A member of the UFC roster since 2016, Josh Emmett has paid more dues than most on his way to the elite level of the sport, going through injuries, a change in weight classes and losses at inopportune times. But last Saturday night, the Californian got the win he needed when he needed it against
Month: June 2022
Some of the finest under-the-radar Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) grapplers get 25 minutes to show their stuff this Saturday (June 25, 2022) when Arman Tsarukyan puts his five-fight win streak on the line against Polish ace Mateusz Gamrot. UFC Vegas 57, which will take place inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, will also get
Dana White responds to Nate Diaz tweet ‘Tell me when there isn’t something crazy going on’ On Monday Nate Diaz tweeted that he wanted a fight, either July or August or he wanted to be released. This isn’t the first time he’s tweeted something along those lines but now, UFC president Dana White has responded.
Rankings Pound For Pound Rankings #1 Kamaru Usman Win 20 Loss 1 Draw 0 Upcoming Fight: vs Leon “Rocky” Edwards | Aug 20, 2022 – UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 Usman has five consecutive defenses of the UFC’s 170-pound title and is now in the discussion as the greatest welterweight of all time. #2
Israel Adesanya is giving some advice to an old foe. The UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has firmly cemented his place at the top of a very stacked division. The only loss of Adesnaya’s professional MMA career so far has come when he tried to make a move to light heavyweight. Making a jump up
3:30 PM ET One of the greatest former champions in UFC history will take on a surging contender this summer. Jose Aldo, the former longtime UFC featherweight champion, and Merab Dvalishvili have verbally agreed to a bantamweight fight at UFC 278 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. MMA
Israel Adesanya certainly sees there’s a storyline the UFC can capture if things fall into place at the promotion’s next pay-per-view event. Adesanya is scheduled to headline UFC 276 on July 2 as he will defend his middleweight title against Jared Cannonier. Also on the main card, a two-time past kickboxing opponent of Adesanya’s will
Ten days prior to UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik on April 20, 2019, one of UFC’s most dominant wrestlers, Islam Makhachev, needed an opponent. Enter Arman Tsarukyan, one half of Saturday night’s main event. Tsarukyan, unaffiliated with UFC up until that point, knew he needed to take advantage of the opportunity to perform at
Longtime light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith is a +350 betting underdog on select sportsbooks for his upcoming showdown against once-beaten Russian bruiser Magomed Ankalaev, which takes place as part of the UFC 277 pay-per-view (PPV) event on July 30 at American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. It’s the second widest spread of his career,
Sean O’Malley has had a ‘great’ UFC 276 training camp Rising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley (15-1) will face his highest ranked opponent when he steps in the octagon against Pedro Munhoz (19-7, 1 NC) at UFC 276 on July 2. O’Malley entered his last fight against Raulian Paiva in December with lingering injury that prevented
By Mike Bohn | June 21, 2022 11:00 am ET Bellator returns from a 42-day hiatus on Friday with Bellator 282, which goes down at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., with a main card that airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. The middleweight belt will be on the line in the main
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Belal Muhammad has worked hard to earn his #5 ranking in the UFC’s welterweight division, but there were times on the way up where he questioned his employer’s intentions. “Remember the Name” joined former UFC fighter-turned-comedian Brendan Schaub on a recent edition of Schaub’s Food Truck Diaries Youtube series. When they weren’t sampling Mexican food,
1:53 PM ET The fight between a pair of UFC lightweight luminaries seems to be cursed. For the second time, Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon has been canceled the day of the planned bout, UFC officials confirmed Saturday with ESPN. Lauzon had to withdraw because of a non-weight-cut-related medical issue, the promotion said. The contest
Troy Isley had Donte Stubbs right where he wanted him. At Saturday’s Beterbiev vs. Smith boxing event at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Isley scored the biggest highlight of the undercard with an explosive counter-punch knockout of Stubbs at the :38 mark of Round 3. Watch the highlight-reel knockout shot above.
The 30-year-old Maness is one of the best unheralded talents on the roster, entering Saturday’s contest with a 14-1 record overall and a 3-0 mark inside the Octagon, with his lone setback coming in a championship clash with former UFC standout Taylor Lapilus under the TKO banner. After going to a decision win over Johnny
Glover Teixeira wasn’t feeling too great the day before one of the biggest fights of his career. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to Asia for its first pay-per-view (PPV) on the continent in Kallang, Singapore two weeks ago (June 11, 2022). In the main event of said event, UFC 275, Light Heavyweight champion, Glover Teixeira,
UFC Austin Official Scorecard: Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett The UFC Austin main event between featherweights Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett ended in a split decision on Saturday at the Moody Center in Texas. The judges all agreed on that Emmett won the first and third rounds. They all also agreed that Kattar won round
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