By Simon Samano | February 17, 2022 4:19 pm ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has a new contract he’s happy with, and he has Paradigm Sports manager Tim Simpson largely to thank for that. Simpson, the head of Paradigm’s MMA division, took the lead in getting Adesanya “one of the most lucrative multifight deals
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11:42 AM ET A highly anticipated featherweight title rematch between A.J. McKee and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire has been booked for April 15, Bellator officials announced Wednesday. The 145-pound championship bout will headline Bellator 277 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. Additionally, that event will feature a light heavyweight title fight between defending champion Vadim
Mike Perry is ready to get some payback on Julian Lane in his BKFC debut this Saturday. Perry and Lane are set to headline BKFC’s Knucklemania 2 event, which takes place Feb. 19 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The bout came together fairly easily after a viral moment occurred
Credit: Jason Burgos Bobby Green will jump in on 10 days notice and face surging lightweight wrestling machine Islam Makhachev in the UFC Vegas 49 main event next weekend. Wednesday afternoon brought the news that a planned main event bout between top-five lightweights Beneil Dariush (21-4-1) and Makhachev (21-1) was off after an injury forced
Jim and Matt break down all the action from UFC 271 on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, Doug Ellin joins the show. He shares whether or not he believed Israel Adesanya deserved to get the win against Robert Whittaker in Saturday’s main event, what it was like to have Julianna Peña on his podcast,
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz UFC featherweight contender “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung has questioned Max Holloway‘s fast recovery from injury, which has seen the former champion pursue backup status for UFC 273. In the pay-per-view’s main event, reigning 145-pound king Alexander Volkanovski will hope to successfully defend his gold for the third
UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush suffered an ankle injury and was forced to withdraw from the upcoming UFC Vegas 49 main event. Stepping in on short notice to battle No. 4-ranked lightweight contender Islam Makhachev is 155-pound veteran Bobby Green, fresh off his victory over Nasrat Haqparast at UFC 271 last weekend in Las Vegas.
Conor McGregor responds to Nate Diaz with cryptic video Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz have battled twice before with both fighters holding a win over the other. Now, fans are clamoring for that trilogy bout as it seems the hopes of it are dwindling away. This week Diaz seemingly shut down the idea of ever
By Mike Bohn | February 17, 2022 1:47 am ET For the second straight week, the UFC has been forced to scratch a key lightweight main event. However, it didn’t take long to get a backup plan together. Beneil Dariush has suffered an injury that will prevent him from facing Islam Makhachev in the UFC
8:38 PM ET UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot against Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a 155-pound bout that might have produced a future title challenger, but withdrew Tuesday after
The originally scheduled headliner for UFC Vegas 48, a lightweight fight between ex-champ Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev, will now serve as the co-main event for UFC 272. As MMA Fighting previously reported, visa issues for Fiziev forced the promotion to push back the fight, and the March 5 pay-per-view event was targeted as
Apr 23, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Jorge Masvidal gestures during weigh-ins for UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Based on new comments from UFC welterweight star Jorge Masvidal, he may not have been as close to upcoming opponent Colby Covington as we might have all thought. As UFC
“I have no ill will towards Johnny Walker. I respect Johnny Walker. He’s been in here putting in his work, putting in his time,” Hill says, gesturing to the Octagon just behind him. “Regardless of whatever happened, it’s the job. He’s living his dream. It’s a great job. He’s just a competitor. We just got
Bobby Green will be replacing Beneil Dariush to face Islam Makhachev in the new UFC Fight Night main event on February 26. Ariel Helwani was the first to break the news of Dariush pulling out of the fight. Dariush is citing an ankle injury as the reason for his withdrawal. Hours later, ESPN confirmed that
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Israel Adesanya defended his Middleweight title for the fourth time last Saturday (Feb. 12, 2022) at UFC 271 vs. the highly regarded Robert Whittaker, but “Stylebender” is still catching flak. After his win, I wrote about the risks of fighting conservatively and winning on small margins. Some, like top Lightweight contender
Nate Diaz not interested in Conor McGregor trilogy fight right now: ‘He’s got a lot of work to do’ A third fight between Nate Diaz and former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor would undoubtedly draw major attention, but Diaz has no desire to fight McGregor again anytime soon. Diaz has been angled for a
A grudge match between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal headlines UFC 272 on March 5 in Las Vegas. 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. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) To order
At UFC 237, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier discussed his UFC 241 rematch against Stipe Miocic, why he accepted the fight, Brock Lesnar, why he would potentially cut down to 205 pounds again to fight Jon Jones, the UFC’s new pay-per-view model, and much more. hammering the point home this isn’t for more, i’m doing
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