By Nolan King and Farah Hannoun | December 7, 2021 1:21 pm ET UFC on ESPN 31 provided the violence Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, but the highlights came with a price. As a result of potential injuries sustained in their bouts, seven fighters were handed 180-day medical suspensions by the Nevada
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2:10 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s MMA promotion has its first United States main event. Tyrone Spong and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will headline Eagle FC 44 on Jan. 28 in Miami, officials told ESPN on Monday. The three-round heavyweight bout will mark Spong’s return to MMA after eight years. Spong is a world-class kickboxer and an
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has denied the claim he’s wasted his prime years in MMA by sitting on the sidelines for the best past of two years. Jones, who is widely regarded as one of the leading contenders in the GOAT conversation, hasn’t been in action since UFC 247 last February. After
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Love or hate him, Jake Paul is more than willing to put his money where his mouth is. Few social media celebrities would choose to pursue an additional paycheck by stepping into the boxing ring, but that’s the path Paul has chosen. While he started out fighting fellow Internet stars, Paul
By Farah Hannoun and John Morgan | December 6, 2021 10:00 pm ET LAS VEGAS – After stringing together his first winning streak in the UFC, Manel Kape is on the path to flyweight gold. Kape (17-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC), who dropped his first two UFC bouts, scored his second consecutive first-round finish this past
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim UFC 269 is not just the promotion’s final pay-per-view event of 2021, it also is among the year’s best offerings. Wrap up Saturday night’s event in colorful paper and put a big, bright bow on this holiday season gift for fans. There are two
MMA fighter Walter Pugliesi appears to be guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct and benefitted from it with a KO victory. One of the universal and long-standing unwritten rules of MMA is that if you signal that you will touch gloves with the opposing fighter, then you touch gloves—or at the very least you don’t KO the
A women’s strawweight fight between Amanda Ribas and Michelle Waterson is currently being targeted to go down at an upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on March 26, 2022. That’s according to a report from Damon Martin, though the promotion has yet to officially announce the booking. The two were initially set to face off
By Matt Erickson | December 6, 2021 1:00 pm ET We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 269 event in Las Vegas. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon
3:34 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland to headline an event in February, sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not yet been signed for the 185-pound contest that will serve as the main event at UFC Fight Night on Feb. 5, but they should be
In this week’s installment of The Twitter Adventures of Conor McGregor, The Notorious One takes on an award-winning filmmaker in a debate about Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s legacy. On October 24, 2020, Khabib Nurmagomedov called it a career after advancing his flawless record to 29-0 with a submission victory over Justin Gaethje. Instantly, debates began on where
2022 is just around the corner and with it UFC 270 on January 22nd featuring Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane for the undisputed heavyweight title. Everyone already knows Ngannou’s tale of working in a Cameroonian sand quarry before leaving Africa and making it to France. Now we’re starting to learn a bit more about Ciryl
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | December 5, 2021 8:45 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
2:35 PM ET A scheduled welterweight fight between Jake Matthews and Jeremiah Wells is off UFC Fight Night on Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols, the promotion confirmed with ESPN. Wells wrote Saturday morning on Instagram that he did not test positive for COVID-19, but one of his cornermen did and due to contact tracing the
Former UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen thinks Brock Lesnar, like his old rival Anderson Silva, absolutely sucks. Sonnen has never been one to hold back his thoughts on MMA fighters and the latest headlines around the sport. He’s transitioned nicely from a decorated fighting career to a career in the booth, hosting multiple ESPN shows
UFC Vegas 44 went down last night (Sat., Dec. 4, 2021) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring a thrilling Bantamweight bout between Jose Aldo and Rob Font. In the end, Aldo walked away with a unanimous decision win (highlights here). In the co-headlining act, Rafael Fiziev knocked out Brad Riddell with a spinning
By Dusko Todorovic | December 5, 2021 12:31 pm ET Dusko Todorovic didn’t reveal until after UFC on ESPN 31 that he was struck by a car earlier this year while in his native Serbia and has been receiving a steady stream of treatment for lingering open wounds until quite recently. Following his submission win
1:31 AM ET Jose Aldo has already done more than all but a few fighters in the history of mixed martial arts. He’s arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, and his resume is good enough to be on the short list of the very best MMA fighters ever. Yet, four years after dropping the