8:34 AM ET Jose Aldo‘s first fight in Las Vegas was more than 12 years ago: a WEC featherweight title bout against Mike Brown on Nov. 18, 2009. The WEC held a series of open workouts that week inside Palms Casino Resort, and the 23-year-old Aldo shed tears as he addressed the media. For an
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Pedro Munhoz knows a thing or two about Jose Aldo and Rob Font. The experienced bantamweight has shared the octagon against both UFC Vegas 44 headliners in the past, and discussed the Dec. 4 clash on this week’s episode of MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast Trocação Franca. Munhoz, who submitted Font in 2017 and lost a
Jul 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; UFC president Dana White reacts during weigh ins for UFC 264 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports UFC President Dana White has officially tabbed Justin Gaethje as the next man in line for a UFC lightweight title shot and suggests Conor McGregor could return
UFC commentator John Gooden fills in as guest co-host for today’s preview of UFC Fight Night: Font vs Aldo! First, Jim and John discuss the longevity of Jose Aldo career and how recent advances in technology have allowed fighters to remain competitive later into their careers. Then, Rob Font calls in to share why he
Henry Cejudo and the Fight Ready gym are all in on their Jon Jones alliance. After getting the boot from JacksonWink MMA by coach Mike Winkeljohn, Jon Jones was in need of a new home. He found that home in a JacksonWink affiliate gym, but since making that announcement, all we’ve seen on social media
Middleweight contenders Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland are expected to headline an upcoming UFC Fight Night event on Feb 5., per a recent report by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. According to the report, both fighters should be signing their respective contracts shortly. The UFC event on Feb. 5 currently does not have a location or venue,
Stamp Fairtex is the ONE Championship Atomweight Grand Prix winner and will face Angela Lee in 2022. The Thai fighter submitted Ritu Phogat in the tournament final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night (local time). The fight pitted the wrestling of Phogat against Stamp’s Muay Thai, but the Thai fighter’s it was the
By MMA Junkie Staff | December 3, 2021 11:45 am ET LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on ESPN 31 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s
Check out Edson Barboza’s highlight reel of knockout finishes before he steps into the Octagon again to face Justin Gaethje at Fight Night Philadelphia. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. To start your 7-day free trial, visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages
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6:26 PM ET Felicia Spencer, a former UFC title challenger who has competed against some of the top female fighters of all time, is retiring from mixed martial arts, she confirmed Thursday with ESPN. “I’ve made the decision to be done with my fighting career, if you want to call it a career,” Spencer told
At the UFC Vegas 44 weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday night’s fight card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday afternoon, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video and highlights when available. In the main event, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and Rob Font
Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports Jan Blachowicz vs Aleksandar Rakic is expected to headline a UFC Vegas card in March. The bout — first reported by ESPN on Wednesday afternoon — will pit the former champion, and top-ranked Blachowicz (28-9) against the third-ranked Rakic (14-2). The booking seemed a strong possibility after Blachowicz appeared as
That was the case for Matthews after being defeated by Sean Brady in his last trip to the Octagon. “I gave him the opportunity to dictate what he wanted to do and that was my downfall,” Matthews said. “The biggest takeaway from that fight was to not get caught up in what my opponent is
Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions tonight on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta at Bellator
Bellator 272 goes down tonight (Fri., Dec. 3, 2021) inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., airing exclusively on SHOWTIME (watch it here). Headlining the event is a Bantamweight title fight between division king Sergio Pettis taking on RIZIN 135-pound king, Kyoji Horiguchi. In the co-main event, Emmanuel Sanchez will battle Jeremy Kennedy in Featherweight