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With all due respect to the other 15 individuals that won fights in February by submission, there was no other choice here but Blanchfield’s finish of Andrade. This was viewed as the fighting equivalent of Blanchfield taking the MCATs or LSATs — a top-end entrance exam to determine if the ultra-talented 23-year-old was in fact

UFC returns to T-Mobile Arena with one of the biggest fights in UFC history as No. 1 ranked heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane and former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones collide in a Super Fight for the vacant undisputed heavyweight title. UFC 285: JONES vs. GANE takes place Saturday, March 4 in Las Vegas with

“Every other month I’d go to Jersey and I would have half the card because I trained half the card in striking,” he said. “And Leon Tabbs was the only cutman, and I was wrapping my guys’ hands. Then the opponents were complaining because they said my guys had an edge. So Dana said, can

In the co-main event of the evening, flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko defends her title against surging contender Alexa Grasso. Shevchenko returns to Las Vegas seeking a 10th consecutive victory and eighth successful defense of her flyweight title on Saturday. After previously dominating the competition throughout her time in the 125-pound ranks, Shevchenko was pushed to

The lightweight credits who he is today to a competitive gym atmosphere at Fortis MMA, where he works with elite level teammates, who he is always supporting. “Every time they fight, I always got to tune in. My coach (Sayif Saud), I’m a big fan of him and I would say that those are the

Jon Jones has won 5 UFC fights by KO/TKO. Those victories came against Alexander Gustafsson, Chael Sonnen, Maurício Rua, Vladimir Matyushenko, and Brandon Vera. The win over Shogun Rua was special, as the UFC 128 victory made Jones the youngest UFC champion ever. Upcoming Jon Jones Fights UFC 285: Jones vs Gane Jon Jones will

The powerful Brazilian flashed explosive striking in the rare moments the two were upright, but Jasudavicius took everything coming her way well, countered at times, and worked to get Fernandes to the ground in each round. Once there, the debuting fighter had no answers, allowing the Canadian to work to dominant positions and batter her

That meant two months away from his wife and two daughters, and when he celebrated his 33rd birthday on February 17, he said his birthday cake was a leafy green salad. Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Krylov vs Spann “We know that once you get in the UFC, things start getting tougher,”

On week three of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series, standout NCAA wrestler Bo Nickal made his second professional mixed martial arts appearance against Zachary Borrego. With little resistance, Nickal took the fight down to the mat almost immediately and sunk in a rear naked choke, finishing Borrego in just over a minute.

Along with the return of Jon Jones (as well as his heavyweight debut) against Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title, the Octagon pops back up in London a couple weeks afterward to host the grudge match between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Following each of those epic fights, eye-popping and crucial bantamweight matchups top

Buzukja, a proud Albanian, brings a crew of passionate Albanian supporters to each of his fights, and is taking this as an opportunity to bring honor to his heritage from across the world. “I feel like a modern-day Alexander. I feel like a conqueror,” Buzukja said. “It’s kind of like a war-like mentality, but that’s

“It’s extremely satisfying because that was my goal from the very beginning,” Rousey said. “I wanted to gain the respect of people that I respected, and I knew that I was capable. It’s funny, but you can see on some old interviews that I did where I said ‘I’m gonna make these people love me,

Also a two-time South American MMA bantamweight champion and two-time South American Sanda champion, Perez has shown an ease at moving between 135 and 145 pounds when the occasion calls for it. But despite dropping her UFC debut in Paris last September to bantamweight Stephanie Egger, she has no particular designs on moving up. “My

“I feel like most people that are really successful in something or achieve a high level in athletics, whatever avenue they want to pursue, it’s not just a thing you do in your life — it really is the biggest part of your life and you have to make that your life,” he said. “My

“My opponent had so much hype behind her, and I thought I wasn’t going to be able to deal with her jiu jitsu and it was going to be really scary,” Esparza recalled. “My coach even told me in between rounds, ‘It’s not as bad as you thought. It’s not as scary as you thought.

“I feel great,” she said. “I haven’t had any problems in my knee the entire camp, so I’m really happy about that. It hasn’t given me any trouble.” Knock wood for the 32-year-old, who has paid more dues than most to make it to the Octagon for a prizefight. There was the cancer, the injuries,

Like his opponent this weekend, Spann enters on a two-fight winning streak, as well, having garnered first-round stoppage wins over Ion Cutelaba and Dominick Reyes last year. The towering Texan is now 7-2 in the UFC and appears to have grown as a result of tough losses to Johnny Walker and Anthony Smith earlier in

When the fight was over and Holm made it back to New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque was absolutely rocking and it was all for one person, the one person in the sport Woods is sure would’ve never asked for it all. “It absolutely had a different buzz,” Woods recalled with a laugh. “The whole