Amanda Ribas already has a new opponent for UFC 257. Ribas and fellow Brazilian strawweight Marina Rodriguez have agreed to meet in a 115-pound contest after Michelle Waterson withdrew from the Jan. 23 pay-per-view event, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting. Both sides have verbally agreed but contracts are yet to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently staged UFC Vegas 16 on ESPN+ last weekend (Sat., Dec. 5, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring a Middleweight bout that saw Marvin Vettori stun Jack Hermansson after 25 minutes of action. “The Italian Dream’s” upset win over “The Joker” was good enough to move him up
UFC 256 Embedded: All Episodes Go behind the scenes of UFC 256, where flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is slated to defend his belt against No. 1 contender Brandon Moreno. The UFC 256 co-main event pits top light contenders Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira against one another in a fight the promises to be electric. Watch
Image via @bareknucklefc on Instagram Arena Fight Championship 2, an event that was slated to include the MMA return of Artem Lobov, has been cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests. The promotion announced this unfortunate news in a public statement. “Some COVID-19 cases have been detected among the ARENA FIGHT Championship teams,” the statement
KEVIN HOLLAND VS. JACARE SOUZA Illness necessitated the shuffling of matchups at middleweight over the last couple of weeks, resulting in Kevin Holland and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza facing off here. Already one of the standouts since the restart, Holland enters the Octagon in search of his fifth victory of 2020 after posting wins over Anthony
Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has every intention of taking her time in her transition to MMA, but there is a certain somebody she expects to meet during her journey. As premature as it may be, there is no way around it: A fight between Claressa Shields and Kayla Harrison is now possible, and
7:27 AM ET Jon Jones was in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, living room in front of a projection television on July 25. UFC Fight Night aired that evening, and Jones had a keen eye on the undercard as Alexander Gustafsson, one of Jones’ main light heavyweight rivals, was making his heavyweight debut against former champion
Darren Till had a memorable outside-of-the cage run-in with Mike Perry in 2018, and now, he’s sharing his side of the story. When Till was making a name for himself in the UFC as a welterweight, he ran afoul of Perry on a couple of occasions, first when Perry confronted him following Till’s win over
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Yoel Romero is one of the best fighters in MMA history without a major title to his name. He came damn close to capturing the UFC title on several occasions, but the strap eluded “Soldier of God.” Now, UFC has released the knockout artist onto the world, pointing to Romero’s recent
Watch Deiveson Figueiredo’s swift finish of Alex Perez ahead of UFC 256 title defense [embedded content] UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo made the first defense of his belt at UFC 255 with a stunning first-round finish of Alex Perez. Just three weeks removed from the first title defense, Figueiredo is being called upon to again
Jack Hermansson and Marvin Vettori faced off after weighing in on Friday morning for their main event matchup at UFC Vegas 16. 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/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8
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UFC welterweight Anthony Pettis is promising a new “Showtime signature move” a decade after his infamous kick on Benson Henderson at WEC 53. On December 16, 2010, Pettis challenged then-WEC lightweight champion Henderson for his belt in the main event of WEC 53, the last show the promotion ever held. The fight between Pettis and
Jamahal Hill surprised a lot of people with his win over Ovince Saint Preux last weekend. And it’s not that people didn’t think he had the talent to get the victory over one of the most seasoned veterans in the light heavyweight division; it’s the way he did it and the poise he showed in
Dana White loves the idea of Marvin Vettori vs. Paulo Costa. After Vettori defeated Jack Hermansson on Saturday night, he called out Costa in his post-fight interview. Immediately, many fans loved the idea of the scrap and so too did UFC president, Dana White. “I love that fight. Love it,” White said post-fight. Although White
6:27 PM ET Popular women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich is the latest victim of UFC’s planned cuts, the promotion confirmed on Monday. UFC president Dana White said Saturday following UFC Fight Night that they would be making “serious cuts” — about 60 fighters would be released before the first of the year. The UFC released
A pair of bantamweight veterans will try to snap recent skids when Eddie Wineland and John Castaneda meet at a UFC event on Feb. 20. Verbal agreements are in place and contracts are expected to be signed for the fight, which was first reported by MMA Junkie and confirmed to MMA Fighting with multiple people