Before joining the UFC, Michael Chandler had doubts that he would ever be a part of the organization. Michael Chandler is fresh off his first UFC title shot. Although the fight didn’t go his way, ending in a second-round TKO loss, he is right on track in the division. When asked at the UFC 262
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Something has gone terribly wrong for Tony Ferguson, and it’s not entirely clear what. One does not go undefeated for years and years without having some method to his madness, yet Ferguson’s last three performances have been woefully underwhelming. There are plenty of theories as to why “El Cucuy” has fallen
By Farah Hannoun and Christian Stein | May 18, 2021 8:50 am Daiana Torquato knows she’s in for a battle when her and Karina Rodriguez clash for the top spot at women’s flyweight. Torquato (10-3) meets Rodriguez (8-4) for the vacant 125-pound title in the main event of Invicta on AXS TV on Friday, which
7:49 AM ET Charles Oliveira sits atop the UFC’s lightweight division after a thrilling second-round TKO of Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 262 on Saturday, but did the new champ do enough to surpass Dustin Poirier as the No. 1-ranked fighter in the division? Oliveira wasn’t the only one to make an
Despite winning a unanimous decision against Viviane Araujo at UFC 262, many believe Katlyn Chookagian’s win to be filled with controversy. Slated for the main card, there were lots of eyeballs on the fight between Araujo and Chookagian. While the weight class isn’t the deepest, Katlyn Chookagian is on a 2-fight win streak now, and
UFC president Dana White has already made it pretty clear that he has no interest in working with Jake Paul. But according to Paul, that position may not be as final as it currently seems. Paul is no stranger to big ambitions. His big goal when it comes to boxing is a fight against Conor
By Mike Bohn | May 17, 2021 7:40 pm Bellator returns from a one-week hiatus on Friday with Bellator 259 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. Women’s MMA legend and reigning Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (23-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) returns
8:46 PM ET HOUSTON — Tony Ferguson‘s wish apparently has been granted. UFC president Dana White made the decision Friday to increase the fight-night bonuses athletes can receive at UFC 262 on Saturday, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN. Typically, fighters can win bonuses for performances of the night, and fight of the night, that are
Even though Dana White believes Jon Jones is already the greatest MMA fighter of all time, he still thinks Jonny Bones has even more to gain if he became heavyweight champion. Jon Jones is regarded by many to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. One of the people who grant him this
UFC women’s flyweight contender Katlyn Chookagian isn’t usually known for her controversial social media presence but leading up to her UFC 262 fight against Viviane Araujo, eagle eyed fans noticed something a bit unusual going on with her Twitter likes. For those who may not know, all the tweets you like on Twitter are visible
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 16, 2021 8:00 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Charles Oliveira took the long road to winning a UFC championship. In fact, nobody in the history of the promotion has taken a longer road. Oliveira became the 11th undisputed UFC champion at UFC 262 in Houston, where he TKO’d Michael Chandler in
12:46 AM ET Charles Oliveira defeated Michael Chandler by TKO in the second round to win the vacant lightweight title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 262 at Toyota Center. The stoppage came at 19 seconds of Round 2. Oliveira becomes the first UFC lightweight champ who isn’t Khabib Nurmagomedov since Conor McGregor
Marvin Vettori thinks Israel Adesanya has a massive weakness in his ground game. Vettori will be challenging current UFC middleweight champion Adesanya in hopes of dethroning the “The Last Stylebender” at UFC 263 on June 12th. The Italian has high hopes of exploiting what he recognises as Adesanya’s Achilles heel: his ground game, which Vettori
We’re two weeks away from the one year anniversary of Jon Jones and the UFC’s relationship turning completely sour. On May 31st, 2020, a frustrated Jon Jones publicly declared he was giving up his light heavyweight title and riding off into the sunset until the UFC paid him more fairly for his fights. This has
By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | May 16, 2021 5:06 pm Follow @SJSamano Beneil Dariush scored the biggest win of his career Saturday night at UFC 262, where he dominated Tony Ferguson to earn a clean-sweep unanimous decision in their lightweight co-man event. A big win on a big stage meant a big –
2:04 AM ET Charles Oliveira‘s last defeat came in December 2017, a loss to Paul Felder via second-round TKO. That was his fourth loss in a six-fight stretch. He had missed weight four times in the previous five years and started his UFC career a pedestrian 10-8, with one no contest. I asked Felder on
UFC 262 crowned a new lightweight champion with Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira. It also was the second event that had fans in attendance. This time, the Toyota Center in Houston Texas to another sold-out crowd, and if more proof was needed after UFC 261 that fans can fuel fighters, UFC 262 proved to be just
Charles Oliveira captured the vacant lightweight title by smashing Michael Chandler in the UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last night (Sat., May 15, 2021) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a spectacular second-round finish that followed a batshit opening frame. That’s pretty much every Chandler fight, which is why UFC did not hesitate to