Derrick Lewis speaks to the media post-fight after his second-round uppercut knockout win over Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 185 in Las Vegas. #UFCVegas19 #UFC #DerrickLewis For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
Month: February 2021
5:18 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via second-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his
Coming off a one-sided decision victory over former UFC champion Tony Ferguson in December, Charles Oliveira attempted to dominate a wild animal over the weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This time, however, he only lasted a few seconds on top. Oliveira, who currently has an eight-fight winning streak in the UFC, released videos and photos
NIKITA KRYLOV VS. MAGOMED ANKALAEV Looking for an early victory that will propel them up the rankings, light heavyweights Nikita Krylov and Magomed Ankalaev meet in Saturday night’s co-main event. Still only 28 years old, Krylov got back into the win column in his lone appearance of 2020, registering a unanimous decision victory over Johnny
Gilbert Burns does not believe Jorge Masvidal should be in the title picture and that the six days’ notice he had prior to UFC 251 is irrelevant. Reports of a potential rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have remained strong after Usman’s post-fight callout of Masvidal at UFC 258. Usman’s opponent at the event,
Conor McGregor’s return to mixed martial arts (MMA) didn’t quite go as planned for him after he was knocked out by Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257 earlier this year on “Fight Island,” giving him his second defeat in last three fights (see it again here). Despite the setback, “Notorious” isn’t giving
Watch Amanda Nunes demolish Ronda Rousey ahead of UFC 259 [embedded content] UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes defended her belt and took down one of the biggest names in UFC history when she finished Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 back in 2016. Now a two-division champion, Nunes will put her featherweight title on the line
By Simon Head | February 22, 2021 9:20 pm Every time fighters step into the cage or ring, they’re looking to claim a win, make a statement and progress their careers toward a specific goal. Some are looking to climb the ladder. Others may have a score to settle. And the sport’s top athletes have
A stacked UFC 259 featuring three title fights is right around the corner on Saturday, March 6. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will move up a weight class to take on light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in the main event. Watch Adesanya’s last title defense against Paulo Costa at UFC 253 last year on Fight Island
Beneil Dariush speaks to the media post-fight after his unanimous decision win over Diego Ferreira at UFC Fight Night 184 in Las Vegas. #UFCVegas18 #UFCFightNight184 #BeneilDariush For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA news
8:04 AM ET Ariel Helwani: It’s time to focus the attention on Derrick Lewis One of the big storylines heading into Saturday night’s main event was what should Curtis Blaydes do if he beats Derrick Lewis? Ordinarily, a victory like that — which would have been his fifth in a row — over a quality
On the 32nd episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 19 at the APEX. Future matchups were discussed for Derrick Lewis following his incredible second-round KO win in the main event, Curtis Blaydes, Yana Kunitskaya, Darrick Minner, Chris
“Oh, one hundred percent,” Erosa said. “Even watching the last Nate fight when he fought Darren Elkins, you can just tell he’s one of those gritty guys and you know that he’s not gonna take ‘no’ for an answer. He’s going to be in your face, he’s going to be willing to die that night
Khabib Nurmagomedov believes that it is time for Frankie Edgar to call it a career. At UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov, Frankie Edgar competed in a bout that could have very well earned him a world title shot with a victory when he took on Cory Sandhagen in the co-main event. Instead, there are
UFC 259 is right around the corner on March 6th, 2021, and if the UFC was still giving their card one word power-names like they were in the first decade of the 00’s — VENDETTA, PAYBACK, FURY — this card would be STACKED. Three title fights, and the ‘weakest’ of them featuring the women’s GOAT
UFC Vegas 19 recap: Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis [embedded content] Watch the recap and highlights from the UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs. Lewis main event between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis from Saturday’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas. TRENDING > Belal Muhammad steps up to face Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night
By Farah Hannoun | February 22, 2021 8:50 am Despite his long layoff, T.J. Dillashaw isn’t looking for a tune-up fight. The former two-time UFC bantamweight champion is looking to pick up right where he left off and face the winner of the title fight between champion Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling, which takes place
11:34 PM ET Curtis Blaydes made no apologies about his strategy coming into a huge heavyweight fight with Derrick Lewis. Blaydes was going to use his dominant wrestling early and often. He told anyone who would listen. Maybe it was a decoy. But Blaydes should have stuck to his original game plan, as Lewis crushed
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