By Farah Hannoun | June 10, 2022 8:45 am ET Dana White still isn’t keen on seeing Conor McGregor return against Jorge Masvidal. Although it would be a bout between the sports biggest star and arguably the second biggest draw, White insists that Michael Chandler vs. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) makes more sense. With McGregor
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Champ Valentina Shevchenko gets settled and sight-sees in Singapore. Joanna Jedrzejczyk weathers travel woes. Champ Glover Teixeira and challenger Jiri Prochazka adjust to the time and date difference. UFC 275 is on Saturday, June 11. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
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A motorcyclist who also claimed to be an MMA fighter recently injured a police officer in England after crashing his motorcycle. The report from the English newspaper The Shields Gazette identified the man as 30-year-old Ralph Oliver. The incident occurred early on May 16 on the A19, which is a major road in England. An
8:13 PM ET Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has put together one of the most unique fight bookings of the year. Bellator star Michael “Venom” Page will take on former UFC veteran Mike Perry at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 27 on Aug. 20 in London, the promotion announced Thursday. Page, a karate specialist, will remain with
International Fight Week is capped off by UFC 276, and the summer pay-per-view event now has a poster. The UFC on Thursday released the official advertisement for the July 2 show at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Featured on the image are the two headlining title fights: Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier and Alexander Volkanovski
And while Shevchenko needs little more motivation than keeping her belt, she comes to Singapore carrying a rejuvenated kind of energy that comes from returning home after a long time away. Early in 2022, Shevchenko visited Kyrgyzstan, spending nearly a month there. The trip carried major significance for Shevchenko as it was her first time
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor are undeniably two of the sport’s biggest stars. After each fighter’s recent skids, maybe it’s time to match them up? Having gone back and forth a bit on social media, Masvidal expressed his thoughts on how massive a bout with “The Notorious” would be.
Dana White won’t be at UFC 275: Here’s why It’s rare that UFC president Dana White skips a UFC pay-per-view, especially one with not just one, but two title fights on it. But the UFC head-honcho is not going to be in Singapore to watch Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka or Valentina Shevchenko vs. Taila
By Farah Hannoun | June 9, 2022 7:15 pm ET It didn’t take long for Alex Perez to get a new fight. Perez originally was scheduled to face Askar Askarov on July 16 at UFC on ESPN 38 in Long Island, N.Y., but the fight was scrapped when Askarov withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Instead, Perez
Tatiana Suarez has given her thoughts on the welterweight title picture. The UFC welterweight division has been a topic of conversation lately. Champion Kamaru Usman is recovering from surgery on his hand and his return timetable is unclear. He was linked to a title fight with Leon Edwards but now a new name has been
7:03 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will face off this summer. A bout between former champion Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night headliner, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday to Barstool Sports. The bout is scheduled for Aug. 13, and White said the
Glover Teixeira is the underdog going into his UFC 275 title defense against Jiri Prochazka on Saturday, but he doesn’t really care. He respects the former RIZIN champion regardless, even if he doesn’t see the Czech light heavyweight as the biggest challenge of his storied MMA career. Speaking on this week’s edition of MMA Fighting
He worked his way to the top, eventually winning the Rizin bantamweight title and solidifying himself as someone ready to compete with the best fighters that MMA has to offer. The UFC wasted no time putting Kape up against top competition, giving him flyweight contenders Alexandre Pantoja and Matheus Nicolau in his first two bouts.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Strawweight legends Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Zhang Weili will rematch this weekend (Sat., June 11, 2022) at UFC 275 inside Singapore Indoor Arena in Kallang, Singapore. Fights don’t come much closer than the first scrap between Jedrzejczyk and Weili (watch it here). They certainly don’t come much better, either, as their five-round
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
Jeka Saragih produced a spectacular highlight on Episode 2 of “Road to UFC” when he halted Pawan Maan with a spinning backfist. Saragih (12-2) advanced to in the lightweight tournament on Thursday at Singapore Indoor Stadium when he closed the show with a perfect rotation that floored Maan (7-3-1) and forced the referee to wave