By Farah Hannoun and MMA Junkie Radio | February 25, 2021 11:15 pm ONE Championship atomweight champ Angela Lee still has her sights set on becoming a double titleholder. Lee (10-2), who’s expecting her first child soon with husband Bruno Pucci, is currently taking some time off from competition. The 24-year-old notched three successful title
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8:44 AM ET The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is scheduled for June 12, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location for the event, which is expected to be UFC 263, isn’t set yet. In December, Figueiredo (20-1-1) and Moreno (18-5-2) fought to an exhilarating draw that was considered one
Pedro Munhoz has squashed his beef with current bantamweight champion Petr Yan. Over the past few years, the two men have trash-talked one another in interviews and on social media. But in the lead-up to Yan’s first title defense against Aljamain Sterling, the Russian has been training at American Top Team, the gym where Munhoz
The COVID-19 pandemic has really taken a toll on the entire planet. As far as the sports world is concerned, it put a halt to all activity for a few months for precautionary reasons. After all, no one was (or still is) equipped to battle this invisible enemy. A few months into the pandemic, Ultimate
By Simon Samano | February 25, 2021 12:30 pm If there’s one thing UFC middleweight Kevin Holland showed in 2020, it’s that he’s willing to fight anyone, anytime. According to Holland, the same can’t be said for Khamzat Chimaev. Holland was named the 2020 “Fighter of the Year” by MMA Junkie after he won five
10:05 AM ET Former MMA super prospect Sage Northcutt is returning to action in April. Northcutt will face Shinya Aoki on April 28 at ONE on TNT IV, ONE officials told ESPN. Northcutt also confirmed the news on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. The fight will be contested in the promotion’s lightweight division, which is 170
ONE Championship announced on Wednesday that in May they would begin what they are calling “biggest women’s mixed martial arts tournament in the world.” May 28, the ONE Atomweight World Grand Prix will begin and the eight fighters competing in the tournament were announced. The winner of the tournament will face the current ONE Atomweight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The clip below was featured on Monday’s column. It was widely popular already, but it’s only grown more viral since then, and now details and consequences are beginning to emerge. Walker Brown is the “MMA trained fighter” who puts a beating on University of Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones. Though the
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 24, 2021 11:30 pm ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong recently revealed the eight women who will make up the field for the promotion’s upcoming atomweight grand prix, set to kick off on May 28. The international lineup includes American Alyse Anderson (5-1), China’s Meng Bo (17-5), Thailand’s Stamp Fairtex
1:00 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via third-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his
Valentina Shevchenko has her next flyweight title defense lined up when she takes on former strawweight champ Jéssica Andrade at UFC 261. ESPN reported Wednesday that Dana White has confirmed Valentian Shevchenko will be defending her flyweight championship against Jéssica Andrade at UFC 261 on April 24. Thus far, this makes the first title bout
Nearly two years after his face-breaking loss against kickboxing bruiser Cosmo Alexandre, former UFC two-division prospect will make his return to ONE Championship for a 170-pound showdown opposite veteran submission specialist Shinya Aoki. That’s according to a report from ESPN. Northcutt (11-3), still just 24 years old, departed UFC on the strength of three straight
By Nolan King | February 24, 2021 12:29 pm UFC 261 has its first title fight. Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will seek her fifth consecutive successful title defense when she takes on former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade on the April 24 pay-per-view card. The event currently doesn’t have an official location or venue. UFC
11:00 AM ET The PFL’s 2021 season will kick off April 23 and feature one of its most prized offseason signings in former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. Pettis (24-10) will meet Clay Collard (18-8) in the main event of PFL 1, president Ray Sefo told ESPN. The fight will take place at a location
Anthony Pettis and Clay Collard will face each other in the PFL’s first event of the 2021 season. The PFL announced the full lineup for their first event of the 2021 season and along with some familiar names from their previous seasons come some very noticeable new ones. The featherweight and lightweight matchups for its
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Back in January of 2019, TJ Dillashaw walked into the cage opposite Henry Cejudo with confidence, intent on building upon his legacy as a double-champ. Instead, Cejudo knocked him out in just 32 seconds. Before Dillashaw could spend too much time protesting the stoppage, he was popped by USADA for intentional
Rankings Pound For Pound Rankings #1 Khabib Nurmagomedov Win 29 Loss 0 Draw 0 UFC president Dana White has one more meeting set up with Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas, but it seems the reigning lightweight champ is content to stick to his retirement. #2 Jon Jones Win 26 Loss 1 Draw 0 Already considered one
11:34 AM ET Editor’s note: The first women’s fight in UFC history was on Feb. 23, 2013 when Ronda Rousey faced Liz Carmouche. This has been updated after originally running in December 2019. Amanda Nunes was driving around Miami with her then-girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, looking for a bar. They had just watched teammates from American