LONDON – Belal Muhammad thinks he’ll be superior to Sean Brady in every area when they collide at UFC 280. Muhammad (21-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) is set to meet undefeated rising welterweight Brady (15-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in a key divisional matchup on the Oct. 22 card, which takes place in Abu Dhabi and airs on
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Some of the best British MMA fighters will be on display when the UFC returns to London this weekend. A proud fighting nation, the UK has for years produced scores of talented fighters who’ve made an immense impact on the MMA world. Let’s take a look at the 11 best British MMA fighters of all
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding its early (and official) weigh-ins this morning (Fri., July 22, 2022) inside the promotion’s host hotel “across the pond” to finalize the upcoming UFC London mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, scheduled for tomorrow night (Sat., July 23) at O2 Arena in London, England. The LIVE weigh-in stream
Jul 20, 2022 The UFC is moving a bantamweight title fight between defending champion Aljamain Sterling and TJ Dillashaw to the co-main event slot of UFC 280 on Oct. 22, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC 279 on Sept. 10, but the promotion elected to move it to the
LONDON – The heavyweight headliner for UFC Fight Night 208 is official after Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall made weight on Friday. Ahead of Saturday’s main event at The O2, Blaydes (16-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and Aspinall (12-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) stepped on the scale without issue at official weigh-ins. Blaydes registered at 260 pounds, while
Two-time PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison has had bad blood with her rival Larissa Pacheco but feels Pacheco would beat Cris Cyborg. Harrison is in the middle of her third season in the PFL and will face Martina Jindrová in the semifinals on August 20th. She earned wins over Marina Mokhnatkina and Kaitlin Young during
1:31 PM ET Two of the top women’s strawweight fighters in the world have been added to one of the UFC’s deepest cards of the year. Marina Rodriguez will take on Amanda Lemos at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The winner of the
Jon Jones doesn’t quite agree with Curtis Blaydes’ expectations of him in the Heavyweight division. Recently speaking on the idea of Jones versus former Heavyweight champion, Stipe Miocic, with MMA Fighting, Blaydes shared how he expects Jones’ lack of knockout power and experience at Heavyweight to be a key factor. Ultimately, “Razor” would favor Miocic
Chris Gonzalez is not impressed by Usman Nurmagomedov’s past opposition, and Nurmagomedov couldn’t care less. The Team Alpha Male standout is determined to steel Nurmagomedov’s shine in their lightweight contest at Friday’s Bellator 283 and prove he has yet to face high-level fighters. Gonzalez (7-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) believes he’s a step above Nurmagomedov’s (14-0
Tom Aspinall will have his most important fight to date in the UFC against Curtis Blaydes. Aspinall has quickly become a potential UFC Heavyweight Championship contender since joining the company in 2020. He’s won five fights in the UFC and finished all opponents. His last win was against Alexander Volkov by submission at the previous
3:30 PM ET Sean O’Malley is taking a major step up in his next fight, announcing to ESPN’s Ryan Clark on Wednesday that he’ll be facing former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O’Malley (15-1 1 NC), one of the sport’s most talented prospects, fought
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tom Aspinall is still a relative mystery heading into his main event clash with fellow heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes this coming weekend at UFC London. That’s because Aspinall’s time inside of the Octagon has been limited thus far and his past fights haven’t presented him with the opportunity to show off
Tofiq Musayev enters the Bellator banner with a solid resume. Not only does Musayev (19-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) have over 20 professional fights under his belt, with many being on the big stage of Japanese promotion Rizin FF, the 32-year-old joins the Bellator roster with a win over the current Bellator lightweight champion. Musayev holds
Aljamain Sterling is setting the record straight on his upcoming bout against TJ Dillashaw. Aljamain Sterling is looking forward to his next title defense. Word has been spreading that he will be taking on TJ Dillashaw at the upcoming UFC 280 event in Abu Dhabi, but according to Sterling, that fight is not official just
8:25 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Chris Curtis dreamed about fighting inside the Octagon for over a decade as a professional mixed martial artist. Now that his UFC debut was happening, though, it was turning nightmarish. He was in a UFC 268 prelim last November in New York, and Curtis was getting beaten to the punch
That Pedro Munhoz “no contest” will remain unfinished business … for now. That’s because Sean O’Malley was recently booked to face former bantamweight champion Petr Yan as part of the upcoming UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) event on Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE, according to comments “Sugar” recently made to ESPN MMA.
LONDON – Alexander Gustafsson is back to his original weight class. After a short stint at heavyweight, Gustafsson (18-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) will return to 205 pounds when he meets Nikita Krylov (27-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 208 main card, which takes place at The O2 and streams on ESPN+. Gustafsson tried his
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is looking to make his way back to the divisional gold, and he knows just the man to get him there. The name of the game throughout Chandler’s short tenure inside the Octagon has been violence, action, and entertainment. It’s hard to eliminate any of those three adjectives from the