By Matthew Wells, Nolan King and Farah Hannoun | May 21, 2022 2:40 pm ET A pair of big Dana White’s Contender Series veterans will meet under the UFC banner on Aug. 13. Martin Buday will square off against Lukasz Brzeski in a heavyweight bout at an upcoming UFC Fight Night event, multiple sources have
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Eagle FC 47: Dos Santos vs. De Castro took place live tonight (May 20, 2022) from the FLX Arena in Miami, Florida, and MMA News has the results and highlights for you right here! The main event of tonight’s card featured former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos taking on another ex-UFC veteran Yorgan De
8:38 AM ET Clay Collard will try to continue his march toward a PFL title on June 17, when he takes on Alexander Martinez in Atlanta. PFL officials announced the lightweight matchup Wednesday. The event, which takes place at OTE Arena, marks the second round of regular-season action. Collard (21-9) is on a mission in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Though his time inside the Octagon was fairly short, Gegard Mousasi is one of the most accomplished fighters of all time. The former Strikeforce, Dream, and Cage Warriors champ currently holds the Bellator Middleweight title, and he’s in pursuit of his 50th win as a professional. He’s only lost a single
By Danny Segura | May 20, 2022 10:56 pm ET MIAMI – Junior Dos Santos’s MMA return almost went as planned. The former UFC heavyweight champion was en route to winning his first fight after his release from the UFC, but he suffered a shoulder injury in the main event of Eagle FC 47 and
Russian bantamweight Vyacheslav Svischev flashed some deadly striking accuracy over the weekend at Open FC 19 in Samara, Russia. Scheduled as the fourth fight of a six-fight main card, Svischev entered the cage opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Belek Aliev. After the two bantamweights exchanged on the feet early, the southpaw Svischev backed Aliev up with a jab
9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) legend, Junior dos Santos, chases his first win in more than three years TONIGHT (Fri., May 20, 2022) when he headlines Eagle FC 47 opposite fellow Octagon veteran, Yorgan De Castro. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of tonight’s main card on FLXCast. The undercard broadcast begins at 6 p.m. ET, with
Kamaru Usman’s health is moving in the right direction. It’s just taking a little while. Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC), the reigning UFC welterweight champion, is still healing from a hand injury that has kept him out of action since a unanimous decision win over rival Colby Covington at UFC 268 in November. He’s frequently
Eagle FC 47: Dos Santos vs. De Castro takes place live tonight (May 20, 2022) from the FLX Arena in Miami, Florida, and MMA News will have the results and highlights for you right here! The main event of tonight’s card will feature former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos taking on another ex-UFC veteran
9:33 AM ET The UFC has announced it will stage its first event in France on Sept. 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris after a decade-long battle with French authorities. President Dana White said on Tuesday: “I’m so excited to hold our first event in Paris this September. It will be an unbelievable night
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Did you know that UFC fighters have to keep United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) aware of their location at all times? Since they’re subject to random drug tests, athletes are supposed to constantly update the testing organization, and there’s strict punishments for failing to meet their criteria. A trio of whereabouts
By Matthew Wells and Ken Hathaway | May 19, 2022 10:00 pm ET Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Jailton Almeida turned a lot of heads in his UFC debut in February, and hopes to keep the train rolling in a different weight class this Saturday. Entering his second fight under the UFC banner, Almeida (15-2
New FAC lightweight champion Don Shainis has grinded his way through the U.S. regional scene, and he now wants an opportunity in the UFC. Shainis took a lightweight title fight on short notice and ended up making the most of it against former UFC fighter Cody Pfister at FAC 13. He earned a brutal knockout
8:17 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez is taking a swing at mixed martial arts as an investor and board member for the Professional Fighters League. The PFL announced the addition of the former New York Yankees superstar to its board of directors Thursday. Rodriguez’s investment is part of
Event: UFC Austin: “Kattar vs. Emmett”Date: Sat., June 18, 2022Location: Moody Center in Austin, TexasBroadcast: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+ (4 p.m. ET Prelims | 7 p.m. ET Main Card) UFC Austin Main Event On ESPN/ESPN+: 145 lbs.: Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett UFC Austin Main Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET): 155 lbs.: Donald Cerrone vs.
By Nolan King | May 19, 2022 4:20 pm ET Again and again, Khabib Nurmagomedov shuts down any notion that he will return for a 30th professional MMA fight. Even with Charles Oliveira as (unofficial) champion, that still remains true. Nurmagomedov has embraced the coaching life since his UFC retirement, mentoring the likes of Islam
Tony Ferguson thinks Belal Muhammad has “jocked” his swag. Ferguson recently spoke to Ariel Helwani of “The MMA Hour” coming off of his knockout loss to Michael Chandler at UFC 274. During the interview, Ferguson talked about working with young fighters and how much he enjoys it. Even if they do “jock” his style. “El