Zhang Weili expected to defend belt against Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili is expected to next defend her belt against former champion Rose Namajunas at UFC 261. Multiple sources confirmed that a bout between Zhang and Namajunas had been agreed upon, although contracts had yet to be finalized. ESPN was
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By Matt Erickson | March 1, 2021 1:00 pm We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 259 event in Las Vegas. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET
After just over two years with the promotion, Petr Yan climbed up the bantamweight rankings and claimed the UFC bantamweight title in a matchup with former featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 251 last year. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
1:13 PM ET Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder agreed to fight just last week. Now, the fight will no longer be happening Saturday. The women’s strawweight bout between Hill and Yoder was removed from UFC Fight Night just hours before start of the event due to COVID-19 protocols, the promotion announced Saturday. Yoder said in
Former strawweight champion Carla Esparza is expected to face Yan Xioanan in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout at the upcoming UFC event on May 22. Multiple sources confirmed to MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the matchup following an initial report from MMA DNA. A winner of four fights in a
Opponent: Don’Tale Mayes What You Need To Know: “Bam Bam” earned one of the most cathartic wins of 2020, knocking out Stefan Struve at UFC 254 and snapping a 3-fight skid. He takes on Mayes, who earned his first UFC win in his third try, scoring a unanimous decision win over Roque Martinez last November.
Dustin Poirier is leaving the door open for a fight against Nate Diaz at 170 pounds. Dustin Poirier has not forgotten the date of November 3, 2018. This was supposed to be the day that Poirier fought Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden. That honor would instead go
Jorge Masvidal had a blast at the “Canelo” fight on Saturday night. Not only did he get to enjoy a one sided drubbing from “Canelo” Alvarez delivered unto Avni Yildirim, he ended up interviewing Alvarez after the fight. After that interview he spoke with IFL TV about Alvarez’s performance. “I love to see the disparity,
Watch Aljamain Sterling submit Cory Sandhagen to earn title shot at UFC 259 [embedded content] Aljamain Sterling earned his title shot against bantamweight champion Petr Yan by defeating Cory Sandhagen in a title eliminator bout at UFC 250 in June, 2020. “The Funk Master” and Yan make up the first of three title bouts featured
By Blue Corner | February 28, 2021 6:30 pm Social media has become a significant part of the sporting landscape. But few, if any, professional sports match the level of interaction and personal access provided by MMA. In an individual competition in which nearly every athlete is chasing the same goal of financial success and
11:37 PM ET Ciryl Gane, the UFC heavyweight contender, picked up a critical notch in his belt. Ciryl Gane the budding UFC star? Maybe not so much. Gane completely controlled Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a one-sided, unanimous decision win (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. But
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“With that understanding is how I’ve approached a lot of situations where I could potentially get into a fight with a White kid or a bunch of White kids,” he said. “I’m gonna be the one that you look at first. I’m gonna be the troublemaker, defending myself or not. So there’s been too many
The UFC Vegas 20 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane. This fight was lackluster as neither guy was aggressive. It was a slow paced fight and limited strikes thrown. Gane did score
Sometimes big news comes from strange places. This time it’s from UK boxing sportsbook Betfred running into Jorge Masvidal in the bowels of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami moments after Saul “Canelo” Alvarez wrecked Avni Yildirim in 3 rounds (watch the highlights here). During that interview, Jorge dropped a big nugget of news: he
Alex Caceres: ‘I want to transcend myself’ | UFC Vegas 20 [embedded content] Hear everything Alex Caceres had to say after defeating Kevin Croom at the UFC Vegas 10 post-fight press conference. “I want to transcend myself and keep transcending myself. This journey of life never stops.” (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > TJ Dillashaw
By Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway | February 28, 2021 1:15 pm LAS VEGAS – Pedro Munhoz is targeting a big name at 135 pounds. The UFC bantamweight contender wants to take on former champion T.J. Dillashaw following his win Saturday at UFC Fight Night 186. Munhoz (19-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) avenged his 2015 loss
The former UFC middleweight champion got the job done against Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision at UFC 254. Robert Whittaker improved to 22-5 with the win. 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/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views