12:46 PM ET The UFC has rebooked a middleweight main event between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland for Dec. 17. The 185-pound contest was originally supposed to headline a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 15 in Las Vegas, but Strickland was forced to pull out of that date because of finger surgery. UFC officials confirmed
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While the MMA community awaited word on what could happen to the top of the UFC 279 lineup following Khamzat Chimaev’s weight miss, Jon Anik was given a heads up by Joe Rogan that things might get shuffled. At the event’s official weigh-ins, Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds for his scheduled main event bout
He had a fight canceled in December against Sergei Pavlovich, and then in April, he was scheduled to face Rodrigo Nascimento, who withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced with Alexandr Romanov, but the bout was canceled altogether after Boser pulled out due to an injury. This weekend at UFC Fight Night:
Kyoji Horiguchi is headed back home. As one of the best fighters on the planet today, Horiguchi has established himself as an all-time great from his country of Japan. Testing himself as much as he possibly can, the American Top Team (ATT) product famously gave superstar prodigy kickboxer, Tenshin Nasukawa, a run for his money
Dan Hooker roasts ‘little rat’ Colby Covington According to Dan Hooker, Colby Covington trains in private whenever he’s in Las Vegas … for his own safety. “He’s a f*cking idiot,” Hooker told Fox Sports Australia. “They f*cking hide him. Like, the UFC hide the sh*t out of him. They need to. They would slap the sh*t out
Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are saving the fireworks for Saturday night, when they will meet for a third time on pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Neither man had anything objectionable to say at a low-key final press conference Thursday at the MGM Grand. They had their obligatory stare down afterward but that
Daniel Rodriguez has told of how Kevin Holland made sure he was taken care of before Holland accepted a bout with Khamzat Chimaev. Rodriguez and Holland were originally set to fight each other at UFC 279. Khamzat Chimaev weighing in at 178.5 lbs set off a turn of events that saw Holland bumped up to
10:32 AM ET The Professional Fighters League has signed 24-year-old Biaggio Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali, to an amateur contract to compete in its tournament finals event in November. Ali Walsh is a former collegiate football player at the University of California, with an amateur MMA record of 1-1. He currently lives and trains
A pivotal headliner in the UFC’s featherweight division is on tap for October. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen is in the works for the UFC’s Oct. 29 Fight Night event at a location and venue yet to be announced.
That attitude has led him to a 17-3 record that includes a perfect 4-0 UFC slate. That’s not easy to pull off in the featherweight division, but as he rose up the ranks of the regional scene, he prepared himself for what was to come – not by looking too far ahead, but by taking
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Nate Diaz’s victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 last weekend (HIGHLIGHTS) earned the Stockton slugger his freedom. Diaz ended the final fight of his UFC contract on a high-note despite all initial expectations, entering free agency as a hugely valuable commodity. Quite simply, he’s one of the sport’s biggest stars,
Dana White comments on the death of Elias Theodorou: ‘It’s horrible’ On September 11, former UFC fighter Elias Theodorou lost his battle with cancer at home surrounded by family and friends. In his 34 years of life, “The Spartan” touched the lives of many. Theodorou fought 11 times inside the UFC octagon from 2014 to
Sean Strickland thinks Khamzat Chimaev should stay at welterweight. Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) came in 7.5 pounds over the welterweight limit for his originally scheduled bout against Nate Diaz this past Saturday at UFC 279. As a result, the card was shuffled and he fought Kevin Holland, instead, in a 180-pound catchweight bout. “Borz”
Michael Chandler has had a bit of fun with Dustin Poirier’s hot sauce in a video circulating Twitter. The lightweights are due to match up against each other at UFC 281 at Maddison Square Garden. The bout has been rumored for months and has finally been confirmed this past week. The pair look to once
Octagon legend Nate Diaz made a statement as always in the main event at UFC 279 on Saturday, earning the fourth-round finish via submission over former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. 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
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