“The last fight with Adesanya was a hard fight,” he said. “He’s a great fighter and I feel like I came a long way since that first fight, obviously, and I did a lot of good things, but it just wasn’t my night. The judges gave him the nod and it is what it is.
Month: September 2022
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Even among the highly athletic and dedicated ranks of the UFC’s elite at 170 lbs., Kamaru Usman stands out. “The Nigerian Nightmare” has definite skill on the feet and on the canvas, but it’s always been his physicality that separates him from the pack. Usman has immense physical strength and can
Watch Ciryl Gane take out former champ Junior dos Santos | UFC Paris Free Fight Top heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane made a statement in his fourth octagon appearance by completely outclassing former champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 in December 2020. After hurting dos Santos with kicks and punches, Gane finished “Cigano” with a clean
By Dan Tom | September 2, 2022 10:00 pm ET MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC Fight Night 209. UFC Fight Night 209 takes place Saturday at Accor Arena in Paris. The main card airs on ESPN+ beginning at 3 p.m.
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Luke Rockhold responds to Jake Paul’s criticism of his UFC 278 retirement fight against Paulo Costa. Excerpt from the Aug. 24, 2022 episode of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe
UFC legend Georges St-Pierre feels that Kamaru Usman‘s loss to Leon Edwards came to a single mistake which led to the UFC 278 head kick knockout. Usman looked well on his way to defeating Edwards at UFC 278 before getting knocked out unconscious with a head kick. It was the first loss of Usman’s UFC
Tai Tuivasa and coach Shaun Sullivan go back a long way. Growing up playing rugby league in western Sydney — Sullivan played with one of Tuivasa’s older brothers — their sporting endeavors have long been intertwined. Now, more than a decade on from when a 15-year-old Tuivasa was the second heaviest player at Penrith Panthers
Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos will have to wait a few weeks to step into the cage for their next fight. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz and Damon Martin confirmed with sources that the Rodriguez vs. Lemos strawweight bout originally scheduled to take place at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 22 has been pushed
“I think the answer to that question is quite simple: it’s a little bit of both. A tough opponent makes you tougher, though, of course, the quality of the opponent is the most important thing. And nobody goes in the UFC without any fight-time experience. So, quality is definitely the most important thing.” And what
The stacked UFC 280 event has lost a pivotal bout in the Strawweight division. Speaking with MMA Mania today (Fri., Sept. 2, 2022), No. 3-ranked 115 pound contender, Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2), revealed that her upcoming match up with the No. 8-ranked Amanda Lemos (12-2-1) will no longer take place at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi,
UFC Paris: Gane vs. Tuivasa Ceremonial Weigh-in Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Paris fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-in on Friday in France. The fighters officially weighed in early on Friday. The event is headlined by a heavyweight bout between top contender Ciryl Gane (10-1) and No. 3 ranked Tai Tuivasa (14-3). Gane weighed in at
PARIS – UFC Fight Night 209 ceremonial fighter weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday’s event. The weigh-ins took place at Accor Arena. The same venue hosts the event, which streams on ESPN+. Check out the video above to see the athletes from all 12 scheduled matchups come
Former interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje has revealed which of his fights he’d choose to have inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame down the line. The annual UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony went down in Las Vegas during International Fight Week. While former champions Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov drew most of the attention
At the UFC Paris weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Paris will step on the scale Friday. MMA Fighting will carry a live stream of the official weigh-ins, courtesy of BT Sport. The UFC Paris official weigh-ins are expected to begin at 3 a.m. E.T. In the main event, former interim champ
MAIN CARD Main Event – Heavyweight Bout: Ciryl Gane () vs Tai Tuivasa (266) Co-Main Event – Middleweight Bout: Robert Whittaker (186) vs Marvin Vettori (186) Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs Tuivasa Middleweight Bout: Alessio Di Chirico (186) vs Roman Kopylov (186) Lightweight Bout: John Makdessi (154.5) vs Nasrat Haqparast (155) Featherweight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Marvin Vettori likely has his hands full this weekend (Sat. Sept. 3, 2022) at UFC Paris opposite former champion Robert Whittaker, but that doesn’t mean “The Italian Dream” can’t send a stray shot in Darren Till’s direction. Vettori is famously angry, and for whatever reason, Till is the latest target for
Dana White reacts to Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva fight rumors UFC president Dana White is tired of talking about Jake Paul, he’s made that abundantly clear, but he did have some choice words when asked about a rumored fight between the influencer turned boxer and one of his most beloved former champions, Anderson Silva.