By Farah Hannoun | April 19, 2022 10:00 am ET Henry Cejudo sees Jon Jones comfortably beating Stipe Miocic. With UFC president Dana White exploring the option of a potential fight between Jones and Miocic this summer, Cejudo thinks it would be a great matchup for the former light heavyweight champion. Although Jones (26-1 MMA,
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3:17 PM ET Corey Anderson climbed up on the cage to celebrate. His family was going crazy in the stands. Anderson had become the Bellator light heavyweight champion, a tournament champ and the recipient of $1 million. And then, quickly, it all came crashing down Friday night at Bellator 277 in San Jose, California. Anderson
Former UFC double-champion Henry Cejudo remains keen on a matchup with featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. After previously hinting that he would never fight in the UFC again, Cejudo re-entered the USADA testing pool earlier this week and appears serious about a return. He has called for a featherweight title shot against Volkanovski for months, especially
ARLINGTON — Olivier Aubin-Mercier doesn’t quite understand the critique Khamzat Chimaev has received following his big victory over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 (watch highlights). “The Canadian Gangster” is no stranger to Burns himself as the two met at UFC 231 in Dec. 2018. Still a Lightweight competitor at the time, Burns defeated Aubin-Mercier via
By Matthew Wells, The Blue Corner | April 18, 2022 10:00 pm ET Despite owning one of the most insane knockouts in the history of MMA, Khamzat Chimaev and Darren Till can’t identify Joaquin Buckley. Most UFC fans who follow the sport regularly would be familiar with Buckley’s viral knockout which won the MMA Junkie’s
UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has taken aim at Ryan Clark and her pre-UFC 269 detractors for doubting her title credentials. It’s safe to say that not many have backed up their pre-fight confidence in as emphatic a fashion as Peña did last December. Inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, “The Venezuelan Vixen” re-wrote a
UFC Vegas 51 went down inside UFC Apex last Sat. night (April 16, 2022) in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a bevy of fights that provided great action and highlight-reel finishes. As a result, several fighters were sent home feeling the post-fight blues, including Miguel Baeza, who was knocked out by Andre Fialho in the very
By Farah Hannoun | April 18, 2022 9:50 am ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman thinks Khamzat Chimaev might’ve bought into his own hype a little too much. For the first time in his UFC tenure, Chimaev (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) faced adversity – a good amount of it – before outlasting Gilbert Burns to
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is happy to finally lay to rest his role as the heel in his feud with Petr Yan. When the moment finally came to prove who was the best, Sterling came out the victor against Yan in their highly anticipated rematch and the one chance he had to end the
Jake Paul is campaigning for a boxing match against another former UFC champion — this time it’s Michael Bisping who’s being targeted. Bisping is 43 years old and retired from active competition in 2018. Later that year he revealed that he was effectively blind in one eye and had cheated his way through medical tests
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | April 17, 2022 8:30 pm ET Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes
12:43 AM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad improved his winning streak to seven on Saturday, as he out-pointed Vicente Luque via unanimous division at UFC Fight Night at Apex facility in Las Vegas. Judges awarded Muhammad (21-3) the win in the 170-pound bout via scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 49-47. Luque (21-8-1) entered the contest
Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier are at it again on social media despite UFC President Dana White appearing to move on from a potential bout. Diaz and Poirier have been on each other’s nerves for months amidst talks of a fight between the two UFC fan favorites. However, hopes of a bout have dwindled in
It was a wonky weekend of fights across multiple promotions as UFC Vegas 51 saw two fights go to technical decision, a typically rare event when an ‘unintentional’ fight ending foul past the mid-point of a fight sends the bout directly to scorecards. The first instance was during the prelims where Martin Buday hit Chris
By Matthew Wells and Ken Hathaway | April 17, 2022 10:20 am ET LAS VEGAS – Belal Muhammad is ready to take on the top of the welterweight division after his performance at UFC on ESPN 34. Muhammad (21-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defeated Vicente Luque by unanimous decision in a five-round main event Saturday at
5:40 PM ET The UFC has decided not to re-sign Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, an exciting fan favorite in the welterweight division, officials confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Oliveira’s contract expired with his last fight, a loss to Kevin Holland at UFC 272 on March 5. That marked Oliveira’s fourth straight defeat, and the UFC decided
Vicente Luque is being realistic about his UFC career. The UFC welterweight division is full of talented athletes, many of whom may be very close to a title shot. However, one man who only has one win at 170 pounds may be swooping in to take a shot at the champion. That man is Conor
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 51 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., April 16, 2022) streaming LIVE on both ESPN and ESPN+, topped by the 170-pound rematch pitting No. 5-ranked welterweight contender Vicente Luque opposite longtime 170-pound rival and No. 6-seeded title