Aleksandar Rakic talks to the media pre-fight at UFC 259 before his light heavyweight bout with Thiago Santos on Saturday in Las Vegas. #UFC259 #UFC #AleksandarRakic 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
Month: March 2021
12:46 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya will be significantly lighter than Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259. Though, not as much as he indicated earlier this week. Adesanya weighed 200.5 pounds Friday morning at the official UFC 259 weigh-ins at the UFC Apex. He didn’t strip down, as athletes usually do. He just wore
Watch Claressa Shields vs. Marie-Eve Dicaire full fight video highlights for the Shields vs. Dicaire card Friday night, courtesy of FITE TV and ESPN Ringside. Claressa Shields (11-0) and Marie-Eve Dicaire (17-1) competed for Shields’ WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles, Dicaire’s IBF junior middleweight title, and the vacant WBA junior middleweight title at Dort
Not many people have that kind of perspective, especially when they make their living in the public eye. Already, the lights shine brighter on wins and losses, and to take those setbacks and look at them in the bigger picture is admirable. I wonder if Benavidez would have felt the same way after losing a
Joseph Benavidez has hinted that he will be attempting to make another run at UFC gold. Joseph Benavidez has had four opportunities to become a UFC champion, and he has come up short each time. Notwithstanding his failures, Joseph Benavidez has also carried with him plenty of fortunes throughout his illustrious career. As someone who
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Few are envious of Megan Anderson less than 24 hours removed from her UFC 259 title shot vs. Amanda Nunes. It’s a great opportunity to be sure, but Nunes is a remarkable 10-1 favorite over the Australian, and “Lioness” doesn’t usually win via anything less than a punishing smackdown. Speaking with
UFC 259 Preview Show: Championship tripleheader [embedded content] Don’t miss Jim “Gries” Grieshaber and Jeff Cain breaking down UFC 259 and it’s tripleheader of championship bouts ahead of Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It’s MMAWeekly’s UFC 259 Preview Show! Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the
By Michael Rosenthal | March 6, 2021 1:00 am (This story first appeared at BoxingJunkie.com.) Claressa Shields might want to compete exclusively in mixed martial arts if she cares about challenges. No one in boxing can touch her. Shields made previously unbeaten Marie-Eve Dicaire look as if she had no business in the ring with
7:06 AM ET In the 27-year history of the UFC, only seven fighters have won championships in multiple weight classes — and only four of those have held both titles simultaneously. Such is the rare air UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (20-0) is hoping to reach Saturday, when he challenges Jan Blachowicz (27-8) for the
At the UFC 259 weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have the live video. In the main event, Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya must not weigh more than 205 pounds, the maximum for light heavyweights in title fights.
“I’ve got to take what this guy has and, unfortunately, it’s just how the game goes,” Sterling said. “Being a title challenger, you just gotta go out there and be a dog. That’s really the only way I can explain it. I just gotta go out there and be a dog and grind out every
After a violent display of striking against Maycee Barber, Alexa Grasso is as motivated as ever to climb up the flyweight ladder. Once hailed the “Ronda Rousey of Mexico” by UFC president Dana White, Grasso went through some growing pains inside the organization. Although, what flyweight wouldn’t if they have fought in the promotion since
ONE Championship was back in action on Friday with “Fists of Fury 2” from Singapore. Along with some elbows of fury, too. Undefeated South Korean heavyweight “Mighty Warrior” Kang Ji Won upset Greco-Roman Wrestling World Champion Amir Aliakbari in the main event, ending their titanic tilt by way of first-round (and one-punch) knockout. Then there
Kang Ji Won knocks out Amir Aliakbari at ONE: Fists of Fury II Expectations were high ahead of Amir Aliakbari’s ONE Championship debut. But Kang Ji Won had other ideas and it took the Korean in less than two minutes to become only the second fighter to ever beat the Iranian. Aliakbari had made a
By Mike Bohn and Ken Hathaway | March 5, 2021 2:54 pm LAS VEGAS – UFC champions Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya came face to face for the final time ahead of UFC 259 on Saturday, and both men seemed incredibly focused. After making weight on Friday morning, Blachowicz (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Adesanya
Presented by Hyperice, Megan Anderson’s coach keeps the focus on fun in the gym; champ Amanda Nunes preps for a family trip. Champs Jan Blachowicz and Petr Yan stay sharp. Kai Kara-France helps Israel Adesanya on his quest to win two belts. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC
UFC Jon Jones responds to Daniel Cormier, Conor McGregor says he wants to check Dustin Poirier’s leg kicks after UFC 259 loss, the Diamond responds, Anthony Rumble Johnson in incredible shape ahead of Bellator return and his debut bout against Yoel Romero, Valerie Loureda preparing for her next bout and much more! Informations about our
Islam Makhachev talks to the media pre-fight at UFC 259 before his lightweight bout with Drew Dober on Saturday in Las Vegas. #UFC259 #UFC #IslamMakhachev 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 and
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