3:59 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Zion Clark, a former college wrestler born with no legs, made his professional MMA debut a success Saturday. Clark, who was born with a rare disorder that affects fetal development, won a unanimous decision over nondisabled opponent Eugene Murray at an event in San Diego called Gladiator Challenge: Seasons Beatings.
Zion Clark has a new fan in Conor McGregor. Clark, a wrestler born without legs, got a shout-out from the former two-division UFC champ after winning his pro MMA debut this past Saturday. Commenting on a video of Clark’s first fight, McGregor lauded Clark as a unique strategic challenge and congratulated the 25-year-old from Columbus,
It was far from a barn burner in the UFC 274 co-main event, but after 25 minutes, Carla Esparza repeated her 2014 victory over Rose Namajunas, regaining the UFC strawweight title in the process via split decision. Scores were 49-46, 48-47, 47-48 for Esparza. It was a war of nerves in the opening frame, with
UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev słow motion highlights Relive some of the most exciting exchanges and moments from UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev this past weekend in slow motion on the latest edition of ‘Fight Motion.’ UFC 282 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on December 10 and was headlined by a light
The UFC wrapped up its calendar year with UFC Fight Night 216 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and the event produced a number of moves in this week’s rankings update. While the main event was a top-tier middleweight matchup between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland, the names surrounding either fighter on the rankings are
Former UFC fighter Nate Quarry has claimed that Oklahoma Republican Senator-elect Markwayne Mullin is looking to reintroduce the Ali Expansion Act in 2023. The Ali Expansion Act was first introduced in 2017 by Rep. Mullin, who fought and won three times as a professional mixed martial artist prior to the start of his political career.
Sean O’Malley is known for his striking and to date, his bantamweight hands have turned in an impressive 11 knockouts in 16 wins. But if “Suga” wants to have a legitimate chance at capturing the 135-pound title he’ll need to prepare himself for two of the division’s best wrestlers in current champion Aljamain Sterling and
12:53 PM ET Taila Santos has more work to do before getting a rematch with champion Valentina Shevchenko. Santos will take on top prospect Erin Blanchfield on a UFC Fight Night card Feb. 18 in Las Vegas, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN, including Blanchfield’s rep Oren Hodak of KOReps. Blanchfield first mentioned the matchup on
Matt Brown lives by the philosophy that fighting solves everything but even more so when somebody insults you — in real life or on the internet. That’s why the 14-year UFC veteran sides with Jake Shields over his recent spat with Mike Jackson after the two fighters ended up in a physical altercation at the
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Paulo Costa rips UFC after news of Robert Whittaker UFC 284 fight ‘stop being petty’ Paulo Costa has been telling fans he’s not fighting Robert Whittaker for weeks, but no one believed him. Until now. “I wasn’t bluffing,” he tweeted. According to Brett Okamoto of ESPN, his sources tell him that the fight is not
Losing to Ilia Topuria at UFC 282 was a tough pill to swallow for Bryce Mitchell. Mitchell (16-0 MMA, 6-1 UFC) suffered his first-career setback when he was dropped and submitted by fellow unbeaten rising contender Topuria earlier this month. Although days after the fight Mitchell said he will come back stronger in a video posted
Undisputed welterweight champ Tyron Woodley is preparing for a destructive title defense as he meets challenger Kamaru Usman in the co-main event this Saturday at UFC 235: Jones vs Smith only on Pay-Per-View. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
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Paige Vanzant will visit Conor McGregor after her husband Austin Vanderford’s Bellator 275 Gegard Mousasi title bout in Ireland, The Korean Zombie preparing with former UFC double champ Henry Cejudo for Alexander Volkanovski title bout and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since
The final UFC headliner of 2022 is official after Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland made weight for UFC Fight Night 216 in Las Vegas. Full weigh-in coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/12/ufc-fight-night-216-jared-cannonier-sean-strickland-weigh-in-results-live-video-stream Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com #UFCVegas66 #JaredCannonier #SeanStrickland
Renato Moicano is looking for a fight with Paddy Pimblett in London and is using his funny social media skills to get the matchup. In the UFC lightweight division, there seems to be one man who is quickly rising up the rankings and has all other lightweights calling for a fight. That man is Paddy
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Zabit Magomedsharipov is one of the greatest “what ifs” in recent memory. A dazzling mix of athletic kickboxing and smothering wrestling, it was easy to label the Dagestani talent as a future champion. Six months ago, the top-ranked Featherweight contender announced his retirement, but it had been close to three years