LAS VEGAS – When you see Randy Costa’s name listed on the UFC bout order, don’t expect any trash-talk in the lead-up – at least nothing serious. Ahead of UFC on ESPN 27, Costa (6-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and opponent Adrian Yanez have taken an ironic approach to the trash-talking game. Both passionate junk food
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7:34 AM ET TJ Dillashaw began 2019 as UFC men’s bantamweight champion and one of the highest-ranked pound-for-pound fighters in the world. The year quickly took an unforeseen turn. Dillashaw challenged flyweight champion Henry Cejudo that January, in an effort to become the first UFC champion to go down in weight to capture a second
Islam Makhachev believes him and Dan Hooker can talk about fighting each other once “The Hangman” starts to wins a fight. #8-ranked lightweight Dan Hooker accused Makhachev of trying to copy Khabib Nurmagomedov but mentioned how it wasn’t the same because Makhachev had lost before whereas Nurmagomedov was undefeated. Hooker mentioned how it didn’t make
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White is facing two great unknowns as the promotion finalizes its 2021 fight campaign and begins mapping out the first quarter of 2022. Not only did White and Co. lose the biggest star in the history of mixed martial arts (MMA), thanks to a broken leg that sidelined Conor
By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | July 21, 2021 10:30 am ET Follow @SJSamano In case you missed it last month, former UFC two-division champion Georges St-Pierre was immortalized last month with a statue in his hometown of St-Isidore, Quebec, Canada. To be certain, it’s a well deserved honor for whom this writer considers
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 5:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Brandon Moreno is not sure who will be his first challenger. But he believes the man whom he took the belt from might need to do more to deserve a shot. Moreno, the new UFC flyweight champion, said Tuesday at a media lunch
WWE superstar Big E would have no problem if Conor McGregor crossed over into the world of sports entertainment, but he isn’t convinced all of his peers would feel the same way. Last Sunday, Big E. took home the “Money In The Bank” suitcase, which entitles him to a WWE world title opportunity to “cash
After more than two years on the sidelines, former Bantamweight champion, T.J. Dillashaw, returns to the cage against one of the division’s most dangerous contenders in Cory Sandhagen this Saturday (July 24, 2021) in the main event of UFC Vegas 32, which will take place inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Earlier that evening,
By Matthew Wells | July 20, 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 eighth episode, which streamed Tuesday on ESPN+.
Another doctor of sports medicine isn’t sold on a theory regarding Conor McGregor‘s broken tibia. McGregor headlined UFC 264 alongside Dustin Poirier. This was a trilogy fight and the score was even at 1-1 going into UFC 264. Poirier emerged victorious in the trilogy bout, defeating McGregor via doctor’s stoppage in the first round when
Former U.S. President Donald Trump made a rare public appearance at the UFC 264 pay-per-view (PPV) event back on July 10 in Las Vegas, a special guest of longtime friend and staunch Re-Trump-lican Dana White. And UFC fans “cheered the fuck out of him.” That’s according to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, who got a
Demetrious Johnson, one of the best to ever compete in MMA regardless of division, hasn’t always been willing to discuss his mindset. On Monday, the former UFC flyweight champion and ONE Championship flyweight grand prix champion took to Instagram to rant about an experience with a new vehicle purchase, why his mindset allowed him to
12:20 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Miesha Tate is back — and she just might actually be better than ever. Competing for the first time since 2016, Tate (19-7) dominated Marion Reneau in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The former champion, and mother of two, finished Reneau (9-8-1)
Tai Tuivasa has put Greg Hardy on blast over some post-UFC 264 comments. The two collided on the main card of UFC 264. The action was held inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tuivasa ended up scoring the first-round knockout and downing a couple of shooeys after the fight. At first, things appeared
Two of the most dynamic strikers in the Bantamweight division lock horns this Saturday (July 24, 2021) when standout contender Cory Sandhagen welcomes former champion T.J. Dillashaw back to the Octagon after 2.5 years away (details here). That’s far from the only Bantamweight attraction on display, however, as Aspen Ladd will take on The Ultimate
LAS VEGAS – Malcolm Gordon beat Francisco Figueiredo with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 26 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Gordon, who picked up his first win in the UFC after an 0-2 start. Gordon on the fight’s key moment LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
8:17 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card proved a few things — most notably, that Islam Makhachev is dangerously effective, as advertised, and that Miesha Tate seems ready to step right back into the thick of it in the women’s bantamweight division despite five years out of the Octagon. But is Makhachev, fresh off
Islam Makhachev is continuing to put the top-ranked lightweights of the UFC on blast for being unresponsive to the idea of fighting him. Possibly the biggest narrative surrounding the UFC Vegas 31 main event was about how none of the top-ranked lightweights in the UFC wants any part of Islam Makhachev. In fact, according to