UFC on ESPN 13 preliminary card fighter Diana Belbita grimaced in pain after getting armbarred by Liana Jojua, and now she may be out of action for six months. According to medical suspensions issued by the UFC, which regulated Wednesday’s event in Abu Dhabi, Belbita needs an MRI of her right elbow to avoid an
As a teenager throughout most of the nineties, I was enamored with professional wrestling. Of course a younger version of myself believed everything I saw and even after the appalling realization of it being faked, I was still drawn into the athleticism and story lines. On top of the hitting, throwing, and wrestling, ‘submission’ holds
UFC Ultimate Sound is the first-ever music streaming app that allows UFC fighters the opportunity to directly connect with fans around the world through music and content. “It’s all about bridging a gap between fans and their favorite sport. With UFC Ultimate Sound, we can finally connect fans and fighters on a new level. Music
Paige VanZant (Photo: Mike Roach/Zuffa) Paige VanZant has responded to UFC president Dana White’s remark on her plan to test free agency. VanZant competed in the last bout of her UFC deal on July 11. She took on Amanda Ribas in the main card opener of UFC 251. Going into the bout, many believed this
Fight Island’s eternally-shifting line up welcomes another four newcomers this Saturday (July 18, 2020) before Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez duke it out. On this edition of “New Blood,” the series were I finally realized I shouldn’t delete the notes I wrote when somebody’s fight gets canceled in case they debut later, we look at
Dana White: ‘Trying to make Woodley vs. Covington; Covington is definitely in.’ <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> UFC president Dana White confirmed on Friday that they are working on a fight between Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley for the fall. He also confirmed that Covington is all in for
UFC welterweight prospect Khamzat Chimaev says he wants to fight Nate Diaz, Mike Perry, or Robbie Lawler next as he works his way up the 170lbs ladder. Chimaev had a UFC debut for the ages when he absolutely smoked John Phillips at Wednesday’s UFC on ESPN 13 card in Abu Dhabi. Chimaev took Phillips down
11:06 AM ET Joseph Benavidez is one of the best fighters in UFC history to have never won a championship. Benavidez, who fights Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant men’s flyweight title at UFC Fight Night on Saturday on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is 15-4 inside the Octagon. Three of those losses
At the UFC Fight Island 2 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters taking part in UFC Fight Island 2 on Saturday night will step on the scale Friday morning. In the main event, Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez will have to hit the flyweight title limit of 125 pounds. The UFC Fight Island 2 official weigh-in video
Welterweight strikers Mounir Lazzez and Abdul Razak Alhassan didn’t hold back in unleashing their full array of attacks, but the durable 170-pounders went all three rounds, with the debuting Lazzez earning a unanimous decision over Alhassan, who was making his first start since 2018. Scores were 30-27 twice and 29-28 for Lazzez, now 10-1. Alhassan,
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Bellator MMA probably had it the worst at the start of the pandemic. The week the pandemic was declared, they had just announced their spring and summer events days before the declaration was made by the World Health Organization. Then, on Friday the thirteenth in March, they had to pull
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tyron Woodley vs. Colby Covington is perhaps the longest running will-they-won’t-they story since The Office ended in 2013. Repeatedly, the two trade insults online, yet scheduling conflicts or injuries or money always keep the two from finally confronting each other head-on in the cage. This time around, Covington accused Woodley of
Though opponent changes made her January LFA 81 bout a bit more difficult than it was originally thought to have been, strawweight Vanessa Demopoulos was able to put on a solid performance in her unanimous decision win over Loveth Young. One thing that helped Demopoulos was the fact that she had been training in the
Image: @ufc on Instagram When Jack Hermansson lost his fight against Chris Weidman due to COVID-19, he was distraught. Yet, that ended quickly when the UFC offered him a scrap against Kelvin Gastelum. Even before the Weidman fight was booked, Hermansson and Gastelum were calling each other out on Twitter. After that, they went to
Max Holloway takes a post-quarantine hike to the seaside Octagon; opponent Alex Volkanovski travels there via golf cart. Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade preview their upcoming rematch. Amanda Ribas, Jose Aldo and Petr Yan also talk to media. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the
2:56 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley says he is willing to face Colby Covington next but told ESPN that the current date proposed doesn’t work for him. “My answer to whether I would fight Colby is eternally yes,” Woodley wrote via text message. “At 96 years old in a nursing home it’s
UFC strawweight Amanda Ribas spoke with reporters in Abu Dhabi during the UFC Fight Island 2 media day on Thursday. Ribas discussed how everything has sunk in following her first-round submission win over Paige VanZant at UFC 251, how she’s noticed a big change in her popularity, loving the attention she’s received, not being in
Jim and Aljo start with welterweight Leon Edwards, who reminds us that he’s still pissed about the ‘three-piece-and-soda’ incident with Jorge Masvidal, makes his case for a title fight against Kamaru Usman, and lets us know exactly how much those foot stomps Usman used at UFC 251 hurt. Then, Aljo talks with Jim about why