With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from September 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for September. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
Month: October 2021
The fight heated up in the second, Santos starting to throw and land, but after some heat between the two, it was back to pecking and poking at range from both. With under two minutes left, Santos landed two thudding body kicks, and that might have been enough for him to take the round. Santos
2:44 PM ET A women’s bantamweight fight between Aspen Ladd and Macy Chiasson is off this weekend’s UFC card after Ladd appeared shaky at the weigh-in. Ladd was unsteady on the scale Friday morning as Nevada State Athletic Commission chief assistant Jeff Mullen was attempting to register her weight. Every time Ladd attempted to put
Former UFC champs Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov went face-to-face over the weekend during a fun surprise in the United Kingdom. Nurmagomedov, who retired almost a year ago with as lightweight champion and a 29-0 record, was on stage at the Arnold Sports Festival UK doing a live interview, when suddenly St-Pierre came out from
Credit: ONE Championship When it comes to the results of the lightweight title fight last month at ONE: Revolution, new champion Ok Rae Yoon doesn’t subscribe to the notion that his victory over division king Christian Lee was controversial. Over five hard-fought rounds Yoon, 30, went toe-to-toe with the division’s best fighter in the headliner
Derek Brunson thinks he will be fighting Israel Adesanya for the belt early next fight. Adesanya is expected to rematch Robert Whittaker in January next year in a highly-anticipated fight. However, nothing has been made official and for Brunson, he thinks the challenger won’t make it to the fight for some reason. With that, Brunson
The UFC Vegas 38 weigh-ins ended on a pretty bad note Friday afternoon when women’s bantamweight fighter Aspen Ladd spent several minutes shaking and trembling on the scale as the Nevada commission employee struggled to get an accurate weight reading for her. Ladd had weighed in fully clothed at 141 pounds, and then had the
Thiago Santos: ‘I want a Top 5 opponent who can bring me to the title shot’ | UFC Vegas 38 Video Thiago Santos entered the octagon at UFC Vegas 38 on Saturday against No. 10 ranked Johnny Walker ranked No. 5 in the light heavyweight division. “Marreta” defeated Walker by unanimous decision and wants his
Johnny Walker thinks he may have suffered a serious foot injury in his UFC Fight Night 193 main event loss. Walker (18-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) fell short in his first octagon headliner Saturday with a unanimous decision defeat to Thiago Santos (22-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) in the light heavyweight matchup at the UFC Apex in
UFC returns to UFC APEX with a thrilling light heavyweight contenders’ bout that will see No. 5 ranked Thiago Santos battle No. 10 Johnny Walker. Also, No. 14 ranked middleweight Kevin Holland takes on Kyle Daukaus in the co-main event. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: SANTOS vs. WALKER will take place Saturday, October 2 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All
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9:58 PM ET A bout that was promoted as being a sure bet to produce fireworks ended up being a dud. Thiago Santos edged Johnny Walker via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fight featured two of the most explosive knockout artists
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Jul 6, 2019; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Thiago Santos (blue gloves) after his loss to Jon Jones (not pictured) at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Despite have reputations as heavy-hitting finishers, the UFC Vegas 38 headliner between Brazilians Johnny Walker and Thiago Santos ended up a five-round battle of tactics and
The UFC Vegas 38 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker. This fight saw lackluster performances by both men. Santos was the more patent fighter and when he did land, he connected. Walker
The action delivered in waves last night (Sat., Oct. 2, 2021) at UFC Vegas 38 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Thiago Santos outpointed Johnny Walker to claim a main event victory. In addition to the light heavyweight headliner, UFC Vegas 38 pumped out a laundry list of finishes
Miesha Tate calls Aspen Ladd a ‘cheater’ over UFC Vegas 38 weigh-in oddities Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate didn’t hold back when responding to Aspen Ladd‘s statement following her UFC Vegas 38 failed weight cut. Ladd, the No. 3 ranked UFC women’s bantamweight, failed to make weight for her scheduled UFC Vegas 38