Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 49 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 26, 2022) streaming LIVE on ESPN+, topped by the 160-pound showdown between streaking Lightweight contender, Islam Makhachev, and late replacement, Bobby Green. Before that five-round clash of styles gets
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By Nolan King | February 25, 2022 11:41 pm ET Jaqueline Amorim was an IBJFF champion before she entered the world of MMA, and she showed glimpses of that Friday when she clinched an LFA title. In the LFA 125 headliner, Amorim (5-0) defeated Loveth Young (3-2-1) via with an 86-second kneebar submission to pocket
7:05 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Gegard Mousasi extended his second reign as Bellator middleweight champion in style on Friday, stunning previously undefeated Austin Vanderford early with a 1-2 punch combination before taking the fight to the ground and finishing off a first-round TKO knockout in the main event of Bellator 275 in Dublin. Mousasi (49-7-2),
UFC Women’s Bantamweight Julianna Peña is looking ahead to her rematch with Amanda Nunes, and knows there are some areas of her game she needs to fix before their second clash. At UFC 269, the final pay-per-view of 2021, Peña closed out a memorable year for MMA’s premier promotion in style. In the co-main event,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s getting harder to deny Gegard Mousasi’s greatness … not that I’m sure why anyone would want to! Mousasi has been a highly skilled fighter for a long, long time, and he’s one of the best finishers in the sport. A pro since 2003, the 36-year-old Mousasi is one of extremely
By Nolan King | February 25, 2022 6:40 pm ET There are levels to fighting. At Bellator 275, Gegard Mousasi proved Austin Vanderford is not quite ready to take the jump to the championship level. During Friday’s headliner at 3Arena in Dublin, Mousasi (49-7-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) defeated Vanderford (11-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) via TKO
8:02 AM ET There is a saying mixed martial arts manager Jason House often turns to during conversations with the athletes he represents. “I always tell them, ‘It’s not about who’s good,'” House says. “‘It’s about who’s left.'” In a sport full of potential pitfalls, UFC lightweight Bobby Green (29-12-1) has always found a way
Islam Makhachev plans on chatting it up with Booby Green on the canvas at UFC Vegas 49. Islam Makhachev will be headlining the upcoming UFC Vegas 49 card this weekend against Bobby Green. There has been a lot of talk about Makhachev and his position in the UFC lightweight rankings lately. On Saturday night, it
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 49 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a lightweight showdown between streaking contender Islam Makhachev and resurgent veteran Bobby Green this Sat. night (Feb. 26, 2022) on ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. LIVE!
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 24, 2022 11:09 pm ET Check out these photos of the fighters on the scale and their faceoffs ahead of PFL Challenger Series 2 in Orlando, Fla. (Photos courtesy of PFL) Nathan Pierce (173.6) Share Share this image gallery on Facebook on Twitter via text message via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/gallery/photos-pfl-challenger-series-2-official-weigh-ins-and-faceoffs
8:30 PM ET Robert Whittaker sees no ceiling on his MMA career despite the loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 271, saying he left Houston believing he is the “best middleweight in the world.” And the Australian hopes to be back in the Octagon as soon as possible, eager to continue the journey to get
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has revealed what moment allowed Julianna Peña to take over in the UFC 269 co-main event. 2022 is representing a fresh challenge for Nunes. For the first time since 2015, she’s entered the new year off the back of a defeat. While she was coming off a loss
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington are set to collide in less than two weeks at UFC 272, and the ongoing war of words isn’t slowing down. A big part of the intrigue of this grudge match is that the pair lived together for quite some time. Hell, there are old videos
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 24, 2022 6:00 pm ET Just days after his victory at UFC 271 in Houston, Bobby Green received a call to make another walk to the cage sooner than expected. Ironically, during his media day interview ahead of his bout against Nasrat Haqparast, Green talked about his willingness to
5:08 PM ET A lightweight fight between Donald ”Cowboy” Cerrone and Joe Lauzon on April 30 has shifted to May 7, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The 155-pound bout was originally supposed to take place at a UFC Fight Night, most likely in Las Vegas, but will now take place on a UFC 274
UFC featherweight contender Chan Sung Jung, otherwise known as ‘The Korean Zombie, plans to utilize his old rival for Alexander Volkanovski. Jung has been training at the growing Fight Ready gym in Arizona, alongside former UFC champions such as Jon Jones and Henry Cejudo. He has also come across Brian Ortega, a former rival of
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev has yet to defeat Bobby Green at UFC Vegas 49 this weekend in “Sin City,” but that hasn’t stopped the Dagestani wrestler from previewing a potential title fight against current champion Charles Oliveira. Who may or may not have the belt after this epic showdown. “It’s going to be a
The weigh-ins are in the books for Bellator 275, where all but one fighter made weight. In the main event, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) puts his title on the line against undefeated Austin Vanderford (11-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA). Mousasi weighed in at 184.6 pounds; Vanderford was 183.7 pounds. In the women’s