This week, I stumbled upon the word “defiant” to describe this career resurgence of 41-year-old Glover Teixeira. I thought that was such a perfect word to describe what he’s achieving right now. He’s fighting like a man who will not have peace of mind until he becomes world champion like his hero “Iron” Mike Tyson.
9:08 PM ET There was a time, not that long ago, when Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira looked like a No. 1 contender bout. That time, unfortunately, has passed. UFC president Dana White recently ended any speculation as to who will challenge light heavyweight champion Jan
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 13 results for the Santos vs. Teixeira fight card on Saturday, live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 13 Twitter updates. In the main event, Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira will clash in a pivotal light heavyweight contest. Santos and Teixeira have won for four of their
Image via @mikechandlermma on Instagram (photographer not listed) Michael Chandler may be new to the UFC, but he has already taken a page out of Jon Jones and Conor McGregor’s playbook by playing tweet and delete. The former Bellator lightweight champion, Chandler (21-5 MMA), took to Twitter during the Presidential Election on Tuesday where he
Brian Ortega and the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, faced off for the final time before they enter the Octagon for the main event of Fight Island 6 on Saturday evening. 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
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! A couple nights ago, Diego Sanchez did his part in educating the world on the dangers of drinking and tweeting. The former “Nightmare” called out Dan Hardy, Conor McGregor, Jon Jones — or as Sanchez referred to him, “Bill Cosby Jones” — in a strange series of barely comprehensible tweets. Well,
Kiamrian Abbasov scores stunning comeback win against James Nakashima at ONE: Inside the Matrix II (James Goyder is the owner/editor of AsianMMA.com) At the end of the opening round, Kiamrian Abbasov’s nose looked badly broken and there was a question as to whether the welterweight champion would recover. Challenger James Nakashima looked firmly in control
“I guess I’m established,” he said. “And when you say people see my name and they know it, I’m more well-known because UFC is, of course, the biggest promotion in the world, but also the main one people pay attention to in North America. A lot of the ones I fought for all over the
Jack Hermansson will now be facing Kevin Holland at UFC on ESPN+ 43 after injury has forced Darren Till out of the headliner. As reported by ESPN Friday afternoon, Darren Till was forced to withdraw from his UFC on ESPN+43 main event bout against Jack Hermansson, so now Kevin Holland will step up and take
7:50 AM ET On July 6, 2019, Thiago Santos came closer than anyone else in the history of the UFC to legitimately defeating Jon Jones. Yes, Vitor Belfort had Jones in trouble with a submission attempt in 2012. Alexander Gustafsson beat him up pretty good in a unanimous-decision loss in 2013. And there are a
NCAA wrestling champion. UFC middleweight contender. Action movie star? That’s the career progression that Mark Munoz hopes to follow ahead of the release of the film Lumpia with a Vengeance, in which he is featured in the leading role. Munoz, 42, has been on a movie sets before (including the Kevin James MMA comedy Here
Darren Till has released a statement after pulling out his December 5 main event scrap against Jack Hermansson. Till had been dealing with a knee injury prior and took to his Instagram stories to say his knee went out again. He then also wished both Hermansson and Kevin Holland well on Twitter. Good luck to
Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira came face-to-face after successfully making weight for their UFC Vegas 13 light heavyweight headliner, scheduled for tomorrow night (Sat., Nov. 7, 2020) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Get complete UFC Vegas 13 weigh-in results and video here. Santos (21-7) has not competed since losing a split-decision
UFC Vegas 13 weigh-in face-offs: Thiago Santos vs Glover Teixeira [embedded content] UFC Vegas 13: Santos vs. Teixeira got the green light Friday as the fighters made weight at the Apex in Las Vegas. Shortly after stepping off the scales, the UFC Vegas 13 athletes squared off for their final face-offs ahead of Saturday’s bouts.
Key Stats: 1.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, 2.4 submissions per 15 minutes, 35% striking defense What It Means: Allen is a savvy and strong grappler with good defensive and offensive jiu-jitsu. When on top, Allen is strong with his pressure and can do some real damage with his ground-and-pound. If his opponent relaxes, he sweeps
Bellator 251 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw Corey Anderson make a victorious Bellator debut against Melvin Manhoef, winning the bout in dominant fashion via 2nd-round TKO. In some of the evening’s highlights, Derek Anderson picked up a KO victory which was nearly ruled a disqualification. Killys