By Nolan King | June 17, 2022 8:30 pm ET The fourth event of the 2022 PFL season takes place on Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, the venue and location which will host three straight cards. The 2022 PFL 4 event featured 10 fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. The event
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A Russian MMA fighter recently had to cover up his tattoo of a Nazi-affiliated symbol prior to the start of a fight. According to the report from UK news outlet The Daily Mirror, middleweights Ivan Strelnikov and Kenan Guliyev were set to fight at the finale of Hardcore MMA Season 1. A bit of maintenance
8:30 AM ET JOSH EMMETT WOKE up with his wife, Vanessa, looking at him four years ago in the bedroom of their Northern California home. The couple were high school sweethearts and have been together for nearly two decades. They are inseparable. Even when the slightest thing might be wrong with Emmett, Vanessa will notice
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding its early (and official) weigh-ins this morning (Fri., June 17, 2022) inside the promotion’s host hotel in “The Lone Star State” to finalize the upcoming UFC Austin mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for tomorrow night (June 18) on ESPN and ESPN+ from inside Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
By Danny Segura | June 17, 2022 9:30 am ET Bob Arum is still holding hope for a crossover fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. The head of Top Rank hasn’t lost any interest in the potential megafight pitting a recently retired Fury against the current UFC heavyweight champion in Ngannou. Speaking in a
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley has a message for those who downplay the physical requirements of professional wrestling: “That sh*t hurt.” While drastically different in the form of entertainment they both give out, there’s always been some form of string connecting professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, whether through former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock
12:18 PM ET Former NFL defensive end and UFC heavyweight Greg Hardy has signed an agreement to bare-knuckle box. Hardy, 33, has signed a multifight deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the promotion announced Wednesday. It is Hardy’s first move in combat sports since the UFC opted not to re-sign him after a three-year run.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight division continues to snag exciting main event spots as 2022 rolls on. At UFC’s Sept. 17, 2022, event, former interim title challenger Cory Sandhagen will headline opposite China’s Song Yadong, according to Eurosport’s Marcel Dorff. The fight acts as Song’s first UFC main event and Sandhagen’s third. The No.
By Matt Erickson and Matthew Wells | June 16, 2022 9:00 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas – After Albert Duraev won his way into the UFC, his promotional debut came in short order. Duraev picked up a Dana White’s Contender Series win in September 2021, and in late October he had his debut win over Roman
Zabit Magomedsharipov has released his first statement regarding his retirement from MMA. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news of Zabit’s retirement on Wednesday afternoon. The once highly-touted featherweight had not been in action since November 2019, when he headlined a Moscow-held UFC Fight Night card against current top-five contender Calvin Kattar. After
12:02 AM ET TJ Dillashaw will look to become a three-time UFC champion later this year. A bantamweight title fight between champion Aljamain Sterling and Dillashaw, the former champ, is being targeted for UFC 279 on Sept. 10 at a location to be determined, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday night. Dillashaw’s manager, Tiki Ghosn,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — The Professional Fighters League’s (PFL) 2022 regular season is wrapping up with the next three events. Headling the fourth event of the year will be one of the promotion’s fan favorites, Clay Collard. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight turned Lightweight went to war with Jeremy Stephens in the featured bout
By Farah Hannoun and Nolan King | June 16, 2022 9:30 am ET Now that her octagon jitters are out of the way, Jasmine Jasudavicius is looking to let loose at UFC on ESPN 37. Jasudavicius (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) defeated Kay Hansen in her promotional debut this past January at UFC 270. It was a solid
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley thinks fighters like Sage Northcutt and Paige VanZant paid the price for being rushed to the spotlight. Woodley made a name for himself as the UFC welterweight champion, defeating Robbie Lawler for the belt before earning successful title defenses against the likes of Demian Maia and Stephen Thompson. While
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 9:26 PM ET Charles Oliveira is no longer the UFC lightweight champion, courtesy of missing weight before UFC 274 last month. But he is still expected to compete for the title in his next bout. And if he has his way, Oliveira would face Conor McGregor for the vacant
Taila Santos gave Valentina Shevchenko her biggest scare at Flyweight in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) this past weekend at UFC 275 (June 11, 2022). Typically, Shevchenko’s title defenses have been one-sided showcases of the champion’s superior skills in all aspects of mixed martial arts (MMA). That wasn’t the case against Brazil’s Santos, however, as the
By Nolan King and Matthew Wells | June 15, 2022 9:30 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas – UFC 274 turned out to be a nightmare for Joe Lauzon, and none of it was of his own doing. After weeks of training camp, a flight, media and a weight cut, Lauzon was informed his bout against Donald
Charles Oliveira is not too concerned about the hype surrounding Islam Makhachev‘s ground game. Oliveira is expected to face Makhachev for the vacant lightweight title in his next bout. However, nothing has been confirmed as of this writing. Speaking to ESPN recently, Oliveira discussed the possibility of facing Makhachev inside the Octagon. Both men have