11:03 PM ET The return of The Ultimate Fighter has hit an unforeseen snag. Tresean Gore is injured and out of the TUF middleweight final at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 28, UFC officials confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Gilbert Urbina, whom Gore beat in the semifinals, will now fight Bryan Battle in the championship bout.
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Bellator MMA goes to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for Bellator 265. The heavyweight main event will feature the #3-ranked Cheick Kongo against Sergei Kharitonov who is looking to jump into the rankings. The co-main event has two ranked featherweights that are looking to make their case for A.J. McKee’s title. Adam
Long-time contender, Kelvin Gastelum, will square off with multi-division power puncher, Jared Cannonier, this Saturday (Aug. 21, 2021) at UFC Vegas 34 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gastelum is an interesting athlete, especially from the analyst’s chair. On one hand, he’s clearly a remarkable talent, a contender in whatever division he can make
By MMA Junkie Staff | August 18, 2021 11:21 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie Check out these photos of the fighters on the scale and their faceoffs at the 2021 PFL Playoffs 2 ceremonial weigh-ins from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. (Photos courtesy of PFL) PFL 8 Weigh In PFL 8
11:40 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in Sept. 2019. Cannonier fights Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC Fight Night on August 21, 2021. Jared Cannonier was living in Anchorage, Alaska, and doing maintenance on air traffic control equipment for the Federal Aviation Administration. It was 2009, he was almost
UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier says he won’t sit out and wait for a fourth fight with Conor McGregor while the Irishman recovers from his leg break. At UFC 264, Poirier registered his second victory over McGregor in 2021. Having become the first man to knock the Irishman out at UFC 257 in January, “The Diamond”
Jorge Masvidal is bringing Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva to the world of Gamebred Fighting Championship and bare-knuckle mixed martial arts (MMA). Masvidal is setting the wheels in motion for Gamebred Fighting Championship 2, the second event from Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA promotion. The event takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi on Sat., Sept. 11. The former Ultimate Fighting
By Danny Segura | August 18, 2021 11:20 am ET Follow @dannyseguratv HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Larissa Pacheco made some changes in 2020 and they have paid off in her return to MMA during the 2021 PFL season. The women’s lightweight and former UFC fighter spent the majority of last year bulking up in weight to
Luke Rockhold doesn’t think Sean Strickland is too bright but he won’t discredit his ability inside the Octagon. Rockhold and Strickland are expected to collide at UFC 268 this November. It’ll be Rockhold’s first bout since July 2019 when he was knocked out by current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz. For Strickland, it’s a
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor is growing increasingly irate with the UFC commentary team. It is their jobs to offer analysis and opinions alike on the promotion’s athletes, and lately, the remarks have been less than flattering. As a result, McGregor has taken quite a few shots at Daniel Cormier, but now it seems
By Matthew Wells | August 17, 2021 9:50 pm ET Follow @mrmwells This season, teams consist of bantamweight and middleweight fighters coached by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former title challenger Brian Ortega. If you missed the previous episodes, check out those highlights below: Continue reading for the highlights of the 12th and final episode, which streamed Tuesday
Endeavor is quite happy with the success of the UFC and the momentum isn’t likely to subside anytime soon. The UFC has continued to be Endeavor’s leading money-maker. In the latest earnings report, it was revealed that the UFC had “three sold-out, arena record pay-per-view events.” Endeavor claims the success had lead to the UFC’s
Austin Hubbard (13-5) fights Vinc Pichel (13-2) in arguably the biggest fight of his Ultimate Fighting Champioship (UFC) career, but he didn’t necessarily have big mixed martial arts (MMA) aspirations early on. Hubbard and Pichel clash at UFC Vegas 35, taking place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sat., Aug. 21. “Thud”
Tito Ortiz admits there’s genuine concern that he might miss weight in his boxing match against Anderson Silva. Ortiz meets Silva in a 195-pound boxing bout under the Triller Fight Club banner, which takes place Sept. 11 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and airs on pay-per-view. The professional bout is slated for eight rounds
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya doesn’t see Jon Jones moving up to the heavyweight division but he does still envision the two meeting down the line. There was a time when the MMA world was red hot with buzz of a potential showdown between Adesanya and Jones. The two were relentless trading barbs back-and-forth and
Aug 11, 2021 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, one of the best middleweight mixed martial artists of the past decade, has announced his retirement at age 41. Souza, who is originally from Brazil and fought out of Orlando, Florida, during the latter part of his career, broke the news to Brazilian outlet Combate. He retires with a
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s not easy to be royalty in combat sports. Having a famous fighting father adds pressures and expectations from the general public, as well as an enormous shadow from which to emerge. Plus, the offspring of multiple-time world champions rarely endure the difficult upbringing that can mold greatness, adding another layer
Former UFC bantamweight champion and champion professional boxer Holly Holm is now officially a member of the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame. Announced as a part of the 2019 class, Holm’s (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) induction ceremony was postponed due to the uncertainty of the global pandemic, keeping the health and safety of all