UFC Vegas 61 event with no fans or MMA media members, Sean O’Malley on Islam Makhachev vs Charles Oliveira matchup, Mackenzie Dern thanks Khamzat Chimaev for UFC 279 weight-miss, Deiveson Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno 4 in works for UFC 283 Brazil, Bellator Scott Coker on Nate Diaz potentially joining MMA promotion, UFC 281 Israel Adesanya
Month: November 2022
UFC newcomer Bo Nickal is under no illusion about the kind of mixed martial arts skillset that he’ll need in order to reach his ambitions inside the cage. Nickal, a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion and three-time Big Ten Conference champion out of Pennsylvania State University, secured his place on the UFC’s middleweight roster with a pair of dominant
To be the best you have to beat the best, but according to American Kickboxing Academy coach Javier Mendez, sometimes a single win can push a fighter higher up the rankings than they may otherwise deserve. Interestingly enough, Mendez was talking about this in relation to his own fighter, Islam Makhachev. Following Makhachev’s dominating win
Fights come together fast these days, and if you blink, you can easily miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the latest reported matchups to keep you up to date with what’s on the horizon. All bouts featured have been officially announced or confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin
VIDEO: Paddy Pimblett apologizes to neighbor for dog’s ‘sloppy sh*t’ UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett can be seen on the door cam apologizing of a stranger for his dog using his front yard as a bathroom. The homeowner wasn’t at home at the time, but recognized “The Baddy.” Pimblett asked for some water to clean
With a life-changing $1 million win now in her pocket, Larissa Pacheco already is thinking about future fights against a women’s combat sports legend. Pacheco (19-4) pulled off an all-time MMA upset this past Friday when she outworked Kayla Harrison (15-1) for a unanimous decision at the 2022 PFL Championships in New York. Harrison was
On this day one year ago, Kamaru Usman expressed his desire to have a rematch with the first man to defeat him in MMA, Jose Cacares. Last year, the only man to defeat Kamaru Usman was Jose Caceres. That all changed in August of this year when Leon Edwards knocked him out to become the
There might be two Rosas brothers in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2023. Last weekend (Nov. 19, 2022) at Bear Fight FC 16 in California, Jessie Rosas — older brother of 17-year-old Octagon wunderkind Raul Rosas Jr. — knocked out Raymond Smith in just 12 seconds. It was a hectic 12 seconds, though, as Rosas
2:00 AM ET UFC star Conor McGregor is not currently in the promotion’s drug-testing pool and will likely need to be in the pool for six months before competing again, a spokesperson for USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, told ESPN on Saturday. McGregor, the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, has been out of action
Israel Adesanya said it’s not too late for the UFC to go to Africa. At UFC 281, Israel Adesanya lost his middleweight title to Alex Pereira. It was the second time in 2022 that one of the “Three Kings” lost a belt after Kamaru Usman dropped the welterweight title to Leon Edwards at UFC 278.
Cris Cyborg reacts to Kayla Harrison losing at PFL Championships Former UFC, Strikeforce, and current Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg reacted to Kayla Harrison losing to Larissa Pacheco. Harrison suffered her first career loss in a trilogy match against Pacheco at the 2022 PFL championships on Friday. Pacheco defeated Harrison by unanimous decision
During a slow weekend in MMA amidst the Thanksgiving holiday, the UFC has posted some archives of some of its most memorable fights. A proper list would have Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson from UFC 165 right near the top, as the epic light heavyweight championship fight from September 2013 in Toronto still stands as
Ariel Helwani goes OFF at Conner Burks’ choice of attire and the Parlay Pals break down best bets for the 2022 PFL Championships. 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 to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb
UFC champ Jiri Prochazka injured, out of UFC 282 Glover Teixeira rematch, vacates his UFC title, Glover Teixeira refuses to face Jan Blachowicz and Magomedov Ankalaev, Israel Adesanya confident ahead of Alex Pereira 4 bout, Derek Brunson out of UFC Orlando, Jack Hermansson will get new UFC opponent, Maycee Barber returns against Andrea Lee, UFC
Bellator lightweight Tofiq Musayev breaks down new champion Usman Nurmagomedov’s win over Patricky Freire and his prospects for a spot in the upcoming lightweight tournament. 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 news and videos. Connect with
UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev knew his UFC 279 weight miss wouldn’t be positively received, though it didn’t throw him off his game. Chimaev defeated Kevin Holland via first-round submission at UFC 279 earlier this year. He was supposed to face Nate Diaz in the main event before badly missing weight and forcing the UFC
On Friday night at the 2022 PFL World Championships, 8 to 1 favorite Kayla Harrison lost to Larissa Pacheco in the women’s lightweight finals via unanimous decision. It was a pretty shocking outcome given Harrison had already beaten Pacheco twice in the past. Going into the event, Harrison winning a third million dollar tournament was
Nov 23, 2022 UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira says he went into his title fight against Israel Adesanya at less than 100%. Pereira told ESPN Brazil’s Gustavo Faldon in an interview Wednesday that he suffered torn ligaments in his right middle finger two months ago and couldn’t grapple for two to three weeks during his
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