4:09 PM ET A welterweight grudge match between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will headline UFC 272 on March 5, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Tuesday. Contracts have not been signed for the 170-pound scrap, but the bout is nearly finalized, per Campbell. The UFC 272 pay-per-view will take place at
The grudge match between former roommates and teammates Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington is finally a reality. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans told MMA Fighting the welterweight stars are set to headline UFC 272 on March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with verbal agreements in place from the fighters. UFC
Apr 24, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; YouTube start Jake Paul is confronted by UFC ringside announcer Daniel Cormier before Anthony Smith (Red Gloves) fights Jimmy Crute (Blue Gloves) during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier has no interest in working with Jake
When the UFC reached out to see if Kakhramonov would fill in for Mana Martinez on short notice opposite Trevin Jones last summer, they probably believed the Team Oyama member was somewhere in and around Irvine, California, where the team trains. Instead, he was visiting his native Uzbekistan, but after a quick 14-hour-ish flight, some
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Rivals are set to clash in the main event of UFC 272, as Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington have been paired against one another. The welterweight bout was first reported by Brett Okamoto of ESPN. While contracts have yet to be signed for the fight, it is “nearly finalized,”
UFC 272: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal set, UFC 273 main and co-main also set Just last week fans were teased with a title fight doubleheader in Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3 and Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2. But those two fights were quickly dropped and UFC 272 was left without a main
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By Matt Erickson and MMA Junkie Radio | January 11, 2022 8:50 am ET Curtis Millender hopes he’ll be back in the PFL this year to take another crack at a $1 million payday. But until then, he’s going to hop on the boxing trend with a regional fight he hopes will get him back
RIZIN veteran Tofiq Musayev will look to shake up the lightweight division after inking a deal to join the roster at Bellator MMA. Promotion officials confirmed the signing to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from Ariel Helwani. With an 18-4 record, Musayev brings an impressive resume with him to Bellator where he
July 26, 2020; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khamzat Chimaev (red gloves) of Czechia celebrates after his TKO victory over Rhys McKee (not pictured) of Northern Ireland in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island . Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports Multi-time UFC title
It’s unclear when Cheyanne Vlismas will return to the Octagon, but her soon-to-be ex-husband JP Buys isn’t buying her excuses. Vlismas is coming off of arguably the best win of her career at UFC Vegas 44 over Mallory Martin. She earned the Fight of the Night performance bonus for her unanimous decision win. After the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Sean O’Malley has been consistently outspoken about fighter pay and policy in a variety of perhaps conflicting ways, and he’s not a fan of UFC’s latest pay-per-view (PPV) price bump. Starting with UFC 270, UFC is asking fans to fork over $75 for each event, which adds up to a pretty
A fight between Michael Chandler and former UFC interim champion Tony Ferguson has been discussed several times but hasn’t come to fruition. Ferguson has accused Chandler of avoiding the matchup, but Chandler refutes those claims. “Tony is an interesting cat. We’re in January so we’re eight or ten weeks removed from the fight (Chandler’s fight
UFC Hall of Famer Rashad Evans is rapidly approaching his first fight in more than 3.5 years, and he feels good about his decision to come out of retirement. Evans (19-8-1), who meets Gabriel Checco (12-5) in a light heavyweight bout at Eagle FC 44 on Jan. 28 in Miami, will step back in the
7:30 AM ET Mixed martial arts is an ever-evolving, rapidly changing sport. And yes, the only thing we enjoy more than looking back on a night of fights is looking ahead to the next one. The same goes for the impulse to look ahead to the calendar year to come. Last year was awesome. We
Miesha Tate is taking her talents to the flyweight division. The former bantamweight champion is expected to drop down to 125 pounds and face off with Lauren Murphy at UFC 273, which is currently targeted for April 9. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Monday with verbal agreements in place from both