MMA Fighting has PFL 2 results for the Pacheco vs. Budd fight card at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nev., on Friday night. In the main event, former PFL tournament winner Larissa Pacheco will square off against Julia Budd in a featherweight contest. Pacheco has won six straight fights, while Budd has
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s been a relatively quiet few months for Khamzat Chimaev. Most of the recent headlines about “Borz” have been just that, about the Chechen talent rather than from him. For example, UFC President Dana White confirms he’s heading up to Middleweight, or Robert Whittaker explaining that he was never offered the
7:53 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN One after another, the shiny brass-and-leather belts and oversized $1 million checks had been handed out. The 2022 PFL’s season-ending night of glory last November in New York had seen five fighters earn championships in as many weight classes. All that was left of this jamboree was the evening’s sixth
Jorge Masvidal hosted arguably the biggest event yet with Gambred Boxing 4 in March. The card was headlined by former UFC champion Anthony Pettis and boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. and was sprinkled with big names like Jose Aldo, Vitor Belfort, and Jeremy Stephens. It was so good of a card that many fans wondered
MIAMI – UFC middleweight Chris Curtis isn’t necessarily worried about what his UFC 287 opponent will do inside the cage, unless he starts pulling off some supernatural physical acts. In the feature prelim on ESPN and ESPN+ before the pay-per-view main card at Kaseya Center, Curtis (30-9 MMA, 4-1 UFC) takes on former title challenger
On this day in 2013, former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov put on a historical performance at UFC 160 when he smashed the record for the most single fight takedowns, completing 21 of an attempted 28, to secure the win. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
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Gilbert Burns is always looking to add new wrinkles to his preparation ahead of fights, and his decision to hire a scout to watch tape and scrutinize opponents is paying dividends. Burns, who faces Jorge Masvidal in the co-main event of UFC 287 this Saturday in Miami, said on this week’s episode of MMA Fighting
Money talks, Anthony Pettis walks … all the way to the bank to cash his $650,000 check. “Showtime” scored beaucoup bucks by defeating aging pugilist Roy Jones Jr. atop the Gamebred Boxing 4 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in Milwaukee, more than triple his payout for his last UFC win as lightweight champion (see those
9:59 AM ET A heavyweight matchup between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and surging prospect Jailton Almeida will headline a UFC Fight Night on May 13, officials announced this week. The event is scheduled to take place at Spectrum Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will mark the UFC’s fourth trip to Charlotte and its first since January
Jorge Masvidal roasts Colby Covington’s restraining order, brain injury, and felonies | Video Jorge Masvidal faces Gilbert Burns in the UFC 287 co-main event on Saturday, but he’s also involved in a never-ending battle with welterweight contender Colby Covington. Inside the cage, at UFC 272, it was Covington that got the better of Masvidal but
LAS VEGAS – Julia Budd was pleased to get a matchup with Larissa Pacheco to open the 2023 PFL women’s featherweight season. Budd (16-5) faces Pacheco (19-4) in Friday’s 2023 PFL 2 main event, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. The main card airs on ESPN2 following prelims on ESPN+. The former
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! This weekend (Sat., April 8, 2023), Israel Adesanya will attempt to finally score his revenge on knockout artist Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287. Pereira has defeated Adesanya three times now, twice in kickboxing and once at UFC 281. Two of those defeats came via knockout. One of
7:50 PM ET MIAMI — Jorge Masvidal said he is not sure how his rival Colby Covington is set for the next UFC welterweight title shot given legal claims Covington has made in a criminal case against Masvidal. Masvidal is facing felony charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief stemming from an alleged attack on
For UFC bantamweight Adrian Yanez, 2022’s only hiccup was that he wasn’t able to be as busy as he would have liked. After having had three fights in 2021, Yanez had only a single bout in 2022, making it his lowest activity year to date amongst nearly a decade as a pro. “My 2022 for