Three-time #UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen served as the host for the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva press conference in Glendale, Ariz., and gave his thoughts on the stakes of the Oct. 29 boxing match, his connection to Anderson Silva, credit to UFC President Dana White for getting Paul vs. Silva made, and more. Join
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Tanner Boser talks to MMA Junkie at UFC Fight Night 210 media day ahead of his main card bout with Rodrigo Nascimento on Saturday in Las Vegas. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-fight-night-210 #ufcvegas60 #UFC Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get
Mike Perry and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) have thrown their names into the hat of the Nate Diaz sweepstakes. UFC 279 two weekends ago (Sept. 10, 2022) marked the official end of Diaz’s 15-year run with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Defeating Tony Ferguson via fourth round guillotine submission (watch highlights), the Stockton, California native
5:27 PM ET The fight between Cody Garbrandt, the former UFC bantamweight champion, and Rani Yahya, a Brazilian veteran who is 5-1-1 in his past seven bouts, on the Oct. 1 UFC Fight Night: Mackenzie Dern vs. Xiaonan Yan card has been postponed after injuries to both fighters. Yahya reportedly suffered a neck injury last
Cody Garbrandt will have to wait until a later date to make his return to action. The ex-UFC bantamweight champion has been pulled from the upcoming UFC Vegas 61 card on Oct. 1 due to an injury suffered in training. UFC officials confirmed the news on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. Garbrandt’s removal
Season 6, Week 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series is here in a big way as talented middleweights Leon Aliu and Bruno Ferreira collide in a highly anticipated main event. Plus, 17-year-old bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr. looks to earn a spot on the UFC roster when he takes on Mando Gutierrez. Other bouts include heavyweights
Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler is the fight the people wanted, partly due to the “real” beef between the two which boiled over into a very public screaming match cage side at UFC 276. But Chandler says it’s actually more on Poirier’s end than his. “I’ve made fights personal in the past, and it’s never
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene reporting live from Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series 55 event. Added: Dana White’s Contender Series cards see prospects fighting for the opportunity to sign a UFC deal, with UFC president Dana White on hand to make the decisions. The ninth and penultimate week of Season 6 will
UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa is seemingly not over USADA’s weight-cut interruption prior to UFC 278 last month. At the August 20 pay-per-view, held at Salt Lake City’s Vivint Arena, Costa shared the Octagon with Luke Rockhold. While he got the job done on fight night, outpointing the former champion in the event’s FOTN, “Borrachinha”
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Iron sharpens iron. Glover Teixeira deserves some credit in helping Alex Pereira’s explosive UFC rise. Obviously, the explosive knockout artist had quite a bit of skill previous to his first trip into the Octagon, but having the jiu-jitsu black belt helped shore up his defensive wrestling and grappling a good deal.
The road to this past weekend’s UFC debut was anything but easy for Joe Pyfer. A 26-year-old middleweight prospect, Pyfer introduced himself in thunderous fashion with a first-round knockout of Alen Amedovski at UFC Vegas 60. To call the moment long in the making would be an understatement. In 2020, Pyfer was on the precipice
After three more WEC knockouts, he squared off with Cub Swanson in June 2009, ending the bout in eight seconds, no typo. Five months later, he was the WEC featherweight champion, taking the belt from Mike Brown, and then came a punishing five-round victory over Faber in the biggest fight in WEC history. A final
Jake Paul glad to have ‘not a b*tch’ Anderson Silva as an opponent YouTube content creator turned professional boxer Jake Paul has made a name for himself inside the ring, but has had difficulty finding an opponent lately. In fact, “The Problem Child” hasn’t fought yet this year. He was scheduled to face Tommy Fury
Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look
Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is preparing for warm reception in the UK for his anticipated trilogy with Leon Edwards. Usman lost to Edwards via fifth-round knockout at UFC 278 just weeks ago in Salt Lake City. After Usman seemed close to coasting towards another successful welterweight title defense, Edwards caught Usman with a
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Cory Sandhagen discusses his UFC Vegas 60 main event fight against Song Yarding, his long layoff, the change in his personality, Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw, Sean O’Malley vs. Petr Yan, why he skipped watching UFC 279 main event, and more. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on
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