Even though it would appear no permanent damage was done to Belal Muhammad’s eye following an illegal strike from Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21, the welterweight claims he specifically warned the referee Herb Dean of the tendency before the fight started. Ruled a no-contest, the bout between Muhammad and Edwards started hot with both
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11:26 AM ET Retired two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo is not committed to a return to competition, but says there is one name that would entice him to come back more than any other: Max Holloway. Cejudo (16-2) shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his retirement last May, following a 135-pound title
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Every time a new champion puts together a couple title defenses, everyone from the UFC commentary table to fans on Twitter begin speculating the same thing: is this new champion the best ever? It’s an endless cycle, one that enhances the profile of the current divisional great … until someone new
By John Morgan and Ken Hathaway | March 18, 2021 12:15 am LAS VEGAS – After 13 months away from competition, Song Kenan is anxious to resume his fighting career – both for himself and his country. With MMA and the UFC currently experiencing tremendous growth in China, thanks in no small part due to
Even if Brian Ortega emerges victorious in his UFC 260 title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, he would still feel as though there is something missing from his championship celebration: redemption. There is only one man who holds a victory over Brian “T-City” Ortega, and he is the same man who has earned his place among
7:46 AM ET The bantamweight division is perhaps the deepest and most intriguing in the UFC. Aljamain Sterling‘s recent dethroning of Petr Yan did nothing to clarify the division’s hierarchy. Yan was ahead on two scorecards in the fourth round when he landed an illegal knee to the head of a grounded Sterling, who became
A Heavyweight fight between Philipe Lins and Ben Rothwell is once again back on after it was postponed. Originally set to go down last Sat. night (March 13) at UFC Vegas 21, the bout will now take place at an upcoming “Fight Night” event on May 8 according to MMA Junkie. Lins is looking to
By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | March 17, 2021 5:20 pm LAS VEGAS – Kevin Holland doesn’t plan on slowing down. MMA Junkie’s 2020 “Fighter of the Year,” Holland (21-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) is days away from his first fight of the new year when he takes on Derek Brunson at UFC on ESPN
The UFC is all systems go for their return to a full capacity crowd for UFC 261 on April 24 with a card that will boast three world title fights. Dana White ambushed fans with some exciting news Monday when he revealed that Jacksonville, Florida will host the first full-capacity crowd UFC event since March
6:27 PM ET One of the most notable UFC title fights to have ever been canceled has a new date. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (22-5) will face Kelvin Gastelum (17-6) in a five-round main event at UFC Fight Night on April 17 in Las Vegas, multiple sources told ESPN. Gastelum has agreed to replace
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou is getting close to his second title shot, a main event showdown opposite Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 next weekend (Sat. March 27, 2021) at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first time those two battled back in January 2018, Miocic scored a clear-cut decision victory, wrangling his
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 16, 2021 10:00 pm Follow @MMAjunkie LAS VEGAS – Matheus Nicolau beat Manel Kape with a split decision Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 187 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Nicolau, who won for the third straight time and sixth time
In a month that was meant to provide many answers for the middleweight division, there is now one major question surrounding heading into April: Who will be Robert Whittaker’s opponent? As originally reported by AG. Fight, Paulo Costa has been forced to withdraw from his April 17 fight against Whittaker due to illness. There is
2:13 PM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is thankful he avoided serious injury from an inadvertent eye poke during a fight against Leon Edwards last weekend, and he is now telling ESPN he wants an immediate rematch as well as harsher penalties for eye pokes. On Saturday, the UFC Fight Night main event between Muhammad
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo, who also wore gold at 125 pounds, teases a return to mixed martial arts (MMA) in the same way most people tease diet and exercise to ring in the new year. Nothing but empty promises. But if and when “Triple C” does make his way back
By Nolan King | March 16, 2021 4:20 pm Roman Faraldo is set for his second Bellator appearance. At Bellator 255, Faraldo (4-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) will return to take on a 6-foot-7 fighter Trevor Gudde in a welterweight preliminary matchup, a promotion official informed MMA Junkie. Faraldo, 27, entered the national spotlight at Bellator
Israel Adesanya is open to someday lacing up his boots and stepping into the colorful world of sports entertainment. “The Last Stylebender” makes for one of the more unique nicknames in MMA, but it could make for an even better in-ring moniker for Adesanya, who is open to the idea of entering pro wrestling in
11:29 PM ET UFC 261 seems to be about giving people what they want. Welterweight champ Kamaru Usman wanted his next defense to be against Jorge Masvidal, and he got it. Masvidal wanted another crack at the title, and he got it. And fans wanted to return to a live UFC event, and they got