8:21 AM ET SUNRISE, FLA. — AMANDA NUNES SAT in a chair inside her new gym, running down all of its features like an excited real-estate agent trying to woo her first buyer. The Lioness Studio has a generous stretch of mat space for training, a full-sized cage, workout equipment and a small sauna. Upstairs
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Julianna Pena will do just about anything to win her rematch against Amanda Nunes tomorrow night (Sat., July 30, 2022) at UFC 277 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV)/ABC/ESPN from inside American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Tex., and that includes putting her life on the line inside of the Octagon. LIVE! Watch UFC 277 PPV On
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman can now put “actor” on his résumé after landing a part in the upcoming “Black Panther” sequel from Disney and Marvel Studios. Usman, 35, will appear in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is set to premiere Nov. 11. The extent of Usman’s role and which character he plays are unknown.
UFC lightweight Michael Chandler believes that his desire to reach the lightweight throne burns a lot more than that of former interim champion Dustin Poirier. When it comes to blossoming rivalries on MMA’s biggest stage, not much has become as heated as the animosity between top-five 155lbers Poirier and Chandler. While the former Bellator titleholder
1:56 PM ET The Professional Fighters League will crown a new heavyweight champion later this year. Bruno Cappelozza, the PFL’s 2021 heavyweight title winner, is out of the promotion’s 2022 playoffs because of an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Cappelozza will be replaced by Matheus Scheffel in the semifinals against Denis Goltsov on
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Congratulations are in order! UFC Strawweight contender, Tecia Torres, has married longtime partner and former Bantamweight title challenger, Raquel Pennington. The two have been dating and in one another’s corner for years, which admittedly led to some awkward moments when the couple clashed with fellow women’s MMA power couple, Amanda and
It’s been nearly seven years since Leon Edwards tasted defeat. It just so happens, though, that his most recent loss came to Kamaru Usman in Usman’s first fight after winning Season 21 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Usman won seven more fights after that, then took the welterweight title. He’s defended it five times since then.
Derrick Lewis has big plans for his post-fighting life, but the UFC’s all-time leader in knockout wins isn’t planning on leaving the promotion behind. Ahead of his main card fight with Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277, “The Black Beast” appeared at the event’s media day and entertained reporters with his typical sense of humor. Lewis
9:16 AM ET JULIANNA PEÑA IS one of the youngest members of a long line of Peña family members who are unbothered by judgment or criticism. Her father, Ernie, left a small agricultural village in Venezuela when he was 12 in search of better opportunities. He eventually emigrated to the U.S. through a scholarship program
This weekend (Sat., July 30, 2022) at UFC 277, the Bantamweight and interim Flyweight titles will be on the line. Headlining the event will be new 135-pound queenpin, Julianna Pena, who attempts to earn a second straight upset victory against the current Featherweight champion, Amanda Nunes. In the pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event, another rematch will
DALLAS – If Kai Kara-France wants a UFC belt around his waist, he’ll have to do it by going through someone with a win over him. Kara-France (24-9 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on former champion Brandon Moreno (19-6-2 MMA, 7-3-2 UFC) for the interim flyweight title with champ Deiveson Figueiredo currently sidelined. The two first
Recent footage of fights held in the sand has gone viral, shining a light on another combat sports organization that strays from the norm. With the advent of organizations like Pillow Fighting Championship and Car-Jitsu, the idea of an MMA promotion with fights held in the sand doesn’t sound so strange. Founded in 2011, STRELKA
10:45 AM ET The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) has passed a pair of MMA rule changes, including one that could make a major impact in fights. On Wednesday at its annual conference, the ABC approved a rule that would give fighters on the receiving end of an eye poke five minutes
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight queen, Amanda Nunes, seeks to regain her Bantamweight belt opposite upstart rival, Julianna Pena, this Saturday (July 30, 2022) at UFC 277 inside American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Safe to say UFC 269 was an absolute disaster for Nunes. The then-reigning pound-for-pound queen was seen as unstoppable, but she
DALLAS – Anthony Smith has respect for UFC 277 opponent Magomed Ankalaev,, but at the same time he doesn’t really understand the level of hype surrounding him. Smith (36-16 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is nearly a 4-to-1 underdog on average (per BestFightOdds) and while he thinks Ankalaev (17-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is good, he doesn’t understand
Amanda Nunes explains why she started her own gym and left ATT. Amanda Nunes might be heading into the most important fight of her career. After losing the title to Julianna Peña in December, Nunes has been focused on getting the belt back. The road to get here to the rematch was long and took
7:13 AM ET KAI KARA-FRANCE WAS staying at the SO/Auckland hotel in New Zealand in the fall of 2020. The New Zealander had to quarantine there for two weeks after returning from UFC 253 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. That was the reality for fighters from Australia and New Zealand for much
Derrick Lewis always knows how to get the room laughing and that was no different at today’s UFC 277’s media day (Weds., July 27, 2022). The UFC record-holder for most knockouts in the promotion (13) was in a good mood ahead of his upcoming bout this Saturday night, however, the media in attendance wasn’t safe