3:30 PM ET One of the greatest former champions in UFC history will take on a surging contender this summer. Jose Aldo, the former longtime UFC featherweight champion, and Merab Dvalishvili have verbally agreed to a bantamweight fight at UFC 278 on Aug. 20 in Salt Lake City, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. MMA
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Israel Adesanya certainly sees there’s a storyline the UFC can capture if things fall into place at the promotion’s next pay-per-view event. Adesanya is scheduled to headline UFC 276 on July 2 as he will defend his middleweight title against Jared Cannonier. Also on the main card, a two-time past kickboxing opponent of Adesanya’s will
Ten days prior to UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik on April 20, 2019, one of UFC’s most dominant wrestlers, Islam Makhachev, needed an opponent. Enter Arman Tsarukyan, one half of Saturday night’s main event. Tsarukyan, unaffiliated with UFC up until that point, knew he needed to take advantage of the opportunity to perform at
Longtime light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith is a +350 betting underdog on select sportsbooks for his upcoming showdown against once-beaten Russian bruiser Magomed Ankalaev, which takes place as part of the UFC 277 pay-per-view (PPV) event on July 30 at American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. It’s the second widest spread of his career,
Sean O’Malley has had a ‘great’ UFC 276 training camp Rising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley (15-1) will face his highest ranked opponent when he steps in the octagon against Pedro Munhoz (19-7, 1 NC) at UFC 276 on July 2. O’Malley entered his last fight against Raulian Paiva in December with lingering injury that prevented
By Mike Bohn | June 21, 2022 11:00 am ET Bellator returns from a 42-day hiatus on Friday with Bellator 282, which goes down at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., with a main card that airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. The middleweight belt will be on the line in the main
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Belal Muhammad has worked hard to earn his #5 ranking in the UFC’s welterweight division, but there were times on the way up where he questioned his employer’s intentions. “Remember the Name” joined former UFC fighter-turned-comedian Brendan Schaub on a recent edition of Schaub’s Food Truck Diaries Youtube series. When they weren’t sampling Mexican food,
1:53 PM ET The fight between a pair of UFC lightweight luminaries seems to be cursed. For the second time, Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon has been canceled the day of the planned bout, UFC officials confirmed Saturday with ESPN. Lauzon had to withdraw because of a non-weight-cut-related medical issue, the promotion said. The contest
Troy Isley had Donte Stubbs right where he wanted him. At Saturday’s Beterbiev vs. Smith boxing event at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Isley scored the biggest highlight of the undercard with an explosive counter-punch knockout of Stubbs at the :38 mark of Round 3. Watch the highlight-reel knockout shot above.
The 30-year-old Maness is one of the best unheralded talents on the roster, entering Saturday’s contest with a 14-1 record overall and a 3-0 mark inside the Octagon, with his lone setback coming in a championship clash with former UFC standout Taylor Lapilus under the TKO banner. After going to a decision win over Johnny
Glover Teixeira wasn’t feeling too great the day before one of the biggest fights of his career. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to Asia for its first pay-per-view (PPV) on the continent in Kallang, Singapore two weeks ago (June 11, 2022). In the main event of said event, UFC 275, Light Heavyweight champion, Glover Teixeira,
UFC Austin Official Scorecard: Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett The UFC Austin main event between featherweights Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett ended in a split decision on Saturday at the Moody Center in Texas. The judges all agreed on that Emmett won the first and third rounds. They all also agreed that Kattar won round
AUSTIN, Texas – Maria Oliveira had to put in 15 minutes of hard work to get her first UFC win Saturday. Oliveira (13-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) took a split decision from Gloria de Paula (6-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 37 in Austin, Texas. Oliveira was one of five
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz believes that former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov would finish middleweight king Israel Adesanya inside the Octagon. Khabib, regarded by many as the greatest of all time, retired from active competition following a third successful title defense in 2020. The Dagestani departed the sport having
10:22 AM ET Coming off a sellout UFC Fight Night in Texas this past weekend, the UFC’s summer schedule is heating up. As the promotion returns to the APEX this week, the main event features Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot. This was not the original No. 1 fight on the card, but I love that
Sean O’Malley sees Charles Oliveira as the one man that could challenge a former UFC champion widely regarded as the best ever at 155 pounds. Discussing Oliveira in an interview with Canal Encarada, O’Malley was asked what he thought about Oliveira’s chances against Khabib Nurmagomedov should the former lightweight king decide to come out of
UFC returns to Austin, Texas for the first time since 2018 to hold its first event in the brand-new Moody Center. Headlining the event will be a featherweight matchup sure to deliver fireworks as No. 4 ranked contender Calvin Kattar takes on No.7 ranked Josh Emmett. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: KATTAR vs EMMETT will take place