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8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim At first, Ryan Bader wondered if he belonged. By using a relative colossus and a stoic legend as springboards, he came to recognize he most definitely did. The self-reflection by Bellator’s light heavyweight champion occurred as the promotion put a new challenge in front of him in 2018. Bader had
Kay Hansen is returning to the strawweight division to welcome a promotional newcomer in April. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Hansen will face Piera Rodriguez at UFC 273. The event takes place April 9 at a venue and location yet to be officially announced. ESPN Deportes was
Jan 22, 2022; Anaheim, California, USA; Said Nurmagomedov (blue gloves) celebrates his win by submission against Cody Stamann (red gloves) during UFC 270 at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Fast-rising UFC bantamweight Said Nurmagomedov claims fan-favorite contemporary Sean O’Malley has been avoiding a fight with him for a while. Nurmagomedov (15-2)
In the song “Diamonds from Sierra Leone,” Kanye West asks, “When you talk about classics, do my name get brought up?” Whittaker could do the same in regards to this performance when people are discussing the best championship efforts inside the Octagon. Romero is a different type of athlete — a mass of muscle and
Ben Askren doesn’t agree with Chael Sonnen that UFC 272 is a career-ending fight per se, but he knows Jorge Masvidal needs to defeat Colby Covington to regain his popularity. Masvidal became a massive star in 2019 after knocking out Darren Till in London. He followed that up with a five-second flying knee KO over
Eagle Fight Club (EFC) — now owned by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight legend, Khabib Nurmagomedov — returns to the airwaves tonight (Fri., Jan. 28, 2022) with a slew of familiar faces in tow. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of tonight’s main card on FLXCast. The undercard broadcast begins at 6 p.m. ET, with the
Jake Paul releases ‘Dana White Diss Track’ | Video YouTube creator turned professional boxer Jake Paul released a “Dana White Diss Track” on Friday and posted the “Official video” to his YouTube channel. The UFC president and Paul have had a public feud that’s seen both men take personal shots at the other. White challenged
UFC 270 is upon us. All of the fighters competing at UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane got one last look at their opponent before Saturday night at the Ceremonial Weigh-In. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/
Eric Nicksick discusses Francis Ngannou’s win at UFC 270, how stressful the camp was, the champ’s knee injury, how close they were to pulling out of the fight, what he thought of Dana White not putting the belt on Ngannou, and more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on
By Matt Erickson | January 28, 2022 1:00 pm ET Bader vs. Moldavsky Henderson vs. Mamedov Corrales vs. Lee Homasi vs. Willis MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 6-5 Moldavsky (65%) Mamedov (80%) Corrales (71%) Willis (75%) John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 9-2 2021 Champion Moldavsky Mamedov Corrales Willis Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 7-4 Moldavsky Mamedov Corrales Willis Danny
3:35 PM ET UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will seek his second title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on May 7, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC is working on finalizing the 155-pound title fight shortly. The pay-per-view event now includes two title fights. Brazilian light heavyweight champion Glover
Thus far, Khabib Nurmagomedov has tried to play nice in recruiting talent to his Eagle FC fight promotion, but that doesn’t mean he plans to do so forever, especially if other organizations don’t treat their own fighters well. On Friday night, Nurmagomedov’s fight promotion makes its U.S. debut with Eagle FC 44. The card is
Dec 18, 2021; Tampa, FL, USA; Jake Paul celebrates after defeating Tyron Woodley at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports YouTube star turned boxing sensation Jake Paul has always been an ambitious individual. And he has even bigger goals in mind for life after his run in the sweet science is done. Paul
“When you take yourself out of the present moment and start looking at that, that’s having a great analytical mind, and when you’re in your analytical mind, you’re not able to react, you’re not able to fight, and you’re not able to get in the zone,” she said. “Obviously, those things play a factor because
MMA reporter Ariel Helwani revealed today via his substack page that Jan Blachowicz has withdrawn from his March 26 bout against Aleksandar Rakić. According to the Thursday report, the hope is to reschedule the bout for May. Former Blachowicz’s reign at the top of the 205-pound mountain came to a crashing halt at UFC 267
A Middleweight fight between Uriah Hall and Andre Muniz is set to go down at an upcoming “Fight Night” event on April 16, 2022. According to MMA Fighting, the fight is not yet official, though bout agreements are in place. Hall is looking to bounce back after he had his four-fight win streak snapped by
UFC Champ Julianna Peña on COVID-19 pandemic: “This is just a money grab” Newly crowned UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña appeared as a guest on Joe Rogan‘s podcast and gave her opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogan’s highly popular podcast on Spotify has drawn national headlines recently for content that expressed controversial opinions on