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That’s right, “Thug Nasty” dropped his rap album in 2021, and while his bar-spitting skills may have taken some people by surprise, music is just another example of Mitchell’s quest to be great. Mitchell’s drive to Barata MMA takes about an hour each way. Instead of wasting those two hours a day, Mitchell plays instrumental

Key Stats: 2.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, 80% takedown defense, 64% significant strike defense What It Means: Since coming to lightweight, Moicano has looked the part physically, and he seems to still be able to take advantage of his technical abilities, particularly on the ground. Although Moicano is comfortable striking and shows some good countering

Jorge Masvidal wasted no time in stating his intentions when he called in to The Jim Rome Show Wednesday to promote his main event bout with former friend and teammate Colby Covington. For over twenty minutes, “Gamebred” gave an interview that defined the difference between mere pre-fight hype and true, unabashed animosity. Order UFC 272:

“It was just that extra push to find the finish,” Driscoll said. “I wasn’t able to shift into that next gear. I just didn’t have it to push that extra bit. It was taxing, and then when we got into the third round I made the decision that I had a lot of momentum so

The 31-year-old Jones has had finishes at 155, 170 and 185 in his career. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, his coach has said that he’d have the most success at 135 pounds. Jones’ fluctuation in weight his whole career stems from a rare mix of lifelong weight issues mixed with a love for cardio.

Bobby Green may have been the perfect style matchup for Islam Makhachev to implement his ground attack, but since that was the case, Makhachev did exactly what a top contender is supposed to do. In the process, he made it ten wins and four finishes in a row, and there’s nowhere else to go for

* * * There have been questions about whether the animosity between the two is real or not, but there is nothing fake about the heat between the UFC 272 headliners. “I think their rift got so deeply personal for two reasons,” said Dan Lambert, owner of American Top Team, where the two men trained

To many, Makhachev has looked unbeatable, and he has been aside from his only loss in 2015. The same can be said, however, about Tsarukyan. Largely competing in Russia from 2015-2018, Tsarukyan would amass a 13-1 record before signing with the UFC in 2019 and getting offered a fight with Makhachev in Saint Petersburg on

UFC returns to T-Mobile Arena for the first time in 2022 with a highly anticipated welterweight matchup that will see No. 1 ranked contender Colby Covington clash with former teammate and friend No. 6 Jorge Masvidal. Order UFC 272 Today! UFC 272: COVINGTON vs MASVIDAL will take place Saturday, March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in

Short notice replacement Ramona Pascual gave a game and competitive effort in her featherweight bout against Josiane Nunes, but it was Brazil’s Nunes who used her speed and power to pound out a three-round unanimous decision win. Scores were 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 for Nunes, now 9-1. Pascual, who replaced Jennifer Gonzalez, falls to 6-3.

UFC continues its run of shows at UFC APEX with an intriguing matchup in a 160-pound catchweight bout, as No. 4 ranked lightweight contender Islam Makhachev aims to halt the momentum of fan favorite Bobby Green, who fills in on short-notice to replace the injured Beneil Dariush. In the middleweight co-main event, renowned finisher Misha Cirkunov looks to secure his

In lieu of finishing out school and continuing on to university, Young joined the Nigerian police force as a means of a career. Although she wasn’t born wanting to be on the police force, it introduced her to kickboxing and a dream that led her across the world to the United States. “I came to

“I always got a little, I don’t want to say offended, but I always got rubbed the wrong way when I would fight for promotions and the very first thing they would say about me was, ‘We’ve got former player, Austen Lane,’” Lane explained. “I don’t want to be ‘former’ anything; I just want to

He was certainly closer in size to Krzysztof Jotko than he was Spann when the two met in early October, but unfortunately for the Latvian-born Canadian, the overall result wasn’t what he had wanted. The two engaged in a low-output clinch battle, with Cirkunov landing on the wrong side of a split decision verdict, with

Din Thomas fills in as co-host to help Matt preview UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs Green! First, after Matt gives Din a hard time for letting Colby Covington diss him during an interview, Misha Cirkunov makes his UFC Unfiltered debut ahead of his bout against Wellington Turman. After he explains why judo will never be

It is really happening, and it has been accelerated even more based on the course of events that landed Green in the main event this weekend. Order UFC 272 For Any Device His victory over Haqparast at UFC 271 was a standout effort on the pay-per-view portion of the card and garnered a great deal

Sensei John Kreese and his son join undefeated UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell as guests on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, after Matt recaps his eventful weekend cornering Serra/Longo MMA fighters, Bryce Mitchell joins the show ahead of his bout against Edson Barboza at UFC 272. He shares what compelled him to drop a mixtape,

Almost poetically, an announcement that Jon Jones’ legendary title defense against Alexander Gustafsson was getting inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame preceded the fight, so the building was buzzing off the nostalgia of one of the sport’s greatest fights. When Zhang and Jędrzejczyk threw down, they immediately went to work at a pace that