3:35 PM ET UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will seek his second title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on May 7, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC is working on finalizing the 155-pound title fight shortly. The pay-per-view event now includes two title fights. Brazilian light heavyweight champion Glover
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MMA reporter Ariel Helwani revealed today via his substack page that Jan Blachowicz has withdrawn from his March 26 bout against Aleksandar Rakić. According to the Thursday report, the hope is to reschedule the bout for May. Former Blachowicz’s reign at the top of the 205-pound mountain came to a crashing halt at UFC 267
A Middleweight fight between Uriah Hall and Andre Muniz is set to go down at an upcoming “Fight Night” event on April 16, 2022. According to MMA Fighting, the fight is not yet official, though bout agreements are in place. Hall is looking to bounce back after he had his four-fight win streak snapped by
By Matthew Wells and Danny Segura | January 27, 2022 10:11 pm ET MIAMI – Mixed martial artists entering free agency now have another promoter to welcome them with open arms. Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov who has turned MMA promoter is on the hunt for top free agents and wants the top organizations
2:36 PM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will have to undergo knee surgery before he is able to train or compete again, his manager, Marquel Martin, told ESPN on Wednesday. Ngannou (17-3) unified the UFC heavyweight championship by defeating Ciryl Gane (10-1) by unanimous decision at UFC 270 last weekend in Anaheim, California. Immediately
Dominick Reyes & Jon Jones Dominick Reyes took a shot at former champion Jon Jones on social media. It has been a while since Dominick Reyes has made any noise. Reyes is one of the more quiet fighters on the UFC roster. He doesn’t engage in a lot of trash-talking, but when he does, it
A previously announced women’s Strawweight fight between Jessica Andrade and Amanda Lemos has now been made the official headliner for an upcoming UFC Fight Night event on April 23, 2022. That’s according to MMA Fighting, who also confirmed the addition of a Heavyweight bout between Tanner Boser and Rodrigo Nascimento to the ESPN+-streamed event. Andrade
By Farah Hannoun | January 27, 2022 12:40 pm ET Dana White and Francis Ngannou may not be on the best of terms, but that didn’t stop the UFC president from praising his performance. After being down two rounds on a couple of the judges’ scorecards in the UFC 270 main event, heavyweight champion Ngannou
9:59 PM ET UFC president Dana White says him not putting the heavyweight title belt on Francis Ngannou after UFC 270 last weekend had nothing to do with “disrespect.” White addressed the postfight situation in a fan Q&A on Wednesday night with interviewer Laura Sanko on ESPN+. White did not put the belt on Ngannou
Dana White is dismissing all the post-fight drama surrounding his sudden exit from the Honda Center after Francis Ngannou‘s title retention at UFC 270. The buildup to UFC 270 was not short on drama. It featured the bitter split between Ngannou and ex-coach Fernand Lopez, a backstage blowby gone viral, and of course the ongoing
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Demian Maia does not fit the stereotype of a fighter one would expect to be in street fights or bar brawls. The 44-year-old jiu-jitsu specialist spent more than a decade on the UFC roster without any controversies or serious bad blood; he’s better known for his calm demeanor and preference for
By Mike Bohn | January 26, 2022 10:15 pm ET Miesha Tate will get some additional exposure before she returns to the UFC this year. Tate (19-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC), a former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, is set to join the cast of the upcoming season of “Celebrity Big Brother.” CBS officials announced Tate’s participation
7:30 AM ET Francis Ngannou had a lot stacked against him at UFC 270. The heavyweight champion entered his Jan. 22 title defense with a severely compromised right knee. His challenger, Ciryl Gane, was coached by Ngannou’s own first MMA coach, from whom Ngannou was estranged. And the champ, competing in the final fight on
TJ Dillashaw doesn’t have high expectations for Aljamain Sterling. TJ Dillashaw is currently out recovering from surgery. He is, however, planning his return and in doing so wants a shot at the title. Dillashaw has only had one fight in the last three years due to a suspension and injury, but he feels his résumé
Next month will mark two years since the last time Jon Jones competed inside the Octagon. “Bones” defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb. 8, 2020 and he vacated his Light Heavyweight title soon thereafter, announcing his plans to move up to the Heavyweight division. Unfortunately, pay differences with the promotion and other legal
By John Morgan | January 26, 2022 12:45 pm ET A pair of Swedish women’s bantamweights will collide on April 16, with Pannie Kianzad facing Lina Lansberg in a rematch nearly 10 years in the making. MMA Junkie today confirmed with a person with knowledge of the booking that the contest is expected to take
7:59 PM ET A welterweight matchup between Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad will headline a UFC event in April, multiple sources told ESPN. The 170-pound contest will serve as the main event of UFC Fight Night on April 16. The promotion has not yet announced an official venue for the event. Luque and Muhammad are
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has revealed why he chose to fight through a knee injury at UFC 270 rather than withdraw. Without considering the injury he carried into the fight, Ngannou’s successful defense and ability to overcome adversity this past weekend were impressive enough. In the opening two rounds, “The Predator” slipped behind in