By Mike Bohn and John Morgan | May 16, 2021 2:55 am HOUSTON – Charles Oliveira appear willing to oblige to a UFC title defense against Conor McGregor, but he reminded the Irishman that he has business to handle first. Oliveira (31-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) claimed the vacant lightweight belt on Saturday with a second-round
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7:02 AM ET The UFC’s lightweight division is finally ready to move on from Khabib Nurmagomedov, more than half a year after the undefeated champion retired in the Octagon. And it’s pretty remarkable that Charles Oliveira (30-8) or Michael Chandler (22-5) will be the one to take Nurmagomedov’s throne. When they square off at UFC
Dana White has all but given up hope that we’ll be seeing Jon Jones competing at heavyweight in the foreseeable future. Jon Jones has shown all the signs of a man eager to compete as a UFC heavyweight. He’s said all the right things regarding his motivation and provided the visual evidence to prove it,
Fight fans almost got to see a boxing match between former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre and boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, but UFC ultimately shot the idea down (per Bloody Elbow). De La Hoya, who announced his return to boxing earlier this year, has been searching for the right opponent for his comeback fight.
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 15, 2021 5:00 pm Follow @MMAjunkie (Editor’s note: This story originally published at the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.) An Akron man accused of shooting a professional mixed martial arts fighter has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the case, among other charges. Summit County
May 12, 2021 Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler will fight it out for the vacant lightweight championship at UFC 262 on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston. The main card will be on pay-per-view, which fans can purchase here. The five-fight PPV card begins at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN and
Before the two are set to face each other for the vacant lightweight title at UFC 262, Charles Oliveira believes Michael Chandler to be a one-trick pony. Following the retirement of former lightweight great Khabib Nurmagomedov, it was announced that the former 3X Bellator lightweight champion would get a crack at the vacant title, but
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson is the greatest Lightweight bout that never was. Booked five times only to fall apart at each and every turn, the fight is widely considered cursed, and it’s certainly never going to happen now with Khabib retired and Ferguson struggling. However, with Ferguson fighting Beneil Dariush
By Nolan King | May 14, 2021 11:37 pm Eleven finishes in as many pro victories, Kamuela Kirk kept his streak alive in the LFA 107 main event. In his first LFA headliner, Kirk (11-4) defeated fellow Dana White’s Contender Series alumnus Daniel Swain via TKO due to retirement in between Round 2 and 3.
7:40 AM ET ON MAY 11, 2019, Michael Chandler was warming up in a locker room inside Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, when he suddenly had a vision of his wife, Brie, sitting by herself on the edge of the bed in their Chicago hotel room. And for reasons he couldn’t explain at the time,
Fresh off that scary leg break Chris Weidman suffered last month, the guy on the other side of the cage, Uriah Hall, gets a quick return to the octagon. According to ESPN, Uriah Hall the #8-ranked middleweight is attempting to make a better impression from his last showing, winning by injury. On the other side,
UFC 262 live stream results and play-by-play updates will start to trickle in at 6:30 p.m. ET for the Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler-led pay-per-view (PPV) event on Sat. night (May 15, 2021) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, also featuring a 155-pound co-main event between Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush. The vacant lightweight title
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 14, 2021 2:55 pm Follow @MMAjunkie The UFC is back on pay-per-view this Saturday with UFC 262, and the promotion is getting fans ready with its popular “Embedded” series. UFC 262 takes place at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card streams on following prelims on ESPN and early
7:43 AM ET UFC 262 headliner Charles Oliveira has come a long way from being told by a doctor he would never walk again, and that he would require the use of a wheelchair because of illnesses he contracted at the age of 7. On Saturday night in a packed Toyota Center in Houston, Oliveira
Anthony Pettis and Lance Palmer get a chance to turn things around at PFL 4. The Professional Fighters League continues their regular season on June 10 with the lightweights and featherweights returning to grab more points to make it to the playoffs. These weight classes kicked off the season and things didn’t go everyone’s way
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones’ next step is unclear. UFC is unwilling and/or unable to meet his salary demands regarding a highly anticipated match up opposite Francis Ngannou, so for the moment, that bout isn’t happening. Recently, it was revealed that Jones was offered former champ Stipe Miocic in a clear-cut title eliminator, but
By Danny Segura | May 13, 2021 11:05 pm Follow @dannyseguratv Brandon Vera previews his upcoming heavyweight title defense at ONE Championship: Dangal. Vera (16-8) meets fellow former UFC fighter Arjan Bhullar (10-1) in a five-round championship bout Saturday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The ONE Championship: Dangal main card streams on B/R
7:43 AM ET UFC 262 headliner Charles Oliveira has come a long way from being told by a doctor he would never walk again, and that he would require the use of a wheelchair because of illnesses he contracted at the age of 7. On Saturday night in a packed Toyota Center in Houston, Oliveira