The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In today’s installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw reactions from MMA fans to this past weekend’s UFC Vegas 36: Brunson vs. Till event. Marc-Andre Barriault def. Dalcha Lungiambula #UFCVegas36 That Langambula vs Barriault fight got frantic in the 3rd
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Event: Bellator 266: “Davis vs Romero”Date: Sat., Sept. 18, 2021Location: SAP Center in San Jose, CaliforniaHow To Watch: Showtime (watch it here) Bellator 266 Main Event: 205 lbs.: Phil Davis (22-6) vs. Yoel Romero (13-5) Bellator 266 Main Card (9 p.m. ET): 170 lbs.: Neiman Gracie (10-2) vs. Mark Lemminger (12-3)125 lbs.: Alejandra Lara (9-4)
LAS VEGAS – The official weigh-ins for Dana White’s Contender Series 38 are in the books. Following the weigh-ins at the host hotel ahead of Tuesday’s card at the UFC Apex, the fighters got face to face. Check out the highlights from their faceoffs in the video above, as well as video of the athletes
7:14 AM ET UFC fans love to be in the know. We’re here to help. Derek Brunson shined this weekend against Darren Till, but despite Brunson’s incredible run and dominant finish over a legitimate contender, a title shot may not be coming as quickly as Brunson hopes. Someone who is likely to get a title
Derek Brunson says he’s ready to battle Israel Adesanya again, and believes he can pose a threat on the feet and on the ground against the champion. Brunson continued his exceptional form at UFC Vegas 36 this past weekend. On a European-heavy card, the 37-year-old met England’s Darren Till in the main event. Despite many
No. 2-ranked lightweight contender Justin Gaethje recently admitted to having no respect for division champion Charles Oliveira, insisting the 155-pound weight class was the “laughing stock” of UFC after “Do Bronx” captured the vacant crown by smashing Michael Chandler last May in Houston. But Oliveira believes he earned his place among the lightweight elite, winning
LAS VEGAS – Julian Erosa beat Charles Jourdain with a third-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 191 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Erosa, who has stoppages in his past five wins – including two D’Arce choke wins in the UFC. Erosa on the fight’s key moment
11:50 AM ET For the first time in her already decorated MMA career, Zhang Weili will be doing her training camp in the United States. Zhang, the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, will be arriving later this month in Arizona to train at Fight Ready in Scottsdale, her coach Pedro Jordao told ESPN. Zhang, who
Vitor Belfort hasn’t forgotten about his 2011 knockout loss to Anderson Silva. Belfort challenged Silva for the UFC Middleweight Championship in the main event of UFC 126. Belfort was on the receiving end of one of the most spectacular knockouts in the history of MMA competition. Silva slept Belfort with a front kick followed up
Triller’s latest sideshow extravaganza event on September 11th has gone full circus over the past week after main event headliner Oscar De La Hoya was forced to pull out of his boxing bout with Vitor Belfort due to COVID-19. Rather than delay the event (and the Anderson Silva vs. Tito Ortiz boxing fight in the
A debate around the legality of the oblique kick has come to life in the fallout of Khalil Rountree’s vicious TKO win at UFC Fight Night 191. One person who doesn’t have a problem with the technique? Modestas Bukauskas, the man finished by Rountree on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. After landing
7:02 PM ET Derek Brunson has fought just about anyone who is anyone in the UFC’s middleweight division. The one thing he had been searching for is that signature victory to push him into the title picture. On Saturday, he finally got that. Brunson stopped Darren Till via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2 minutes, 13
There were a lot of great moments during this weekend’s UFC Vegas 36 event, from Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett’s wild debut to “Meatball” Molly McCann gutsing out a solid Fight of the Night win. Tom Aspinall also upgraded himself from prospect to contender with a first round TKO win. All in all, even with Darren
Paddy Pimblett has put the UFC lightweight division on notice following his sensational TKO win over Luigi Vendramini, declaring that “The new king’s here.” There was plenty of hype surrounding Pimblett’s debut at UFC Vegas 36 on Saturday, and the former Cage Warriors champion certainly lived up to it. “Paddy the Baddy” was rocked by
Darren Till appears to motivated by his loss to Derek Brunson in the UFC Fight Night 191 main event. Till (18-4-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) was submitted by Brunson (23-7 MMA, 14-5 UFC) in the third round of the middleweight contender matchup at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, extending a rough stretch for the 28-year-old.
3:11 PM ET Darren Till has emerged as one of the most popular fighters in the UFC’s middleweight division. Now, he has his chance to go from wise-cracking fan favorite to legitimate title contender. Till meets Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. The card was
Paddy Pimblett impressed the entire MMA community earlier today (Sat., Sept. 4, 2021) at UFC Vegas 36 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the former Cage Warriors champion shook off an early scare to score a blistering TKO finish over Luigi Vendramini (see it HERE). Pimblett carried a lot
Darren Till is not about to give up on his prophecy of holding UFC championship gold, no matter how many setbacks stand in the way of it. At UFC Vegas 36, Darren Till lost for the fourth time in five fights when Derek Brunson defeated him via third-round rear-naked choke. At middleweight, he is 1-2,