Gilbert Burns hasn’t given up hope on a five-round fight against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 287, though he concedes it probably won’t happen. Just days after their matchup was announced for the April 8 card, the one-time UFC welterweight title challenger requested a 25-minute co-headliner. Masvidal quickly shot down that idea, adding he’d already signed
Month: February 2023
Derrick Lewis has a problem with Dan Miragliotta. “The Black Beast” is coming off back-to-back knockout losses to Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich and both fights were officiated by the longtime mixed martial arts (MMA) referee. Miragliotta was also inside the cage when Lewis was stopped by Ciryl Gane at UFC 265. Just a coincidence?
10:29 AM ET The PFL’s 2023 regular season will officially kick off in April, with a three-week series of events at Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas. The season encompasses six weight classes: heavyweight, light heavyweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and women’s featherweight. The first round of season matchups will take place across three events scheduled on
Rakhmonov is an absolute force at welterweight, and he’s finished every professional fight he’s been in. He’s 16-0 with eight wins by knockout and eight wins by submission. Rakhmonov’s UFC wins have come over Alex Oliveira, Michel Prazeres, Carlston Harris and Neil Magny. The 28-year-old from Kazakhstan is still looking for his breakthrough moment, and
Sean Strickland explains why he’s the ‘coolest MMA fighter’ UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland believes that he’s the ‘coolest’ MMA fighter in the world and explained why in an Instagram video. “Let me tell you guys why I’m the coolest f**king MMA fighter. Say you’ve got a favorite MMA fighter like Izzy [Adesanya] or someone.
Aljamain Sterling thinks Henry Cejudo could be his final fight at bantamweight. The reigning UFC bantamweight champion, Sterling says he will likely defend his title against Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in May but doesn’t see too many options outside of “Triple C.” Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) acknowledges that No. 1 contender Sean O’Malley
UFC flyweight Nina Nunes announced her Octagon retirement following her UFC San Diego win Saturday over Cynthia Calvillo via split decision. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://ufc.ac/3NKBvmx (U.S.
Jorge Masvidal talks about how the Gilbert Burns fight came together, the issues that have been keeping him out of the cage, where things stand in his legal fight with Colby Covington, his split from his longtime management firm, how he’s been negotiating his own contracts, whether Miami will host his fight with Burns, what
Jon Jones and Tai Tuivasa DM’s conversation leaked, Jon Jones warns him, Israel Adesanya reacts to UFC 276 critics talking about his performance and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest news from the world
Jon Jones and Tai Tuivasa DM’s conversation leaked, Jon Jones warns him, Israel Adesanya reacts to UFC 276 critics talking about his performance and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest news from the world
Alexander Volkanovski feels Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s corner absence at UFC 284 won’t impact Islam Makhachev at all on fight night. Volkanovski will face Nurmagomedov’s protégé Makhachev in the UFC 284 headliner on February 11th. He’s looking to become the latest UFC ‘champ-champ’ by earning the lightweight title. Makhachev capped off his remarkable run at lightweight with
After taking a week off, the UFC is back and, for the first time in 2023, so is Bellator! UFC Vegas 68 takes place late on Saturday and is headlined by a heavyweight title between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak. But before that, all-time great Fedor Emelianenko makes the final walk of his career, challenging
UFC’s Asian roster gets the spotlight inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, this weekend (Sat., Feb. 4, 2023), featuring the “Road to UFC” finals alongside a Heavyweight slugfest. UFC Vegas 68’s main event pits Derrick Lewis opposite Serghei Spivac in a rescheduled five-rounder, while Da Un Jung meets Devin Clark in ESPN+’s co-featured bout.
“I look back and I see where I got caught in that fight and I see the punches I threw, and I was like, oh my God, I hit the old family motto in that moment and said, f**k it. (Laughs) And I went from a wrestling exchange, he got out, I lost the body
The upcoming UFC Fight Night event on February 18 has lost a scheduled matchup. It is unclear how long Brahimaj (10-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) will be sidelined with the neck injury, but he is unable to compete on Feb. 18. Brahimaj was set to fight for the first time since last year. In February 2022,
No.12-ranked UFC flyweight Muhammad Mokaev recently revealed his new contract status with the UFC. Mokaev will fight Jafel Filho at UFC 286 in March. He last competed at UFC 280 in October 2022 where he picked up a third-round submission victory over Malcolm Gordon. The freestyle wrestling champion is undefeated in professional MMA with a
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: A preview of this weekend’s upcoming events including Bellator 290 and UFC Vegas 68. 1:05 p.m.: Bellator President Scott Coker
David Hasselhoff & His Baywatch Friends, widely considered the most embarrassing (and least profitable) pay-per-view (PPV) event in history, could lose its place atop the industry’s “Worst Of” list when Power Slap finals air on March 11 at UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to a report from Sports Illustrated, the slap fighting