Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar is not ready to retire from combat sports despite a dreadful 1-4 run dating back to summer 2019, which includes consecutive knockout losses in his last two fights. Perhaps “The Answer” to his recent struggles is back surgery. Edgar underwent a microdiscectomy earlier this month to remove a portion
Month: December 2021
Frankie Edgar gives health update following back and hip surgery Former UFC champion Frankie Edgar is on the mend. According to MMA Junkie, Edgar underwent a microdiscectomy which “was intended to remove part or all of a bulging or herniated disc in the lower spine.” He gave fans an update on that procedure on his “Champ
By Farah Hannoun | December 27, 2021 9:45 pm ET Kamaru Usman has proven knockout power, but Teddy Atlas doesn’t think he’d fair well in a boxing ring. UFC welterweight champion Usman has been unstoppable in the octagon and his striking has improved leaps and bounds his past few fights. Usman scored knockouts in three
It’s the 20-year anniversary of one of the wildest fights of the Pride FC era. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was already well on his way to becoming a living legend when he locked horns with American behemoth Bob Sapp in late 2002. The Brazilian submission savant had captured the inaugural Pride FC heavyweight title the year
Credit: ONE Championship In January, ONE Championship will crown an interim heavyweight king following a contract dispute with current champion Arjan Bhullar. On Monday, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced the news of a planned Jan. 28 matchup between unbeaten heavyweight standouts Anatoly Malykhin (10-0) and Kirill Grishenko (5-0). The news came as a surprise since
Guida describes his ground game as “caveman jiu jitsu,” nothing past “taking guys down and having fun.” Yet some of his biggest moments have come by way of submission. The stakes may not be as high as a UFC debut or the first fight card with your parents back in the audience or even Chuck
Manager to the stars, Ali Abdelaziz, is tired of hearing people talk about fighting for the BMF title. The BMF title was a specially crafted belt designed for and awarded to the winner of the fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Ultimately, it would be Masvidal who was awarded the novelty belt, with none
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Alex Pereira is one of the most exciting Middleweight prospects in the world, and he’s not against using that to his advantage. The talented Brazilian kickboxer recently scored a fight vs. Bruno Silva on March 12, a pretty devastating puncher in his own right who went 3-0 inside the Octagon in
2021 UFC Submission of the Year Nominees | Video As we close out 2021 and look ahead to 2022, the UFC named their nominees for the promotion’s Submission of the Year category. The choices for Submission of the Year include: Vicente Luque’s D’arce choke finish of former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 in
By Mike Bohn | December 27, 2021 4:45 pm ET Frankie Edgar’s fighting career is on pause as he attempts to recover from a recent back surgery. Edgar (24-10-1 MMA, 18-10-1 UFC), a former UFC lightweight champion who now fights at bantamweight, went under the knife roughly two weeks ago for a microdiscectomy. The operation
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Toyo Tires presents the 2021 knockout of the year nominees. Make your selection by voting in the Community tab on the UFC YouTube channel or on other UFC social channels. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
UFC middleweight Sean Strickland talks to MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn and Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and discusses his Feb. 5 main event vs. Jack Hermansson, Israel Adesanya and more. Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest MMA
Dec 12, 2021 Jeff Wagenheim Julianna Peña believed. She might have been the only one. Peña entered Saturday night’s UFC 269 co-main event as a 6½-to-1 betting underdog against Amanda Nunes, and who could argue with that? She was up against the greatest fighter in the history of women’s MMA, and a two-division champion. Amanda
Francis Ngannou is amused by the speculation surrounding his previous training sessions with upcoming UFC 270 opponent Ciryl Gane. The two heavyweight champions (Ngannou the undisputed titleholder, Gane an interim champ) are set to fight Jan. 22 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., a matchup that has been brewing for the better part of the
Credit: Amanda Westcott/Triller Should a Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva matchup be the next chapter in the boxing journey of the YouTuber turned pugilist? Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman thinks so. Paul has become a combat sports sensation in record time by being the rare athlete that entered boxing with a sizable fan base
1 – Kamaru Usman When you consider that Kamaru Usman has gone from being a dominant world champion to being in the all-time great welterweight conversation in 2021, that means “The Nigerian Nightmare” had a pretty good year in the Octagon. Kamaru Usman Welcomes Back Fans With Masvidal KO First, he scored a February finish
Car-Jitsu is beginning to find its wheels in the wide-open spaces of the loopy world of combat sports. Invented in 2020 by Vik Mikheev, Car-Jitsu features jiu-jitsu contests held within mid-sized sedans. The participants compete in two three-minute rounds of grappling and alternate between driver and passenger between rounds. Points are earned by establishing an
UFC welterweight contender Belal Muhammad got a stiff finger to the eye from Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21, ending their 170-pound headliner by way of “No Contest” back in March 2021. Instead of booking an immediate rematch, the promotion sent both fighters in different directions. Edwards believes that his follow-up fight, a unanimous decision
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