2:38 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a massive lightweight matchup between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler for UFC 281 on November 12. Contracts have not been signed but will be issued to all parties on Tuesday, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN. The 155-pound bout will take place on the pay-per-view card
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Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov might be one of the greatest fights that never happened despite the lightweights being booked against each other five separate times. As he embarks on a return to welterweight at UFC 279, Ferguson addressed his longtime rivalry with Nurmagomedov, who retired from active competition back in 2020 after defending his
UFC 279: CHIMAEV vs DIAZ Updates Due to a visa issues, Shamil Abdurakhimov has been removed from his light heavyweight bout against Jailton Almeida. Replacing Abdurakhimov will be undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Anton Turkalj. As a result, this bout will now take place at a catchweight of 220 pounds. UFC 279: CHIMAEV vs
Johnny Walker, like many fighters before him, eagerly boarded the Cannabidiol (CBD) train. Unfortunately for the UFC light heavyweight, the cannabis chemical — made popular for providing the health benefits of marijuana without the side effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — triggered an allergy that caused extreme (and adverse) psychological reactions. Like schizophrenia. LIVE! Watch UFC
UFC 279 Embedded, Episode 2: ‘Eat your motherf**king vegetables’ On the second episode of UFC 279 Embedded, Khamzat Chimaev brings his entire team to Las Vegas. Li Jingliang cooks for friends. Ion Cutelaba spends Labor Day at work. Johnny Walker teams up with Tony Ferguson. Nate Diaz feeds his crew. UFC 279 takes place at
LAS VEGAS – Daniel Rodriguez has never been the talking type, but he knows it won’t be smart for him to keep his mouth completely shut at UFC 279 when he fights Kevin Holland, a fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth.” “I’m from Los Angeles, bro,” Rodriguez told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s news conference.
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has reacted to a clip of a male MMA fighter finishing a transgender woman in one round. The debate surrounding the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports has been a present topic in recent years. Last month, the WBC — regarded as boxing’s most prestigious governing body — reached its
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 12:27 PM ET Jake Paul has found his next opponent — and he’s a combat sports luminary. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will meet former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a boxing match Oct. 29 in Phoenix, Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions announced Tuesday. The bout will be contested at 187 pounds
Darren Till is making good on his promise of fighting before the end of 2022. The popular Liverpool native has verbally agreed to meet rising prospect Dricus du Plessis in a pivotal middleweight matchup on Dec. 10 at UFC 282. Contracts have yet to be signed but both fighters have agreed to it. MMA Fighting
UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and IRL (“in real life”), the leading group messaging social network app aimed at bringing people together through authentically shared online and offline experiences, today announced a first-of-its-kind, global partnership that unites both athletes and fans through live group messaging leading up to and during UFC’s biggest
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After a 15-year stint with UFC, Nate Diaz appears to be headed towards greener pastures. Diaz has not completely closed the door on signing a new contract with UFC, but it certainly appears unlikely given his recent comments, general interest in boxing, and his own MMA promotion. In all likelihood, Diaz’s
DWCS Week 7: Vitor Petrino drops Rodolfo Bellato out cold for nasty finish Dana White’s Contender Series was an interesting one. Two brothers, Ismael Bonfim and Gabriel Bonfim both had fights on the docket. But it was the main event that the fans were really tuning in for. The light heavyweight scrap between Rodolfo Bellato
LAS VEGAS – Perhaps the most prominent storyline entering UFC 279 is the contract status of Nate Diaz, one of mixed martial arts’ biggest stars. UFC president Dana White isn’t panicked, however, at least he didn’t show it when asked about Diaz’s impending free agency at a DWCS 53 post-fight news conference Tuesday. “Nate and
Bellator women’s featherweight champion and MMA pioneer Cris Cyborg feels Ronda Rousey left the sport with plenty more to still give. Cyborg is set to make her professional boxing debut against Simone Silva at Fight Music Show on September 25th. She still plans on competing in MMA and eventually returning to Bellator to defend her
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9:02 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Five of the last six UFC pay-per-view fight cards have been headlined by not just one championship bout but a pair of them. That’s a lot of gold and glory on the line. By contrast, UFC 279 will have not even a single title contest. What Saturday’s event in Las
The next major ONE Championship card on Amazon Prime Video has now been set on Oct. 21 with a pair of title fights at the top of the event. Two-division ONE champion Reinier de Ridder will put his middleweight title up for grabs when he faces Shamil Abdulaev while bantamweight champion John Lineker takes on
Hakeem Dawodu vs Julian Erosa Fixtures in the featherweight division Hakeem Dawodu and Julian Erosa close out the preliminary slate on Saturday in what should be an entertaining clash from start to finish. Dawodu has been on the cusp of breaking into the rankings for the last couple of years, but has never quite gotten