LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 191 event, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 191 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. In
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8:24 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady in November, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have agreed to the contest, sources said. The fight will take place at a UFC Fight Night event, likely in Las Vegas. Chiesa
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER 21, 2017, 10:00 AM] The English welterweight prospect has questioned the growing trend of mixed martial artists who are scrambling for a bout against Floyd Mayweather. Darren Till understands why those in the UFC are clamoring for a bout with the boxing legend, but can’t help find it ’embarrassing’. Dana White recently
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is headed back inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, TODAY (Sat., Sept. 4, 2021) to stage UFC Vegas 36 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the event will be a Middleweight bout between Derek Brunson and Darren Till. In the co-main event, Tom Aspinall will take on Sergey Spivac in Heavyweight
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from August 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Fight of the Month” award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
5:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar De La Hoya announced from a hospital bed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t be able to fight former UFC champion Vitor Belfort on Sept. 11 in a Triller Fight Club PPV. The Hall of Fame boxer was set to compete for the first since a
Ben Askren says Jake Paul has finally earned his respect. Askren made his boxing debut against Paul back in April where he suffered a first-round KO loss. It was a disappointing result for “Funky” who was trash-talking quite a bit and thought Paul wasn’t a very good boxer. Despite Askren losing to Paul, he says
Former UFC lightweight title challenger Justin Gaethje is scheduled to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York City, but that wasn’t his first choice. According to Gaethje, he tried lobbying for a fight with former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway before settling on a 155-pound clash with Chandler. There were
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Oscar De La Hoya vs. Vitor Belfort won’t be happening after all – at least not next week. De La Hoya, the boxing legend who was supposed to come out of retirement to box former UFC champion Belfort in the Triller Fight Club main event on Sept. 11 in
7:00 AM ET The next two months are going to have a drastic impact on what happens in the UFC’s middleweight division in 2022. Right now, Israel Adesanya (21-1) remains the undisputed king of the division, and maintaining that spot is the only goal he has in the foreseeable future. Adesanya had plans to take
Jonathon Martinez vs. Marcelo Rojo Official Play: #UFCVegas36 1U Jonathan Martinez @-155 He does a lot of the same things Jourdain did so well to exploit Rojo. I expect Martinez to check leg kicks, land rear kicks to the body (linear) & the head (round) and shuts down the arms of Rojo. +27 vs. 33+UFC
Rising featherweight contender Giga Chikadze is a perfect 7-0 under the UFC banner, which includes back-to-back wins — and back-to-back finishes — over longtime veterans Cub Swanson and Edson Barboza. But “Ninja” is only ranked No. 8 at 145 pounds. “I’m not happy with it,” Chikadze told MMA Junkie. “I was No. 10. I beat
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from August 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for August. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
7:12 PM ET Miesha Tate is back in the main event. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion — and one of the most popular women’s MMA fighters ever — will headline a UFC Fight Night against Ketlen Vieira on Oct. 16 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Thursday. ESPN has Vieira ranked No. 8 in
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories Here are some of the raw reactions from the MMA community to the sport’s hottest stories! Charles Oliveira Reportedly Set To Defend Lightweight Title Against Dustin Poirier At UFC 269 Yesterday, it was reported that verbal agreements are in place for a lightweight championship
Al Iaquinta is looking forward to clashing with Bobby Green at UFC 268, but he is not pleased with how the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) took care of business. Iaquinta vs. Green is expected to take place on the main card of UFC 268: “Usman vs. Covington 2”, taking place inside Madison Square Garden in
Michelle Nicolini is a world-class grappler, and she’s embracing that role. Nicolini (6-2) challenges Jing Nan Xiong (15-2) for the strawweight title in the main event of ONE Championship: Empower, which takes place Friday and streams on B/R Live. In what’s being viewed as a striker vs. grappler matchup, ADCC champion Nicolini doesn’t mind if people
12:17 AM ET CLEVELAND — Those hoping for Jake Paul’s boxing demise at the hands of a big puncher will be sorely disappointed. The YouTube sensation-turned-prizefighter outpointed Tyron Woodley via split decision (77-75, 75-77, 78-74) in the main event of a boxing card Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Woodley is a former UFC welterweight