8:40 PM ET The UFC has released two of its most popular heavyweight fighters. Alistair Overeem and Junior Dos Santos were recently informed by the promotion that they were being released, sources confirmed with ESPN. Dos Santos broke the news himself on his Instagram account, while MMA Junkie first reported Overeem’s release. UFC officials subsequently
Month: March 2021
Legendary grappler Marcus Almeida will make his long-awaited MMA debut on April 14, when he battles Ji Won Kang at ONE on TNT 4 in Singapore, the company announced. Combate first reported the matchup. The decorate jiu-jitsu player won 13 gold medals as black belt at the IBJJF World Championship between 2012 and 2019, which
That was when Matthews realized what he wanted to do for a job. “Afterwards, while eating KFC with my dad, I told him I’d like to pursue MMA as a career. He said, ‘Let’s do it,’ and the rest is history.” Just three years later, “The Celtic Kid” made his UFC debut, and since then
UFC veteran Cub Swanson will face rising star Giga Chikadze on May 1 in what should serve as an entertaining scrap for MMA fans of all levels. As reported by adjasport Monday and since confirmed by multiple outlets, Cub Swanson and Giga Chikadze will be making their 2021 debuts to kick off the month of
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Israel Adesanya is making a bold move in jumping to 205-pounds in an attempt to capture a second crown off the head of Jan Blachowicz this weekend (March 6, 2021) at UFC 259 in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, in regards to his standing as Middleweight champion, there is no risk to
When looking back over his 2020, featherweight Isaac Dulgarian ended up having the kind of year that most fighters only plan for but don’t fully realize. After missing the first half of the year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Dulgarian got right to work in the second half of 2020, recording three straight victories
By Simon Head | March 4, 2021 12:30 am Newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan will look to successfully defend his title for the first time when he returns to action at UFC 259. Yan (15-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) will put his title on the line when he takes on Aljamain Sterling (19-3 MMA,
News UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra spoke recently with MMA Junkie‘s John Morgan, and offered some sage advice for Megan Anderson ahead of her longshot fight vs. Amanda Nunes at UFC 259. Anderson faces +700 odds on Saturday. However, at UFC 69 on April 7, 2007, Franco “Francombat” Richard bet $37,000 on Matt Serra vs. Georges St-Pierre
8:00 AM ET DOROTA JURKOWSKA WAS sitting in her home in Warsaw, Poland, in the middle of the night on April 8, 2017, her face illuminated by the glow of a computer screen. She was nervous, nearly to the point of feeling ill, and wouldn’t sleep at all until the following day. She had just
For this episode, Alexander K. Lee steps in for host José Youngs to join Alex Savas and E. Casey Leydon and react to some of the biggest news in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include: Fallout from UFC Vegas 20; what to make of Ciryl Gane’s methodical decision win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik; the trio of title
After finishing Holm in the first round of their clash at UFC 239, Nunes used her wrestling to neutralize de Randamie’s striking in their meeting at UFC 245, dropping a round to the challenger, but turning in an otherwise stellar effort that left many observers underwhelmed because the champion fought tactically. This nitpicking of champions
Jan Blachowicz doesn’t think we’ll be seeing Israel Adesanya visit the UFC’s 205 area code after he is sent packing this Saturday. In the UFC 259 main event, Jan Blachowicz will be defending his light heavyweight championship against a man trying to invade the division and plunder its gold. That man is none other than
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a LIVE media day this afternoon for the upcoming UFC 259: “Blachowicz vs. Adesanya” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (March 6, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The major players attached to the main card like Jan Blachowicz, Amanda Nunes, and Petr Yan will not
Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion Patricio Pitbull Friere and his coach “Captain” Eric Albarracin joined MMAWeekly’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber for an exclusive interview recently in Scottsdale, Ariz., while training at Fight Ready MMA, home of Olympic Gold Medalist and two-division UFC Champ “Triple C” Henry Cejudo. Pitbull and Captain Eric told Gries about the Bellator
By Farah Hannoun | March 3, 2021 2:15 pm City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman thinks his star pupil is facing his sternest test to date when he attempts to become a two-division UFC champion. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will move up a weight class to challenge light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz in Saturday’s UFC 259
Presented by Hyperice, champ Jan Blachowicz celebrates his birthday and goes mountain biking. Amanda Nunes takes her daughter to work. Aljamain Sterling unwinds in his second home. Champ Israel Adesanya arrives in Las Vegas. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
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2:04 PM ET Israel Adesanya was always going to be the smaller man moving up a division to fight Jan Blachowicz. But the UFC middleweight champion might be even lighter than many expected. Adesanya told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview that published Tuesday that he is currently walking around at less than 200 pounds