11:24 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm has been forced to withdraw from a featherweight main event against Norma Dumont on Oct. 16, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The UFC is working on finalizing 26-year-old Aspen Ladd as a replacement to fight Dumont in the UFC Fight Night main event, sources said. Once
At the UFC Vegas 39 weigh-ins, all 20 fighters on Saturday night’s fight card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas are set to step on the scale Friday afternoon, and MMA Fighting will have the live weigh-in video. In the main event, Mackenzie Dern and Marina Rodriguez will have to hit the strawweight limit
Zhang Weili UFC 248 post-event facts: Numbers support Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk as an all-time title fight In a new interview, former UFC strawweight queen Zhang Weili admitted that pre-fight comments on Chinese communism from Rose Namajunas affected her during their championship bout at UFC 261. A fight Zhang lost by knockout in the first round.
Dustin Poirier keeps it real when discussing a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Valuetainment recently uploaded an hour-long sit-down interview with future title challenger Dustin Poirier. The interview touches on a variety of topics, including a hypothetical rematch between “The Diamond” and Khabib Nurmagomedov. While confident in how he would do in a second bout, Poirier
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov is in a strange spot. By retiring while at the absolute pinnacle of the sport, Nurmagomedov has left the combat sports world left wanting. Usually, the exact opposite approach is taken, as our legends stick around until things get ugly, weird, or both! Between the two options, Nurmagomedov clearly
Having come off back to back wins for the first time since 2016, UFC flyweight Tim Elliott was looking forward to continuing his winning streak this past June versus Mudaerji Su at UFC Fight Night, but due to an injury suffered by Su, the fight never took place. Having been competing professionally for over a
At long last, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will complete their trilogy Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fury’s WBC heavyweight title is on the line when the main event begins around 11:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Fury vs. Wilder 3 odds and lines; check back for all of USA TODAY’s
UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: LADD vs. DUMONT will take place Saturday, October 16 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. All bouts will stream on ESPN+, with the prelims beginning at 1 p.m. PT/ 4 p.m. ET and the main card at 4 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. ET. A limited number of tickets will be available on
11:52 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will be back in action soon. But not in the Octagon. Dos Santos, who was released by the UFC in March, will make his professional wrestling debut next weekend with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), it was announced Wednesday on the AEW Dynamite program. The bout
Between the Links returns ahead of a busy weekend in the combat sports world. Host Mike Heck is joined by MMA Fighting’s Jose Youngs and Damon Martin as they discuss the biggest stories of the week in the world of mixed martial arts. This week, the panel discusses the no contest in the UFC Vegas
Credit: ONE Championship YouTube In a blend of real-world dislike and professional wrestling-style promotion, Shinya Aoki took fellow ONE Championship talent Yoshihiro Akiyama to task on Tuesday for turning down a fight offer in September. Earlier in the week, at Shooto’s Road to ONE: Sexyama Edition event in Tokyo, Japan, former ONE lightweight champion Aoki
UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman hopes Nick Diaz decides to continue his legendary UFC career. Prior to this past weekend’s UFC 266 card, Nick Diaz laid out a grievance. He did not understand why he was being paired with Robbie Lawler for a second time and argued that his big return should have come against
Rose Namajunas is not too concerned by Zhang Weili enlisting former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Henry Cejudo for their rematch at UFC 268. Namajunas vs. Zhang will — a UFC Women’s Strawweight title fight — will serve as the co-main event for UFC 268, taking place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City,
UFC Vegas 39 live results: Mackenzie Dern vs. Marina Rodriguez (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 39 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m.
LAS VEGAS – Deron Winn spoke to reporters at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 194 media day. Winn (7-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) takes on Phil Hawes in a middleweight matchup on the main card of UFC Fight Night 194. The event takes place on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on
If anyone knows tough, it’s Rosa, who faces Damon Jackson this Saturday in Las Vegas. It’s a chance for the veteran to have his first two-fight winning streak in the UFC, a bizarre fact considering that the Peabody native has been part of the roster since 2014. But when you’re fighting killers every night, sometimes
Tyson Fury discusses his upcoming trilogy clash with Deontay Wilder, his reaction to Anthony Joshua loss, what makes Fury different, and much more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Monday afternoon. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify:
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