7:49 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim After Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa finish flinging menacing leather in each other’s direction on Saturday night in Houston, in the co-main event of UFC 271, it will be time for the real show. That’s not a reference to the main event between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former
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UFC Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has grinded her way to the top of women’s MMA, and she wants to be compensated for it. Peña pulled off arguably the greatest upset in UFC history at UFC 269, dismantling Amanda Nunes on the feet and eventually securing a submission victory. After the win, she and UFC President
Reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound strap against former division titleholder Robert Whittaker atop the UFC 271 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Feb. 12, 2022) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The winner of Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 is expected to defend the 185-pound title against the winner
By Mike Bohn and Abbey Subhan | February 6, 2022 6:00 pm ET (ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Jack Hermansson after UFC Fight Night 200 loss?) Sean Strickland emerged victorious from another main event Saturday when he topped Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night 200. With six consecutive wins on his resume
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington denies the notion that Jorge Masvidal has the support of former U.S. president Donald Trump. After months and years of bad blood boiling between Covington and Masvidal, the two welterweights will go to battle at UFC 272. The former friends turned enemies will finally square off after a long period
With his big first round TKO win at UFC Vegas 47 on Saturday night, Shavkat Rakhmonov has solidified himself as a smoking hot welterweight prospect to watch. And these days, that means getting lumped in with another extremely fast riser in the ranks: one Khamzat Chimaev. While Chimaev has one more UFC win under his
By Danny Segura and John Morgan | February 6, 2022 2:40 pm ET LAS VEGAS – Bryan Battle thinks he’s settled any doubts about his “Ultimate Fighter” title. The Season 29 winner of the show thinks he solidified his standing after defeating fellow cast member Tresean Gore at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 200. Battle (7-1
10:44 PM ET The controversial Sean Strickland continues his rise in the UFC’s middleweight division. Strickland defeated Jack Hermansson via split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Strickland used his jab to keep Hermansson at bay the entire fight. Hermansson did not succeed on any
Even though he got his hand raised at UFC 47 last night, Sean Strickland did not live up to his own standards of bloodshed and violence, and he’s putting a portion of the blame on some fancypants folks in suits. Sure, Sean Strickland was able to pick up his sixth consecutive victory, which at this
For those of you who watched UFC Vegas 47 from first to final bell, Sean Strickland’s performance against Jack Hermansson was not exactly a rousing finale to six hours of combat sports. After spending the past several months acting like he’s one bout of road rage away from a manslaughter charge, Stickland went into the
LAS VEGAS – Sean Strickland prides himself on being a “killer,” but Saturday he went the distance in Las Vegas – and that bothers him. In the UFC Fight Night 200 main event, Strickland (25-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defeated perennial contender Jack Hermansson (22-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) by split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) to extend
7:12 PM ET The rivalry between Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes is just getting started. Peña, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, and Nunes, the woman whom Peña beat for the title, will coach against one another on the 30th season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, it was announced Friday. Peña and Nunes will then
Punahele Soriano vs. Nick Maximov was a solid co-headliner. The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (February 5, 2022) at the UFC Vegas 47 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The first round saw them land some big shots before Soriano caught him with a big knee strike
Sean Strickland took his time to get his sixth-straight win earlier tonight (Sat., Feb. 5, 2022) at UFC Vegas 47 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the streaking middleweight contender outlasted Jack Hermansson with a surprising split-decision win (it should have been unanimous). Hermansson looked sharp in the early
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 5, 2022 12:35 pm ET Ian Garry officially has booked his second UFC fight. Coming off a successful promotional debut, Garry will meet Darian Weeks at UFC 273. On Saturday, the promotion announced the welterweight matchup set for April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. A
12:33 PM ET Max Holloway has been medically cleared to resume training and has offered to serve as a backup for the featherweight division’s next title fight, sources close to Holloway told ESPN. The former champion received medical clearance on Thursday, sources said. Holloway, of Waianae, Hawai’i, was briefly scheduled to challenge Alexander Volkanovski for
When Khabib leaped into the audience during the UFC 229 post-fight brawl, famed Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio nearly made an unwanted cameo appearance as this article published on this day three years ago details. The following article was published on this day three years ago. It is brought to you in its original, unaltered form,
Joe Rogan issued another apology earlier today, this time for racist comments he’s made throughout the years on his popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) color commentator and comedian has become one of the most influential voices in social media and American culture today. His ability to reach millions and millions