Image Credit: UFC on Youtube Israel Adesanya expects to beat Paulo Costa rather easily to defend his belt on Saturday night. In the main event of UFC 253, Adesanya and Costa will finally meet after months of trash-talking. They are both undefeted and many pundits expect the fight to be competitve. Yet, for “The Last
4:57 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and other black athletes scheduled to compete at UFC 253 on Saturday spoke out about recent comments made by welterweight Colby Covington during a virtual media call on Wednesday. Covington, who is an avid supporter of President Donald Trump and visited him in the White House in
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight talents Kai Kara-France and Brandon Royval will square off this Saturday (Sept. 26, 2020) at UFC 253 from Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Kara-France showed off his talent and knockout power on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), but he wasn’t picked up after the show. UFC rectified that
Ketlen Vieira’s coach, Andre Pederneiras, became the first UFC-related person to test positive for COVID-19 on UFC Fight Island. Though he won’t be in her corner, Vieira will still be allowed to fight. Vieira is slated to face Sijara Eubanks on the UFC 253 main card on Saturday. The headlining bout features Israel Adesanya putting
Darren Till, Derek Brunson Outlook: While just 1-1 at 185 pounds, Darren Till proved in his matchup with Robert Whittaker that he has the qualities that attributed to his fast rise up the welterweight rankings when he first broke through on the scene. The brash Liverpudlian seems rejuvenated, refocused and motivated as ever, despite having
In August, Israel Adesanya suggested that Paulo Costa could be using PEDs. Costa then taunted Adesanya in a Tweet suggesting that USADA has not tested him recently. Unfortunately to you RUNNERSANYA USADA never came to test me in Brasil 🇧🇷. 🤪Fuck you re already dead men /skull 💀 KoB is coming to you https://t.co/SgIEn9qqAt —
Last Saturday’s UFC Vegas 11 card produced a number of lengthy medical suspensions for the fighters involved—including Tyron Woodley. Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champion, was stopped by Colby Covington in the fifth round of the UFC Vegas 11 main event after injuring his rib. He’ll need to be cleared by an orthopedic specialist or
THERE IS NO special treatment at City Kickboxing, not even for the six UFC fighters mixed into this gym of some 350 members training at various levels of competence and interest. Not when two UFC championship belts, belonging to Adesanya and teammate Alexander Volkanovski, lie parallel on a table in the makeshift lobby area of
Next month, Justin Gaethje will finally challenge for the UFC lightweight title when he takes on the undisputed champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254. The fight figures to be one of the biggest of the year, and as the event gets nearer, Gaethje is starting to become even more focused on the task at hand.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Gilbert Burns must really want his promised title shot. The Welterweight contender is undefeated at 170 lbs., and his six-fight win streak includes victories over Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley. His run has been impressive enough that Dana White confirmed Burns as next in line for the shot, siding with the
UFC 253 Embedded: ‘Shake and bake Ricky Bobby, shake and bake!’ [embedded content] Light heavyweight title contender Jan Blachowicz enjoys the pool and the travel, as does Sijara Eubanks, who is making a quick turnaround to fight in Abu Dhabi. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya watches his coaches train. Co-headliner Dominick Reyes plays basketball with his
Watch Dominick Reyes make quick work of the former UFC middleweight champion in Boston late last year. Reyes faces Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight title in the co-main event at UFC 253 on Saturday, September 26. Order now: https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live
Israel Adesanya disrespects Khamzat Chimaev after UFC Vegas 11 win against Gerald Meerschaert, Colby Covington sends callout to Jorge Masvidal, Dana White wants Tyron Woodley and Donald Cerrone to retire, Mackenzie Dern on Randa Markos win and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence
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First, Jim, Matt, and Laura discuss Saturday’s wild card: Khamzat Chimaev’s 17-second KO of Gerald Meerschaert, Mackenzie Dern’s first round armbar submission of Randa Markos, and Colby Covington’s dominant performance in the main event against Tyron Woodley. Plus, a quick preview of the Adesanya-Costa title fight this weekend. Then, Mackenzie Dern calls in to share
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC on ESPN+ 36 Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Tony Ferguson moves up two positions to #12, dropping Robert Whittaker (#13) and Deiveson Figueiredo (#14) down one position. Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern moves to #14 after her
Image: @UFC on Instagram Justin Gaethje promises to make Khabib Nurmagomedov bleed when they fight for the lightweight title at UFC 254. Gaethje is known as one of the most violent fighters on the UFC roster. In most of his fights, he and his opponent are bleeding. Yet, if you look at Nurmagomedov’s fights, he