News UFC Credit: UFC UFC 261 is set up to be one of the biggest and most relevant cards on the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 2021 calendar. The massive 13-fight card is the promotion’s return to Jacksonville, Florida, and the first event with fans (not celebrity 1%ers) in attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world.
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UFC 261 Countdown: Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal 2 UFC 261 Countdown previews welterweight Jorge Masvidal‘s quest for revenge against champ Kamaru Usman. Watch these two athletes train and prepare for their April 24th main event matchup. The two headlined UFC 251 last July with Usman defeating Masvidal by unanimous decision. Masvidal accepted the fight
News UFC In the second bout of the UFC Vegas 24 main card, we were given an unexpected change to the line-up. After the planned co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose fell through because of an injury at the last minute, the featured bout between Tracy Cortez and Justine Kish was bumped to
No. 4 ranked UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal spoke with Ariel Helwani about his rematch against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman for the belt at UFC 261. The first title fight between Usman and Masvidal took place in July 2020 at UFC 251 where Usman won by dominant decision. Usman oustruck Masvidal in total strikes
News For fans with less free time, ONE Championship has carved out a solid niche on Wednesday nights in offering a MMA product for audiences not looking to get invested in four-plus hours of fighting action. Just like their previous two events on TNT, this week’s pre-recorded installment of ONE on TNT III offers a
UFC 261 Countdown: Uriah Hall vs Chris Weidman In a bonus Countdown segment we preview the UFC 261 middleweight tilt between Uriah Hall and former champion Chris Weidman. See these two athletes train and prepare for their bout. The fight is a rematch. The two first fought back in September 2010 with Weidman defeating Hall
News Credit: Combate Global The COVID-19 pandemic forced Combate Global, formerly Combate Americas, to the mixed martial arts sidelines for over a year. Now, with two events in the bag since their reemergence, the promotion will revisit a format that’s a yearly staple of their “mucho mas accion” content. The one-night tournament. MixedMartialArts.com has learned
No.1 middleweight contender Robert Whittaker spoke with the media at the UFC Vegas 24 Post-fight Press Conference after defeating no. 8 ranked Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision on Saturday. For the former middleweight champ, he believes a rematch with reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who defeated him by second round KO in 2019, is next.
News UFC Abdul Razak Alhassan versus Jacob Malkoun showcased a matchup between two men looking to bounce back from disastrous knockout losses in their last fights. Those two defeats only last 48 seconds, combined. This one want much longer than that. To start the fight, Malkoun said no thanks to a striking battle with a
Robert Whittaker weighs in on Jake Paul Robert Whittaker entered the octagon on Saturday for the UFC Vegas 24 main event against Kelvin Gastelum about the same time as internet celebrity turned boxer Jake Paul entered the ring to face retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren. Whittaker, the former middleweight champion, solidified his place as the
Featured News UFC UFC Vegas 24 was headlined by a middleweight bout with major implications for the division’s title picture. If former champion and top-ranked star Robert Whittaker won, he would all but guarantee a championship rematch with current champion Israel Adesanya. If former title contender Kelvin Gastelum was victorious, “The Reaper’s” rematch train would
UFC Vegas 24 loses co-main event Moments before Saturday’s UFC Vegas 24 event went live, the fight card lost its co-main event. Lightweights Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose were expected to meet in the co-featured fight. Both fighters officially weighed in on Friday. UFC officials confirmed to MMAWeekly.com that the lightweight bout was cancelled due
News UFC Credit: UFC Originally set to include seven fights, the UFC Vegas 24 prelims was knocked down to a half dozen after Zarah Fairn’s incredible eight-pound weight miss led to the cancellation of her 139-pound catchweight bout with Josiane Nunes. The events opening showcase features the debut of Legacy Fighting Alliance strawweight champion Lupita
LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA’s Welterweight World Champion Douglas Lima (32-8) will defend his 170-pound title against the undefeated and top-ranked Yaroslav Amosov (25-0) in the main event of BELLATOR MMA 260 on Friday, June 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. In addition to the main event, a pair of
News UFC Credit: UFC Earlier today, inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, the official scale stepping for UFC Vegas 24 went down. The card features a middleweight main event between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum that has major implications for the division’s title picture. The 12 bout event includes a seven-fight preliminary card
Bellator 257 results: Vadim Nemkov retains light heavyweight title with win over Phil Davis Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov picked up a victory in the light heavyweight grand prix quarterfinals and successfully defended his title by defeating no. 3 ranked Phil Davis. The vast majority of the fight was a stand-up battle where Nemkov
News Friday night Bellator MMA is back in action for the third consecutive week, and it’ll be their second straight weight of the Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix. At Bellator 256, former light heavyweight and current heavyweight champion Ryan Bader dominated Lyoto Machida to advance to the semi-finals where he will meet the winner of
Former Bellator light heavyweight champion and no. 2 ranked Bellator light heavyweight Phil Davis spoke with the media ahead of his main event bout at Bellator 257 against reigning champion Vadim Nemkov for the light heavyweight belt. The main event will also serve as one of the quarterfinal bouts for the Bellator light heavyweight grand