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“There’s a lot of opportunities, especially next year, but that’s predicated on me continuing to win,” he said. “Obviously I’d love the opportunity to fight for the UFC if they came to Canada – I think that’s everybody’s end game – but I’m pretty confident that the trajectory of restrictions and stuff like that are

Season 6, Week 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series is here in a big way as talented middleweights Leon Aliu and Bruno Ferreira collide in a highly anticipated main event. Plus, 17-year-old bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr. looks to earn a spot on the UFC roster when he takes on Mando Gutierrez. Other bouts include heavyweights

After three more WEC knockouts, he squared off with Cub Swanson in June 2009, ending the bout in eight seconds, no typo. Five months later, he was the WEC featherweight champion, taking the belt from Mike Brown, and then came a punishing five-round victory over Faber in the biggest fight in WEC history. A final

Heavyweight hopefuls meet on Tuesday at the UFC APEX as Brazil’s Richard Jacobi squares off with returning alum Austen Lane. Undefeated in seven professional appearances since turning pro last August, Jacobi, who trains with the Chute Boxe Monstro team alongside John Allan and Jennifer Maia, earned victories in each of his first six appearances before

“I think the loss was a huge part of the move because there were a lot of things I didn’t do in my camp,” Cosce admits. “I did no wrestling, no sparring. There’s a lot of things I didn’t really do. It was just a lot of bad work and a lot of the stuff

It is, and when Ogden says he’s on the mat all day, he’s not exaggerating thanks to three 90-minute classes a day along with his own fight training. “The martial arts marathon is no joke,” he laughs. “It is the real deal. I am on the mat six to eight hours a day, every day.

And Fili’s confidence has not been dulled by his recent cold spell, which consists of a pair of losses against Bryce Mitchell and Joanderson Brito that bookended a stellar effort against Daniel Pineda that wound up as a no contest when Pineda was unable to continue after an accidental eye poke. “I really am something

UFC returns to UFC APEX with an action-packed bantamweight contenders’ bout that will see No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen battle No. 10 Yadong Song. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: SANDHAGEN vs. SONG will take place Saturday, September 17 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The entire card will be available on ESPN+ in English and Spanish, with the main

PRELIMS Featherweight Bout: Damon Jackson (145.5) vs Pat Sabatini (145.5) Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Aspen Ladd (138)* vs Sara McMann (135) Welterweight Bout: Trevin Giles (170) vs Louis Cosce (170.5) Women’s Strawweight Bout: Denise Gomes (115) vs Loma Lookboonmee (115.5) MORE FIGHT NIGHT: Sandhagen Interview | Gillian Robertson | Song Yadong’s Dream | Fighters On The Rise Lightweight

Earning his UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series Season 3, Gravely was on the wrong end of a Fight of the Night performance against Brett Johns in his UFC debut, losing by submission in the third round. This ignited a full-time move to American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida. Bonus Résumé | Song

In addition, in collaboration with ESPN, a two-part UFC-produced special featuring some of the biggest Latino names in MMA will be showcased as part of ESPN’s Hispanic Heritage Month-themed programming. The episodes, UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Hispanic Heritage Month (Part I & II), will air on Thursday, September 29, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and Thursday,

He had a fight canceled in December against Sergei Pavlovich, and then in April, he was scheduled to face Rodrigo Nascimento, who withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced with Alexandr Romanov, but the bout was canceled altogether after Boser pulled out due to an injury. This weekend at UFC Fight Night:

That attitude has led him to a 17-3 record that includes a perfect 4-0 UFC slate. That’s not easy to pull off in the featherweight division, but as he rose up the ranks of the regional scene, he prepared himself for what was to come – not by looking too far ahead, but by taking

When Njokuani earned a UFC contract with a third-round stoppage win over Mario Sousa on DWCS last season, you knew the seasoned veteran was going to be a quality addition to the middleweight division. After all, this wasn’t some inexperienced youngster getting added into the 185-pound mix — Njokuani arrived with 28 fights and 20 wins

Due to injury, Giga Chikadze has been removed from his featherweight bout with Sodiq Yusuff. As a result, Yusuff will now face UFC newcomer Don Shainis on UFC Fight Night: DERN vs XIAONAN on October 1. Shainis makes his UFC debut riding a five-fight win streak, with his last three victories coming via first-round KO.

And while he’s aware of everything going on around him in the division, Song’s attention has been focused on Sandhagen, whom he has a great deal of respect for as an opponent, and as a fighter. “Of course, I pay attention to what is happening in the division because they are potential opponents for me,”

When you speak to Sandhagen about fighting, the words “beauty” and “creativity” are bound to come up more than a few times. To Sandhagen, mixed martial arts is as much a vessel for self-discovery and expression as any other creative art. Often while he watches fights, Sandhagen usually shuffles them into the categories of: “beautiful,

“That Chad Anheliger would have said the same thing,” said the Canadian veteran when we spoke ahead of this weekend’s clash. “He expected the same thing.” Some will say there is no way that is true or that Anheliger is playing the results; reframing how he felt at the time now that he knows things