Paulo Costa is a BJJ black belt, but he does not use his grappling for offense. Costa has only attempted two total takedowns in seven UFC fights, finishing one for a measly takedown rate of 0.21 per 15 minutes. Instead, Costa is primarily a striker. 11 of his 13 career wins are by KO/TKO, and
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The most dominant Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion faces an old rival this Saturday evening (Aug. 20, 2022) when Kamaru Usman defends his Welterweight title against the surging Leon Edwards inside Vivent Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. UFC 278’s pay-per-view (PPV) main card also features the return of Luke Rockhold against the lethal Paulo
UFC 278 Embedded, Episode 3: ‘I’m looking forward to going out there and shocking the world’ On the third episode of UFC 278 Embedded, champion Kamaru Usman flies in style. Leon Edwards eyeballs American groceries. Luke Rockhold recovers from a road trip. Paulo Costa is motivated by his opponent. UFC 278 takes place at Vivint
The UFC welterweight title is up for grabs this Saturday. Champion Kamaru Usman returns to the octagon in the main event of UFC 278 in Salt Lake City to take on Leon Edwards in a rematch that’s been years in the making. The two first fought in December 2015 at UFC on FOX 17. That
On this day in 2009, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva added another finish to his many Octagon victories, ending the fight with opponent Forrest Griffin via first-round knockout to earn Performance of the Night honors. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Marlon Vera discusses if his main event clash with Dominick Cruz is the biggest fight of his career, his issues with Petr Yan, why he has asked Cruz to fight backstage, Petr Yan vs. Sean O’Malley and other top bantamweight fights coming up, if he will get a title shot next with a win, his
Dana White wants Paulo Costa to stay at light heavyweight post Marvin Vettori UFC Vegas 41 bout, Dana believes Paulo Costa showed up against Marvin Vettori, but needs to stay at 205lbs, UFC champ Brandon Moreno feels betrayed by Henry Cejudo, after he’s preparing his opponent Deiveson Figueiredo for their trilogy bout and much more!
Check out the highlights from the scale for Dana White’s Contender Series 49, where nine of 10 fighters made weight for Tuesday’s card in Las Vegas. Full weigh-in results: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/08/ufc-news-dana-white-contender-series-49-official-weigh-in-results-live-stream 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 MMA
If you’re a lapsed hockey fan that longs for the days when the NHL encouraged fighting and enforcers ruled the ice, then Ice Wars is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. Billed on their website as “the most extreme combat sport ever invented,” Ice Wars puts combatants in an octagonal ice rink in full hockey
9:22 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The final event of the first round of the PFL playoffs will take place this Saturday, as the featherweight and women’s lightweight divisions have their semifinal matchups at Copper Box Arena in London (ESPN and ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET, prelims on ESPN+ at 1 p.m.). The main event will
When Luke Rockhold decided to make his return to the UFC, he had no interest in facing lesser competition or getting some sort of warm up for his first fight back in three years. Instead, the one-time middleweight champion asked the promotion for one of the most dangerous fighters in the division in Paulo Costa,
“I don’t like his character, I’m not fond of the dude, and it is a massive test. I want a f****** killer! I want one of the biggest killers in the game; otherwise, I’m going to hang it up. “I’m not here to exist in this sport,” he added. “I’m going to go conquer new
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just a couple of days away from the UFC 278: “Usman vs. Edwards 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Aug. 20, 2022) inside Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman defending his 170-pound title against
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is really enjoying retirement | Photos Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk announced her retirement following her knockout loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275 on June 11. Jedrzejczyk is a future UFC Hall of Fame member. She held the women’s 115-pound championship from March 2015 until November 2017. She successfully defend
LAS VEGAS – Dana White wasn’t thrilled with Hailey Cowan’s performance, but he decided to award her a UFC contract anyway. Cowan (7-2) edged out Claudia Leite by split decision Tuesday at Dana White’s Contender Series 50 and had to listen to White’s tentative analysis of her fight before he decided that he liked everything
UFC President Dana White has provided insight as to why the promotion didn’t match the PFL‘s offer to sign featherweight Shane Burgos to a new contract. Burgos signed a deal to join the PFL this week in a shocking move in free agency. Burgos had fought out his UFC contract and the promotion opted to
12:51 PM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2019. Leon Edwards fights Kamaru Usman on August 20 at UFC 278. Why? What if? Those are the questions I ask myself every day. What if my dad didn’t bring me to the United Kingdom? What if my gym never opened in the Erdington
Esteban Ribovics closed the show and kept his 100 percent finish rate in tact in emphatic fashion In the lightweight headliner of DWCS Season 6, Week 4, Ribovics just needed 90 seconds to dispatch of Thomas Paull to move to 11-0 in his professional career, and more importantly, earn a UFC contract in the process.