MMA Fighting has DWCS results for all the action from season eight, week one of UFC’s Contender Series on Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev. In the main event, undefeated 26-year-old Mansur Abdul-Malik and 28-year-old up-and-comer Wes Schultz square off in a middleweight contest. Check out the DWCS results below for
Month: August 2024
A new season of Contender Series is underway and UFC already has four new fighters under contract. On Tuesday night, season eight of Contender Series kicked off in Las Vegas, and after five fights, UFC CEO Dana White awarded contracts to Mansour Abdul-Malik, Bruno Lopes, Jose Delgado, and Lone’er Kavanagh, who all picked up big
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz UFC CEO Dana White says Conor McGregor will not be back this year. After suffering a catastrophic leg injury at UFC 264, McGregor was supposed to make his long-awaited return to the octagon earlier this year at UFC 303 against Michael Chandler. The two served opposite each other as
Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko both have a finalist. Team Bullet’s Robert Valentin (10-3) scored his second quick finish of the season, forcing Team Grasso’s Paddy McCorry (4-1) to tap out to a leg trap Americana in the first round. The finish came after Valentin caught McCorry with a head-and-arm throw out of nowhere before
Although he has also finished his trio of Octagon appearances, the one blemish to his tenure thus far is a mishap on the scale ahead of his bout with Jourdain. He showed he has the power to hang with the most dangerous of knockout artists at 155, but if featherweight is his home, the scale
While the Chinese veteran is competing for the first time since his UFC 279 split decision loss to Daniel Rodriguez in September 2022, Li remains one of the more experienced hands in the welterweight division — a long-time fixture in the Top 15 that holds quality wins over Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Santiago Ponzinibbio, and Muslim
Kyte: He fought so much. He went 16 fights from his debut in February 2018 and the fight with Sean, so five-and-a-half years. That’s three-a-year, every year, and the last four years are at the championship level. That’s a lot. Nicksick: Right. That’s a lot. Kyte: It’s interesting because I understand everything Dricus was saying at
Additional bouts on the card include: • Steve Garcia (16-5, fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M.) meets Kyle Nelson (16-5-1, fighting out of Huntsville, Ontario, Canada) in a featherweight clash sure to deliver fireworks • An exciting flyweight matchup sees No. 11 ranked contender Matt Schnell (16-8 1NC, fighting out of Shreveport, La.) take on Alessandro
The stakes went even higher as Volkanovski, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter at the time, put his ranking on the line against Makhachev, then No. 2 on the list. Tension and anticipation were high, and the champions delivered one of the best fights of the year. For five rounds, they dueled. Volkanovski held his own
The two-time champ went into that rematch with a knee ligament injury, which he didn’t reveal until post-fight media. Although a break would have been well-warranted, Adesanya was never a champion to sit on his hands, so when the opportunity to fight in Sydney, Australia, in September, he leapt at it. The fight was Adesanya’s
UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya takes place Saturday, August 17 at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia. The main card starts at 10pm ET/7pm PT on ESPN+ PPV. The prelims will be available on ESPN and ESPN+ at 8pm ET/5pm PT. The night’s action will start at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT with early prelims on ESPN+
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And a couple of the athletes that stepped into the cage on Tuesday night made sure to rise to the occasion, prompting UFC CEO Dana White to hand out a four-pack of contracts to kick off Season 8. Flyweight Lone’er Kavanagh opened the show with a brilliant first-round knockout win and Jose Delgado followed with
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones vs. UFC light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira was “a possibility” just a few weeks back. Now, it’s completely off the table, according to UFC CEO Dana White. The Las Vegas fight boss was on the Pat McAfee show earlier today to help promote the upcoming UFC 305: “Du Plessis vs.
UFC 304 could have been the last time Belal Muhammad stepped into the Octagon. Fortunately for “Remember the Name,” his rematch with the now-former champion, Leon Edwards, went as perfectly as he drew it up en route to a unanimous decision win. It was a long road to the pinnacle of the Welterweight division for
Sean Strickland appears to be getting his wish. 2024 didn’t start as Strickland hoped it would, losing his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight crown in his first defense opposite South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis at UFC 297. The split decision loss (watch highlights) led Strickland to a split decision rebound win over Paulo Costa at
Darren Till believes he has the recipe for success for Israel Adesanya in his UFC 305 title fight this weekend (Sat., Aug. 17, 2024). It’s been nearly two full years since the one-time UFC Welterweight title challenger, Till, fought in the Octagon. In his final bout for the promotion, he came up short via a
It’s that time of year again! Contender Series is back with 10 straight weeks of mixed martial arts (MMA) action. This week’s show starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for the first two weeks (because of The Ultimate Fighter 32 final episodes), and then things switch back to the usual 8 p.m. ET time