UFC president Dana White is backing up the notion that Conor McGregor’s ankle wasn’t 100 percent heading into his UFC 264 grudge match against Dustin Poirier. McGregor suffered a grisly loss via doctor’s stoppage to Poirier after breaking his tibia and fibula in the closing seconds of the first round of UFC 264’s main event.
Fast rising Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Adrian Yanez returns to action on July 24 at UFC Vegas 32. On that night, he faces fellow highly touted prospect Randy Costa. In this battle of pressure fighters, Houston’s Yanez doesn’t expect to be the one to back up first. Adrian Yanez ready for a ‘king of the
Tai Tuivasa has put Greg Hardy on blast over some post-UFC 264 comments. The two collided on the main card of UFC 264. The action was held inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tuivasa ended up scoring the first-round knockout and downing a couple of shooeys after the fight. At first, things appeared
Two of the most dynamic strikers in the Bantamweight division lock horns this Saturday (July 24, 2021) when standout contender Cory Sandhagen welcomes former champion T.J. Dillashaw back to the Octagon after 2.5 years away (details here). That’s far from the only Bantamweight attraction on display, however, as Aspen Ladd will take on The Ultimate
Holly Holm shows off sunburn and it looks painful Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm showed off her brutal sunburn on Instagram and it looks painful. It’s the summer months and not everyone tans so easily. Holm captioned her post with “Don’t worry it’ll be a tan in no time. And other lies I
LAS VEGAS – Malcolm Gordon beat Francisco Figueiredo with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 26 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Gordon, who picked up his first win in the UFC after an 0-2 start. Gordon on the fight’s key moment LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Dricus du Plessis is a name to keep an eye on in the UFC middleweight division as he secured his second finish in as many fights since joining the promotion last year. 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 UFC.
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A trio of MMA legends recently were asked to offer advice to young fighters looking to make their way to UFC superstardom. No offense to Tito Ortiz or Bas Rutten, but Don Frye was the one who kept it real.
8:17 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card proved a few things — most notably, that Islam Makhachev is dangerously effective, as advertised, and that Miesha Tate seems ready to step right back into the thick of it in the women’s bantamweight division despite five years out of the Octagon. But is Makhachev, fresh off
On the 51st episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 31 event at the APEX. Future matchups were discussed for Islam Makhachev following his dominant fourth-round submission win over Thiago Moises, Miesha Tate—who triumphantly returned to the octagon
Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports Miesha Tate made a triumphant Octagon return after five years away from the sport. Miesha Tate gets TKO win in return fight at UFC Vegas 31 Returning to UFC action after such a long hiatus is no easy task. Welcoming “Cupcake” back to the cage was a tough stalwart of
Islam Makhachev is continuing to put the top-ranked lightweights of the UFC on blast for being unresponsive to the idea of fighting him. Possibly the biggest narrative surrounding the UFC Vegas 31 main event was about how none of the top-ranked lightweights in the UFC wants any part of Islam Makhachev. In fact, according to
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev improved his record to 20-1 by winning his eighth straight fight last weekend, submitting Brazilian bruiser Thiago Moises in the UFC Vegas 31 headliner on ESPN from inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dan Hooker, ranked one spot above Makhachev at No. 8, was not impressed. “I kind of got
Watch Cory Sandhagen spectacularly finish Marlon Moraes | UFC Vegas 32 Free Fight UFC bantamweight Cory Sandhagen capitalized on his first UFC main event appearance last year on Fight Island with a TKO win over Marlon Moraes. Sandhagen will face TJ Dillashaw in the main event of UFC Vegas 32 on Saturday, July 24. Islam
LAS VEGAS – Sergey Morozov beat Khalid Taha with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 26 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Morozov, who got back in the win column after a submission loss in his UFC debut in January. Morozov on the fight’s key
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1:06 AM ET Islam Makhachev‘s toughest task moving forward might be finding someone willing to fight him. Makhachev completely dominated Thiago Moises in the UFC Fight Night main event Saturday in Las Vegas. Moises mounted almost no offense at all and Makhachev was able to finish him with a
Dana White’s Contender Series is officially set for its fifth season and it will kick off later this summer. The UFC announced the return of the series during Saturday’s UFC Vegas 31 broadcast, which begins on Aug. 31. The promotion revealed that four additional cards will also take place every Tuesday throughout the month of