By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | October 31, 2021 7:40 pm ET Follow @MikeBohnMMA Today is Halloween, and plenty of fighters and other MMA notables are embracing the opportunity to dress up and celebrate the holiday. Costumes from the past five years set the bar quite high, but the challenge was certainly met with
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Volkan Oezdemir has never lost confidence in himself. The ups and downs of a winning streak, title shots, and a losing skid have built the light heavyweight contender into the fighter that he is today. And while the Switzerland native still believes in himself, he knows that he always has something to prove when he
Conor McGregor doesn’t seem to do well when it comes to long stretches between fights. His best work in the Octagon came when he was extremely active: three fights in 2015 to win the featherweight title and three fights in 2016 ending with him becoming the champ champ. It’s gotten sparse since then. Including the
5:17 PM ET ABU DHABI — Petr Yan might not be the official champion of the UFC’s bantamweight division — but it sure feels like the weight class belongs to him. Yan (16-2) claimed the interim bantamweight title at UFC 267 on Saturday by defeating Cory Sandhagen (14-4) via unanimous decision. The 135-pound title fight
ABU DHABI — Strawweight Amanda Ribas spoke with reporters backstage at Etihad Arena following her unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 267 and discussed getting back on track after her first UFC loss, fighting in front of fans once again, what she was going to say before her interview with Daniel Cormier was
July 26, 2020; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khamzat Chimaev (red gloves) of Czechia celebrates after his TKO victory over Rhys McKee (not pictured) of Northern Ireland in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island . Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports If there was
Looks like Jake Paul went for a trick instead of a treat for Halloween this year. Paul has been feuding back and forth with UFC President Dana White for a while, calling him out for underpaying his fighters and suggesting that he likes to partake in extracurricular activities involving his nose. Most recently, White went
UFC 267 highlights & recap: Petr Yan vs Cory Sandhagen Watch the UFC 267 highlights and recap from the interim bantamweight championship between Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen. The bout served as the UFC 267 co-main event on Saturday at Etihad Arena, Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) UFC 267
(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for champs Glover Teixeira, Petr Yan after UFC 267?) UFC 267 is a night Jan Blachowicz and Cory Sandhagen will be glad to forget since both came out on the losing end of a pair of championship fights that closed out the card at Etihad Arena on Yas
Michal Oleksiejczuk is proud to be fighting on the same UFC 267 event as countrymen Jan Blachowicz and Marcin Tybura, a card that some in Poland are calling “The Polish card.” That’s not surprising, because Blachowicz’s journey to the title is one that Oleksiejczuk and many others draw motivation from. “We are from the same
Jake Paul is set to return to the boxing ring against Love Island star Tommy Fury on December 18th. But that doesn’t mean the YouTuber is going to stop bagging on MMA’s biggest promoter, UFC president Dana White. Paul’s back and forths with White have generated numerous headlines as “The Problem Child” has dissed White
5:45 PM ET Glover Teixeira got a UFC light heavyweight title shot seven years ago and lost, like most everyone else does, to Jon Jones. At that point, Teixeira was already 34 years old and most wrote him off. He had his nice UFC run, many thought, and that would be it. Instead, Teixeira got
It took Jan Blachowicz years to become one of the UFC’s most surprising champions and he’s committed to doing what it takes to claim gold again. Blachowicz lost his light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, submitting to a rear-naked choke in the second
Ahead of his return to the cage in the main event of Brave CF 55, flyweight Jose Torres has inked a new multi-fight deal with the organization and admits genuine respect — something he says he didn’t get in the UFC — played a major role in extending his stay for five more bouts. “I
[MMA NEWS ARCHIVES] Three years ago, the world was abuzz about Ben Askren‘s pending UFC arrival, including longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan. The following article is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of the MMA News Archives. On This Day Three Years Ago… [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 31, 2018, 2:44 PM] Ben Askren
Petr Yan topped Cory Sandhagen on the scorecards (49-46 x3) to earn the UFC interim championship and another shot at Aljamain Sterling. “Everyone knows I am the real champion”, Yan said after the fight to Sterling. Read the play-by-play here. Before any action even happened the crowd was chanting for the former champ. A minute
Champ Jan Blachowicz relaxes with video games; Cory Sandhagen spars. Glover Teixeira and the champ cross paths . Dan Hooker’s teammates tease him in the makeup chair. Petr Yan and the other athletes in the title fights go to open workouts. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC
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