Sep 28, 2022 Kayla Harrison looks to threepeat as the PFL women’s lightweight champion as she takes on Larissa Pacheco in the main event of the 2022 PFL Championship at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Nov. 25, in New York. The fight card, which will feature 12 fights, including six $1 million
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UFC Fight Night 212 has lost a fight on the main card the day before the event. Due to weight-cutting issues for Askar Askarov (14-1-1 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC), his flyweight bout against Brandon Royval (14-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has canceled. UFC play-by-play announcer Brendan Fitzgerald, acting as emcee at the official weigh-ins, made the announcement
UFC Vegas 62: Grasso vs. Araujo takes place this Saturday, October 15, 2022, from the UFC APEX, and MMA News is here to provide the weigh-in results as each bout on the card becomes official! In the main event of the evening, top-10 women’s flyweights Alexa Grasso (#5) and Viviane Araujo (#6) will take center
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Luke Rockhold’s relationship with UFC and Dana White is complicated. At one point, the former Strikeforce champion went on a tear to also capture the UFC Middleweight belt. That run was pretty extraordinary: Rockhold finished his opposition left and right to secure the strap. It ended just as explosively when Mike
2:25 PM ET The UFC has added a light heavyweight championship rematch between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira to its December pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. Contracts have not been signed, but multiple sources confirmed the bout is close to being finalized. It will take place at UFC 282 on Dec. 10 inside T-Mobile Arena.
The first UFC event of November has lost one half of the featherweight main event. Movsar Evloev was scheduled to meet Bryce Mitchell in the headlining bout of UFC Fight Night 214 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Nov 5. However, due to injury, Evloev (16-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) has pulled out of the
UFC President Dana White and former UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta are looking to make ‘slap fighting’ a commissioned sport in the state of Nevada. Schiaffo LLC, managed by a group led by White and Fertitta, is bringing a discussion to sanction it to the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday, according to a report by
Welterweight motormouth Kevin Holland will make his Octagon return against former 170-pound title challenger Stephen Thompson in the UFC Orlando main event, set for Sat., Dec. 3, 2022 at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It was a matchup magical enough to lure Holland from his short-lived retirement and “Trailblazer” is already billing their 170-pound showdown
Can Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira top their instant classic from earlier this year? Fight fans will soon find out. Prochazka, the defending light heavyweight champion, will put his title on the line in a rematch with Glover Teixeira on Dec. 10 at UFC 282. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking
UFC bantamweight contender TJ Dillashaw believes there’s a reason why divisional king and upcoming opponent Aljamain Sterling continues to berate his past drug infraction. Next weekend at UFC 280, former two-time champion Dillashaw will look to dethrone Sterling in the Abu Dhabi-held pay-per-view’s co-main event. For the challenger, the October 22 card will represent the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tony Ferguson is trying to salvage what’s left of his UFC career with a recent move to welterweight, but former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov believes the clock has already run out on “El Cucuy.” Ferguson, who lost his last four fights in the lightweight division, moved up to welterweight at UFC 279
LAS VEGAS – UFC middleweight Dusko Todorovic is looking forward to having his head coach in his corner as he looks to rebound from a tough result in his last outing. For the first time in his UFC career, Todorovic’s coach will be in his corner for his UFC Fight Night 212 bout against Jordan Wright
Leo Sammarelli is making history and inspiring others by competing in BJJ tournaments following being paralyzed. A man from North Vancouver, Canada is doing what no one else in that area has ever done before. Leo Sammarelli was an aspiring boxer and mixed martial artist before an accident paralyzed him from the waist down. Not
Undefeated welterweight sensation Khamzat Chimaev, who also holds a perfect record at 185 pounds, is widely-regarded as one of the most dangerous fighters in MMA, thanks to his deadly combination of wrestling and knockout power. But even the mighty “Borz” was overmatched against the teenage sons of Ramzan Kadyrov. The Head of the Chechen Republic
Oct 11, 2022 Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araújo meet in a matchup of top-10 women’s flyweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. You can stream the fights here. Grasso (14-3), a
Aspen Ladd will make her PFL debut against a former Bellator champion next month. Ladd (9-3) is slated to meet Julia Budd (16-4) in a women’s featherweight matchup at the 2022 PFL Championships event on Nov. 25 at Hulu Theater in New York City. The main card airs on pay-per-view. MMA Junkie confirmed the booking
Former MMA fighter Jeff Monson doesn’t want the Russia/Ukraine war to escalate to the point where he could be drafted to serve. Monson, who became a Russian citizen in 2018, has been a supporter of the Russian government for years. He has been critical of Ukranian leadership and has called for Russia’s victory in the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Beneil Dariush is currently ranked as the sixth best Lightweight in the world. He’s won seven in a row, defeating a former interim champion in Tony Ferguson and several other established veterans to prove himself among the best in the world. At 33 years of age, the Southpaw is in his