12:53 AM ET A new star might have just been born in one of the UFC’s premier divisions. Jiri Prochazka knocked out Dominick Reyes with a spinning back elbow at 4 minutes, 29 seconds of the second round Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. It was only the
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We will never know how a fight between Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomeov would have played out, but St-Pierre thinks he has a pretty good idea. Before both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges St-Pierre moved on from the idea of fighting one another in a dream match for the ages, there appeared to be a very
Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones may not have a date to fight each other in the cage, but that hasn’t stopped them from trading endless barbs across social media. Jones hasn’t fought since his iffy February 2020 decision win over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247. Given how controversial the judging was on that one, an
By Danny Segura | May 2, 2021 5:10 pm Follow @dannyseguratv Brandon Vera will return to the cage for his first fight since the pandemic. The ONE Championship heavyweight titleholder is set to defend his belt against former UFC heavyweight Arjan Bhullar in the main event of ONE Championship: Dangal on May 15 in Singapore,
1:44 AM ET Jiri Prochazka has arrived. The native of the Republic of Georgia established himself as a legitimate UFC light heavyweight contender Saturday night by knocking out Dominick Reyes with a spinning elbow. It was the most impressive performance on a card with several ranked fighters competing. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Marc Raimondi and Jeff
UFC Vegas 25 goes down tonight (May 1, 2021) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility and we have the results. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy. Reyes was coming off a TKO loss to Jan Blachowicz with the vacant light heavyweight
Jiri Prochazka cashed in on his first UFC main event last night (Sat., May 1, 2021) at UFC Vegas 25 live on ESPN2/ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, when “Denisa” finished former light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes with a ridiculous spinning elbow knockout (see it HERE). In addition to the light
By Mike Bohn and Ken Hathaway | May 2, 2021 1:30 am LAS VEGAS – Jiri Prochazka thinks he’s established himself as the top light heavyweight contender after a spectacular knockout of Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 23. Prochazka (28-3-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) picked up a top candidate for “Knockout of the Year” on
11:57 AM ET Endeavor Group Holdings, the media conglomerate and ownership company of UFC, launched an initial public offering Thursday. Executives Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, as well as UFC president Dana White, were all in appearance in New York, where Endeavor stock began trading at $24 per share. “It’s official,” White wrote on Instagram.
If you were among those hoping for a Nick Diaz/Khamzat Chimaev dual-return bout, wait no more because it’s not happening. This news coming from Diaz’s manager, Kevin Mubenga, who informed ESPN that Chimaev is not being considered for Diaz’s return bout. Following last week’s UFC 261 event, there were rumblings of a potential fight between
Jiri Prochazka will be taking a massive step up in competition later this evening (Sat., May 1, 2021) at UFC Vegas 25 live on ESPN2/ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev., as the former RIZIN light heavyweight champion takes on former UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes in the main event. Prochazka, 29, is
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 1, 2021 4:00 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Former Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho is set to make his debut in a new promotion. On Friday, LFA announced that Carvalho will headline LFA 107 on May 14 against Sharaf Davlatmurodov also making his promotional debut. The booking was part of an
12:20 AM ET Yoel Romero is out of the most anticipated first-round matchup in Bellator’s big 2021 tournament — and arguably one of the promotion’s biggest fights in recent memory. The former UFC middleweight title challenger didn’t clear pre-fight medical screening and is out of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, promotion officials confirmed
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Somehow, it feels like the Diego Sanchez/Joshua Fabia drama vs. UFC is just getting started. Even with Sanchez fully released from the promotion and free to do as he’d please, “The Nightmare” still has a bone to pick with the world’s leading MMA promotion. Or perhaps it’s solely Fabia, who operates
By Mike Bohn | April 30, 2021 11:18 pm Joshua Silveira continue to impress in his young career on Friday when he made fast work of Rafael Viana in the LFA 106 headliner. Silveira (5-0), who is the son of MMA veteran and famed American Top Team coach Conan Silveira, needed just 41 seconds to
7:22 AM ET Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event, it’s not unfair to say we don’t really know who Dominick Reyes or Jiri Prochazka are. When it comes to just name value alone, we do. Reyes (12-2) fought Jon Jones for the UFC’s light heavyweight championship 14 months ago — and many observers
Kamaru Usman is eyeing a return to the Octagon less than two months after finishing Jorge Masvidal, and his preferred opponent may surprise you. After Kamaru Usman disposed of Jorge Masvidal for the second time at UFC 261, the next man up was identified to be Colby “Chaos” Covington. Unlike the case with Masvidal, this