Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will say goodbye to yet another headlining affair as reigning women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, who also wears gold at 135 pounds, has withdrawn from her Megan Anderson fight at UFC 256. That means the bantamweight title bout pitting Petr Yan against Aljamain Sterling will likely be promoted to main event
The planned UFC 256 headliner between dual-division champion Amanda Nunes and featherweight challenger Megan Anderson has been scrapped from the Dec. 12 fight card in Las Vegas. Sources confirmed that Nunes was forced out of the bout with an undisclosed injury, following an initial report by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. The injury is apparently one that
Fight of the Night Raoni Barcelos vs Khalid Taha Raoni Barcelos looked brilliant in his fifth UFC fight, and he had a willing dance partner in Khalid Taha that hung in tough and traded heavy blows when he got the chance in an exciting three-round bout. Not wasting any time, Barcelos launched powerful shots toward
Islam Makhachev will not be headlining this Saturday’s UFC Vegas 14 card against Rafael dos Anjos. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Makhachev is out of the fight and the UFC is actively looking for a short-notice replacement to face dos Anjos. Such a bummer. Second time this fight has been canceled. Islam left Fight Island
7:18 PM ET Islam Makhachev‘s first appearance in a UFC main event will have to wait, as the lightweight has withdrawn from Saturday’s headliner with an undisclosed injury. Makhachev (18-1) was scheduled to face former champion Rafael dos Anjos (29-13) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas but was forced to withdraw on
A welterweight matchup has been added to the UFC’s Nov. 28 fight card. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Takashi Sato and Miguel Baeza has been added to the event, which is scheduled to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Sato has
Image: @ufc on Instagram UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev is out of his upcoming main event fight against Rafael dos Anjos at next weekend’s UFC Vegas 14 event. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported on Sunday that Makhachev is out of the fight and the UFC is looking for a short-notice replacement. Makhachev vs. dos Anjos was set
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In August of 2019, Weili Zhang made history by becoming the first Chinese champion in UFC history. Now just over one year later, we’re looking at the very real possibility of another Chinese fighter challenging her for that belt in the near future. Yan Xiaonan took another step forward towards making that happen on Saturday
Glover Teixeira thinks he, not Israel Adesanya, should get next title shot | UFC Vegas 13 [embedded content] Hear everything 41-year-old Glover Teixeira had after his victory over Thiago Santos in the UFC Vegas 13 main event on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The victory should elevate Teixeira to the No. 1 contender status in
Gone are the days of stressing; gone is the tension that used to cloud his mind when he walked to the Octagon. When Griffin (15-8) makes his tenth UFC appearance on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 13 card, he expects to be relaxed and enjoying each second of his welterweight bout with Ramiz Brahimaj. With the help
UFC Hall of Famer, Mark Coleman is reportedly recovering well after suffering a heart attack. Coleman’s daughter posted on social media that the MMA legend was recovering well. The Hall of Famer then took to Instagram to release a lengthy statement on the situation and what exactly happened. “I hadn’t been feeling so well for
1:09 AM ET Glover Teixeira is on the wrong side of 40 years old. He hasn’t fought for a title in more than five years. Yet, one of the most durable veterans in UFC history continues to put up victories against elite light heavyweights. Teixeira submitted Thiago Santos via rear-naked choke at 1:49 of the
UFC heavyweight legend Mark Coleman had a positive message for his fans following the news that he had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. The news was reported by MMA documentarian Will Harris, who shared an Instagram story from Coleman’s daughter Morgan in which she posted an image of herself with Coleman giving a
Image Credit: Claudia Gadelha’s Instagram UFC women’s strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha released a statement following her unanimous decision loss to Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 13. It was a competitive fight but Gadelha’s grappling wasn’t as effective as it needed to be to keep Xiaonan on the mat for a long period of control. And
Has Mike Tyson ever used steroids? The former boxing heavyweight champion denies he’s ever taken performance enhancing drugs, and never failed a drug test for steroids in his career. But during a new episode of his Hotboxin’ podcast featuring UFC Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance / USADA liaison Jeff Novitzky, Tyson talks about
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