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“He was a really stout kid,” recalled Erosa. “We fought at ’55 I think and I was walking like six or seven pounds heavier than that, but I didn’t look it. I was a tall, skinny, scared kid and he was a Mexican kid with a lot of tattoos, he was buff, and he looked

“They know there could be a win or a loss in any fight that I go into,” he said. “I can control how I respond to it. I can control how I carry myself, and I refuse to let my boys see me act weak in any way at any moment in there.” So far,

No pressure or anything. “I like to inspire kids. I believe they can look at my path and do the same and dream about a bright future,” Harris added, highlighting that his position as a role model is one that is accepted graciously. Even though it took eleven years, while Harris may have risen to

“The majority of high-level basketball players, they’re competitive,” Britton said. “In basketball, we can get physical, but not as much. I was a point guard, but I was physical. To be able to continue to do that and be that is kind of cool.” Britton understands that although he’s 7-2 and been in plenty of

“I don’t like to fight against another Brazilian. It splits the fence in Brazil, for sure. I can see it in comments and interviews and everything. But like I said, it is what it is. So we have to fight. That’s the show.” Luckily for us fans, that is the show, and it figures to

Due to injury, Phil Hawes has been removed from his middleweight bout with Sam Alvey. Replacing Hawes will be Brendan Allen.  This bout will now take place at light heavyweight. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HERMANSSON vs STRICKLAND takes place Saturday, February 5 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Order UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2

For someone that likes to remain active and would ideally compete three times a year, making the walk only once is challenging, but it’s also a sign that the 33-year-old is moving in the right direction when it comes to running down his goal of challenging for the middleweight title. “I definitely like to fight

“Depending on who I’m fighting and what I need to do, I could snag heel hooks, hit a twister, get chokes, I can do guillotines, and I’m sure I can do flying armbars,” Steele said. “I have a pretty good arsenal of submissions and, depending on who I’m fighting, I can definitely get them.” Beyond

He’s got a huge opportunity on Sunday, February 6, but, as he knows, it’s not always wins and losses that get you into the UFC, so hopefully Fremd isn’t focused to a fault. After dominating in LFA and a big showing in front of Dana White, the Octagon just may be next. “I can speak

Barriault, who takes on Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Chidi Njokuani on Saturday, did his first camp with the team at Sanford MMA last year, ahead of his victory over Abu Azaitar in March. It was his first official victory in the UFC following a 0-3 start and a second-round finish of Oskar Piechota being

Now in his second year at UW Parkside, Henschel is still one of the few YouTubers strictly focusing on collegiate wrestling content. Sure, Roman Bravo-Young and Jesse Vasquez, among others, have started channels of their own, but Henschel has been the most consistent content creating wrestler for over five years now. “It started off slow,

“That was his third wrestling meet of all-time and he’s a bigger kid for his size,” Dall said. “He’s in the 99th percentile for his size at his age so he’s getting pitted against bigger kids. I just have no answers for him. He came over really upset and was crying because his forehead had

On February 5, Jack Hermansson returns to halt the momentum of the streaking Sean Strickland. Elsewhere on the card, middleweight prospect Punahele Soriano returns looking to bounce back from his first shot at the top-15 and hopes to get back on track against Nick Maximov, a pupil of the Diaz brothers. Perhaps the most interesting

“That loss was a little worse than others, obviously, but it is against a great fighter,” he continued. “So, as far as hanging my head, it wasn’t like that, but it was important for me to just go out and remind everybody and prove to myself that I do know why I belong at the

In the song “Diamonds from Sierra Leone,” Kanye West asks, “When you talk about classics, do my name get brought up?” Whittaker could do the same in regards to this performance when people are discussing the best championship efforts inside the Octagon. Romero is a different type of athlete — a mass of muscle and

“When you take yourself out of the present moment and start looking at that, that’s having a great analytical mind, and when you’re in your analytical mind, you’re not able to react, you’re not able to fight, and you’re not able to get in the zone,” she said. “Obviously, those things play a factor because

It’s a party on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, coach “Captain” Eric Albarracin joins the show. He shares how he and Henry Cejudo helped Deiveson Figueiredo prepare a successful game plan against Brandon Moreno at UFC 270, explains how Cejudo went from Moreno’s advocate on The Ultimate Fighter to opposing coach, and shares why

Gerald Meerschaert “Gerald Meerschaert is a guy who’s super hilarious but nobody knows because he’s super dry, but it’s, like, really funny.” Humor Spotlight: Paul Felder: “Gerald, you don’t know any other way to come in here other than get hit a few times and then get a finish, what’s going on?”Meerschaert: “Well, you know,