Welcome to Midnight Mania! First and foremost: this is no April Fool’s joke. Less than a week after Nassourdine Imavov was forced to withdraw due to visa issues, now his would-be opponent Kelvin Gastelum has pulled out due to injury, leaving last-second replacement foe Driscuss Du Plessis without a dance partner. UFC made the announcement
Month: April 2022
The Top 10 Lightweight Knockouts in UFC History | Video Look back at 10 of the top lightweight knockouts in UFC history featuring some names like Edson Barboza, Conor McGregor, BJ Penn and Dustin Poirier. The list includes devastating head-kick knockouts, left hooks from hell, flying knees, and other fight-ending connections. Check out the list.
By Mike Bohn and MMA Junkie Staff | April 1, 2022 10:00 pm ET With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from March 2022: Here are the six nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for March. At
Justin Gaethje breaks down his his first round knockout of James Vick at Fight Night Lincoln last year. 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 To order UFC Pay-Per-Views, visit http://www.ufc.tv/events
John Gooden breaks down UFC London, if he felt rusty after his long layoff, what it was like to call the fights with Michael Bisping, if he struggled without calling events during the pandemic, why he got emotional during his Paul Craig call, and more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday. Subscribe
William Knight will remain at heavyweight to face longtime light heavyweight veteran Devin Clark at the UFC’s return to Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Knight and Clark will compete in a heavyweight bout at UFC Vegas 51, which takes place April 16 at the APEX.
The former Ultimate Fighter winner Gastelum took the first, instantly showing this wouldn’t be a walk in the park for Adesanya, who responded by taking the next two frames and grabbing the momentum for himself as the bout moved to the championship rounds. Unexpectedly, Gastelum rallied back, taking the fight to Adesanya, hurting him, and
UFC heavyweight Tom Aspinall believes there’s a slew of other heavyweights that are much more deserving of an interim title shot. Aspinall is riding high off his UFC main event win over Alexander Volkov in London just weeks ago. He’s won eight in a row in his MMA career and is undefeated in his UFC
Khamzat Chimaev is on the cusp of greatness, but he has a few major hurdles to clear before he gets there. For starters, the rising welterweight contender must first get past Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 next weekend to prove that’s he ready for a shot at the 170-pound crown. After that, “Borz” will need
Ben Rothwell released from UFC, Alexander Gustafsson fight scrapped It’s not often a UFC fighter is cut from the promotion while preparing for a fight, but that’s what appears to have happened to Ben Rothwell this week. According to a Twitter account that monitors the UFC roster, Rothwell was removed from the UFC, despite being
By Nolan King | April 1, 2022 6:45 pm ET Rising Brazilian fighter Reinaldo Ekson hopes PFL circles back around. While he was a winner at PFL Challenger Series 4, he wasn’t the biggest. Fighting for the chance at a contract and entry into the 2022 PFL season, Ekson (18-5) was passed over for former
UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar’s house was destroyed in a fire on Monday in Henderson, Nev., according to a report Thursday on TMZ. The celebrity news site also posted a short video that shows a raging blaze inside a sand-colored home. Bonnar’s wife, Andrea, reportedly posted on Facebook that “we have lost everything” in
In 2011, it was announced that the UFC would be purchasing the popular MMA promotion, Strikeforce. Strikeforce housed a ton of elite talent and a handful of future UFC champions such as Daniel Cormier, Fabricio Werdum, Luke Rockhold, Tryon Woodley, Miesha Tate, and Ronda Rousey. Yet the most important story to come out of this
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev says he no longer holds any interest in sharing the Octagon with longtime rival Rafael dos Anjos. Prior to last weekend’s UFC 272 pay-per-view, it appeared the long-discussed, and long-failed, matchup between dos Anjos and Makhachev would finally come to fruition. After the withdrawal of Rafael Fiziev, the Dagestani held
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Lyoto Machida’s career in mixed martial arts is almost at its end. “The Dragon” has been fighting professionally since 2003, so it’s no surprise that he’s about ready to hang up the gloves. Machida helped bring traditional karate back into prominence inside the Octagon, capturing the Light Heavyweight crown back in
Joe Rogan says he would quit his podcast if he had to ‘walk on egg shells’ UFC commentator, comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan says that he’d quit his podcast if it become an environment where he couldn’t be himself. Rogan made the comments on Tuesday’s edition of his popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By Nolan King | March 31, 2022 11:08 pm ET William Knight will stick around at heavyweight at least a little bit longer. At UFC on ESPN 34, Knight (11-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will take on Devin Clark (12-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) in a three-round heavyweight bout. The event
Watch the full episode: https://ufc.ac/3LqbLL8 You can watch the full episode of ‘Up Close’ UFC Fight Pass, where UFC commentator John Gooden caught up with Khamzat Chimaev a few weeks back to see the welterweight in his home environment at Allstars Training Center in Stockholm. Gooden takes to the mats with Chimaev, caught up with