News Five states rolled back COVID-19 restrictions this week – Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, and Texas. Since October The Lone Star State has allowed live MMA events with 50 percent capacity and other safety protocols mandated. But on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbot announced he would be opening the state “100 percent.” While some public health experts have expressed alarm, at
Month: March 2021
6:32 PM ET LAS VEGAS – The UFC has not done a show in the United States outside its home of Las Vegas in more than a year. That could be changing soon, according to UFC president Dana White. White said Thursday at the UFC 259 prefight press conference that as soon as he heard
Khamzat Chimaev has been considered one of the UFC fastest rising stars since making his debut last year but now his future remains in question as he continues to deal with difficulties after contracting COVID-19. The Chechen-born fighter was forced out of a pair of scheduled matchups against Leon Edwards after suffering from the effects
That win set her up for a title shot once Nunes dominated Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. First booked for December, the bout was pushed back to March, where it will occupy the co-main slot at UFC 259. In total, the camp lasted about seven months – a long wait extended even longer for Anderson’s
Dana White isn’t as convinced about Khamzat Chimaev’s future in the UFC as he sounded just a couple of days ago. 2020 breakout star Khamzat Chimaev shocked the world when he kicked off the month of March with a retirement out of absolutely nowhere. He went from calling out Neil Magny for a June fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev’s future remains uncertain. The Chechen rose to fame quickly inside the Octagon, taking on opponents in multiple weight classes in rapid succession to immediately build a name for himself. All that success was to lead to an absolutely huge jump in competition opposite Leon Edwards, but COVID-19 benched “Borz,”
Dana White says UFC will be first to open up to Texas crowds [embedded content] There is a lot of uproar about who is right and who is wrong when it comes to COVID-19 protocols across the United States. Count UFC president Dana White on the side of getting things opened back up. White has
By Simon Head | March 4, 2021 11:45 pm After arriving in the UFC with high hopes of success, Megan Anderson has had to wait patiently for her shot at the UFC women’s featherweight title. Former Invicta FC featherweight champion Anderson (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered a couple of setbacks along the way, but
News Welterweight Dan Hardy hasn’t competed since 2012, due to a diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a genetic condition that the Mayo Clinic defines as “the presence of an extra, abnormal electrical pathway in the heart that leads to periods of a very fast heartbeat. In most cases, the episodes of fast heartbeats aren’t life-threatening, but serious
7:21 AM ET As Petr Yan prepared for his Zoom interview, the UFC bantamweight champion kept getting up and moving around until he found the right spot. The background he finally settled on — sun-drenched palm trees and sparkling ocean water — could not have been more different from the surroundings planned for him just
Dana White’s Contender Series lightweight prospect Nikolas Motta will make his UFC debut on May 8 opposite Bosnia’s Damir Hadzovic, multiple sources with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting following a report from MMA DNA. Motta (12-3) is a former Cage Fury FC lightweight titleholder who earned his spot in the UFC with a
There no reason to doubt this when you do the math. Four active years in the UFC without a loss is exemplary for any level of fighter at any stage of their career, but it’s near mind-boggling that Song made his successful short notice debut against Bharat Khandare at the tender age of 19. How
The newly minted light heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz always knew that a fight with middleweight champ, Israel Adesanya would materialize. Inside the Las Vegas, UFC Apex the huge UFC 259 card features three championship fights. However, one in particular pits two champions from different weight classes together. In fact, the light heavyweight champion also believes
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was recently booted from a Southwest flight after violating the airline’s mask policy, still in effect as the world continues to slog its way through the coronavirus pandemic. “Fuck Southwest Air,” Garbrandt wrote on social media. “Got kicked off because my two year-old son wouldn’t put his mask over
Two pioneering heavyweights are no longer on the UFC roster. The promotion recently parted ways with former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and longtime contender Alistair Overeem. Sources confirmed the releases after the UFC removed them from its heavyweight rankings and MMA Junkie initially reported their departures. Dos Santos (21-9) had been with the
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 4, 2021 2:55 pm The UFC has three championships on the line Saturday. UFC 259 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+. In the UFC 259 main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya
Presented by Hyperice, Jan Blachowicz visits Hoover Dam. Petr Yan, Islam Makhachev and Aleksandar Rakić put in time at the UFC PI. Israel Adesanya arrives in Las Vegas. Aljamain Sterling impresses his teammates during a training session. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
News UFC 259 will be held on March 6, 2021, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. These are the odds, courtesy of the Father of MMA Odds Joey Oddessa. Follow him on Twitter. JAN BLACHOWICZ +205 ISRAEL ADESANYA -240 MEGAN ANDERSON +700 AMANDA NUNES -1400 ALJAMAIN STERLING -110 PETR YAN -110 THIAGO SANTOS +135 ALEKSANDAR
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