By Nolan King, The Blue Corner | March 12, 2021 11:19 pm AJ Nichols turned back the clock Friday at LFA 101. OK, so it wasn’t full blown Gary Goodridge-crucifix-knockout-against-Paul-Herrera-at-UFC-8 level. But when Nichols (7-2-1) grabbed opponent Miguel Jacob from a reverse crucifix position and landed ground-and-pound, a little bit of nostalgia came with it.
Month: March 2021
There is something terribly wrong with the UFC 259 post-fight picture according to UFC legend and ONE Championship Vice President Miesha Tate. The #1 trending topic after UFC 259 has been the controversial disqualification in the bantamweight championship bout between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling. Never before in the history of the company has a
6:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has won eight consecutive fights since 2016. The last time he lost was on Dec. 19, 2015, and that was to current champion Kamaru Usman, who happens to be the only welterweight with a longer active UFC win streak — 13 straight — than Edwards.
Dan Ige has faced many challenges throughout his nearly decade long MMA career, but as he gets ready to compete this Saturday, there’s another challenge looming; fatherhood. Ige will face Gavin Tucker in a featherweight main card matchup this Saturday at UFC Vegas 21. The event takes place at the UFC APEX and will be
“I’m willing to fight anybody. I’m not here to just hold my number and not compete,” Edwards explained. “I’ve been pushing over the last year to fight any of these top guys, I’ve proven it by offering to fight Khamzat. “He wasn’t even ranked at the time and everyone was ducking him so I said
Polish power isn’t just for striking anymore. That’s according to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was backstage at UFC 259 as part of the coaching team for 155-pound standout Islam Makhachev. “The Eagle” just so happened to be lurking by the curtain when Jan Blachowicz defeated Israel Adesanya to retain his 205-pound title. “It
UFC Vegas 21 face-offs video: Intense staredowns With the weigh-ins in the books, the fighters squared off for the UFC Vegas 21 face-offs video on Friday at The Apex in Las Vegas. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) The UFC Vegas 21 fight card is topped by Leon Edwards squaring off with Belal Muhammad in
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 12, 2021 3:40 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Manel Kape spoke to the media on Thursday ahead of his bout at UFC Fight Night 187. Kape (15-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) discussed his flyweight fight with Matheus Nicolau (15-2-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), what he can do differently from his UFC debut loss
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After a series of misfortunate events, UFC contender Leon Edwards is eager to get back into the octagon following a whopping six-hundred-day layoff. Amidst the pandemic, Leon Edwards was dramatically affected by the virus after it ravaged most of England. Specifically, Edwards suffered lasting effects of Covid-19 for a prolonged period of time but also
7:42 PM ET The launch of ONE Championship’s women’s atomweight tournament will be on an all-women’s fight card. The four quarterfinal matchups of ONE’s women’s atomweight grand prix will take place May 28 in Singapore, officials told ESPN on Thursday. The event itself will be named ONE: Empower. In the main event, ONE women’s strawweight
Left out of Aljamain Sterling’s corner at UFC 259, former welterweight champion Matt Serra has decided to remove himself from the equation altogether. Serra on Tuesday said he’ll no longer be working with Sterling as an official corner person, though he’ll support the new champion on his journey forward. “My thing is, going forward, I
“It’s great to get back in. This is probably one of my quickest turnarounds, and it’s not exactly a quick turnaround in the grand scale of it all, but it’s really good to get back in,” Grant said. “After the knockout, I was absolutely buzzing. Even my jaw didn’t keep me out for that long;
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC did not hold back with UFC 259, as three separate title fights and four UFC champions topped a talent-rich event. From top-to-bottom of the 15-fight card, there were recognizable names and entertaining performances, and it would appear that the gamble of putting all these titles on the line at once
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 Like two weeks ago, this week there was once again a
By Danny Segura | March 11, 2021 11:05 pm Like most fighters who make it to the UFC, Marcelo Rojo is proud to be in the world’s most recognizable MMA organization, but his origins make his addition to the roster a bit sweeter. After a decade competing professionally, Rojo (16-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his
Belal Muhammad is extremely confident ahead of his first UFC main event. At UFC Vegas 21, Muhammad is stepping up on short notice to battle Edwards in a very intriguing welterweight fight. Entering the fight, Edwards is a sizeable favorite but Muhammad is confident he will not only beat the Englishman but will finish him
11:19 AM ET Brett Okamoto UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad‘s first appearance in a main event will have to come without his longtime coach and mentor Louis Taylor, due to Taylor’s positive COVID-19 test. Muhammad (18-3) is scheduled to face Leon Edwards (18-3) in a five-round headliner at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
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