Conor McGregor is back! UFC 264 Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier set, UFC 261 Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal, and UFC 262 Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira, Nate Diaz vs. Leon Edwards events sold out in minutes, TUF 29 coaches revealed. Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega, UFC 264 Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Wonderboy Thompson in
12:31 PM ET UFC middleweight Uriah Hall has booked his next fight, a three-round matchup against Sean Strickland in August, per multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound bout is close to being finalized for UFC 265 on Aug. 7 at a location to be announced. Hall (17-9) is coming off a
UFC 263 has all the makings of a summer blockbuster. The trailer for the June 12 pay-per-view has been released and it features a pair of dynamite rematches as Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Marvin Vettori, and Deiveson Figueiredo faces Brandon Moreno in an immediate rematch of their instant classic at UFC 256
Editorial News Davion Franklin (Courtesy Instagram) Bellator MMA heavyweight Davion Franklin may be the most talented heavyweight, if not the most talented fighter, you’ve never heard of. The 2-0 heavyweight fighter out of JacksonWink MMA returns to action this weekend at Bellator 259 as he takes on MMA veteran, The Ultimate Fighter alum Tyler King.
Guest co-host Phoenix Carnevale joins Jim for today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered to break down all the action from UFC 262! First, Jim and Phoenix discuss some of their favorite moments from Saturday’s fights, including Edson Barboza’s wild knockout of Shane Burgos and Charles Oliveira’s come-from-behind win against Michael Chandler for the lightweight belt. They
The bantamweight clash between former training partners is back on. Cory Sandhagen will face the former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw on July 24th to headline a UFC Fight Night card. The location and venue is unknown at this current time. The news was first broke by MMA Junkie. The fight was originally scheduled for
You better watch out when you talk about Miesha Tate on the internet, because there’s a chance “Cupcake” will show up and school you. That’s exactly what happened to some unfortunate keyboard warrior on Facebook, who tried to diss Tate in the comments of a MyMMANews article about Olympic gold medalist and rising PFL star
Derrick Lewis KOs man trying to break into his car, posts IG video Derrick Lewis knocked out yet another opponent on Tuesday, this time outside of the octagon as he beat up a man who was attempting to break into his car. Lewis told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he noticed the man trying to break
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 18, 2021 8:30 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to not really care what others think about his career, but what is the right move for him moving forward? After suffering his third consecutive defeat, the latest a UFC 262 decision loss to Beneil Dariush,
7:30 AM ET It did not look good for Charles Oliveira. Less than a minute into last Saturday’s fight for the UFC lightweight championship, he was trapped in a guillotine choke, and Michael Chandler‘s beefy arms were squeezing the life out of him. Even after he escaped trouble and gained dominant position in control of
“With your accomplishments both in and out of the octagon, you’ve contributed to shaping the sport of mixed martial arts into what it is today while also being a global ambassador for the sport,” the email read. “We wish you nothing but the best of luck and much success going forward with all your future
Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Edson Barboza celebrates his TKO victory against Shane Burgos at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The UFC 262 bout between Shane Burgos and Edson Barboza was not only a clash of two top-15 featherweights but a matchup that had fight of the night
2020 was a bit of a breakout year for the team and Kattar in particular. After a strong 2019, Kattar took advantage of his biggest stage and knocked out Jeremy Stephens with a hellacious elbow when UFC got its schedule restarted with UFC 249. He followed that with a main event victory over Dan Ige
Before joining the UFC, Michael Chandler had doubts that he would ever be a part of the organization. Michael Chandler is fresh off his first UFC title shot. Although the fight didn’t go his way, ending in a second-round TKO loss, he is right on track in the division. When asked at the UFC 262
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Something has gone terribly wrong for Tony Ferguson, and it’s not entirely clear what. One does not go undefeated for years and years without having some method to his madness, yet Ferguson’s last three performances have been woefully underwhelming. There are plenty of theories as to why “El Cucuy” has fallen
Former two-time light heavyweight champion Jon Jones relinquished his title following his UFC 247 title defense against Dominick Reyes in February 2020 with aspirations of making a title run in the heavyweight division. Jones was expected to make his heavyweight debut against the winner of UFC 260 main event between the champion Stipe Miocic and
By Farah Hannoun and Christian Stein | May 18, 2021 8:50 am Daiana Torquato knows she’s in for a battle when her and Karina Rodriguez clash for the top spot at women’s flyweight. Torquato (10-3) meets Rodriguez (8-4) for the vacant 125-pound title in the main event of Invicta on AXS TV on Friday, which
Hear from Edson Barboza inside of the Octagon after he knocked out Shane Burgos in the third round of their fight that brought the UFC 262 crowd in Houston to their feet. 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.