Image via @ufc on Instagram The opening betting odds have been revealed for a potential light heavyweight bout in Bellator between Yoel Romero and Anthony Johnson. On Monday, Bellator announced that Romero is the latest member of the promotion’s roster. Unlike in the UFC, where Romero competed at 185lbs, he will move back up to
Charles Oliveira is one of the most exciting – and best – fighters in MMA today. His dominant Saturday win over Tony Ferguson proved it. And while he may not have gotten his just due from some leading up to the bout after missing weight several times as a featherweight, that last miss was in
ONE Championship title contender Demetrious Johnson has effectively killed any chance that he will ever return to the UFC. At UFC 256, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno tore the house down in an instant classic that is surely on the shortlist of best flyweight fights of all time. Nearly all of Demetrious Johnson’s fights in
7:45 AM ET Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway says he’s moved on from a controversial decision loss to Alexander Volkanovski in July — but he has not moved on from Volkanovski himself. Holloway (21-6) lost his 145-pound championship to Volkanovski (20-1) in a five-round decision at UFC 245 in 2019, and was granted an
Yoel Romero’s free agency didn’t last long. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the multi-time UFC title challenger has agreed to terms of a new deal with Bellator MMA. While pen has not officially gone to paper, per sources, Romero is expected to make his debut in 2021
UFC 256 proved to be a roller coaster ride for Brazilian MMA fans. While Deiveson Figueiredo managed to retain his flyweight strap in what proved to be a “Fight of the Night” performance against Brandon Moreno, two longtime veterans — Ronaldo Souza and Junior dos Santos — came up short in their respective outings. Again.
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Image Credit: UFC.com and @ufc on Instagram A clip of Khabib Nurmagomedov claiming that Tony Ferguson was “finished” as a fighter immediately began circulating the internet following UFC 256. The UFC’s former interim lightweight champion, Ferguson (25-5 MMA), returned to the Octagon in last night’s pay-per-view co-headliner against surging division contender Charles Oliveira (30-8 MMA).
Fight of the Night Deiveson Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno After much of the Fight of the Year conversation felt wrapped up in March after Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk went to war in March, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno threw their hat in the ring with a 5-round war in the final pay-per-view event of
Dana White is ready to put the idea of a Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Yair Rodriguez bout behind him as the UFC heads into 2021. Just as the prospect of a Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight has all but officially died for good, it looks like another fight that has been highly anticipated for years
1:48 AM ET The UFC flyweight division was on the verge of elimination as recently as 11 months ago. Now, it might have just produced the best MMA fight of 2020. In one of the best fights of the year, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno fought to a majority draw (47-46, 47-47, 47-47) in a
A new light heavyweight clash between Khalil Rountree and Marcin Prachnio has joined the lineup for UFC 257 on Jan. 23. UFC officials announced the pairing during Saturday’s UFC 256 broadcast. The card will be headlined by the return of Conor McGregor as he faces off with former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier. After hinting
After years of struggling to gain a solid foothold in the imagination of fight fans, it feels like we experienced a real breakthrough in the acceptance of the flyweight division as one to watch. It always has been to some from the time the UFC added it in 2012. But following Deiveson Figueiredo’s unprecedented two
UFC 256: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno recap video [embedded content] Watch the recap and highlights from the UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno main event between flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo and challenger Brandon Moreno from Saturday’s event at the Apex in Las Vegas. TRENDING > Fighters react to UFC 256 main event majority draw Dana
Referee Jason Herzog responded to the backlash from fans after taking a point from Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC 256. In the third round of the epic title fight between Figueiredo and Moreno, the champ connected on a vicious low blow that caused Moreno a considerable amount of pain. Figueiredo had also
By the time he steps into the cage on Saturday to face Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, it will have been 371 days since Geoff Neal’s last appearance and given everything that has transpired in the leap year plus five days since he pushed his UFC record to 5-0, reminding you of his exploits and highlighting his