Month: February 2023

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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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