By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | July 21, 2021 10:30 am ET Follow @SJSamano In case you missed it last month, former UFC two-division champion Georges St-Pierre was immortalized last month with a statue in his hometown of St-Isidore, Quebec, Canada. To be certain, it’s a well deserved honor for whom this writer considers
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 5:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Brandon Moreno is not sure who will be his first challenger. But he believes the man whom he took the belt from might need to do more to deserve a shot. Moreno, the new UFC flyweight champion, said Tuesday at a media lunch
The last bout of The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight quarterfinals didn’t go off as planned, but that wasn’t a problem for Gilbert Urbina. Urbina (6-1)* was to face Miles Hunsinger (7-0) on this week’s episode of TUF 29, but disaster struck when Hunsinger injured his knee while training for the fight. Hunsinger received an MRI
Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports It seems that both sides of a possible Marvin Vettori vs Paulo Costa matchup are interested in making the fight a reality. Setting up a pivotal battle in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight top-five Marvin Vettori vs Paulo Costa could be on the way Asked MMA manager Wallid Ismail
WWE superstar Big E would have no problem if Conor McGregor crossed over into the world of sports entertainment, but he isn’t convinced all of his peers would feel the same way. Last Sunday, Big E. took home the “Money In The Bank” suitcase, which entitles him to a WWE world title opportunity to “cash
After more than two years on the sidelines, former Bantamweight champion, T.J. Dillashaw, returns to the cage against one of the division’s most dangerous contenders in Cory Sandhagen this Saturday (July 24, 2021) in the main event of UFC Vegas 32, which will take place inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Earlier that evening,
Watch TJ Dillashaw finish Cody Garbrandt to win back UFC gold | UFC Vegas 32 Free Fight TJ Dillashaw won the UFC Bantamweight championship by finishing former teammate Cody Garbrandt in the UFC 217 co-main event in November 2017. Dillashaw returns to the octagon on Saturday in the UFC Vegas 32 main event against no.
By Matthew Wells | July 20, 2021 9:50 pm ET Follow @mrmwells This season, teams consist of bantamweight and middleweight fighters coached by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former title challenger Brian Ortega. If you missed the previous episodes, check out those highlights below: Continue reading for the highlights of the eighth episode, which streamed Tuesday on ESPN+.
Mateusz Gamrot earns the biggest victory of his career with an early submission win over Jeremy Stephens in the opening round at UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs Moises from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
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On this week’s edition of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck chats with UFC welterweight Michael Chiesa (7:58), No. 8 in MMA Fighting’s global rankings, to preview his UFC 265 bout with Vicente Luque on Aug. 7 in Houston, discuss Miesha Tate’s big win in her return at UFC Vegas 31, Julianna Pena fighting
Credit: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports All the scorecards have been read and all the wins and losses have been logged from UFC Vegas 31. However, that doesn’t mean the state of Las Vegas was done with the roster of athletes that competed on Saturday night inside the UFC Apex. Every fighter had to take part
Another doctor of sports medicine isn’t sold on a theory regarding Conor McGregor‘s broken tibia. McGregor headlined UFC 264 alongside Dustin Poirier. This was a trilogy fight and the score was even at 1-1 going into UFC 264. Poirier emerged victorious in the trilogy bout, defeating McGregor via doctor’s stoppage in the first round when
Former U.S. President Donald Trump made a rare public appearance at the UFC 264 pay-per-view (PPV) event back on July 10 in Las Vegas, a special guest of longtime friend and staunch Re-Trump-lican Dana White. And UFC fans “cheered the fuck out of him.” That’s according to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, who got a
Dan Hooker picks Dustin Poirier to beat Charles Oliveira for lightweight title No. 8 ranked lightweight Dan Hooker gave his prediction for the future lightweight championship bout between no. 1 contender Dustin Poirier and UFC lightweight champion Charles Olivieria that could potentially take place at some point later this year. Hooker picked ‘The Diamond’ to
Demetrious Johnson, one of the best to ever compete in MMA regardless of division, hasn’t always been willing to discuss his mindset. On Monday, the former UFC flyweight champion and ONE Championship flyweight grand prix champion took to Instagram to rant about an experience with a new vehicle purchase, why his mindset allowed him to
12:20 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Miesha Tate is back — and she just might actually be better than ever. Competing for the first time since 2016, Tate (19-7) dominated Marion Reneau in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The former champion, and mother of two, finished Reneau (9-8-1)