Month: January 2022

3:35 PM ET UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will seek his second title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on May 7, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC is working on finalizing the 155-pound title fight shortly. The pay-per-view event now includes two title fights. Brazilian light heavyweight champion Glover
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Thus far, Khabib Nurmagomedov has tried to play nice in recruiting talent to his Eagle FC fight promotion, but that doesn’t mean he plans to do so forever, especially if other organizations don’t treat their own fighters well. On Friday night, Nurmagomedov’s fight promotion makes its U.S. debut with Eagle FC 44. The card is
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A Middleweight fight between Uriah Hall and Andre Muniz is set to go down at an upcoming “Fight Night” event on April 16, 2022. According to MMA Fighting, the fight is not yet official, though bout agreements are in place. Hall is looking to bounce back after he had his four-fight win streak snapped by
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UFC Champ Julianna Peña on COVID-19 pandemic: “This is just a money grab” Newly crowned UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña appeared as a guest on Joe Rogan‘s podcast and gave her opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogan’s highly popular podcast on Spotify has drawn national headlines recently for content that expressed controversial opinions on
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2:36 PM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will have to undergo knee surgery before he is able to train or compete again, his manager, Marquel Martin, told ESPN on Wednesday. Ngannou (17-3) unified the UFC heavyweight championship by defeating Ciryl Gane (10-1) by unanimous decision at UFC 270 last weekend in Anaheim, California. Immediately
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz A showdown between experienced middleweight striker Uriah Hall and fast-rising Andre Muniz is set for UFC’s Fight Night card on April 16, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. Verbal agreements are in place with contracts expected to be finalized shortly. The event is headlined by
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A previously announced women’s Strawweight fight between Jessica Andrade and Amanda Lemos has now been made the official headliner for an upcoming UFC Fight Night event on April 23, 2022. That’s according to MMA Fighting, who also confirmed the addition of a Heavyweight bout between Tanner Boser and Rodrigo Nascimento to the ESPN+-streamed event. Andrade
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All charges dropped in Chael Sonnen hotel brawl All charges surrounding the alleged hotel brawl involving Chael Sonnen have been dropped according to ESPN who obtained court records. The case was closed and “dismissed by court without prejudice.” In December 2021, Sonnen was charged with five counts of misdemeanor battery after witnesses saw Sonnen banging
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