellator’s light heavyweight division, it didn’t take long for fans to collectively start thinking the same thing: Johnson vs. Romero. Even
Jose Aldo will be trying to avoid a dreaded four-fight losing streak tomorrow night (Sat., Dec. 19, 2020) at UFC Vegas 17 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he takes on bantamweight contender Marlon Vera in the co-main event. This is a big opportunity for Aldo to say the
(James Goyder is the owner/editor of AsianMMA.com) Remaining undefeated for nearly a decade requires a lot of ability and, sometimes, a little bit of luck. Lowen Tynanes didn’t get any of the latter at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday as he dropped a split decision to Marat Gafurov at ONE: Collision Course. It was
UFC women’s strawweight contender Nina Ansaroff has announced her return to the Octagon three months after having a child with Amanda Nunes. Ansaroff and Nunes announced back in September the birth of their first child Raegan Ann Nunes. Incredibly, just three months later and Ansaroff is already ready to get back in the cage. The
With just 57 seconds spent in the Octagon, Williams appears acclimated to the increased exposure, attention and buzz that comes with stunning UFC wins. Williams, who said he experienced “legal troubles” in the past, takes pride in his how he has turned things around in a positive light that catches people’s attention. “When people started
8:50 AM ET The UFC’s final event of 2020, which takes place Saturday in Las Vegas, was originally supposed to feature one of the scariest unranked welterweights on the planet against an established, veteran opponent. Well, even though the main event did change, the storyline around it remained the same. Two-time 170-pound title challenger Stephen
At the UFC Vegas 17 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday morning local time. The UFC Vegas 17 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. ET. Watch the official weigh-in video above courtesy of Ag. Fight. Headliners Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal must weigh
The UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Neal (UFC Vegas 17) weigh-ins are complete! All fighters made weight, so we are locked and loaded to send off 2020 with a lot of fireworks! In the main event, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson will be facing Geoff Neal in a fight with contrasting striking styles. The fight is pivotal
UFC 256 injuries and medical suspensions were submitted to MixedMartialArts.com earlier this week for those athletes competing at the “Figueiredo vs. Moreno” pay-per-view (PPV) event this past weekend (Sat., Dec. 12, 2020) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not surprisingly, a fair share of combatants were handed mandatory timeouts, including flyweight headliner Deiveson
UFC Vegas 17: Stephen Thompson vs. Geoff Neal preview [embedded content] UFC Vegas 17 is headlined by a welterweight showdown between Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal, which has strong implications for the welterweight title picture. Thompson has twice fought for the UFC welterweight championship, fighting to a draw with then-champion Tyron Woodley and then losing
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been named the Sports Personality of the Year for 2020 by the BBC. The organization announced Nurmagomedov as the recipient of the award on Thursday. See what the BBC had to say about Nurmagomedov below: The Russian, 32, extended his perfect professional record to
Kevin Holland has now won five fights in 2020 after a stunning KO win over Jacare Souza at UFC 256 and even called out Khamzat Chimaev in his post-fight interview. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/
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Rick Glenn is being removed from his lightweight bout with Carlton Minus. Stepping in for Glenn will be Christos Giagos, who makes his first Octagon appearance of 2020. This bout will now be at a catchweight of 160-pounds. The welterweight bout between Belal Muhammad and Dhiego Lima has been canceled from the card and will
Despite losing in a shutout unanimous decision, Tony Ferguson believes that he mentally broke Charles Oliveira at UFC 256. Tony Ferguson has always thought and behaved outside the box, but even those fully aware of his eccentricities may be taken aback by Ferguson’s assessment of his UFC 256 loss to Charles Oliveira. Oliveira was able