Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from mixed martial arts (MMA), and while promotion president Dana White has yet to strip “The Eagle” of his 155-pound strap, it doesn’t sound like there’s much reason to remain optimistic about a potential return to combat sports. “Every day I woke up in
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UFC 259 Embedded: Fight week kicks off UFC 259 Embedded features the fighters from Saturday’s championship tripleheader pay-per-view event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the main event. The UFC 259 co-main event sees Amanda Nunes put her featherweight title on the line against
By Danny Segura and MMA Junkie Radio | March 2, 2021 1:45 pm Muhammed Lawal is keeping a close eye to the upcoming Bellator light heavyweight grand prix. The former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion likes what Bellator has put together for their 205-pound division this spring – an eight-man tournament where the light heavyweight title
Heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis talks with Joe Rogan inside of the Octagon after his last second knockout victory at UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor. 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. To start your 7-day free trial, visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages
At the UFC 205 press conference, Conor McGregor had to handle some surprise trash talking from Jeremy Stephens. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com
The main event for The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale faces off one last time before Friday’s bout .For more MMA news: http://www.mmajunkie.com Upcoming events: http://mmajunkie.com/rumors Fighter rankings: http://mmajunkie.com/rankings Connect with MMAjunkie on social media! Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
Feb 14, 2021 Kamaru Usman accomplished much on Saturday night at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. He won his 13th straight UFC welterweight fight, which broke Georges St-Pierre‘s record for most victories at 170 pounds. Usman also tied the great Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most wins in a row to start a UFC career, and
Khamzat Chimaev appeared to announce his retirement from MMA three weeks after lingering COVID-19 symptoms forced him to withdraw from UFC Vegas 21. But UFC President Dana White said the rising UFC welterweight star is actually readying for a June comeback. Chimaev wrote on Instagram (translated from Russian), “Thank you all so much for supporting
One of the most iconic venues in the history of sport became simply a small detail in the storyline of UFC 205, when Conor McGregor became the first fighter to hold UFC titles in multiple divisions simultaneously after defeating Eddie Alvarez, accessorizing his featherweight belt with a lightweight one as well. UFC 259 will become
Dana White has come forward to assure the public that Khamzat Chimaev is not going anywhere. On Monday, UFC breakout star Khamzat Chimaev published an Instagram post that seemed to announce his retirement from MMA. Given the drastic COVID-19 complications that Chimaev has been enduring for the past several weeks, it would be easy to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! While capturing two title simultaneously is an incredible accomplishment and monumental task in itself, defending both straps is perhaps an even greater challenge. One is forced to always look further passed the current challenger, as there is never a truly calm path ahead so long as the double champ is responsible
Watch Petr Yan annihilate Jose Aldo to win bantamweight title | UFC 259 free fight [embedded content] Petr Yan captured the bantamweight title when he defeated Jose Aldo UFC 251 last year on Fight Island. Yan makes his first title defense against top contender Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6, at the
By Mike Bohn | March 1, 2021 11:30 pm The rivalry between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier was reignited on Monday. Cormier, said on the latest episode of his podcast, <a href=” “Jon Jones will not knock out anybody (at heavyweight),” Cormier said. “He doesn’t hit hard enough. If he couldn’t knock these dudes out
News May 11, 2019; Rosemont, IL, USA; A.J. McKee (red gloves) defeats Pat Curran (blue gloves) during Bellator 221 at Allstate Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Starting a mixed martial arts career unbeaten over 17 fights is sure to instill a great deal of confidence. However, for someone like Bellator featherweight AJ McKee,
6:54 AM ET IT WAS OCT. 25, 2020, and Daniel Cormier was in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, talking to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who had shocked the MMA world the previous night by tearfully announcing his retirement in the Octagon after defeating Justin Gaethje. There was plenty for the old friends to talk
Amanda Ribas was expected to face Carla Esparza and then booked against Michelle Waterson before eventually meeting Marina Rodriguez in her most recent UFC bout in January, which marked her first loss inside the company. Back to training in her hometown Varginha, Brazil, Ribas wants to be once again paired up versus “The Karate Hottie”
Following the fight, Nguyen and Juarez discussed the strike and all was smoothed over immediately. Like Nguyen, Juarez understands that it’s nobody’s favorite part of the sport, but it’s a part of MMA. “My opponent has done that to me before,” Nguyen said. “This happens all the time in MMA.” Over a week since the
Pedro Munhoz is hoping to get a big fight next time out and wants it to be against TJ Dillashaw. At UFC Vegas 20 on Saturday, Munhoz earned a hard-fought decision win over Jimmie Rivera. It was a great performance from the Brazilian and after the win, Rivera called for a fight against T.J. Dillashaw.