5:22 PM ET After a controversial stoppage at Saturday night’s UFC event in Abu Dhabi, the referee and commentator involved in a postfight confrontation are defending themselves. After referee Herb Dean left the Octagon following a prelim bout between Francisco Trinaldo and Jai Herbert at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till, he appeared to get
In the second installment of MMA Fighting’s On to the Next One, Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday night’s UFC on ESPN 14 event in Abu Dhabi. Future fights were discussed for headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till, Mauricio Rua, Fabricio Werdum, Alexander Gustafsson, Khamzat Chimaev, and more.
It’s rare that we have athletes competing in the final bout of the evening highlighted in this space, but this is one of those occasions where choosing anyone else would have been inexcusable. Shahbazyan earned his UFC contract with a 40-second knockout win over Antonio Jones on July 17, 2018 as part of the second
Khamzat Chimaev (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) All aboard the Khamzat Chimaev hype train. Chimaev has quickly taken the MMA world by storm. “Borz” had fight fans buzzing with his second-round submission victory over John Phillips in his UFC debut. He followed that up with a first-round TKO win over Rhys McKee just 10 days later at
Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone as UFC on ESPN 14 blew the roof off Flash Forum last Sat. night (July 25, 2020) on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The “Whittaker vs. Till” event marked the final “Fight Island” card until at least September. Plenty of fighters were left licking
Fight Island 3 bonus winner Jesse Ronson: ‘It’s been to hell and back’ | UFC on ESPN 14 Post-Fight [embedded content] Hear everything Jesse Ronson had to say after defeating Nicolas Dalby and earning a bonus for his efforts following his submission win over Rhys McKee on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. It was the welterweight’s
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC middleweight contender Robert Whittaker has released a statement following his unanimous decision win over Darren Till at UFC Fight Island 3. In a highly-technical striking battle that went the full five rounds, Whittaker outstruck Till in three of the rounds according to the judges to win unanimously 48-47 on
4:08 PM ET Robert Whittaker and Darren Till have been enjoying friendly back-and-forth exchanges on social media for the better part of the year. It started with Till’s repeated question of “Rob?” on Instagram and Twitter. Then the two joked about the kind of junk food they were eating during their respective pandemic-related quarantines. In
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Just a couple weeks removed from his 29th birthday, the Missouri native continued his streak of bouncing back from each setback in the UFC with a victory by outworking the Brazilian over three rounds, giving Collier his first win in the light heavyweight division, third triumph in the big leagues, and 11th victory in 15
Shogun Rua (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa) The UFC on ESPN 14 promotional guidelines payouts are in. On July 25, UFC on ESPN 14 took place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, middleweights Robert Whittaker and Darren Till collided. After five rounds of action, Whittaker was awarded the unanimous decision victory. Whittaker walked
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) staged its final event on “Fight Island” as UFC on ESPN 14 took place last night (Sat., July 25, 2020) inside Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In the main event, Robert Whittaker defeated Darren Till via unanimous decision in a pivotal Middleweight bout (highlights). In
Fight Island 3 bonus winner Khamzat Chimaev: ‘I smash people and get money’ | UFC on ESPN 14 Post-Fight [embedded content] Welterwegiht Khamzat Chimaev spoke to the media about his bonus-winning, first-round knockout win over Rhys McKee following the fight on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. It was Chimaev’s second win in ten days setting a
Saturday’s headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till participated in a unique faceoff on the beach for media on Thursday. Hear from both fighters for their thoughts just a couple days out from their fight. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
Image: Fight Sports UFC Fight Island 3, which went down Saturday night on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, was packed to the edges with finishes. In fact, the card was so rife with finishes that the promotion opted to give out six performance of the night bonus checks instead of the traditional two performance of
12:54 AM ET The UFC’s stay on Fight Island is over, at least for now, but Saturday’s main event between Robert Whittaker and Darren Till was a fitting ending to a memorable and entertaining stretch of fights. Action throughout the 15-fight finale card will have far-reaching consequences across several divisions, most notably in Whittaker’s victory
Darren Till left it all in the cage on Saturday night, and an early injury may keep him out of it for the foreseeable future. The middleweight contender went five rounds with former champion Robert Whittaker in the UFC on ESPN 14 main event, falling short on the cards with 48-47 scores across the board
The show that discovered the likes of “Sugar” Sean O’Malley, Edmen “The Golden Boy” Shahbazyan and Maycee “The Future” Barber welcomes a bevy of prospects vying for their shot at becoming a contender in the Octagon. On August 4, the season premiere is headlined by a pair of lightweights in Kevin Syler and Kenneth Cross