UFC 261 Embedded: ‘Don’t blink’ Champion Valentina Shevchenko trains with her sister, then leads her coach on an outdoor run. Champion Zhang Weili does interviews. Jessica Andrade, Jorge Masvidal, Chris Weidman and Alex Oliveira arrive. Champ Kamaru Usman racks up fight week wins. UFC 261 takes place on Saturday and features three world title bouts.
By John Morgan | April 21, 2021 11:07 pm Brazilian slugger John Lineker (34-9) kept his ONE championship record perfect, scoring an emphatic first-round knockout of Troy Worthen (7-2) to move to 3-0 in the promotion. The contest served as the headlining bout of ONE on TNT III, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium
Featured News After four years as one of the faces of ONE Championship’s lightweight division, two-time champion Eduard Folayang is in the midst of a turbulent time, having lost four of his last five. He is fully aware things need to change, and specifically in his grappling. His weaknesses there were root causes for recent
Officially, there have only been six finishes due to front kick in UFC History with the most famous instance occurring at UFC 126 in 2011 between then-middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort. 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
At the UFC Brooklyn ceremonial weigh-ins, flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw faced off for the final time Friday ahead of their flyweight title fight Saturday night on ESPN+. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read
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Ben Askren’s coach and cornerman Mike Rhodes discusses training for Saturday’s boxing match with Jake Paul under the Triller Fight Club banner in Atlanta. #Triller #BenAskren #JakePaul For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
8:06 AM ET When Kamaru Usman defends his welterweight title in Saturday’s UFC 261 main event, he’ll be competing against more than just Jorge Masvidal. Usman will be competing against the legacies of the greatest welterweights in MMA history. Usman has put himself in that conversation by winning his first 13 UFC fights, something no
Ex-NBA player Kendall Gill was watching the Triller Fight Club event this past weekend with all eyes on Jake Paul as he demolished retired UFC fighter Ben Askren with a brutal right hand in the opening round. Prior to that fight being booked, Gill had actually called out Paul as a chance to avenge another
While new to large portions of the mainstream UFC audience, she’s far from a novice, having already compiled a 15-4 professional record. Most of those fights came under the prestigious WLF banner, but “Dragon Girl” has also fought for the likes of Heroine FC and Bellator. She enters the UFC on a four-fight win streak,
Two big boys will collide on June 5 when Jairzinho Rozenstruik faces Augusto Sakai in the main event. As originally reported by Combate, both Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai will have an opportunity to return to the win column when the two square off in June. This will be the second consecutive main event for
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back in action this weekend courtesy of the UFC 261: “Usman vs. Masvidal 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (April 24, 2021) inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. UFC 261 will be headlined by the 170-rematch between reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and longtime contender
In an interview with TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter, UFC president Dana White spoke on an array of recent events that took place within the combat sports community this past weekend. White addressed Robert Whittaker’s impressive unanimous decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 and who would be next in line to challenge UFC middleweight
By Farah Hannoun | April 21, 2021 12:52 pm It appears playing the waiting game could pay off for Colby Covington. Covington (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who hasn’t competed since stopping former champion Tyron Woodley last September, has made it clear that he wants to either run things back with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman
News A Bellator women’s flyweight showcase between Valerie Loureda and Hannah Guy is being moved to a new event later next month. MMA reporter James Lynch was the first to report the news, which was then confirmed by MMAFighting.com citing Bellator MMA officials, although no reason for the movement was given. Bellator’s next star making
8:37 PM ET Ben Askren isn’t really sure how to compute what happened over the weekend. The former UFC fighter and multiple-time MMA champion was knocked out in the first round by Jake Paul in a boxing match last Saturday night in Atlanta. Askren, a former Olympic wrestler, was never a great boxer. So, getting
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“My uncle took me onto the road of fighting,” he recently told the Chinese media. “His biggest wish is to watch me fight for the UFC. Walking into the Octagon makes me feel excited, but also a little nervous. Anything can happen in the Octagon. I can’t predict the outcome of this fight, but I