“I’ve been sacrificing since I was 16 years old,” he says, recalling how different his after school life was from the other teenage boys in Trento, Italy, where he grew up. “I remember at 4pm, my friends would hang around, do whatever normal kids would do. But for me, I would come back from school,
Month: June 2021
Marvin Vettori has given his take on suffering a second loss to Israel Adesanya. Last night (June 12), Vettori challenged Adesanya for the UFC Middleweight Title. The title bout headlined UFC 263. Vettori was hoping to avenge a 2018 split decision loss to “The Last Stylebender.” Vettori was unsuccessful as he was swept by Adesanya
Leon Edwards has been dubbed ‘the unluckiest fighter in UFC history,’ and we’re starting to think there may be some truth to that. No one has been jerked around by the Coronavirus pandemic worse than him. His UK headline fight with Tyron Woodley in March 2020 was the first UFC event cancelled due to the
UFC 262 highlights & recap: Israel Adesanya maintains iron grip on middleweight title Watch the UFC 262 highlights and recap from the middleweight championship bout between champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori from Saturday’s event at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Adesanya maintained his iron-clad grip on the title. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on
There was no controversy in the second encounter between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo in their UFC 263 flyweight title rematch. After fighting to a draw in their initial meeting in December, Moreno (19-5-2 MMA, 7-2-2 UFC) cleanly submitted Figueiredo (20-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) in the third round of the rematch on Saturday’s card at
Nate Diaz meets some fans. Marvin Vettori is high energy all day; champ Israel Adesanya is equally intense. At the presser, things get heated between the headliners, and champ Deiveson Figueiredo pushes Brandon Moreno. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
Conor McGregor on Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar, on Max Holloway’s statement, Nate Diaz gets called out by Michael Chandler ahead of UFC 257 Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier main event, Max Holloway responds to Khabib Nurmagomedov and offers to face him, he also shares his thoughts on UFC Champ Alexander Volkanovski situation, Dana White
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jun 12, 2021; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Israel Adesanya reacts following his victory against Marvin Vettori during UFC 263 at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Heading into UFC 263, the heat between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori was at a new peak. Especially from
2:13 AM ET Poor Leon Edwards. You see, the record books will forever state Edwards beat Nathan Diaz on Saturday night via unanimous decision. The highlight reels will reveal he dominated Diaz for the majority of their 25-minute fight. Edwards cut up Diaz. He made him bleed. He roughed him up. That’s all very accurate,
A brutal submission and heart-warming champion upset were not surprises when the UFC 263 performances bonuses were handed out. A seven-second knockout, the fourth-fastest in company history and first among lightweights, was quite the surprise. A total of four $50,000 bonuses were awarded by the UFC following Saturday’s pay-per-view event at Gila River Area: Paul
Ah, those big things again. Until the fight with Azaitar wasn’t there anymore. “The day of weigh-ins, I got two pounds to cut, my coach Matt Arroyo walks in and he’s just like, ‘Ottman’s out.’ I couldn’t believe it and it hit me like a ton of bricks. There were all these cancellations, I was
UFC 263 featured two title fights and one five-round non-title fight on the main card. With a new “King of the Flies” and Nate Diaz getting fans charged up in his five-rounder, this event brought a lot to the table. Adesanya did what he does best in his return to middleweight to defend his belt
Israel Adesanya captured another middleweight title defense last night (Sat., June 12, 2021) at UFC 263 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, when “Last Stylebender” outlasted Marvin Vettori for a lopsided unanimous decision (highlights HERE). In addition to the middleweight rematch, a slew of main card and “Prelims” bouts
Nate and Nick Diaz smoke a blunt at UFC 263 Post-fight Press Conference | Video Nate Diaz appeared at the UFC 263 Post-Fight Press Conference on Saturday following his decision loss to Leon Edwards and shared a blunt with his brother Nick. Diaz discussed when he’d like to fight again, the loss to Edwards, his
PHOENIX – The new UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno is proud to elevate the status of MMA in Mexico. Moreno (19-5-2 MMA, 7-2-2 UFC) tapped out Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 263 on Saturday evening in a rematch of their first battle that resulted in a draw. “I can’t believe it,” Moreno told reporters, including MMA
Credit: UFC UFC 263 has finally arrived. The 14-fight card kicks off with the early preliminaries at 6 pm ET on UFC Fight Pass. Action then switches over to ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 pm ET, for the featured set of prelim bouts. That is followed by the main card pay-per-view at 10 pm ET,
8:30 AM ET For the past three years, Marvin Vettori has lived with the belief that he beat Israel Adesanya in a non-title fight back in 2018. This weekend, Adesanya intends to shatter that belief. Adesanya (20-1) will seek his third middleweight title defense at UFC 263 on Saturday, when he meets Vettori (17-3-1) for
Three years after sharing the octagon with Israel Adesanya, “The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori wants to achieve his ultimate goal and become Italy’s first UFC champion. Kings MMA leader Rafael Cordeiro, who was in Vettori’s corner that night and returns to Glendale for the rematch at Saturday night’s UFC 263, is confident that they will
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