“I always got a little, I don’t want to say offended, but I always got rubbed the wrong way when I would fight for promotions and the very first thing they would say about me was, ‘We’ve got former player, Austen Lane,’” Lane explained. “I don’t want to be ‘former’ anything; I just want to
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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Julianna Peña is looking ahead to her rematch with Amanda Nunes, and knows there are some areas of her game she needs to fix before their second clash. At UFC 269, the final pay-per-view of 2021, Peña closed out a memorable year for MMA’s premier promotion in style. In the co-main event,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s getting harder to deny Gegard Mousasi’s greatness … not that I’m sure why anyone would want to! Mousasi has been a highly skilled fighter for a long, long time, and he’s one of the best finishers in the sport. A pro since 2003, the 36-year-old Mousasi is one of extremely
Bellator 275 Results: Gegard Mousasi makes quick work of Austin Vanderford The Bellator MMA cage was in Dublin, Ireland on Friday for Bellator 275 at 3Arena, and it didn’t take middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi long to dispatch of Austin Vanderford in the fight card’s main event. Vanderford entered the championship main event as an undefeated
Jamahal Hill spoke to MMA Junkie and other reporters at UFC Fight Night 201 media day ahead of his main event with Johnny Walker on Saturday in Las Vegas. Full fight card: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/events/ufc-fight-night-feb-19 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
By Nolan King | February 25, 2022 6:40 pm ET There are levels to fighting. At Bellator 275, Gegard Mousasi proved Austin Vanderford is not quite ready to take the jump to the championship level. During Friday’s headliner at 3Arena in Dublin, Mousasi (49-7-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) defeated Vanderford (11-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) via TKO
8:02 AM ET There is a saying mixed martial arts manager Jason House often turns to during conversations with the athletes he represents. “I always tell them, ‘It’s not about who’s good,'” House says. “‘It’s about who’s left.'” In a sport full of potential pitfalls, UFC lightweight Bobby Green (29-12-1) has always found a way
At the UFC Vegas 49 weigh-ins, all 22 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday. The UFC Vegas 49 official weigh-ins will be at 12 p.m. E.T., and MMA Fighting will carry a live stream courtesy of Ag. Fight. In the main event, lightweights Islam Makhachev and Bobby
He was certainly closer in size to Krzysztof Jotko than he was Spann when the two met in early October, but unfortunately for the Latvian-born Canadian, the overall result wasn’t what he had wanted. The two engaged in a low-output clinch battle, with Cirkunov landing on the wrong side of a split decision verdict, with
Islam Makhachev plans on chatting it up with Booby Green on the canvas at UFC Vegas 49. Islam Makhachev will be headlining the upcoming UFC Vegas 49 card this weekend against Bobby Green. There has been a lot of talk about Makhachev and his position in the UFC lightweight rankings lately. On Saturday night, it
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 49 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a lightweight showdown between streaking contender Islam Makhachev and resurgent veteran Bobby Green this Sat. night (Feb. 26, 2022) on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. LIVE!
Chris Leben posts video from hospital using a walker and feeling ‘shaky’ Former UFC fighter and Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter semifinalist Chris Leben continues to battle the aftermath of COVID-19 in the hospital. Leben was admitted to the hospital in the first week of February after developing a cough and shortness of breath after getting COVID. He
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 24, 2022 11:09 pm ET Check out these photos of the fighters on the scale and their faceoffs ahead of PFL Challenger Series 2 in Orlando, Fla. (Photos courtesy of PFL) Nathan Pierce (173.6) Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/gallery/photos-pfl-challenger-series-2-official-weigh-ins-and-faceoffs
8:30 PM ET Robert Whittaker sees no ceiling on his MMA career despite the loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 271, saying he left Houston believing he is the “best middleweight in the world.” And the Australian hopes to be back in the Octagon as soon as possible, eager to continue the journey to get
MMA Fighting has Bellator 275 results for the Mousasi vs. Vanderford event on Friday night from the 3Arena in Dublin. In the main event, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will square off with Austin Vanderford in a five-round title fight. Mousasi, the No. 3 ranked middleweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, has won three straight
Credit: BKFC Triller and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) are looking to combine powers after announcing that the popular music app has purchased a “majority stake” in the Philadelphia-based bare-knuckle fighting outfit. On Wednesday, Triller — owner of fight promotion Triller Fight Club — announced their acquisition of the fast-growing boxing organization in a new
Din Thomas fills in as co-host to help Matt preview UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs Green! First, after Matt gives Din a hard time for letting Colby Covington diss him during an interview, Misha Cirkunov makes his UFC Unfiltered debut ahead of his bout against Wellington Turman. After he explains why judo will never be
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has revealed what moment allowed Julianna Peña to take over in the UFC 269 co-main event. 2022 is representing a fresh challenge for Nunes. For the first time since 2015, she’s entered the new year off the back of a defeat. While she was coming off a loss