By MMA Junkie Staff | February 12, 2021 11:05 pm LAS VEGAS – Megan Olivi will be back on broadcast duty at UFC 258. A longtime UFC backstage reporter and analyst, Olivi spoke to members of the media Friday following the official UFC 258 weigh-ins and faceoffs. Olivi discussed the main event between UFC welterweight
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6:55 AM ET IT WAS SEPTEMBER 2020, and UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman raised some eyebrows as he entered the Sanford MMA gym in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It was his first visit since he changed teams in the spring. There was talk of Usman defending his title in December against former training partner and current
UFC 258 has lost a main card fight. Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that the lightweight matchup between Jim Miller and Bobby Green has been scratched from Saturday night’s lineup. Following the event’s official weigh-ins, Miller and Green did not face off, which led to questions amongst the MMA community. UFC president Dana White
The first Las Vegas UFC Pay-Per-View of 2021 will be headlined by a thrilling welterweight title bout, as champion Kamaru Usman looks to continue asserting his dominance over the division by ending the momentum of former teammate and No. 2 ranked contender Gilbert Burns. In the co-main event, top 15 women’s flyweights battle to break into the title
Tomorrow night at UFC 258, welterweight king Kamaru Usman will defend his title against Gilbert Burns in the main event and look to break the record of Georges St-Pierre with the most consecutive wins in the division. Usman’s former teammate Burns will have something to say about that, as he tries to make history of
Bobby Green will not be competing at UFC 258 this weekend after all. Green, who was scheduled to fight fellow lightweight veteran Jim Miller as part of UFC 258’s pay-per-view (PPV) main card, collapsed backstage following official weigh ins early Friday (replay HERE). “King” had successfully made weight so it was undecided at that time
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns face-offs video [embedded content] The UFC 258 weigh-ins went off without a hitch on Friday with all the card’s athletes making weight. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the UFC 258 face-offs. When the main card fighters were introduced, Jim Miller and Bobby Green were notably absent. A
By Simon Samano | February 12, 2021 6:06 pm Bobby Green made weight for his UFC 258 fight with Jim Miller – but it appears to have been a struggle. And now their fight is off. Green was the last fighter to weigh in Friday morning at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and hit
Champ Kamaru Usman watches fights at Justin Gaethje’s home. Title challenger Gilbert Burns takes in his kids’ wrestling class. Ian Heinisch stays healthy with PT; his opponent Kelvin Gastelum gets a supportive sendoff from his home gym. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
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9:18 PM ET UFC president Dana White is refusing to throw in the towel on Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s retirement, even though the undefeated champion continues to state he’ll never fight again. Speaking to ESPN on Thursday, White said he has a meeting scheduled with Nurmagomedov at the end of the month in Las Vegas. Regardless of
The third time was not the charm for the welterweight showdown between Khamzat Chimaev and Leon Edwards. On Thursday, UFC President Dana White confirmed to ESPN that Chimaev has been forced to drop out of his scheduled fight against Edwards at the upcoming event on March 13. According to White, Chimaev is still dealing with
“I feel really healthy, I feel really good,” Gastelum said, with an air of tranquility about him. “I haven’t felt this good in a long time, actually.” While he feels like he’s in a good spot athletically, Gastelum has confessed that he feels like he’s not just fighting for redemption at UFC 258, but he
Dana White remains convinced that we have not seen the last of Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon no matter how many times Khabib tells the public the contrary. Dana White is showing no signs of giving up on Khabib Nurmagomedov returning to fight again, even after Khabib stated earlier this week that Dana White and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! As a fight fan who grew up in New Jersey during Frankie Edgar’s unlikely rise to the title, it’s safe to say his knockout loss last Saturday to Cory Sandhagen was hard to watch. That’s the business, and I’d consider myself a fan of “The Sandman” as well, but still …
Dana White: Jon Jones will fight the winner of Stipe Moicic and Francis Ngannou Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones relinquished his 205-pound title last year to pursue his aspirations of winning the heavyweight crown. Jones wants a title shot in his debut fight in the heavyweight division, and UFC president Dana White confirmed that