Chris Leben couldn’t have written a better ending to his career. The 40-year-old veteran, who spent years competing in the UFC after he was part of the original cast of The Ultimate Fighter, officially retired on Friday night after earning a devastating first-round knockout over Quentin Henry at BKFC KnuckleMania. Leben had already been out
Month: February 2021
Key Stats: 7:40:51 total fight time (1st all-time), 70 takedowns landed (4th all-time), 2,339 strikes landed (3rd all-time) What It Means: At 39 years old, Edgar showed he has plenty left in the tank in a hard-fought bantamweight debut against Pedro Munhoz. Perhaps the most encouraging thing was that fight looked like a classic fight
Alexander Volkov is not content with his TKO victory over Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 18 and has big plans for the future. In the main event of UFC Vegas 18, Alexander Volkov picked up his second consecutive victory when he TKOed Alistair Overeem in the second round. This would make for one of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action last night (Sat., Feb. 6, 2021) to stage UFC Vegas 18 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Alexander Volkov knockout Alistair Overeen in the headlining act (highlights). In the co-main event of the evening, Cory Sandhagen knocked out former Lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar, in the
While the first half of 2020 was a wash for light-heavyweight Fabio Cherant, he was able to rebound and have a productive second half of the year, picking up back-to-back wins. For Cherant, who was coming off a loss in only bout of 2019, to salvage 2020 with two straight wins made the struggles he
By Blue Corner | February 7, 2021 6:30 pm Social media has become a significant part of the sporting landscape. But few, if any, professional sports match the level of interaction and personal access provided by MMA. In an individual competition in which nearly every athlete is chasing the same goal of financial success and
11:22 PM ET Alexander Volkov has been on the cusp of ascending into the heavyweight elite for several years. He has been missing only that one big, signature finish. He got it Saturday night. Volkov took out legend Alistair Overeem via TKO at 2 minutes, 6 seconds of the second round in the main event
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His Performance of the Night-winning showing under slightly brighter lights with Pettis propelled Ferreira into the top ten early last year, where he’s remained after an uncharacteristically inactive 2020. “The pandemic was kind of really difficult for me. But this fight, I think I’m feeling hungrier than ever,” Ferreira said. “I took a year off
Alistair Overeem has issued a statement following his TKO loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 on Saturday night. Alistair Overeem made his plans for the future crystal clear: keep fighting until winning the UFC heavyweight championship and then retire from the sport. At UFC Vegas 18 last night, he suffered another setback when
Alistair Overeem’s final push for a UFC heavyweight title seemingly ended on Saturday night when Alexander Volkov dismantled the Dutch kickboxer and left him a bloody pile on the canvas (watch the highlights here). For two rounds, Volkov deflected Overeem’s overhand punches and shrugged off his plum, cutting through Alistair’s defense with growing ease and
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11:46 PM ET Alexander Volkov has had some impressive performances throughout his MMA career. His knockouts of Stefan Struve and Fabricio Werdum come to mind. His most recent win over Walt Harris, as well. Of course, his Bellator run was pretty great, too. But he’s never looked this good. He’s never looked so dominant. His
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