By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | May 27, 2021 8:20 pm ET LAS VEGAS – “The Ultimate Fighter” is finally back for its 29th season. For the first time since 2018, the reality series is set to stream new episodes with teams coached by UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and upcoming title challenger Brian
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The former strawweight champion looks to recapture her belt at UFC 261 in her co-main event matchup with Zhang Weili. Check out a collection of knockouts and submissions from Rose Namajunas UFC career, including the memorable knockout that won her the championship against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 in 2017. Subscribe to get all the
UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt discusses his new physique, fighting Antonio Silva again, the bizarre circumstances surrounding his first USADA drug test, his new book and more. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=mmafightingonsbn Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/mmafightingonsbn/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/mmafightingonsbn/playlists Like MMAF on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mmafighting Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mmafighting Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com
2:09 PM ET Former UFC champion Jon Jones has enlisted veteran boxing promoter Richard Schaefer as a representative, he announced via social media on Wednesday. Jones, 33, is one of the most dominant fighters in UFC history, although he has not fought since February 2020. A former light heavyweight champion, Jones vacated his UFC title
A featherweight fight with fireworks written all over it has been booked as former champion Max Holloway is expected to face Yair Rodriguez in the five-round main event at the upcoming UFC card on July 17. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup is in the works when speaking to MMA Fighting on Wednesday following UFC President
UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here and to be part of this season? Petroski: I’m at a stage of my career where this is my shot. Not to say that I don’t have a lot to learn, but this is definitely my opportunity. Everything,
Carla Esparza is hopeful that the UFC will grant her a title shot. The former strawweight champion is waiting anxiously to be the next challenger to the newly crowned two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas after dominating Yan Xiaonan in her most recent fight at UFC Vegas 27. Despite absolutely mauling Xiaonan in the fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Featherweight fireworks will join the usual red, white, and blue variety in July. Per ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight kingpin, Max Holloway, will return to cage opposite high-flying kickboxer, Yair Rodriguez, on July 17, 2021 at UFC Fight Night 191. Currently, the event’s location has yet to
Cris Cyborg says Dana White blocked Miesha Tate from grappling her Cris “Cyborg” Justino has held the women’s featherweight title in every major American MMA promotion at one point. Currently the Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion, Cyborg recently revealed that she and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate were considering a grappling match in
By Nolan King | May 26, 2021 9:35 pm Makwan Amirkhani has a new opponent for UFC Fight Night 189. With Nate Landwehr out due to injury, “Mr. Finland” Amirkhani (16-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will now face off against promotional newcomer and Dana White’s Contender Series alum Kamuela Kirk in a featherweight fight. Two people
7:31 AM ET With a rare off week on the UFC calendar, it’s a good moment to take a step back and look at the biggest stories across several key divisions, with each having its own questions surrounding the championship and the greater title picture. The heavyweight division is seemingly headed toward a rematch of
Jimmy Smith is headed to Monday Night Raw. The former UFC and Bellator color commentator has snagged one of the most coveted jobs in the professional wrestling industry as he joins the WWE’s flagship series Raw as the new play-by-play man alongside color analysts Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. WWE made the announcement on Wednesday
Featured News UFC Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 prelims–like most preliminary cards–featured several talents making their Ultimate Fighting Championship debuts. However, it also includes Octagon and main card veterans like Court McGee and Ben Rothwell looking to bounce back from recent losses. Yancy Medeiros versus Damir Hadzovic was a fight day
The wins are there and the names are there, but Roberts’ intuition tells him it’s better to attack a fighting style change early instead of late. If all else fails and Roberts needs to pivot back, he’s only 25 years old and yet to even enter his fighting prime, despite all his opponents being in
Jon Jones and Chael P. Sonnen are at it yet again. Our saga begins with Jon Jones teasing the world of a big announcement forthcoming. I’m about to give birth to something big, something out of the ordinary. — BONY (@JonnyBones) May 24, 2021 “I’m about to give birth to something big, something out of
The official Bellator MMA rankings were updated following the Bellator 259: “Cyborg vs Smith 2” event, which went down last Fri. night (May 14, 2021) from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event of the evening, Cris Cyborg went up 2-0 on Leslie Smith by earning a knockout win over “The
Following a year and a half layoff, welterweight Bobby Nash returned to action this past November in about as strong of a fashion as he could have, picking up a first round TKO of Spencer Jebb in the first round of the XFC welterweight tournament. Not only did picking up the win prove to be
By Nolan King | May 26, 2021 6:20 pm The lineup for Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 5 is slowly coming to form. Contracts are going out and fighters are putting their names on the dotted lines. The upcoming installment has a different flare than recent years, with a large percentage of the roster coming