Jon Jones gave up his UFC light heavyweight title to make a run at the heavyweight championship. But former two-division champ Daniel Cormier believes his longtime rival will fail to capture gold. On the “DC & RC” podcast, Cormier gave his UFC predictions for 2022 and said Jones would return to action but fall short
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Credit: ONE Championship Several of ONE Championship’s biggest fights in 2022 are official, and three of them are happening on the same night. On Wednesday, promotion CEO Chatri Sityodtong appeared on popular industry podcast The MMA Hour to reveal that ONE Championship’s tenth-anniversary event ONE X will be led by a pair of title fights
Coach Dyah Davis calls in first to discuss the latest developments on a potential matchup between Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz, how his Olympic gold medalist father, Howard Davis Jr., taught him how to box and coach, and shares his prediction on the UFC heavyweight title fight between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane. Then, comedian Brian
Francis Ngannou‘s dreams of becoming a boxer might be over before they began. Francis Ngannou is just one of the UFC fighters who are looking to make some extra money by trying their hand at boxing. The road paved by Jake Paul has given former UFC fighters a chance to make a huge paycheck in
Henry Cejudo blasts Alexander Volkanovski for Korean Zombie match-up Henry Cejudo is retired but that doesn’t mean he will stop his trash talk anytime soon. On Tuesday, the former UFC champion took to Twitter to blast Alexander Volkanovski for accepting a fight with Chan Sung Jung (aka Korean Zombie). Volkanovski was originally slated to face
Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman became the first African fighter to claim UFC gold when he dethroned Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 in 2019. “The Nigerian Nightmare” says he’s the most dominant and well-rounded welterweight on the planet, and it’s hard to disagree. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with
Dana White gets amazing request from UFC rising fighter Khamzat Chimaev, Charles Oliveira on his struggles with glasses, Petr Yan extends his UFC contract for six more bouts and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the
By Farah Hannoun | January 12, 2022 9:10 am ET A matchup between rising featherweights is headed to UFC Columbus. Nate Landwehr (15-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) will take on Lerone Murphy (11-0-1 MMA, 3-0-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night on March 26, which takes place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and airs on ESPN.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal vs. Colby Covington was officially booked earlier today for UFC 272, and fans are excited! The two Welterweights are highly ranked and quite popular — or hated, which is kind of the same thing from a certain point of view — which makes for an intriguing match up before
Ilia Topuria is seeking a new opponent after a positive COVID-19 test scratched Movsar Evloev from UFC 270. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed Movsar’s status to MMA Fighting and the search for a new opponent. Topuria on Twitter called out featherweight veteran Dan Ige to replace Evloev on the Jan. 22
Credit: Paddy Pimblett/Twitter Paddy Pimblett versus Diego Sanchez was surely not the MMA beef you were expecting to heat up this week. Despite competing in the UFC just once in 2021, England’s Pimblett (17-3) made a major splash. His hype as a former Cage Warriors champion and two-division talent preceded him. So did his brash
“I’ve had 16 decisions and I think this will be my 23rd fight in the UFC — and I count the four fights that I had on The Ultimate Fighter because all them dudes fought in the UFC,” said McGee, who faced Nick Ring, James Hammortree, and Brad Tavares on the way to the TUF
Petr Yan has his theory on why the UFC opted to move his scheduled rematch with Aljamain Sterling from UFC 272 to the UFC 273 co-main. Yan lost his bantamweight title to Sterling at UFC 259 after landing an illegal knee to a grounded Sterling late in the fight. Sterling would earn the title via
Best Dressed UFC Fighter of 2021 Nominees | Video Joseph Benavidez announces the nominees for the best dressed fighter of 2021 as a part of the inaugural UFC Punchies: Social Awards. The four nominees included welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, No. 12 ranked bantamweight Sean O’Malley, and former featherweight champion Max Holloway.
By Farah Hannoun | January 11, 2022 8:00 pm ET Former UFC fighter Godofredo Pepey will return to action for the first time in almost three years. Pepey (14-6-1) faces Abdoul Abdouraguimov (13-1) for the welterweight title in the main event of ARES FC 3, which takes place Feb. 3 at the Dome de Paris
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler has been trying to fight Tony Ferguson ever since “Iron” crossed over from Bellator MMA back in fall 2020. Unfortunately, any offer from “El Cucuy” comes adorned with a “Tony shaped bow” — which is the combat sports equivalent of getting a gift wrapped in Sunday comics. “I signed with
4:09 PM ET A welterweight grudge match between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will headline UFC 272 on March 5, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Tuesday. Contracts have not been signed for the 170-pound scrap, but the bout is nearly finalized, per Campbell. The UFC 272 pay-per-view will take place at
The grudge match between former roommates and teammates Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington is finally a reality. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans told MMA Fighting the welterweight stars are set to headline UFC 272 on March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with verbal agreements in place from the fighters. UFC