Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 11:01 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Two-time Professional Fighters League lightweight champion Kayla Harrison believes the chances of her ever meeting Cris “Cyborg” Justino are “slim” following Justino’s decision to re-sign with Bellator MMA last week.
Month: May 2023
Kron Gracie had one of the most puzzling performances in recent history with his lackluster outing against Charles Jourdain at UFC 288. Best known for his world class Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the son of famed grappler Rickson Gracie took nearly four years off between fights yet appeared vastly underprepared for an MMA fight in his return.
Ulberg’s UFC tenure didn’t get off on the right foot, as the City Kickboxing representative threw everything including the kitchen sink at Kennedy Nzechukwu in his debut, only for the Fortis MMA man to absorb it all and collect a second-round finish of his own. But since then, “Black Jag” has been making strides and
Event: UFC 290: “Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez”Date: Sat., July 8, 2023Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NevadaBroadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+Start Time: 6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card UFC 290 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 145 lbs.: Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez UFC 290 PPV Co-Main Event On ESPN+: 125
Sean O’Malley: ‘I thought Henry Cejudo won’ Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling retained his title on Saturday in the UFC 288 main event with a split decision over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo, but top contender Sean O’Malley did not see it that way. O’Malley had cage side seats to the fights. He was guaranteed the
Aljamain Sterling continued to chip away at history Saturday, as he banked another victory with a split decision win over Henry Cejudo at UFC 288. The victory was his third consecutive successful UFC bantamweight title defense, which extended his winning streak to nine. Sterling is now tied for second in bantamweight title victories all-time (4)
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 07:01 PM ET The UFC has a new main event for May 20. A women’s strawweight contender bout between Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill has been moved to the UFC Fight Night headliner in Las Vegas, sources confirmed Monday with ESPN. Dern vs. Hill was originally scheduled for
Matt Frevola called and now Paddy Pimblett has answered. Following a stunning first-round knockout over Drew Dober at UFC 288, Frevola wasted no time turning his attention to Pimblett while calling for a fight against the superstar from Liverpool later this year. Of course, Pimblett is out of action right now after undergoing ankle surgery
Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jailton Almeida collide in Saturday’s main event, as the heavyweights share the Octagon, each focused on taking another step forward in the wide-open division. Now beginning his fifth year on the UFC roster, Rozenstruik enters off a rapid knockout win over Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 that snapped a two-fight skid. The
Brazilian grappling phenom, Jailton Almeida, looks to continue his torrid rise through the Heavyweight ranks this Saturday (May 13, 2023) when he battles knockout artist, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, inside Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. UFC’s return to ABC also features a Light Heavyweight co-feature pitting Anthony Smith against Johnny Walker and Welterweight prospect Ian Machado
Check out the scene inside Henry Cejudo’s locker room following UFC 288 loss Cameras inside Henry Cejudo‘s locker room at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., caught the scene following Cejudo’s UFC 288 split decision loss to Aljamain Sterling. “Hey team, guys, I appreciate it. You guys did your job. I had to make adjustments
Champion Aljamain Sterling pushes himself in the heat and on Hot 97. Charles Jourdain, Gilbert Burns and Diego Lopes start their fight-week obligations. Henry Cejudo keeps it cringe with Kron Gracie. UFC 288 is on Saturday, May 6. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
#HenryCejudo didn’t come empty-handed to his first #UFC faceoff in three years. Watch Cejudo’s first staredown with UFC bantamweight champion #AljamainSterling at #UFC288 pre-fight press conference, plus more from #BelalMuhammad vs. #GilbertBurns, Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan, Movsar Evloev vs. Diego Lopes, and Kron Gracie vs. Charles Jourdain. Join this channel to get access to
UFC 288 fighters make their picks during media day for the main event between bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo on May 6 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: http://bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network:
NEWARK, N.J. – Claudio Ribeiro beat Joseph Holmes with a second-round TKO Saturday to open up the preliminary card at UFC 288 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Take a look inside the fight with Ribeiro, who rebounded from a loss in his UFC debut to put Holmes away. Ribeiro on the fight’s key moment
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 09:27 AM ET NEWARK, N.J. — Belal Muhammad doesn’t have to tell people to “Remember the name,” any longer. He’s now the bona fide top contender for the UFC welterweight title after beating Gilbert Burns via unanimous decision in Saturday’s co-main event at UFC 288. While Colby Covington
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz While Aljamain Sterling will likely have his next UFC bantamweight title defense this summer — at least, according to Dana White — following his UFC 288 main event win, where does Henry Cejudo go after falling short in his comeback bid? Was that the final fight for the storied
Seemingly split one round apiece heading into the third, Rodriguez’s hot streak was met with a thunderous right hand from Lemos. Falling back to the cage, Lemos landed vicious follow-up strikes until the referee was forced to step in and stop the fight. Not only was this Rodriguez’s first loss in over two years, but
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