Welcome to Midnight Mania! Over the weekend at UFC Vegas 21, Matheus Nicolau and Manel Kape battled to a close decision. Nicolau started well, using his wrestling to control the opening frame. Kape battled back in the second, however, putting together combinations and bullying his opponent around the Octagon. It all came down to the
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By Mike Bohn | March 16, 2021 12:54 am Paulo Costa has withdrawn from his upcoming UFC headliner with Robert Whittaker. Costa (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was supposed to face Whittaker (22-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night on April 17, but a “severe” case of the flu has rendered him unable to properly
Colby Covington is not known to have a filter when placed in front of a camera, and he certainly continued to live up to that reputation and then some when discussing some details behind his recent fight negotiations. Last Saturday at UFC Vegas 21, Leon Edwards took on Belal Muhammad in the night’s main event.
7:23 AM ET Leon Edwards‘ first fight since mid-2019 ended prematurely in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event when he accidentally poked Belal Muhammad in the eye, ending the bout in a no contest. After such a long period of inactivity, one major question hangs in the air — how far away is Edwards from
Michael Chandler made an emphatic statement in his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut a few months ago at UFC 257, knocking out top contender Dan Hooker in the very first round (recap here). Now, the former Bellator MMA Lightweight champion of the world could be gearing up for his sophomore UFC effort. According to ESPN’s
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 15, 2021 5:10 pm Follow @MMAjunkie LAS VEGAS – Rani Yahya beat Ray Rodriguez with a second-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 187 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Yahya, who picked up the 21st submission win of his career.
The UFC Vegas 21 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. This fight saw a lackluster ending after a pretty decent first round. Things went wrong in the second round as Edwards came
Mar 7, 2021 LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes, the most dominant female fighter in mixed martial arts history, did her thing again on Saturday in an absolute thrashing of No. 1 featherweight contender Megan Anderson. Nunes (21-4) forced Anderson (10-5) to tap to an armbar at 2:03 of the opening round of their featherweight title
For weeks we’ve been hearing very good things about the long awaited Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury boxing superfight, the biggest heavyweight battle to go down in decades. Well, it will be if it comes together. Because despite word that the fight is completely sorted and ‘all but signed,’ a very frustrated Tyson Fury came
By Mike Bohn | March 14, 2021 5:45 pm What mattered most at UFC Fight Night 187 at the UFC Apex on Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings … 1. The eye poke conundrum No one is happy with the way the main event ended between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad. I’ve seen
Leon Edwards feels that his next fight should be for the world championship and not a rematch against Belal Muhammad after UFC Vegas 21’s disqualification conclusion. The controversy from UFC 259 certainly carried over into yesterday’s UFC Vegas 21 event. Eryk Anders turned in his best Petr Yan impression with an illegal knee of his
11:01 PM ET Leon Edwards had not competed in nearly two years. This was obviously not the result he hoped for in his return. Edwards accidentally poked Belal Muhammad in the right eye in the opening seconds of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Muhammad dropped
Another week, another crazy knee to the head of a downed opponent stopping a fight. At UFC 259, it was Petr Yan kneeing Aljamain Sterling in the head and getting DQ’d, losing his bantamweight belt and kicking off a wave of abuse towards Sterling for being unable to continue following the crippling illegal blow. At
By Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway | March 14, 2021 5:00 pm LAS VEGAS – Angela Hill didn’t exactly get what she wanted at UFC Fight Night 187, but that’s OK. The former Invicta FC strawweight champion was hoping to stop Ashley Yoder in their rematch Saturday, but instead she left with a unanimous decision.
UFC Vegas 21 goes down tonight (Saturday, March 13, 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. It’s headlined by a meeting between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad in a welterweight
11:27 PM ET Helwani: Not the type of ending anyone wanted How depressing was that? I mean, I really can’t decide whom I feel worse for at the moment: Belal Muhammad, who just suffered what appears to be a gruesome eye injury in the biggest fight of his life, or Leon Edwards, who had his
Leon Edwards saw his Octagon return end in a no contest last night (Sat., Mar. 13, 2021) at UFC Vegas 21 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, when “Rocky” poked Belal Muhammad in the eye and the main event was waved off (highlights HERE). While the main event failed to
By Nolan King | March 14, 2021 12:57 am During his stay in Las Vegas leading up to UFC Fight Night 187, welterweight contender Leon Edwards drew inspiration from boxing great Marvin Hagler. That’s why, when Edwards was notified of Hagler’s death just hours before his main event walkout Saturday at the UFC Apex, he