Rob Font vs. Jose Aldo lived up to expectations. The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (December 4) at the UFC Vegas 44 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Font did get a takedown, but it was brief, in the first round. Font kept moving forward while Aldo
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action last night (Sat., Dec. 4, 2021) to stage UFC Vegas 44 from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event of the evening, Jose Aldo defeated Rob Font via unanimous decision after 25 minutes of back-and-forth, hard-fought action (highlights). In the co-headlining act, Rafael Fiziev
The matchup of former training partners and friends went the way of Rafael Fiziev on Saturday with a win over Brad Riddell in the UFC on ESPN 31 co-main event. After spending time training together in Thailand roughly four years ago, the streaking lightweights were paired up to see who would take the next step
Dec 3, 2021 Jose Aldo is already arguably the greatest featherweight fighter in MMA history. Over the last two years, he’s shifted his focus towards the UFC bantamweight title. Aldo faces Rob Font in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The winner will put himself in position for either
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the UFC Vegas 44 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., Dec. 4, 2021) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, streaming LIVE on ESPN and ESPN+. Main event duties fall to bantamweight title contenders Rob Font and Jose Aldo, who collide for a spot
Michael Bisping is revealing some trade secrets from inside the UFC APEX. Since last year the UFC has held the majority of the events inside the small UFC APEX Center. The intimate location allowed the UFC to safely hold events throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With no fans allowed, the first thing many noticed was how
By Nolan King | December 4, 2021 12:00 pm ET UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator 272 marked the end of the promotion’s 2021 campaign, and company president Scott Coker is turning his attention toward the new year. Currently, the promotion has not publicly announced any events for 2022. Following Friday’s event at Mohegan Sun, however, Coker
12:47 AM ET Sergio Pettis was losing just about every second of the fight until deep into the fourth round. Kyoji Horiguchi was faster, stronger, showed better wrestling and was winning the striking battle. Pettis had absolutely no answers. Until he did. Pettis crushed Horiguchi with a spinning-backfist knockout at 3 minutes, 24 seconds of
The final UFC Vegas 44 betting odds are in for as this event is quickly approaching for the Las Vegas-based promotion. The event is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, December 4, 2021) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Rob Font vs. Jose Aldo will headline the show. In the co-main
Josh Hill wasn’t too happy with Jared Scoggins after he came in four pounds heavy for their scheduled Bantamweight bout at Bellator 272. As a result, the fight was converted to a catchweight fight of 140-pounds and 35-percent of Scoggins’ purse went to Hill. Once fight night rolled around, Hill was all business, though he
By Mike Bohn | December 4, 2021 12:44 am ET Sergio Pettis closed Bellator’s 2021 schedule with an all-time knockout Friday when he stopped Kyoji Horiguchi to defend his bantamweight title in the Bellator 272 main event. Pettis (22-5 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) rallied from a one-sided fight to score an unthinkable spinning backfist knockout of
8:34 AM ET Jose Aldo‘s first fight in Las Vegas was more than 12 years ago: a WEC featherweight title bout against Mike Brown on Nov. 18, 2009. The WEC held a series of open workouts that week inside Palms Casino Resort, and the 23-year-old Aldo shed tears as he addressed the media. For an
Henry Cejudo and the Fight Ready gym are all in on their Jon Jones alliance. After getting the boot from JacksonWink MMA by coach Mike Winkeljohn, Jon Jones was in need of a new home. He found that home in a JacksonWink affiliate gym, but since making that announcement, all we’ve seen on social media
Middleweight contenders Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland are expected to headline an upcoming UFC Fight Night event on Feb 5., per a recent report by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. According to the report, both fighters should be signing their respective contracts shortly. The UFC event on Feb. 5 currently does not have a location or venue,
By MMA Junkie Staff | December 3, 2021 11:45 am ET LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on ESPN 31 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s
6:26 PM ET Felicia Spencer, a former UFC title challenger who has competed against some of the top female fighters of all time, is retiring from mixed martial arts, she confirmed Thursday with ESPN. “I’ve made the decision to be done with my fighting career, if you want to call it a career,” Spencer told
Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions tonight on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta at Bellator
Bellator 272 goes down tonight (Fri., Dec. 3, 2021) inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., airing exclusively on SHOWTIME (watch it here). Headlining the event is a Bantamweight title fight between division king Sergio Pettis taking on RIZIN 135-pound king, Kyoji Horiguchi. In the co-main event, Emmanuel Sanchez will battle Jeremy Kennedy in Featherweight