10:07 PM ET Kevin Lee is officially moving to welterweight, and he’ll face one of the division’s fastest-rising contenders in his debut. Lee has agreed to face Sean Brady at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed but both sides have agreed to the matchup.
Month: May 2021
Niko Samsonidse fell short of taking home a championship on Sunday, but the result of his fight is the least of his concerns. In a bout for a vacant featherweight interim title at National Fighting Championship 3 in Krefeld, Germany, Samsonidse (9-2) suffered a gruesome injury early in the second round while landing a leg
News UFC Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports The women’s featherweight bout between Felicia Spencer and Norma Dumont Viana at UFC Vegas 27, on the surface, seemed like the last gasps of a division in its final days. Neither have a ranking–despite Spencer recently competing for the division title last June–and there are no other planned
UFC is set to deliver another entertaining card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, headlined by a bantamweight bout all but guaranteed to deliver action as No. 3 ranked contender Rob Font takes on former champion and No. 4 Cody Garbrandt. Also on the card, top five women’s strawweights collide with title aspirations on the line as No.
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt took a moment to send out a moment of gratitude to his fans following his loss to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 27. Cody Garbrandt entered UFC Vegas 27 as a man who envisioned fighting for not one but two world championships on the heels of defeating Rob Font.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight contender Jack Hermansson has been trying to finagle a fight with fellow 185-pound bruiser Paulo Costa for nearly two years, but “The Eraser” was sidelined with an injured arm. Then sidelined by Israel Adesanya’s fist. With the Brazilian already booked to throw hands with Jared Cannonier later this year, it’s
Diego Sanchez split with his coach and manager Joshua Fabia last week and now Fabia has spoken out about the UFC Hall of Famer. Sanchez worked with Fabia for two years but the relationship began to unravel after Sanchez was pulled from UFC Vegas 26 bout against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and abruptly released by the
By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | May 24, 2021 4:30 pm Follow @SJSamano Tyron Woodley in a music video? That’s nothing new. But this is the former UFC welterweight champion like you’ve never seen him before. On Monday, St. Louis-based pop/R&B singer Mai Lee dropped a video for her song “Redd (Swim),” which features
Hear from the new UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, after his second-round knockout of Michael Chandler at UFC 262 in Houston. Oliveira now holds the UFC record for most finishes in the promotion’s history with 17. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
9:22 PM ET Paul Felder, a fan favorite and staple of the UFC’s lightweight rankings for years, announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Saturday. Felder (17-6), of Philadelphia, broke the news during Saturday’s broadcast of UFC Fight Night, on which he was serving as a commentator. The announcement was a little surprising, as
ONE Championship has to postpone the start of its upcoming eight-woman atomweight grand prix. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on May 28 at the ONE: Empower event at Singapore Indoor Stadium. However, the promotion announced Friday that the event “has been postponed due to the current COVID-19 situation.” A new date for the
Featured News UFC Credit: Chris Unger/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 main card featured a heavyweight clash between two men weighing in at a combined 529 pounds. While both Justin Tafa and Jared Vaderaa compete with a great deal of girth, they have shown the ability to move around and get
“It was rough, probably one of the hardest things I’ve done in a while, but it was one of those things where I tried to make the best of it,” he said. “It was definitely hard watching everybody fight, knowing I could beat these guys, and seeing the division move on and I’m sitting here
Dana White was impressed by Carla Esparza’s demolition of Yan Xiaonan but remains undecided on granting her a title shot next. Esparza made a compelling case for facing champ Rose Namajunas after making light work of #3-ranked straweight Xiaonan in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27. Many predicted the fight would be a highly
Valerie Loureda may have suffered her first professional loss of her MMA career at Bellator 259, but that doesn’t mean she’s gonna stop sharing provocative pictures of herself in the aftermath. Loureda got a bit too flashy in the cage, throwing a bit too much spinning s**t and getting taken down by Hannah Guy on
Ben Rothwell felt like his back was against the wall at UFC Vegas 27 “Big” Ben Rothwell rebounded from a loss in his previous outing on Saturday defeating Chris Barnett in the second round of their heavyweight match at UFC Vegas 27. Heading into Saturday’s event, Rothwell felt like his back was against the wall.
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | May 23, 2021 8:45 pm Follow @MikeBohnMMA Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the
11:00 PM ET One of the best divisions in the UFC has a newly minted contender. Rob Font put on one of the best performances of his career, beating former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt via unanimous decision (48-47, 50-45, 50-45) in the bantamweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Font’s
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