UFC 258 featured a welterweight main event between two men that knew each other well in Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns. Usman walked away the victor but it was not after feeling some of the power that got Burns to the title shot in the first place. There was a lot to take away from
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What are champions made of? The UFC 258 pay-per-view (PPV) main event between welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman and top contender Gilbert Burns, which took place last night (Sat., Feb. 13, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, did a pretty good job of providing the answer. Usman was rocked by “Durinho” early in the fight
By Mike Bohn | February 14, 2021 3:16 am Kamaru Usman is out for Jorge Masvidal’s blood following his successful title defense at UFC 258. After battering Gilbert Burns to a third-round TKO in Saturday’s headliner at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Usman made it clear there’s a fight he’s interested in above all
6:46 AM ET It’s one of the most intriguing prefight storylines in combat sports. Teammate versus teammate. Friends turned foes. In MMA, there’s a pretty common stance on teammates fighting each other: They typically refuse to do it — unless a championship belt is at stake. Well, there will be a belt on the line
Kamaru Usman is looking forward to the day when he can finally have the UFC welterweight belt wrapped around his waist in an arena full of his countrymen. The UFC kicked off 2021 with the first network TV event since December of 2018. In the main event, Max Holloway put on a show that harked
Event: UFC 258: “Usman vs. Burns”Date: Sat., Feb. 13, 2021Location: APEX in Las Vegas, NevadaBroadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN UFC 258 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 170 lbs.: UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns UFC 258 PPV Main Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET): 125 lbs.: Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso185 lbs.: Kelvin Gastelum
By Mike Bohn | February 13, 2021 4:58 pm Tonight’s UFC 258 lineup is down to 10 fights. The women’s flyweight matchup between Gillian Robertson and Miranda Maverick has been scratched from the card, according to UFC officials. Per a release from the promotion, Robertson’s (9-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) removal from the bout with Maverick
12:51 PM ET Two former teammates will clash for the UFC welterweight title. And now that bout is official. Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns both weighed in successfully Friday morning for their UFC 258 main event. Usman weighed 170 pounds and Burns also was at 170. Usman will defend his welterweight belt against Burns on
Kamaru Usman would love the opportunity to coach a season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), and he has just the candidates in mind to coach opposite him. Many great names have emerged from The UFC’s TUF series. Great competitors like Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson, Michael Bisping, the list goes on and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Gina Carano has dealt with controversy in the past, but her recent Instagram story comparing the hardships endured by modern Republicans and Jewish Holocaust victims brought an especially large outcry against her. As a result, Carano lost her role as Cara Dune on Disney+’s wildly successful Star Wars show, The Mandalorian.
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 12, 2021 11:05 pm LAS VEGAS – Megan Olivi will be back on broadcast duty at UFC 258. A longtime UFC backstage reporter and analyst, Olivi spoke to members of the media Friday following the official UFC 258 weigh-ins and faceoffs. Olivi discussed the main event between UFC welterweight
6:55 AM ET IT WAS SEPTEMBER 2020, and UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman raised some eyebrows as he entered the Sanford MMA gym in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It was his first visit since he changed teams in the spring. There was talk of Usman defending his title in December against former training partner and current
Tomorrow night at UFC 258, welterweight king Kamaru Usman will defend his title against Gilbert Burns in the main event and look to break the record of Georges St-Pierre with the most consecutive wins in the division. Usman’s former teammate Burns will have something to say about that, as he tries to make history of
Bobby Green will not be competing at UFC 258 this weekend after all. Green, who was scheduled to fight fellow lightweight veteran Jim Miller as part of UFC 258’s pay-per-view (PPV) main card, collapsed backstage following official weigh ins early Friday (replay HERE). “King” had successfully made weight so it was undecided at that time
By Simon Samano | February 12, 2021 6:06 pm Bobby Green made weight for his UFC 258 fight with Jim Miller – but it appears to have been a struggle. And now their fight is off. Green was the last fighter to weigh in Friday morning at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and hit
9:18 PM ET UFC president Dana White is refusing to throw in the towel on Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s retirement, even though the undefeated champion continues to state he’ll never fight again. Speaking to ESPN on Thursday, White said he has a meeting scheduled with Nurmagomedov at the end of the month in Las Vegas. Regardless of
Dana White remains convinced that we have not seen the last of Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon no matter how many times Khabib tells the public the contrary. Dana White is showing no signs of giving up on Khabib Nurmagomedov returning to fight again, even after Khabib stated earlier this week that Dana White and
Welcome to Midnight Mania! As a fight fan who grew up in New Jersey during Frankie Edgar’s unlikely rise to the title, it’s safe to say his knockout loss last Saturday to Cory Sandhagen was hard to watch. That’s the business, and I’d consider myself a fan of “The Sandman” as well, but still …