Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Women’s Bantamweight champion Miesha Tate considers Jon Jones a friend, and she is sorely disappointed. Jones, the former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sept. 24 and charged with one count of domestic battery, a misdemeanor, and one count of tampering with a police vehicle,
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By MMA Junkie Staff | October 4, 2021 11:20 am ET Follow @MMAjunkie A pair of lightweights each in need of a rebound have been booked for a bout later this month. Jai Herbert (10-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will take on Khama Worthy (16-8 MMA, 2-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 196. MMA Junkie confirmed
12:26 AM ET Dustin Poirier will indeed get his chance to hold UFC gold by the end of the year. Poirier (28-6) has agreed to challenge Charles Oliveira (31-8) for the lightweight championship at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The matchup had been in talks for weeks, and Poirier told ESPN late last month there
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich believes a new age psychotherapy technique could help Jon Jones exorcise his demons. Jones certainly needs all the help he can get after a celebratory trip to Las Vegas turned into yet another legal nightmare last weekend. Hours after his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame, the 34-year-old
You can always count on Chael Sonnen to provide a unique perspective when it comes to combat sports news, and he’s had no shortage of opinions when it comes to former opponent Jon Jones’ latest troubling brush with the law. Jones was arrested in Las Vegas the morning after his UFC Hall of Fame induction
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from September 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for September. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
2:44 PM ET A women’s bantamweight fight between Aspen Ladd and Macy Chiasson is off this weekend’s UFC card after Ladd appeared shaky at the weigh-in. Ladd was unsteady on the scale Friday morning as Nevada State Athletic Commission chief assistant Jeff Mullen was attempting to register her weight. Every time Ladd attempted to put
Derek Brunson thinks he will be fighting Israel Adesanya for the belt early next fight. Adesanya is expected to rematch Robert Whittaker in January next year in a highly-anticipated fight. However, nothing has been made official and for Brunson, he thinks the challenger won’t make it to the fight for some reason. With that, Brunson
The UFC Vegas 38 weigh-ins ended on a pretty bad note Friday afternoon when women’s bantamweight fighter Aspen Ladd spent several minutes shaking and trembling on the scale as the Nevada commission employee struggled to get an accurate weight reading for her. Ladd had weighed in fully clothed at 141 pounds, and then had the
Johnny Walker thinks he may have suffered a serious foot injury in his UFC Fight Night 193 main event loss. Walker (18-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) fell short in his first octagon headliner Saturday with a unanimous decision defeat to Thiago Santos (22-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) in the light heavyweight matchup at the UFC Apex in
9:58 PM ET A bout that was promoted as being a sure bet to produce fireworks ended up being a dud. Thiago Santos edged Johnny Walker via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fight featured two of the most explosive knockout artists
The UFC Vegas 38 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker. This fight saw lackluster performances by both men. Santos was the more patent fighter and when he did land, he connected. Walker
The action delivered in waves last night (Sat., Oct. 2, 2021) at UFC Vegas 38 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Thiago Santos outpointed Johnny Walker to claim a main event victory. In addition to the light heavyweight headliner, UFC Vegas 38 pumped out a laundry list of finishes
Thiago Santos sees a matchup with Jiri Prochazka as his gateway to a title shot after emerging victorious from the UFC Fight Night 193 main event. Santos (22-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) snapped his three-fight losing skid on Saturday with a unanimous decision win over Johnny Walker (18-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in the light heavyweight headliner
4:39 PM ET Two of the most explosive knockout artists in the UFC light heavyweight division will go to battle this weekend. Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker meet Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas — and it would be shocking if the bout between the two natives of Brazil
Esteemed coach and the first UFC welterweight champion Pat Miletich gave his opinion on how to earn those million-dollar paychecks in the UFC. As a former champion of the organization, Miletich is familiar with how fights are negotiated with promoters. Miletich insists that the UFC prefers to do business with fighters that understand how to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the UFC Vegas 38 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place TONIGHT (Sat., Oct. 2, 2021) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, streaming LIVE on ESPN+. Main event duties fall to light heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker, who collide for a
LONDON – Leah McCourt went 15 minutes with Jessica Borga in the Bellator 267 co-main event, yet came out relatively unscathed. “I was happy I was able to bring out my striking and my standup, bring them out in the cage on the night,” McCourt told reporters including MMA Junkie in a post-fight news conference.