Thiago Santos refuses to be overly harsh on himself after another difficult loss in the UFC on ESPN 40 main event. Santos (22-11 MMA, 14-10 UFC) suffered his fifth loss in his past six fights on Saturday when he succumbed to a fourth-round TKO loss against Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a back-and-forth
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Dan Miragliotta is considered to be one of the most respected referees in all of mixed martial arts, but bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is not a fan. While there is no referee in MMA that has escaped controversy on some level, Miragliotta has been long considered one of the most reputable officials in the sport,
9:51 PM ET NEW YORK — The PFL had high hopes for Anthony Pettis when it signed him to a multiyear deal in 2021. But for the second consecutive year, Pettis has failed to make it to the tournament finals. Pettis (25-14), a former UFC champion, dropped a unanimous decision to Stevie Ray in the
After getting brutally knocked out by now-champion Jiri Prochazka in one of the most exciting fights of 2021, two-time UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes is looking to return this fall. For Reyes, he just needed to take some time away from the chaos of MMA and the UFC. “I had to do some soul searching
The 27-year-old from North Carolina is finding that path right on time, and he expects to show it against Sato. And the fact that he’s doing it on the same night that a new pair of Ultimate Fighters are crowned, well, that’s just a coincidence, one that sits just right with Battle, who has been
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) phenom Gordon Ryan attempts to settle an old score this evening (Sun., Aug. 7, 2022) when he meets two-time conqueror, Felipe Pena, in the no-time limit, submission-only main event of FloGrappling’s latest “Who’s Number One” event. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the main event below, as well as quick results for
A light heavyweight clash between No. 6 ranked Thiago Santos (22-10) and No. 10 ranked Jamahal Hill (10-1, 1 NC) headlined Saturday’s UFC Vegas 59 fight card. Santos entered the bout losing four of his last five contests. While those losses were against the top of the 205-pound division, Santos hoped to show that he
The hits keep on coming for Sam Alvey. Not only did Alvey (33-18-1 MMA, 10-13-1 UFC) break the record for longest winless streak in promotion history Saturday at UFC on ESPN 40, his quick TKO defeat to Michal Oleksiejczuk (17-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) resulted in a broken jaw. Though physically hurting, Alvey seemed in good
Amanda Nunes hits the gym and then the zoo with her family. Kai Kara-France arrives with plans to take home the belt. Brandon Moreno trains to the sounds of fans. Champ Julianna Peña signs autographs for fans and listens to her haters. UFC 277 is on Saturday, July 30. Subscribe to get all the latest
On this day seven years ago, Fedor Emelianenko made remarks about Ronda Rousey that made headlines. Over the years, Fedor has made other remarks about women in MMA that have gone viral in addition to those found in the following article. He has said that women shouldn’t be MMA fighters but should instead be feminine
1:29 AM ET All that was missing from Jamahal Hill‘s rise in the UFC was a signature win. He got it Saturday. Hill stopped former title challenger Thiago Santos via TKO at 2:31 of the fourth round in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Hill dropped Santos
When Michael Chandler first signed with the UFC as a free agent, he named several dream opponents, including former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier. Nearly two years after he joined the promotion, Chandler might finally get his wish. All signs are pointing toward two of the top 6 lightweights in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings
Coming out of the gate fired up and looking for a finish, McKinney got loose with his hands early against Erick Gonzalez, walking him down without pause, looking for big shots as “Ghost Pepper” covered up. When Gonzalez landed one right in response and looked to step forward soon after to follow, McKinney changed levels
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz As Dana White recently said, throwing fights ain’t easy and all the boxing YouTubers are learning this the hard way this summer. First Jake Paul vs. Hasan Rahman Jr. was canceled because Rahman Jr. couldn’t make weight, and now KSI vs. Alex Wassabi is off because Wassabi suffered a
Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 59 fight card at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, officials from the fight promotion announced the winners of the performance-based bonuses. Fight Of The Night: Thiago Santos vs Jamahal Hill In the main event, Jamahal Hill survived an initial onslaught of heavy punches and takedowns from Thiago Santos, eventually breaking him down over four
Julianna Pena is looking to settle her rivalry with Amanda Nunes, and she wants it to happen before the end of the year. Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) had her surprising UFC women’s bantamweight title reign brought to an abrupt end this past month when she was dominated to a unanimous decision by Nunes (22-5
A successful middleweight debut for Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Vegas 59 also extended one of the longest winless streaks in UFC history for Sam Alvey. Already one of the biggest underdogs on the card, Alvey was quickly backed to the fence by “Lord” from the opening moments of the fight. Oleksiejczuk appeared to have little
4:04 PM ET UFC welterweight Josh Quinlan was pulled from his UFC Fight Night bout Saturday due to an atypical drug finding, the UFC announced. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, detected a trace amount of the long-term metabolite (or M3 metabolite) of the steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) in a Quinlan urine sample, the promotion said. The