7:52 AM ET Four years ago, Cody Garbrandt delivered an all-time classic, five-round performance against Dominick Cruz to capture the UFC’s bantamweight championship. Garbrandt hasn’t looked the same since. Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Garbrandt (12-3) and Rob Font (18-4) at the Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET, prelims at
Month: May 2021
UFC Vegas 27 has lost another fighter after flyweight Raulian Paiva was forced to go to the hospital after suffering through a brutal weight cut for his Saturday bout against David Dvorak. Paiva confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Friday. “I was cutting weight yesterday and I was fine, I was really fine, and
“It was very important,” Silva said of his statement TKO victory over Buys in March. “Now I have a new chapter of my life, I can restart again. Coming from no car to a bonus, a new contract and everything, I’ve been really happy.” Going 1-2 with a no contest was not the way Silva
Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is ready to get back in the cage, and is eager to recapture his former glory. Recently, Rockhold dared to be great in an attempt to move up a weight class and carve out a new title run, but it turned out his light heavyweight debut performance would come against
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 27 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a bantamweight showdown between Rob Font and Cody Garbrandt this Sat. night (May 22, 2021) on ESPN+ from inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before the televised action gets underway this
Nielsen has released a report entitled ‘How the World’s Biggest Sports Properties Engaged Fans in 2020’ and it makes interesting reading for anyone who follows the MMA industry. Among the 20 market leaders featured in the report are the UFC, ONE Championship and Bellator. Using a combination of data sources the report analyzed the fan
By Nolan King | May 21, 2021 12:00 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator women’s flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez has her first title defense scheduled. At Bellator 262 on July 16, Velasquez (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) will take on first-time challenger Denise Kielholtz in the card’s main event at Mohegan Sun Arena. The main card airs
Beneil Dariush is on a six-fight win streak heading into his UFC 262 co-main event fight with Tony Ferguson in Houston. Check out his rare spinning elbow finish and the rest of the finishes from his UFC career so far. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT
Dana White reveals Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Claudia Gadelha brawled following ‘TUF 23’
6:12 PM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is no longer on the UFC roster. The perennial UFC middleweight contender broke his arm in a submission loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 262 last Saturday in Houston. It turns out that it was the final fight on Souza’s UFC contract and he is now a free agent,
MMA Fighting has Bellator 259 results for the Cyborg vs. Smith 2 fight card Friday night from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, Cris Cyborg will attempt the second defense of her Bellator featherweight title in a rematch against Smith. The two first met five years ago in the UFC
“I think it’s a good matchup,” Spencer said. “She’s a well-rounded opponent. It’s exciting for me, because it kind of allows me to have a more well-rounded approach to the fight, so now I have more tools at my disposal, and it allows me to shine more on Saturday.” After being away from the Octagon
Despite going under the radar after the massive UFC 262 pay-per-view, UFC Vegas 27 is packed with premium talent and will kick off on May 22. The much-anticipated return of former champion Cody Garbrandt is back after a long hiatus against the fast-hitting Rob Font. Additionally, the co-main event will see rising Chinese powerhouse Xiaonan
Welcome to Midnight Mania! If you’ve ever wanted to f*ck a fighter but don’t have the maniacal power of a big-time promotion or the financial abilities to support a broke athlete (açaí bowls are expensive!), this is your chance! Fight Circus, the CamSoda sponsored martial arts promotion, is no stranger to the bizarre. This is
Invicta on AXS TV: Rodríguez vs. Torquato weigh-in results and video On Thursday, May 20, Invicta Fighting Championships hosted the weigh-ins for Invicta FC: Rodriguez vs. Torquato. The event takes place Friday, May 21, with the entire card streaming live on on YouTube beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The main card will also be broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States and
By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | May 20, 2021 10:00 pm LAS VEGAS – “The Ultimate Fighter” is finally back for its 29th season. For the first time since 2018, the reality series is set to stream new episodes with teams coached by UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and upcoming title challenger Brian Ortega.
11:01 PM ET There is a deal in place for a boxing match between boxing luminary Oscar De La Hoya and UFC legend Georges St-Pierre. But the fight cannot happen unless the UFC gives its approval, according to Ryan Kavanaugh, who is attempting to promote the bout under his Triller Fight Club banner. Kavanaugh told
Bellator featherweight title challenger Leslie Smith has applied lessons from studying labor movements in college to her approach to fighting. One of her main takeaways has been that organizing people requires more finesse than power – and conviction to see through the mission. When Smith looks at Georges St-Pierre’s inability to take a boxing match
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