Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev will not be headlining the December 19 card, but the fight will still take place if Leon Edwards has anything to say about it. After testing positive for the COVID-19, Leon Edwards was pulled from the UFC Vegas 17 main event, and without a replacement fighter being selected, conventional wisdom
4:16 PM ET A Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach who trains several well-known UFC fighters has been arrested and charged with third-degree criminal sexual penetration in New Mexico, per court records. Rafael “Barata” Freitas had a court appearance Saturday where the state filed a motion to keep him detained until trial, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court public information
Angela Hill is the latest fighter pulled from her scheduled fight due to a positive COVID-19 test. The UFC strawweight contender, who was slated to rematch Tecia Torres at UFC 256, announced the news Sunday. Hill (12-9), also a former Invicta FC champion, previously came up short to Torres in their initial fight at UFC
It was only a matter of time before this Paul brothers boxing thing went too far. When either Jake or Logan would end up stepping into the ring against a much more serious opponent than the YouTubers and non-combat sports athletes they’ve faced thus far. Now may be that time. In a pretty serious looking
Marvin Vettori wants UFC title fight, says he already beat champ Israel Adesanya The UFC middleweight division has a new contender. Marvin Vettori picked up the biggest win of his career on Saturday when he soundly defeated No. 4 ranked Jack Hermansson in the UFC Vegas 16 main event. With the win, Vettori is now
UFC president Dana White revealed what he thinks are the most competitive weight classes in the world’s leading MMA promotion. The UFC has never had the sheer amount of talent as it does right now. The promotion currently boasts eight men’s weight classes and four women’s weight classes, and there are incredible fighters in all
Due to positive COVID-19 tests, the featherweight bout featuring Nate Landwehr vs. Movsar Evloev and the women’s flyweight bout featuring Montana De La Rosa vs. Taila Santos have been canceled. In addition, due to a non-COVID related medical issue with Cody Durden, his flyweight bout against Jimmy Flick has also been canceled. As a result
Marvin Vettori has changed his mind about fighting Paulo Costa after calling him out in his post-fight interview at UFC Vegas 16. After defeating Jack Hermansson via unanimous decision in the UFC Vegas 16 main event, Marvin Vettori sure spoke with certainty about whom he wanted next: “Let’s go, Borrachinha! We’re gonna make a hell
1:46 AM ET ESPN’s panel of Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim breaks down the biggest stories coming out of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, including Marvin Vettori‘s thrilling unanimous-decision win over Jack Hermansson, and whether the type of violent slam Jordan Leavitt executed to beat Matt Wiman should remain legal. Marvin Vettori
Wow! Despite the MMA news this week not having anything Earth-shattering, this week we had more questions submitted than ever before. So we’re gonna do things a little different this week and answer as many of them as I can in 2,000 words or less. Buckle up. Should Figueiredo be the fighter of the year
Head trauma and combat sports are inseparable. When two athletes work hard for a decade — and then extremely hard for the eight weeks immediately before a fight — they’re going to get pretty good at hurting one another. The full extent to which MMA fighters get hurt is neither understood nor consistent. Some skulls
Dana White says Yoel Romero is the first of about 60 UFC fighter cuts coming by year’s end [embedded content] UFC president Dana White, following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 16 in Las Vegas, explained the recent decision to cut top five ranked middleweight Yoel Romero loose from the roster. “Yoel has lost four of his last
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Marvin Vettori called out Paulo Costa immediatley following his sensational win over Jack Hermansson in the main event of UFC Vegas 16. Vettori (16-4-1 MMA) extended his current win streak four in a row on Saturday night, defeating Hermansson by way of judges decision in a thrilling five round affair. After outpointing ‘The Joker’ on
Late last week Jack Hermansson found out his UFC Vegas 16 main event was in jeopardy, after Kevin Holland tested positive for COVID-19. He didn’t hesitate to accept a short-notice replacement in Marvin Vettori, who was sceheduled to fight at UFC 256 on December 12. The result was an absolute banger of a main event
The UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori will collide in a middleweight clash. The show’s co-main event will see a light heavyweight clash between Ovince Saint Preux and Jamahal Hill. Women’s flyweight action will also be featured
7:38 PM ET UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori has been asking for a big fight all year. The slugger wanted a matchup against a top-ranked opponent. It did not quite come together — through no fault of his own — until now. At the end of what has been a trying 2020 for Vettori, he will
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 16 results for the Hermansson vs. Vettori event on Saturday, a live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 16 Twitter updates. In the main event, middleweights Jack Hermansson and Marvin Vettori face off for a spot in the line of 185-pound title contenders. In the co-main event,