SALT LAKE CITY – Alexandr Romanov is one of the biggest favorites at UFC 278, but Marcin Tybura isn’t fazed. Tybura (22-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) takes on Romanov (16-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at heavyweight to close out the preliminary card at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Romanov said a win over Tybura is the
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UFC 278 is right around the corner, and we’ve got the coverage from tonight’s pre-fight press conference to further build the anticipation! This weekend, UFC 278 will take place from the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature Kamaru Usman defending his UFC welterweight championship against Leon Edwards, with former
9:26 PM ET For the second straight year, Zhang Weili will get a title opportunity at Madison Square Garden. A UFC women’s strawweight title fight between champion Carla Esparza and Zhang, the former champ, has been verbally agreed to for UFC 281 on Nov. 12 in New York, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. The fight
It’s been more than three years since Luke Rockhold appeared on stage at a UFC press conference, but the one-time middleweight champion made up for lost time in an expletive-filled tirade aimed at opponent Paulo Costa. Rockhold, the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC 278, seized main event status during his exchanges with Costa, first accusing the
“This is how I got into Jiu Jitsu,” Macedo said. “It was because all of the kids in Brazil want to do MMA, so we do Jiu Jitsu when we train to become fighters.” Macedo’s debut fight will take place in the featherweight division, where he’s confident he would have plenty of long-term success, but
I think by now we’ve established the fact that former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold doesn’t give a rat’s ass about promotion president Dana White or the way UFC runs its global fight business. Need proof? Get a load of this. LIVE! Watch UFC 278 PPV On ESPN+ Here! BLOCKBUSTER WELTERWEIGHT REMATCH! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
UFC 278 Pre-fight Press Conference Face-offs Video Following Thursday’s UFC 278 Pre-fight Press Conference in Salt Lake City, the main card participants faced off with their opponents. UFC 278 is headlined by a welterweight title fight rematch between champion Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards. In the co-main event, former middleweight titleholder Luke Rockhold faces No.
SALT LAKE CITY – Gilbert Burns says a fight with Jorge Masvidal has been verbally agreed upon, it’s just a matter of UFC locking in an appropriate date. Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) has been asking for the matchup for the past several months, and Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC) has expressed interest as well, if
Former #UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz spoke to reporters about his #UFCSanDiego fight with Marlon Vera, the bad blood between them, his relaxed attitude about Daniel Cormier’s style of commentary, nearly getting his eye ripped out by an angry dog, and more. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting
Nate Landwehr talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters at UFC on ESPN 41 (#UFCSanDiego) media day ahead of his co-main event vs. David Onama on Saturday. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-on-espn-41 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 the latest
Featherweight fighter Dmitry Nikulnikov landed a nasty flying knee that sent his opponent Pavel Sosedkov unconscious. Nikulnikov faced Sosedkov on the prelims of RCC: Intro 22 on Saturday in Yekaterinburg, RU. Both 145lbers were looking to continue their winning ways after earning victories in their previous fights. Following a close opening round, Nikulnikov landed a
Dana White feels a Kamaru Usman vs. Khamzat Chimaev welterweight title fight makes sense if both are victorious in their upcoming fights, but he’s warning everyone to make sure to not count out their opponents. Usman will defend his title against Leon Edwards this Saturday at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, while Chimaev will
Key Stats: 2.15 strikes absorbed per minute (3rd), 70% takedown defense, 2.62 strikes landed per minute What It Means: Edwards is an incredibly sharp kickboxer who has continuously improved his defensive grappling as his UFC career has grown. “Rocky” is quick on his feet and mixes his attack up well, often throwing multi-level combinations to
At some point over the last 48 hours, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) quietly tinkered with its UFC 278 pay-per-view (PPV) lineup, pulling the heavyweight banger between Marcin Tybura and Alexandr Romanov and sending it to the ESPN/ABC/ESPN+ preliminary card this Sat. night (Aug. 20) at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Taking its place?
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
LONDON – Mike Perry and Michael Page got their latest chance to size each other up Thursday. Perry was plenty tense, but also a little playful – but Page didn’t flinch and seemed deadly serious. The two fight in a bareknuckle boxing match Saturday in the BKFC main event in London. Perry is a former UFC standout fighting
UFC President Dana White has dampened Luke Rockhold’s hopes of securing a title shot with a victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 278 this weekend. In Saturday’s co-main event, set for Salt Lake City, Utah, former middleweight champion Rockhold will make the walk to the Octagon for the first time since 2019. Having suffered back-to-back
Kamaru Usman isn’t joking when he says he wants to move up to light heavyweight and challenge for the title after UFC 278. Already considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA, Usman aims for the sixth defense of his welterweight title on Saturday. But if he gets past Leon Edwards, he said an