Retired former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov reacted to Conor McGregor’s tweet mocking his late father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. After McGregor suffered a first round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier as a result of a doctor’s stoppage due to a broken tibia and fibula at UFC 264. That evening, Nurmagomdeov tweeted his thoughts on the result.
HOUSTON – Casey Kenney is expecting a thrilling back-and-forth contest with Song Yadong. Kenney (16-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets Yadong (16-5-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) in the main card opener of UFC 265 on Saturday, where he’ll look to regain his momentum from his loss to former champion Dominick Cruz. The 30-year-old, who had a strong 2020, sees
1:44 PM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will return to the Octagon in November. Rockhold (16-5) has agreed to face Sean Strickland (24-3) at UFC 268 on Nov. 6, multiple sources told ESPN. The UFC has not announced a location for the pay-per-view event, but the current target is New York City. The
Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming bout. The former PRIDE champion makes his return against recent interim title challenger Tim Johnson at the upcoming Bellator Moscow event scheduled for Oct. 23 at VTB Arena. Bellator officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following a report from Russian outlet TASS. Considered arguably
Credit: USA TODAY Sports Luke Rockhold is ready to return to the octagon and has matchup with Sean Strickland set for UFC 268. Luke Rockhold vs Sean Strickland headed to UFC 268 TSN and MMAJunkie confirmed the booking had been agreed to with sources close to both fighters. Rockhold is 13 months removed from a
Fedor Emelianenko finally has his opponent for Bellator Moscow. On October 23, Bellator MMA will host a grand MMA extravaganza when MMA icon Fedor Emelianenko competes in his home country of Russia. For weeks, there has been speculation of who will be his opponent, with people coming out of the woodwork to volunteer their services:
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov is less than pleased with Conor McGregor. Following McGregor’s shin-snapping injury and subsequent loss to Dustin Poirier, Khabib congratulated “The Diamond” and remarked that “good always defeats evil.” A couple weeks afterward, McGregor returned fire with quickly deleted tweets, suggesting that by Khabib’s logic, his recently deceased father is
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
The Fedor Emelianenko sweepstakes is over. After weeks of speculation as to who will be one of the final career opponents for “The Last Emporer,” a frontrunner emerged. Bellator is finalizing a three-round main event for Emelianenko (39-6 MMA, 3-2 BMMA), which will see him battle former UFC fighter Tim Johnson (15-7 MMA, 3-3 BMMA).
Sean Strickland has steadily risen up the UFC middleweight ranks since joining the promotion as an undefeated prospect in 2014. He will face Uriah Hall in his first main event billing at UFC Vegas 33. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
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Conor McGregor claims Kamaru Usman cheated, who defeated Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261, Former UFC champ Tyron Woodley removed from rnakings, Daniel Cormier (DC) details on Jake Paul run-in, Weili Zhang hopes to get a rematch after losing against Rose Namajunas at UFC 261, Ben Askren shows classy reaction to Gamebred losing and much more!
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7:30 AM ET Mike Coppinger Marc Raimondi If Derrick Lewis beats Ciryl Gane in the UFC 265 main event Saturday night in Houston to capture the interim heavyweight title, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him scan the crowd for a familiar face. And he wouldn’t necessarily be searching for heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou, who
The UFC will not be implementing any rules for fighters that require them to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in order to compete in the promotion. That’s according to UFC president Dana White, who addressed the situation ahead of UFC 265, which actually lost the co-main event after two-division champion Amanda Nunes dropped off the card
July 13, 2019; Sacramento, CA, USA; Julianna Pena (red gloves) fights Nicco Montano (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night-Sacramento at Golden 1 Center. Pena defeated Montano via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27). Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Former Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight champion Nicco Montano has officially been dropped from the roster. MMAFighting was
Dana White has the door open for Bellator star AJ McKee to negotiate with the UFC. McKee made history Saturday night as he dethroned Bellator’s long-time featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via first-round standing guillotine choke to claim the title at Bellator 263. The event took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California, which gave spectacle to
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler was recently booked to throw down against fellow Top 5 action fighter Justin Gaethje as part of the upcoming UFC 268 pay-per-view (PPV) event this November at Madison Square Garden in New York. There’s just one teeny, tiny little problem. Chandler, 35, has yet to receive a vaccination for COVID-19,