Welcome to Midnight Mania! Having successfully recovered from a long battle with COVID-19 and returned to the Octagon in stellar fashion vs. Li Jingliang just a couple weeks ago at UFC 267 (HIGHLIGHTS!), “Borz” is once again the talk of the town. Not long after his victory, Chimaev called out roughly half of the Welterweight
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1:36 PM ET UFC lightweight Michael Chandler might have lost to Justin Gaethje last weekend in New York — but he appears to have caught Conor McGregor‘s attention in doing so. Chandler (22-7) suffered a unanimous decision loss to Gaethje at UFC 268 on Saturday in a three-round bout
You can add UFC rising phenom Khamzat Chimaev to the list of fighters Jake Paul has exchanged unpleasantries with. Two of the most trending names in all of combat sports in 2021 are Jake Paul and Khamzat Chimaev. One has taken the boxing world by storm. The other has picked up where his hype train
By MMA Junkie Staff | November 9, 2021 5:27 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie (Editor’s note: This story originally published by USA TODAY Sports.) Former NBA player Deron Williams will fight former NFL running back Frank Gore on the undercard of the Jake Paul-Tommy Fury boxing match on Dec. 18. The fight will take place at
Anderson Silva’s combat sports career hasn’t even ended yet, but his sons are already carrying the torch for the next generation. Both Gabriel and Kalyl Silva are amateur kickboxers with solid records and highlight wins of their own, and both were in action this past weekend at a FightersRep 11 event in Los Angeles. But
9:30 AM ET Going into his UFC 268 main event against Colby Covington, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman already was No. 1 in the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound rankings. There was no room for upward movement. However, Usman’s strong performance at Madison Square Garden did earn him the backing of the last holdout on our voting panel.
Petr Yan did not give his all when fighting Cory Sandhagen. That is an incredible thing to say, considering the insane pace put on by both Yan and Sandhagen in their UFC 267 co-main event interim title bout. The two went back and forth, with Sandhagen winning the first round, before getting shut down for
NEW YORK – Nassourdine Imavov beat Edmen Shahbazyan with a second-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 268 in New York. Take a look inside the fight with Imavov, who has back-to-back stoppage wins after a decision loss to Phil Hawes earlier this year. Imavov on the fight’s key moment Nov 6, 2021;
Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC 268 provided a ton of highlights and incredible action (FULL RECAP HERE!) to that point that some great action was overshadowed. Perhaps one such example is Alex Pereira, the famed Brazilian kickboxer who scored a tremendous flying knee stoppage in his UFC debut opposite Andreas Michailidis in the preliminary headliner.
1:54 AM ET NEW YORK — Kamaru Usman has said repeatedly that he dislikes Colby Covington more than any other opponent he has ever faced. But after their 10th round in the cage together, Usman and Covington could do nothing except embrace. Usman beat Covington via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) in the main event
If you know Max Holloway, then you know the Blessed Express waits for no man. The former featherweight champ lost two extremely close bouts with Alexander Volkanovski, yet was still considered to be next for the title after rebounding with a career defining performance against Calvin Kattar. Instead, Holloway is set to take on a
Israel Adesanya was watching Alex Pereira’s octagon debut at UFC 268 – and it went exactly as he predicted. That’s not an exaggeration, either. Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) called Pereira (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) would finish Andreas Michailidis with a knee in their middleweight matchup this past Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Normally Adesanya’s thoughts
Despite coming up short against Justin Gaethje last Saturday (Nov. 6, 2021) at UFC 268 in what wound up being a “Fight of the Year” candidate, Michael Chandler’s stock went way up after sharing the cage with “Highlight” for 15 brutal minutes (highlights). Now, the former Bellator MMA Lightweight champion of the world is eyeing
1:01 AM ET NEW YORK — Kamaru Usman got the job done at UFC 268, stopping the late surge of Colby Covington to retain the UFC welterweight championship. Usman scored two knockdowns in the second round which nearly put Covington away, but there would be no finish in the rematch and the scorecards were read.
Colby Covington believes he just needs one win to get another title shot. Covington came up short once again to Kamaru Usman as he lost a close decision at UFC 268 for the welterweight title. With the loss, he is no 0-2 against the champion, and the plan for “Chaos” is to fight Jorge Masvidal
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | November 7, 2021 6:50 pm ET Follow @MikeBohnMMA 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
Michael Chandler and Justin Gaethje kicked off UFC 268 with a bang, engaging in a three round war that earned them Fight of the Night honors and entry into Fight of the Year discussions. At the end of the 15 minute war, Chandler was left a bleeding mess and Gaethje had his hand raised, winner
1:46 AM ET The night ended with Kamaru Usman outlasting Colby Covington in another epic five-round fight, but there was no shortage of action throughout UFC 268. Rose Namajunas successfully defended her strawweight title, Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler did not disappoint and Marlon Vera finished Frankie Edgar with a highlight-reel kick that may have