At some point over the last 48 hours, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) quietly tinkered with its UFC 278 pay-per-view (PPV) lineup, pulling the heavyweight banger between Marcin Tybura and Alexandr Romanov and sending it to the ESPN/ABC/ESPN+ preliminary card this Sat. night (Aug. 20) at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Taking its place?
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It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
LONDON – Mike Perry and Michael Page got their latest chance to size each other up Thursday. Perry was plenty tense, but also a little playful – but Page didn’t flinch and seemed deadly serious. The two fight in a bareknuckle boxing match Saturday in the BKFC main event in London. Perry is a former UFC standout fighting
UFC President Dana White has dampened Luke Rockhold’s hopes of securing a title shot with a victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 278 this weekend. In Saturday’s co-main event, set for Salt Lake City, Utah, former middleweight champion Rockhold will make the walk to the Octagon for the first time since 2019. Having suffered back-to-back
Kamaru Usman isn’t joking when he says he wants to move up to light heavyweight and challenge for the title after UFC 278. Already considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA, Usman aims for the sixth defense of his welterweight title on Saturday. But if he gets past Leon Edwards, he said an
Paulo Costa is a BJJ black belt, but he does not use his grappling for offense. Costa has only attempted two total takedowns in seven UFC fights, finishing one for a measly takedown rate of 0.21 per 15 minutes. Instead, Costa is primarily a striker. 11 of his 13 career wins are by KO/TKO, and
The most dominant Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion faces an old rival this Saturday evening (Aug. 20, 2022) when Kamaru Usman defends his Welterweight title against the surging Leon Edwards inside Vivent Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. UFC 278’s pay-per-view (PPV) main card also features the return of Luke Rockhold against the lethal Paulo
UFC 278 Embedded, Episode 3: ‘I’m looking forward to going out there and shocking the world’ On the third episode of UFC 278 Embedded, champion Kamaru Usman flies in style. Leon Edwards eyeballs American groceries. Luke Rockhold recovers from a road trip. Paulo Costa is motivated by his opponent. UFC 278 takes place at Vivint
The UFC welterweight title is up for grabs this Saturday. Champion Kamaru Usman returns to the octagon in the main event of UFC 278 in Salt Lake City to take on Leon Edwards in a rematch that’s been years in the making. The two first fought in December 2015 at UFC on FOX 17. That
On this day in 2009, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva added another finish to his many Octagon victories, ending the fight with opponent Forrest Griffin via first-round knockout to earn Performance of the Night honors. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Marlon Vera discusses if his main event clash with Dominick Cruz is the biggest fight of his career, his issues with Petr Yan, why he has asked Cruz to fight backstage, Petr Yan vs. Sean O’Malley and other top bantamweight fights coming up, if he will get a title shot next with a win, his
Dana White wants Paulo Costa to stay at light heavyweight post Marvin Vettori UFC Vegas 41 bout, Dana believes Paulo Costa showed up against Marvin Vettori, but needs to stay at 205lbs, UFC champ Brandon Moreno feels betrayed by Henry Cejudo, after he’s preparing his opponent Deiveson Figueiredo for their trilogy bout and much more!
Check out the highlights from the scale for Dana White’s Contender Series 49, where nine of 10 fighters made weight for Tuesday’s card in Las Vegas. Full weigh-in results: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/08/ufc-news-dana-white-contender-series-49-official-weigh-in-results-live-stream 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
If you’re a lapsed hockey fan that longs for the days when the NHL encouraged fighting and enforcers ruled the ice, then Ice Wars is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. Billed on their website as “the most extreme combat sport ever invented,” Ice Wars puts combatants in an octagonal ice rink in full hockey
9:22 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The final event of the first round of the PFL playoffs will take place this Saturday, as the featherweight and women’s lightweight divisions have their semifinal matchups at Copper Box Arena in London (ESPN and ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET, prelims on ESPN+ at 1 p.m.). The main event will
When Luke Rockhold decided to make his return to the UFC, he had no interest in facing lesser competition or getting some sort of warm up for his first fight back in three years. Instead, the one-time middleweight champion asked the promotion for one of the most dangerous fighters in the division in Paulo Costa,
“I don’t like his character, I’m not fond of the dude, and it is a massive test. I want a f****** killer! I want one of the biggest killers in the game; otherwise, I’m going to hang it up. “I’m not here to exist in this sport,” he added. “I’m going to go conquer new
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just a couple of days away from the UFC 278: “Usman vs. Edwards 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Aug. 20, 2022) inside Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman defending his 170-pound title against
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