Month: May 2021

Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Charles Oliveira reacts following his championship victory against Michael Chandler during UFC 262 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The main event of UFC 262 featured a lightweight title fight between two men who took very different paths to this moment. For Michael
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For the first time in three years, a new UFC lightweight champion will be crowned as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Also co-headlining the card will be former interim UFC lightweight champion and No. 5 ranked contender Tony Ferguson and No. 9 ranked Beneil
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Charles Oliveira captured the vacant lightweight title by smashing Michael Chandler in the UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last night (Sat., May 15, 2021) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a spectacular second-round finish that followed a batshit opening frame. That’s pretty much every Chandler fight, which is why UFC did not hesitate to
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The UFC record holder for most submission wins, Charles Oliveira has made his opponents fearful of grappling with him since he first stepped into the Octagon in 2010. Take a glimpse through some highlights of his decade-long career with the promotion and current eight-fight win streak that propelled Oliveira to a title shot. Subscribe to
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Brett Johns has a new opponent for his Bellator debut. The former UFC bantamweight standout is now set to fight Daniel Sabatello (10-1) at Bellator 259 on May 21, with Sabatello stepping in as a short-notice replacement for originally scheduled opponent Matheus Mattos. Bellator announced the change to the preliminary card Thursday. MMA Fighting confirmed
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Fight fans almost got to see a boxing match between former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre and boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, but UFC ultimately shot the idea down (per Bloody Elbow). De La Hoya, who announced his return to boxing earlier this year, has been searching for the right opponent for his comeback fight.
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MMA Fighting has UFC 262 results for the Oliveira vs. Chandler fight card Saturday, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 262 Twitter updates. In the main event, Charles Oliveira will square off with Michael Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight title. Tony Ferguson will try to snap his two-fight skid
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