Promising featherweights that have recently run into setbacks face off in this one as Sean Woodson and Youssef Zalal share the Octagon on Saturday night. A member of the Contender Series Class of ’19, Woodson won his promotional debut against Kyle Bochniak less than three months after earning his contract but faded hard and was ultimately
Jake Paul‘s next boxing opponent has been revealed to be none other than former UFC welterweight champion “The Chosen One” Tyron Woodley. Indeed, it was Tyron Woodley who has been chosen from the list of options Paul had available to him in what seems to be a natural transition in both drama and difficulty for
PFL lightweight sensation Kayla Harrison will look to extend her unbeaten streak while also continuing her quest to repeat as tournament champion when she collides with UFC and Bellator MMA veteran Cindy Dandois atop the PFL 6 event on June 25 in Atlantic City, NJ. The main card will air on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
Watch Jairzinho Rozenstruik take out Junior dos Santa | UFC Vegas 28 Free Fight Jairzinho Rozenstruik scored a big win over the former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 252 last year. Rozenstruik will meet Augusto Sakai in the main event of UFC Vegas 28 on Saturday, June 5 in a battle of top
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 31, 2021 9:15 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie “The Ultimate Fighter” returns Tuesday for a 29th season and after a three-year hiatus. The long-running UFC reality competition has produced 10 future champions and a bevy of future superstars. One of those was Michael Bisping, who won Season 3 of the
Following weeks of speculation, Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley have reached an agreement for a fight that will take place on Showtime pay-per-view. Sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The fight is expected to become official later
Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports In Jake Paul’s first bout as a member of the Showtime Boxing roster, he will once again take on former mixed martial arts welterweight champion. But this time the competition will be a bit stiffer. That’s because the 3-0 boxer will take on the challenge of former Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to have this opportunity? Gore: I don’t really like to call it an opportunity. Opportunity sounds like a place where you can lose or are only there for a minute. This is mine. I’m ready. UFC: What do you bring
There is no love lost between flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Mexican challenger Brandon Moreno ahead of their UFC 263 showdown. Last time, Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno met at UFC 256 last December where the fight became an instant candidate for “fight of the year” honors. Despite the fight between Figueiredo and Moreno not having
The big lads take center stage once again this Saturday (June 5, 2021) when heavy hitters Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai collide inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Earlier in the evening, Walt Harris squares off with Marcin Tybura, Roman Dolidze locks horns with Laureano Staropoli in a Middleweight slugfest, and Santiago Ponzinibbio looks
Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley odds: Paul opens as the betting favorite The news broke on Monday that YouTube sensation turned professional boxer Jake Paul next boxing bout will be against former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, according to a report by The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. Odds makers released the betting lines for the upcoming boxing bout and Paul
For the coaches challenge during season 17 of The Ultimate Fighter, Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen had an excavator obstacle course race for $10,000 and $1,500 for each member of the winning coaches’ team. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
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By Matt Erickson | May 31, 2021 1:00 pm ET We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 189 event in Las Vegas. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday
Phil Hawes believes he already has what it takes to be a world champion, which naturally puts him at odds with UFC’s top man at 185 pounds, Israel Adesanya. But as Hawes tells it, that wasn’t always the case. When Hawes was just starting to make his way to the UFC, he and Adesanya were
“If you’re with me — you’re sweating with me, you’re bleeding with me — I’m with you, and you’re my family. I’m going to treat you as so. If you’re my people, I ride for my people.” Growing up with The Ultimate Fighter on his own television, Ortega said he’s always admired the chance the
Zabit Magomedsharipov’s career as a mixed martial artist is in question due to lingering medical issues. There have been some recent rumblings about the current status of UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov. After Magomedsharipov was removed from the official rankings weeks ago, there were rumors that the Russian was contemplating retirement due to frustration about his
Khabib Nurmagomedov is retired, but it sounds like he’s still in extremely high demand. In a recent episode of Mike Tyson’s Hotboxin’, Khabib’s manager Ali Abdelaziz discussed some of the recent offers that had come in. One was from Dana White: a chance to fight Georges St-Pierre at 165 pounds. Another: a $100 million dollar