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His Performance of the Night-winning showing under slightly brighter lights with Pettis propelled Ferreira into the top ten early last year, where he’s remained after an uncharacteristically inactive 2020. “The pandemic was kind of really difficult for me. But this fight, I think I’m feeling hungrier than ever,” Ferreira said. “I took a year off
Alistair Overeem has issued a statement following his TKO loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 on Saturday night. Alistair Overeem made his plans for the future crystal clear: keep fighting until winning the UFC heavyweight championship and then retire from the sport. At UFC Vegas 18 last night, he suffered another setback when
Alistair Overeem’s final push for a UFC heavyweight title seemingly ended on Saturday night when Alexander Volkov dismantled the Dutch kickboxer and left him a bloody pile on the canvas (watch the highlights here). For two rounds, Volkov deflected Overeem’s overhand punches and shrugged off his plum, cutting through Alistair’s defense with growing ease and
Watch Gilbert Burns dominate Tyron Woodley en route to UFC 258 title shot [embedded content] Gilbert Burns earned his shot at the UFC welterweight title with a dominating performance over former champion Tyron Woodley in May. Burns challenges UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 258 on Saturday, February 13. Take
By Simon Head | February 7, 2021 5:00 pm Fighters from around the globe dream of the day they’ll step into the UFC octagon for the first time. For one athlete, Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 184 event marked that special moment in their career. Check out this week’s rookie report to see what kind of
The UFC pays tribute to former MMA star Kimbo Slice, who passed away on June 6, 2016.
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11:46 PM ET Alexander Volkov has had some impressive performances throughout his MMA career. His knockouts of Stefan Struve and Fabricio Werdum come to mind. His most recent win over Walt Harris, as well. Of course, his Bellator run was pretty great, too. But he’s never looked this good. He’s never looked so dominant. His
With UFC Vegas 18 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday night’s event at the APEX, including Alexander Volkov’s second-round KO win over Alistair Overeem in the main event, as well as Cory Sandhagen’s knockout of the
How did he follow that performance up? With a walk-off spinning backfist knockout against Scott Holtzman, that’s how. On Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov, Dariush (19-4-1) will have the opportunity to add to his five-fight win streak when he faces fellow contender Diego Ferreira. The lightweight showdown is actually a rematch from
The UFC Vegas 18 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov. This fight saw the first round of damage thanks to Volkov’s hands as he busted up Overeem thanks to his jabs and
There was a lot that transpired last night (Sat., Feb. 6, 2021) at UFC Vegas 18 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, but the biggest act was the final one as Alexander Volkov dominated Alistair Overeem in the main event for a bloody TKO stoppage (highlights HERE). In addition to
Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen top UFC Vegas 18 Performance Bonuses Alexander Volkov and Cory Sandhagen closed the show at UFC Vegas 18 in spectacular fashion on Saturday night. They were handsomely rewarded with Performance Bonuses. Though Ode Osbourne opened the UFC Vegas 18 prelims with a 26-second knockout (the fastest finish on the fight
102 shares By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | February 7, 2021 12:08 am LAS VEGAS – Cory Sandhagen has called next. In the UFC Fight Night 184 co-main event Saturday, Sandhagen (14-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) toppled a former UFC lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar, with a 28-second body-stiffening flying knee knockout. At UFC 259 on
2:28 PM ET A fighter hoping to make his UFC debut this weekend will have to wait. Askar Askar was not medically cleared to compete Saturday night at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, the promotion announced. His scheduled bout with Cody Stamann has been canceled. Askar took the fight earlier this week on short