By John Morgan and Ken Hathaway | March 18, 2021 12:15 am LAS VEGAS – After 13 months away from competition, Song Kenan is anxious to resume his fighting career – both for himself and his country. With MMA and the UFC currently experiencing tremendous growth in China, thanks in no small part due to
Even if Brian Ortega emerges victorious in his UFC 260 title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, he would still feel as though there is something missing from his championship celebration: redemption. There is only one man who holds a victory over Brian “T-City” Ortega, and he is the same man who has earned his place among
7:46 AM ET The bantamweight division is perhaps the deepest and most intriguing in the UFC. Aljamain Sterling‘s recent dethroning of Petr Yan did nothing to clarify the division’s hierarchy. Yan was ahead on two scorecards in the fourth round when he landed an illegal knee to the head of a grounded Sterling, who became
Georges St-Pierre is going back to his roots. Karate Combat announced that the former two-division UFC champion will serve as a “Season Sensei” for the upcoming third season of its combat sports program that features karate fighters competing in full contact contests with a modified rule set. Per a press release, “St Pierre will offer
Updates to UFC FIGHT NIGHT: BRUNSON vs HOLLAND Due to injury, Don’Tale Mayes has been removed from his heavyweight bout with Tai Tuivasa. Replacing him will be Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Harry Hunsucker, who makes his UFC debut having finished all of his seven wins by first-round stoppage, including six in under a minute and a
A Heavyweight fight between Philipe Lins and Ben Rothwell is once again back on after it was postponed. Originally set to go down last Sat. night (March 13) at UFC Vegas 21, the bout will now take place at an upcoming “Fight Night” event on May 8 according to MMA Junkie. Lins is looking to
Georges St-Pierre breaks down Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya losses; Kamaru Usman’s dominance Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre recently spoke with ESPN about Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya’s recent losses, Kamaru Usman’s dominance, and what he has coming up in his own career. St-Pierre is going to be a large part of the
By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | March 17, 2021 5:20 pm LAS VEGAS – Kevin Holland doesn’t plan on slowing down. MMA Junkie’s 2020 “Fighter of the Year,” Holland (21-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) is days away from his first fight of the new year when he takes on Derek Brunson at UFC on ESPN
UFC middleweight Kevin Holland tied a UFC record for wins in a calendar year with five victories in 2020, including this knockout of the year candidate in December. Holland will face Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Vegas 22 on Saturday, March 20. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience
The UFC is all systems go for their return to a full capacity crowd for UFC 261 on April 24 with a card that will boast three world title fights. Dana White ambushed fans with some exciting news Monday when he revealed that Jacksonville, Florida will host the first full-capacity crowd UFC event since March
6:27 PM ET One of the most notable UFC title fights to have ever been canceled has a new date. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (22-5) will face Kelvin Gastelum (17-6) in a five-round main event at UFC Fight Night on April 17 in Las Vegas, multiple sources told ESPN. Gastelum has agreed to replace
Tim Elliott is on a winning streak for the first time since his return to the UFC and had, what many believe to be, his best performance at UFC 259 against Jordan Espinosa—unless you ask the man himself. Elliott earned a one-sided unanimous decision during the preliminary card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
Executed perfectly, Walker understood what was on the line if he missed the kick. Not only is a botched tornado kick an impossible landing to predict, it’s an awful look and it would result in a permanent removal of one of his most crowd-pleasing strikes. “Put ‘Em To Sleep” couldn’t have that. “Bill Newcomb always
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou is getting close to his second title shot, a main event showdown opposite Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 next weekend (Sat. March 27, 2021) at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first time those two battled back in January 2018, Miocic scored a clear-cut decision victory, wrangling his
Watch Derek Brunson finish Edmen Shahbazyan | UFC Vegas 22 fight video Derek Brunson hasn’t fought since this brutal finish of Edmen Shahbazyan on Aug. 1, 2020. Take a look back at Brunson’s stellar performance ahead of his next fight. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Brunson will face Kevin Holland in the main event
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 16, 2021 10:00 pm Follow @MMAjunkie LAS VEGAS – Matheus Nicolau beat Manel Kape with a split decision Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 187 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Nicolau, who won for the third straight time and sixth time
In a month that was meant to provide many answers for the middleweight division, there is now one major question surrounding heading into April: Who will be Robert Whittaker’s opponent? As originally reported by AG. Fight, Paulo Costa has been forced to withdraw from his April 17 fight against Whittaker due to illness. There is
2:13 PM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is thankful he avoided serious injury from an inadvertent eye poke during a fight against Leon Edwards last weekend, and he is now telling ESPN he wants an immediate rematch as well as harsher penalties for eye pokes. On Saturday, the UFC Fight Night main event between Muhammad