Anderson Silva’s final UFC fight will take place this weekend against Uriah Hall. Silva first debuted in the promotion over 14 years ago. The 45-year-old recently said the company just isn’t the same after the Fertitta brothers sold it in 2016. “I think the UFC changed for me when Lorenzo came out,” Silva said to
8:37 AM ET “I know only one thing what I want from UFC,” Khabib Nurmagomedov said moments after his victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. “You guys have to put me No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, because I deserve it.” That he does. And despite the undefeated lightweight champion having announced his
Cody Law didn’t know exactly how he’d end up making his professional fighting debut but he probably couldn’t have scripted a better journey. The 25-year-old prospect was once a top-ranked high school wrestler, who ended up joining the coveted Penn State wrestling program under Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson. While he picked up several big
Jennifer Maia is hoping to “surprise the world” when she fights UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 255. Maia was granted the title shot against Shevchenko after pulling off an incredible submission victory over former top contender Joanne Calderwood over the summer. The UFC matched Maia up against the champ Shevchenko, and they
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight headline machine Mike Perry will not be fighting at the UFC 255 pay-per-view (PPV) event next month in Las Vegas, but not because of “Platinum’s” never-ending personal problems. It seems Robbie Lawler has been injured and forced to withdraw. “So Lawler pulled out due to an injury,” Perry wrote on
It’s been a year of both ups and downs for strawweight Vanessa Demopoulos. Following two straight wins to kick off the year, including an LFA championship victory in July, Demopoulos’ momentum was halted in her next bout, losing to Corey McKenna at Dana White’s Contender Series 2020 in August. Looking back on her two fights
Fresh off a blistering performance on the Contender Series, Adrian Yanez makes his first foray into the Octagon opposite fellow newcomer Victor Rodriguez on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Yanez scored one of the more impressive finishes thus far this season on the Contender Series in mid-August when he knocked out Brady Huang with a
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 254! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Khabib Nurmagomedov gets his wish and unseats Jon Jones as the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world after submitting Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Justin Gaethje dropped three spots to #10, which allowed Dustin Poirier (#7),
10:26 PM ET The UFC is working on a light heavyweight fight between Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka in February, according to UFC president Dana White. White told ESPN on Tuesday the 205-pound contest will headline a UFC Fight Night on Feb. 27. The UFC has not yet announced an official venue for any of
Earlier this month, Dana White revealed that the promotion was working on a heavyweight matchup between Junior dos Santos and Ciryl Gane. That matchup is officially set to go down in the UFC’s final PPV event of 2020. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that dos Santos and Gane
Image: @TonyFergusonxt on Instagram Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has thrown his support behind mixed martial arts legend Jon Jones (26-1 MMA). Ever since Khabib Nurmagomedov (29-0 MMA) defeated Justin Gaethje by way of second round submission at Saturday’s UFC 254 event, many fans and analysts have dubbed ‘The Eagle’ as the greatest
UFC commentator Jon Anik pays tribute to the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov with a reading of “A Father to His Son,” a poem written by Carl Sandburg. 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
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov retiring unexpectedly on the heels of an absurdly dominant victory has heated up the greatest of all-time (GOAT) debate to unprecedented levels. Khabib surpassed Jon Jones on the official pound-for-pound rankings, prompting the former Light Heavyweight champion to declare the whole thing “No.1 Bullsh*t!” Former Welterweight and Middleweight kingpin,
Jon Jones calls Khabib’s No. 1 ranking No. 1 bullsh## Following his UFC 254 win over Justin Gaethje, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov abruptly retired from fighting. During his Octagon Interview, Nurmagomedov asked to be elevated to the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. On Monday, when the rankings were revealed, Nurmagomedov indeed was ranked No.
Jim and Matt break down all the action from Saturday’s long-anticipated matchup between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje! All the key moments from the card are dissected by Jim and Matt, including Khabib’s surprise retirement after his win and Robert Whittaker’s decisive victory against Jared Cannonier in the co-main event. Then, after Matt reveals the
Dana White likes the idea of Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker having their rematch. In October of 2018 at UFC 243, Adesanya and Whittaker first met, and “The Last Stylebender” won the fight by second-round TKO to win the middleweight title. Since then, the champion has beat Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa to defend his
7:53 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Khabib Nurmagomedov hadn’t even left the Octagon on Saturday before the debate began. Was he retiring as MMA’s greatest of all time? Former UFC two-weight champion Daniel Cormier, who was