Umar Nurmagomedov would love to stay more active, but sometimes it’s just not possible. The 28-year-old bantamweight contender competed for the first time in more than a year on Saturday at UFC Vegas 87, defeating Bekzat Almakhan after being forced out of a previously scheduled bout this past August against Cory Sandhagen in a five-round
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Nine-fight UFC veteran Jamie Pickett has called it a career. Pickett faced Eryk Anders in the featured prelim of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 87 event at the UFC APEX, where he dropped a unanimous decision. During his walkout, UFC play-by-play announcer Jon Anik revealed that Pickett would be making the walk to the octagon — or
With UFC 299 less than a week away, the countdown is on until Sean O’Malley makes his first defense of the UFC bantamweight title against Marlon “Chito” Vera. Watch the UFC 298 Countdown video above. O’Malley (17-1, 1 NC) faces Vera (23-8-1) in a long-awaited rematch on March 9 at the Kaseya Center in Miami
UFC 261 – Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili (April 24, 2021)Watch on UFC Fight Pass After Zhang defended her title in historic fashion against Jędrzejczyk in 2020’s Fight of the Year effort at UFC 248, a matchup with Namajunas was inevitable. The two squared off in UFC’s first event with fans back since the start
“Ever since I was 12 years old, Andy Aspinall was teaching adults and Tom Aspinall was teaching kids, so I was doing the kids class and went to the adults class to train with his father, Andy. “(Tom) was actually coaching the kids. He was always a funny guy; I enjoyed his sessions. It’s not
“I don’t know, I’ve just kind of been through it.” That’s not a secret. He laughs. “Life experience is the secret. I’ve been through this, I’ve done it once with football, and I’ll find something else that’ll keep me out of trouble. I’m a little bit older now, it’s my second go-round, so the pill’s
Pickett will be the first person to admit that his four-fight skid has been less than ideal, but the North Carolina native has never made excuses, and he’s proud of how he’s handled his time in the Octagon. “My UFC has career has not been the best and it’s not been what I wanted it
“I don’t care where the connection happens, but once it happens, we just keep moving to the next move, next move, next move. I don’t really need to go in, then go back out,” Eddy said. “It’s something that’s not seen that much, but I see it a lot with a couple different people. It
Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Shamil Gaziev by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 4 Jairzinho Rozenstruik leaned on his experience to get himself back into the win column, handing Shamil Gaziev the first loss of his career in Saturday’s heavyweight main event. Gaziev was solid early, pressing forward, closing the distance, and eventually dragging Rozenstruik
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ROZENSTRUIK vs. GAZIEV will take place Saturday, March 2 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The entire card will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish, with the prelims beginning at 1:30 pm ET / 10am PT followed by the main card at 4pm ET / 1pm PT. Main event scheduled
Performance Of The Night Bonuses Performance Of The Night: Magomed Ankalaev Light heavyweight contenders Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker ran it back after a bizzare ending to their UFC 294 bout last year and there was nothing controversial about the way this once concluded. In the second round Ankalaev connected with a powerful strike that
“It’s not really just the fight, it’s more about the occasion, but Leon Edwards,” Page said. “I’m cool with him, there’s no bad blood there, but like I said, we’re prizefighters at the end of the day. We also spoke about what was happening in the UK and what’s happening for the UK right now.
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Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett was back in action at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 7 in Orlando, Fla., last night (March 2, 2024). As usual, his fight didn’t last long … and as usual, he lost again. Bennett is one of the more colorful personalities in a sport full of them. He rose to fame in King
We’ve all heard horror stories about hair cuts or dye jobs gone wrong, but we’ve never heard of one that ended up costing someone $1.5 million dollars. The someone in this case is YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul via his MVP Promotions company. The hair treatment in question was one MVP’s star women’s boxing champion
Matt Schnell was on the wrong end of a brutal knockout punch Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev. The finish was so wild it earned his opponent Steve Erceg a $50,000 performance bonus … and some less than sensitive comments from referee Chris Tognoni. Tognoni is a solid referee who has earned
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – High-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu is back! UFC Fight Pass Invitational 6 goes down tonight (Sun., March 3, 2024) from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski’s colorful jiu-jitsu coach and self-proclaimed pound-for-pound best grappler in the world, Craig Jones, takes on former Bellator Middleweight champion and
If UFC CEO Dana White decides to release Tony Ferguson from his contract with the promotion following his seventh loss in a row, Jake Paul will be there to scoop him for a fight. Ferguson — once a top fighter in one of the UFC’s deepest divisions — hasn’t looked the same since a career-altering