Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC Vegas 20 mixed martial arts (MMA) event inside APEX facility this Sat. night (Feb. 27, 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a hard-hitting heavyweight showdown between No. 4-ranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik and No. 7-ranked Ciryl Gane. Before the action gets underway this
Month: February 2021
UFC Vegas 20 weigh-in video: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane Watch the UFC Vegas 20 weigh-in video, live on MMAWeekly.com on Friday, Feb. 26, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT. Heavyweight contenders Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane square off, looking to take the next step toward title contention. [embedded content] Rozenstruik currently sits
By Simon Head | February 26, 2021 12:45 pm Saturday night’s event at the UFC Apex may not feature a big-time title fight or a bunch of the UFC’s most recognizable stars, but UFC Fight Night 186 is packed with rising prospects and fringe contenders looking to make a breakthrough as they make their first
Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling scratched and clawed his way up the bantamweight rankings to earn his shot at the title against Petr Yan at UFC 259. Watch a collection of Sterling’s top finishes in his UFC career. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
9:46 PM ET Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren
A bantamweight showdown between John Lineker and Stephen Loman is set for ONE Championship’s upcoming event in Singapore on April 28, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The card will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and air on TNT in the United States. Lineker (33-9) has fought twice under
“I haven’t had the ‘no crowd’ experience or been in the UFC APEX, but I’m definitely excited. I have been out for a while and I’m kind of feeling like it’s a whole new me in general,” said Davis. “I love that she’s young and she’s hungry. She has that personality that she kind of
Colby Covington is joining Gilbert Burns in calling out Jorge Masvidal for citing his six days’ notice as a key reason behind his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Following his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251, Jorge Masvidal made it clear at the post-fight press conference that he was not going to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Though he was incredibly dominant and set several records in the last time years, it is tough to argue that interest was beginning to wane in Jon Jones’ Light Heavyweight title reign. Of course, we cannot blame Jones for beating all the best contenders and moving on to Middleweights, but the
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons This past Saturday was a big night for heavyweights in the
By Farah Hannoun and MMA Junkie Radio | February 25, 2021 11:15 pm ONE Championship atomweight champ Angela Lee still has her sights set on becoming a double titleholder. Lee (10-2), who’s expecting her first child soon with husband Bruno Pucci, is currently taking some time off from competition. The 24-year-old notched three successful title
8:44 AM ET The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is scheduled for June 12, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location for the event, which is expected to be UFC 263, isn’t set yet. In December, Figueiredo (20-1-1) and Moreno (18-5-2) fought to an exhilarating draw that was considered one
A bantamweight bout between Felipe Colares and Journey Newson has been added to the UFC’s May 1 card. MMA Fighting confirmed the matchup with sources with knowledge of the booking following an initial report from Todo Sobre MMA. Colares (9-2) looks to bring his UFC record up to the .500 mark after alternating wins and
On the merits of a stellar first-round ninja choke of Mayana Souza during the Brazilian edition of Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2018, Silva found herself fighting and winning in the UFC just a month later. After dispatching the dangerous Gillian Roberston with a first-round armbar at UFC Sao Paulo, the stage was set
Pedro Munhoz has squashed his beef with current bantamweight champion Petr Yan. Over the past few years, the two men have trash-talked one another in interviews and on social media. But in the lead-up to Yan’s first title defense against Aljamain Sterling, the Russian has been training at American Top Team, the gym where Munhoz
The COVID-19 pandemic has really taken a toll on the entire planet. As far as the sports world is concerned, it put a halt to all activity for a few months for precautionary reasons. After all, no one was (or still is) equipped to battle this invisible enemy. A few months into the pandemic, Ultimate
Watch Jan Blachowicz stop Dominick Reyes to win UFC light heavyweight title [embedded content] UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz faces middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6. Before that happens, watch Blachowicz claim the light heavyweight belt at UFC 253 last year against Dominick Reyes. (Video
By Simon Samano | February 25, 2021 12:30 pm If there’s one thing UFC middleweight Kevin Holland showed in 2020, it’s that he’s willing to fight anyone, anytime. According to Holland, the same can’t be said for Khamzat Chimaev. Holland was named the 2020 “Fighter of the Year” by MMA Junkie after he won five
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 25
- Next Page »