2:32 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Sean Strickland and Alex Pereira in July, multiple sources told ESPN. Contacts have not been signed but both sides have agreed to the 185-pound matchup. It will take place on what is expected to be a UFC 277 pay-per-view on July 30. The UFC
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Marcus Buchecha will have a big test ahead of him when he returns to action against “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane at the upcoming ONE: Reloaded card on April 22. ONE Championship officials confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. Recognized as one of the most decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu stylists in history, Buchecha has been
Glover Teixeira never thought he would be fighting when he was 40 years old, especially on those days in training camp that never seemed to end. Register For Your UFC 275 Pre-Sale Tickets “I thought I was gonna retire when I was 35,” said the light heavyweight contender, still going strong as he approaches his
Kamaru Usman‘s manager, Ali Abdelaziz was quick to acknowledge the fact that he would be open to making the Conor McGregor bout. McGregor is currently rehabbing his broken leg he sustained in his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier in July. For the longest time, he had been talking about getting a lightweight title shot in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paddy Pimblett is on his way to being one of the sport’s biggest draws. Just two fights into his UFC career, there’s already plenty of buzz around the Liverpool scrapper. He’s done well to market himself, picking up some significant sponsorships in the process. A couple weeks ago, Pimblett brought down
Henry Cejudo is open to fight Conor McGregor at lightweight if McGregor is ‘willing to be sober’ A rivalry between former multiple-division UFC champions, Henry Cejudo and Conor McGregor, has been heating up lately. Cejudo once held the UFC flyweight and bantamweight titles. McGregor has held the UFC featherweight and lightweight belts. Cejudo, also an
By Danny Segura, The Blue Corner | March 30, 2022 9:30 pm ET UFC callouts come around often, but not like Matt Frevola’s. The UFC lightweight took to social media to call out rising star Paddy Pimblett in a hilarious video mocking one of Pimblett’s (18-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) post-fight interviews where he threw up
From Pat Miletich in 1998 to most recently Kamaru Usman, and the man that held the belt for over 2,000 days, Georges St-Pierre, take a look back through all of the welterweight champions in UFC history. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
Kevin Lee explains how he ended up with Eagle FC, joining forces with former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, why he will get paid in bitcoin, a possible opponent for his March debut, and more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday afternoon. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour
9:00 AM ET WWE will begin talent tryouts Wednesday for 45 current and former college athletes, including 19 football players, as part of WrestleMania Week in the Dallas area. The three-day tryout, taking place at Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, Texas, will include evaluations for performance and promotion as well as interviews and technical sessions
Matt Brown’s latest loss has only reinforced his belief that something has to be done about how MMA judging is handled. After ending up on the wrong end of a split decision following a thrilling scrap with Bryan Barberena this past Saturday at UFC Columbus, Brown is confident that he did enough to win. He
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Rousey nearly breaking Tate’s arm in their first meeting did nothing to cool down the rivalry between the two, and things only escalated during their coaching stint against each other on The Ultimate Fighter 18. But what was expected to be a repeat in their UFC 168 rematch instead pushed Rousey
UFC middleweight Darren Till may have to sacrifice his bromance with Khamzat Chimaev if both of them emerge in the 185lb title picture. Till is anticipating a return to the UFC Octagon later this year as he looks to snap a recent losing skid. He has lost back-to-back fights to Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker
Jorge Masvidal isn’t shying away from the spotlight after his recent dust-up with Colby Covington. According to Florida Politics, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight title challenger will be featured as the marquee guest of a Gov. Ron DeSantis campaign event in Miami tonight (Weds., March 30, 2022). The event takes place from 5:30
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
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 30, 2022 6:00 pm ET Things got crazy at ONE Championship X this past Saturday with a unique hybrid rules match. Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson took on ONE flyweight muay Thai champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon. It wasn’t an MMA fight. It wasn’t a muay Thai fight. It was both.
9:00 AM ET The PFL announced on Tuesday its opening regular-season matchups for the heavyweight and featherweight divisions on April 28. A heavyweight matchup between 2021 champion Bruno Cappelozza (14-5) and Stuart Austin (15-7) will headline the PFL 2 event at Esports Stadium Arlington in Texas. PFL’s regular-season format begins April 20 with the light
Gegard Mousasi already had an opponent, now he has a time and place for his next championship fight. Bellator announced Tuesday that the reigning middleweight champion — currently No. 3 in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings — will fight Johnny Eblen in the main event of Bellator 282 on June 24 at Mohegan Sun Arena in